taking a look at each remote we obviously have some big differences here on the left you see Samsung's remote on the right you see LGS LGS is a more standard style remote it's full size it's got lots of buttons for all kinds of functions including some hot keys for Netflix and Amazon whereas Samsung really wants to drive the user experience through its onscreen interface so we basically have a directional key here and a couple other Keys like a volume control rocker and channel control rocker but for the most part you're working through the onscreen interface about that onscreen interface it used to be that LG's web OS was my absolute favorite but I have to say that Samsung's Tien has really caught up and now each one has its own individual little quirks uh that I find useful for each TV I'm not willing to call a winner here in the smart TV Department they're both smart they're both extremely fast it's easy to navigate through all the different menus really just depends on your preference uh but I will say that uh these TVs are faster than they've ever been before loading apps and moving from screen to screen

let's get to the good stuff let's talk about picture quality we'll start with the Samsung like I said before this is probably the best TV that Samsung has ever made the black levels are a marked improvement over the SD series that we saw the last 2 years still not perfect but much better than before brightness has taken a serious uptick we can see uh scenes in here that are pushing 1,000 possibly even 12200 nits and beyond for HDR that's super helpful for standard dynamic range content it Sparkles it's just images leap off the screen here the black levels while much better are not yet perfect though that's where we'll get to the OLED in a moment another non- Perfection viewing angle you can't get away from the fact that to get true blacks from a VA style LCD panel you're going to lose a lot of contrast and some color saturation when you move off angle and it's not an extreme angle either people in your house in normal seating positions aren't necessarily going to get the best picture quality there is definitely a sweet spot on this TV but man when you get in that sweet spot it sure looks amazing moving over to the OLED of course the OLED has perfect black levels and we've said this before that has everything to do with how amazing these TVs look when you start from perfect black everything else above that looks so much better it cannot get as bright as the Samsung QLED can however by starting from perfect black the perceptive contrast is definitely there the color straight out of the box in the ISF bright room setting is spoton almost no adjustment needs to be made the motion is also smoother on the LG OLED there's a little less stuttering although with the Samsung I can put a little motion smoothing in there avoid soap opera effect and smooth out some of the jutter

I like the outof the Box color with the LG a little bit better here here's a really great example of how that perfect black level plays out on the screen when you've got a bright image you can't really tell much of a difference because the contrast between light and dark is so Stark but when you get a really dark image like this with a fixed bright spot right in the middle of the screen you start to see the difference around this swimmer on the OLED TV right now you can see it's a very distinct clear sharp line between the brightness and the Darkness we move over to the Samsung however and this is just the deal with LED TVs you can see some blooming around the swimmer you don't have that distinct sharp line between light and dark as you do on the OLED honestly I don't have anything bad to say about the LG OLED's picture quality it just looks stunning to me and that's not just my opinion either pretty much everybody who's come through this room to take a look at these two amazing TVs stacked up against each other took a little time to deliberate but eventually they settle on the LG as the better overall picture quality although with that said we heard a lot of comments about how bright the Samsung was how sharp it was and how good looking a TV in general it is so it's a razor thin margin but the LG just barely pulls it out

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enit's an exciting day here at Digital Trends we're shooting this video in 4k which is great for 4K TV reviews not only that though we are comparing two of the finest TVs in 2017 on your right is the LG E7 OLED and on your left is the Samsung q9 qled TV now there's a little bit of confusion about what exactly qled is and how it Stacks up to OLED we're going to answer all those questions and more in this versus video so what is a qled TV well it's basically an LCD TV with LED backlights using Quantum dots so that you get more color and higher dynamic range therefore more contrast it's a lot like the TVs that you're used to seeing only Samsung has refined this down to an art so that you get a very high performance television qled for Samsung is also a branding effort it helps set this TV off from the rest of their TV line letting you know it's the best TV that Samsung makes OLED meanwhile if you're not familiar is what's called an emissive display that means that the pixels make their own light there is no need for an LED backlight which means that when the pixel is off it is off and that's where the perfect black levels come from I think the first thing you need to know is that the race between these two TV Technologies is tighter than ever before Samsung's QED looks really really good here but is it enough to topple the OLED off the throne we've put it on so let's start with design here because I think anytime you spend this much on a TV you should get a really great looking product Samsung has really stepped up in the design Department this year and I want to start on the back of the TV because that's where we see we have a completely flat surface here the profile may not be as thin as the OLED but with this completely flat back Samsung can get this mounted right up against the wall almost zero Gap and that looks really