Each week, we'll hand pick some of the most commonly asked questions and answer them as concisely and helpfully as we know how.
Each week, we'll hand pick some of the most commonly asked questions and answer them as concisely and helpfully as we know how. On this episode of You Asked: How do brightness and tone mapping affect SDR content? Aren’t all Blu-ray players basically the same? What’s the difference between mini-LED and microLED? And when is TCL’s monstrous 115-inch, 5,000 NIT TV going to come out?
There were a few things I wish I had fit into that video. Like, the fact that double the nits does not equal double the brightness. And there were some more technical aspects that Christian’s question brings up. Now, I have to contradict something I said earlier. You can make HDR content brighter with a cheat on some TVs. Sometimes, Active Tone Mapping or Dynamic HDR will just give you a brighter overall image. On some TVs, you can select the brighter version of the HDR picture preset to make the picture brighter.
I get where this question comes from. I, too, once thought that part of what makes a digital format or a digital signal so great is that it is just ones and zeroes, and it either gets from one place to another or it doesn’t, and there’s no in-between. If that were the case, there’d be no need for “premium” HDMI cables. no need for premium digital audio players, and no need for premium Blu-ray players.
But, yeah, the whole “digital is digital, and it is all the same thing” doesn’t hold water no matter what some blow-hard in a forum tells you. Without any dog in the fight, I’ve witnessed the differences myself time and again over the 28 or so years I’ve been at this. TCL X955 Ian writes: It has been quite a while since you covered the new TCL X955 TV. You mentioned it again in your CES 2024 coverage, but there was little new technical or sales information. I am yet to see any shipping information for this TV. I was wondering if you have any insights into what is happening with the availability of this TV. I am in Australia, so we are always late to the party. I have been waiting for reviews and availability, as I am considering the 85-inch X955 for my home.
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