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Asus PG27UCDM
Asus appeared to have teased the world's first 27" 4K OLED monitor (PG27UCDM) to be unveiled at #CES2025!
Based on what we know about the Asus PG32UCDM already out on the market, the PG27UCDM will likely be a 27" UHD QD-OLED gaming monitor with 240Hz refresh rate.
Game on!!
Sony BRAVIA 9 vs Sony A95L
Has YouTube improved its HDR video processing time? Just 3 months ago, my 4K HDR uploads took at least 24 hours before they could be watched in HDR. Today, itโs already available in HDR two hours after uploadโbut only at 720p so far, despite being uploaded in 2160p. Anyone else noticed this?
01.12.2024 13:32 โ ๐ 14 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thanks for the shout-out! Glad to be here. ๐ฅ๏ธ๐
22.11.2024 09:13 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Glad to be here! ๐๐ฎ๐
22.11.2024 07:57 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0New firmware update just dropped for the UK version of the Sony BRAVIA 9 Iโm currently reviewing. Kudos to Sony for the detailed release notes!
However, with remeasurements & retesting needed, the full review will likely be delayed by 1-2 weeks. Thanks for your patience!
The Panasonic Z95A is an impressive TV, but it's up against three exceptional competitors this year. In most categories, the LG G4, Samsung S95D or Sony A95L managed to pull ahead, sometimes decisively.
To put it in tennis terms, it's like competing in the same era as Djokovic, Nadal, and Federer.
The Sony A95L provided the closest match to the reference monitor colour-wise across many HDR scenes.
It also won the "Video Processing" category, delivering smoother gradation than the G4, & better upscaling & compression handling than the S95D.
Aggressive logo detection auto-dimming hurt it tho.
The Samsung S95D beat the Sony A95L to win "Best Home Theatre TV" thanks to:
1) More accurate near-black luminance tracking (Sony's was brighter than reference)
2) Higher colour luminance (later-gen QD-OLED panel)
3) Smoother native 10-bit gradation (Sony's took a small hit in a firmware update)
While MLA OLED panel still can't match QD-OLED in colour volume, LG has improved the G4 in several ways to eventually pip Samsung & Sony:
1) Brightest SDR output
2) No more 50Hz TruMotion stutter with hand/face movements
3) Sharper upscaling
4) [Dynamic Tone Mapping] disabled in HDR Filmmaker Mode
Some behind-the-scene observations about the results of our 2024 TV shootout event (as voted by 9 professional & enthusiast judges in a masked comparison against a ยฃ30k reference monitor):
Best Home Theatre TV: Samsung S95D
Best Living Room TV: LG G4
Best TV of 2024: LG G4
youtu.be/V_HnUn7zWKw