good in the room we also have a pretty narrow bezel here and we've got this interesting sort of tubular bar stand on the left and the right that's new for this year as well this might be one of the most critical design points this little fishing line looking thing is actually fiber optic cable and this is all that runs from the Samsung one connect box up to the TV when you paint it the same color as your wall it is virtually invisible and there's no reason to hide it you don't have to punch any holes as long as you've got power behind the TV then this is all you have to worry about coming up from your ENT mment Center moving over to the LG no real surprises here in the design Department it is of course impossibly thin until you get down to the little bump out down here this particular model the E7 comes with an integrated sound bar which adds a little bit of bulk down at the bottom but it also sounds very good I'm not a big fan of how wobbly this TV is on its stand however it'll mount to the wall just fine and be perfectly secure taking a look at each remote we obviously have some big differences here on the left you see Samsung's remote on the right you see LGS LGS is a more standard style remote it's full size it's got lots of buttons for all kinds of functions including some hot keys for Netflix and Amazon whereas Samsung really wants to drive the user experience through its onscreen interface so we basically have a directional key here and a couple other Keys like a volume control rocker and channel control rocker but for the most part you're working through the onscreen interface about that onscreen interface it used to be that LG's web OS was my absolute favorite but I have to say that Samsung's Tien has really caught up and now each one has its own individual little quirks uh that I find useful for each TV I'm not willing to call a winner here in the smart TV Department they're both smart they're both extremely fast it's easy to navigate through all the different menus really just depends on your preference uh but I will say that uh these TVs are faster than they've ever been before loading apps and moving from screen to screen all right let's get to the good stuff let's talk about picture quality we'll start with the Samsung like I said before this is probably the best TV that Samsung has ever made the black levels are a marked improvement over the SD series that we saw the last 2 years still not perfect but much better than before brightness has taken a serious uptick we can see uh scenes in here that are pushing 1,000 possibly even 12200 nits and beyond for HDR that's super helpful for standard dynamic range content it Sparkles it's just images leap off the screen here the black levels while much better are not yet perfect though that's where we'll get to the OLED in a moment another non- Perfection viewing angle you can't get away from the fact that to get true blacks from a VA style LCD panel you're going to lose a lot of contrast and some color saturation when you move off angle and it's not an extreme angle either people in your house in normal seating positions aren't necessarily going to get the best picture quality there is definitely a sweet spot on this TV but man when you get in that sweet spot it sure looks amazing moving over to the OLED of course the OLED has perfect black levels and we've said this before that has everything to do with how amazing these TVs look when you start from perfect black everything else above that looks so much better it cannot get as bright as the Samsung qled can however by starting from perfect black the perceptive contrast is definitely there the color straight out of the box in the ISF bright room setting is spoton almost no adjustment needs to be made the motion is also smoother on the LG OLED there's a little less stuttering although with the Samsung I can put a little motion smoothing in there avoid soap opera effect and smooth out some of the jutter I've been seeing the color temperature straight out of the box is a little bit neutral with the LG where it tends to be a little bit more towards the red side with the Samsung I like the outof the Box color with the LG a little bit better here here's a really great example of how that perfect black level plays out on the screen when you've got a bright image you can't really tell much of a difference because the contrast between light and dark is so Stark but when you get a really dark image like this with a fixed bright spot right in the middle of the screen you start to see the difference around this swimmer on the OLED TV right now you can see it's a very distinct clear sharp line between the brightness and the Darkness we move over to the Samsung however and this is just the deal with LED TVs you can see some blooming around the swimmer you don't have that distinct sharp line between light and dark as you do on the OLED honestly I don't have anything bad to say about the LG oled's picture quality it just looks stunning to me and that's not just my opinion either pretty much everybody who's come through this room to take a look at these two amazing TVs stacked up against each other took a little time to deliberate but eventually they settle on the LG as the better overall picture quality although with that said we heard a lot of comments about how bright the Samsung was how sharp it was and how good looking a TV in general it is so it's a razor thin margin but the LG just barely pulls it out with that said I've got to give a lot of props to Samsung for really advancing their Q Leed line giving it the best picture quality I've seen so far and a really gorgeous designit's an exciting day here at Digital Trends we're shooting this video in 4k which is great for 4K TV reviews not only that though we are comparing two of the finest TVs in 2017 on your right is the LG E7 OLED and on your left is the Samsung q9 qled TV now there's a little bit of confusion about what exactly qled is and how it Stacks up to OLED we're going to answer all those questions and more in this versus video so what is a qled TV well it's basically an LCD TV with LED backlights using