This week on You Asked : Where are the Sony Bravia 7 and 9 reviews ? What ’s the difference when displaying 16:9 content on a 21:9 twist ? Full screen versus HDR smartness ? Which TV should I advance to after lay 18,000 hr on an OLED television ?
Where are the Sony Bravia 7 and 9 reviews?
At first , I was choke to say that maybe it was just a poor option of word . “ Stalling ” suggest deliberate delay , and I have n’t deliberately delayed anything . But then I remembered that , in reality , Ididstall the Bravia 7 critique . Sony offered to send it to me a few weeks ago . But the way the timing would have worked , the telly would have evince up either right as I was leave or , worse , while I wasonvacation . So , while it pained me to do so , I separate Sony to “ admit on to that Bravia 7 for a bit and let ’s ferment it out when I get back . ”
Well , I ’m back . So , I ’ve got a Bravia 9 and a theater quadrangle on the way , and I intend to get to that Bravia 7 shortly thereafter .
In the meantime . there ’s 115 inches of TCL QM8 taking up a monolithic amount of blank in the studio apartment . I ’ll be working on that TV until the Sony stuff shows up . And then there ’s the Roku Pro , the Hisense U9N , the U7N , the LG C3 , the Samsung S90D – and all the versus videos that will call for to happen after those inspection are done .
Phew … good thing I got that vacation in . I ’m not getting another one for a while .
Apple TV 4K support for 21:9
Shaun B write : Hi Caleb . Apple just announced Apple TV 4 K support for “ 21:9 projectors . ” The only ultrawide displays I ’ve see are gaming monitors , which do n’t have as high a closure as 4 K displays . I know that stack of movie have letterbox bar on my 16:9 video , which indicates their aspect ratio is wider , but it works just o.k. . Seems support to me . What ’s the big divergence when displaying 16:9 content on a 21:9 gadget ? ( Aside : Why are there no 21:9 boob tube on the market ? )
I love the motion ! I speak a fiddling turn about this announcement ina late Nit Nerds News — which , if y’ all are n’t tuning in for that , please consider doing so ! I could always use your feedback !
First things first : What Apple is doing here ismaking the Apple TV 4 K a minuscule more friendlyto consecrated home theater setups that use projector and 21:9 cinema screens . The Apple TV 4 K will presently represent any 21:9 message in a 16:9 data formatting , with both letterboxesandpillarboxes on the top , bottom , and sides . That ’s obviously frustrative for anyone who has a screen wide enough to show all of a 21:9 image , but is forced to have such a small effigy on their large screen . The best they can do is magnify that image , but then you cut down the effectual solution , and it will look passably regretful . So , now that wo n’t be a problem .
As for why there are n’t any 21:9 consumer telecasting ? Well , it ’s not like it was n’t tried . Samsung and LG both made large 21:9 television receiver at one decimal point — they even try curved and vapid . However , those were super strong suit idiot box , very expensive , and did n’t sell .
See , 21:9 TVs will always be a speciality because most of the content ethnic music watch is , at 16:9 . hot TV , sport , sitcom , telly drama — it ’s all 16:9 . But now that you have Netflix , Max , Disney+ and other television - on - demand service doing more cinematic - vogue shooting for serialized , episodic content , perhaps we could see 21:9 aspect TV sell a petty better if someone try make and sell them again .
But , frankly , while letterboxing is more easily bear now than it once was , pillarboxing seems to be the osculation of death for anyone without an perfectly monolithic covert .
Full-screen vs HDR brightness
Oliver C drop a line : I have a query regarding HDR highlights . Can you explain why some tv like the TCL QM8 can hit very high brightness mensuration on small HDR windows , like a 2 % window , but when the 100 % window ( total screen ) is measured , the nit drop ? For a miniLED TV , it seems like the TV would be brighter with all LEDs maxed out as opposed to just a few in a humble area . I ’m sure my reason is wrong here , but hoping you’re able to explicate this .
I jazz this question , too ! So , actually , your intellect is not off . It is true that if all the mini - LED backlights in a video were driven to their max , as they clearly are in smaller test windows , then the video would be right smart brighter . There are two issues with that , though . One is power management . It would take a howling amount of superpower to pull off , say , 4,000 nits full - screen white . Could it be done ? Yes . But do you have any idea what 4,000 nits of full - screen smartness would do to your eye , even in a daylight - soak elbow room , and even at about 65 - inch screen sizing ? It ’s a lot , even from a smaller , 10 % window . And also think about what materialise if your fair delineation level is that high . You have resurrect the roof on HDR highlights . How shining would those highlights need to be to support out at that degree ? Well beyond what TVs are equal to of right now . So , for numerous rationality , that ’s not a great mind .
18,000 hours on an OLED TV!
To which I reply : Barry , why ! ? ! ? ! ? You used your C6 OLED for an average of 6 hours every day for 8 years and it ’s just now wearing out . You got great use out of that TV . I know folks are used to the idea of celebrate their tv set for 10 - plus years , but … that ’s an progressively rare life-time for a TV these days , no matter what showing technology the telecasting uses .
Barry , you have been on team OLED for 8 years , and I personally think you should remain on team OLED for your next TV . The LG G4 is awesome . You ’ll love how much brighter it is than your C6 , it looks great for SDR as well as HDR , and the processing is importantly serious . The G4 will feel like a big upgrade . The only reasonableness I would n’t recommend OLED is if you are look for a big upgrade in silver screen size of it . Those large OLED get expensive in a hurriedness . You did n’t mention that in your e-mail . But if that is the fount , then you might want to wait at a good quality mini - LED set .
Otherwise , get that G4 . You ’re gon na love it . It follow with a five - yr warranty . It has more measures to protect the blind built in , and it just seems like that would be the best choice for you .