Quantum dots so that you get more color and higher dynamic range therefore more contrast it's a lot like the TVs that you're used to seeing only Samsung has refined this down to an art so that you get a very high performance television qled for Samsung is also a branding effort it helps set this TV off from the rest of their TV line letting you know it's the best TV that Samsung makes OLED meanwhile if you're not familiar is what's called an emissive display that means that the pixels make their own light there is no need for an LED backlight which means that when the pixel is off it is off and that's where the perfect black levels come from I think the first thing you need to know is that the race between these two TV Technologies is tighter than ever before Samsung's QED looks really really good here but is it enough to topple the OLED off the throne we've put it on so let's start with design here because I think anytime you spend this much on a TV you should get a really great looking product Samsung has really stepped up in the design Department this year and I want to start on the back of the TV because that's where we see we have a completely flat surface here the profile may not be as thin as the OLED but with this completely flat back Samsung can get this mounted right up against the wall almost zero Gap and that looks really good in the room we also have a pretty narrow bezel here and we've got this interesting sort of tubular bar stand on the left and the right that's new for this year as well this might be one of the most critical design points this little fishing line looking thing is actually fiber optic cable and this is all that runs from the Samsung one connect box up to the TV when you paint it the same color as your wall it is virtually invisible and there's no reason to hide it you don't have to punch any holes as long as you've got power behind the TV then this is all you have to worry about coming up from your ENT mment Center moving over to the LG no real surprises here in the design Department it is of course impossibly thin until you get down to the little bump out down here this particular model the E7 comes with an integrated sound bar which adds a little bit of bulk down at the bottom but it also sounds very good I'm not a big fan of how wobbly this TV is on its stand however it'll mount to the wall just fine and be perfectly secure taking a look at each remote we obviously have some big differences here on the left you see Samsung's remote on the right you see LGS LGS is a more standard style remote it's full size it's got lots of buttons for all kinds of functions including some hot keys for Netflix and Amazon whereas Samsung really wants to drive the user experience through its onscreen interface so we basically have a directional key here and a couple other Keys like a volume control rocker and channel control rocker but for the most part you're working through the onscreen interface about that onscreen interface it used to be that LG's web OS was my absolute favorite but I have to say that Samsung's Tien has really caught up and now each one has its own individual little quirks uh that I find useful for each TV I'm not willing to call a winner here in the smart TV Department they're both smart they're both extremely fast it's easy to navigate through all the different menus really just depends on your preference uh but I will say that uh these TVs are faster than they've ever been before loading apps and moving from screen to screen all right let's get to the good stuff let's talk about picture quality we'll start with the Samsung like I said before this is probably the best TV that Samsung has ever made the black levels are a marked improvement over the SD series that we saw the last 2 years still not perfect but much better than before brightness has taken a serious uptick we can see uh scenes in here that are pushing 1,000 possibly even 12200 nits and beyond for HDR that's super helpful for standard dynamic range content it Sparkles it's just images leap off the screen here the black levels while much better are not yet perfect though that's where we'll get to the OLED in a moment another non- Perfection viewing angle you can't get away from the fact that to get true blacks from a VA style LCD panel you're going to lose a lot of contrast and some color saturation when you move off angle and it's not an extreme angle either people in your house in normal seating positions aren't necessarily going to get the best picture quality there is definitely a sweet spot on this TV but man when you get in that sweet spot it sure looks amazing moving over to the OLED of course the OLED has perfect black levels and we've said this before that has everything to do with how amazing these TVs look when you start from perfect black everything else above that looks so much better it cannot get as bright as the Samsung qled can however by starting from perfect black the perceptive contrast is definitely there the color straight out of the box in the ISF bright room setting is spoton almost no adjustment needs to be made the motion is also smoother on the LG OLED there's a little less stuttering although with the Samsung I can put a little motion smoothing in there avoid soap opera effect and smooth out some of the jutter I've been seeing the color temperature straight out of the box is a little bit neutral with the LG where it tends to be a little bit more towards the red side with the Samsung I like the outof the Box color with the LG a little bit better here here's a really great example of how that perfect black level plays out on the screen when you've got a bright image you can't really tell much of a difference because the contrast between light and dark is so Stark but when you get a really dark image like this with a fixed bright spot right in the middle of the screen you start to see the difference around this swimmer on the OLED TV right now you can see it's a very distinct clear sharp line between the brightness and the Darkness we move over to the Samsung however and this is just the deal with LED TVs you can see some blooming around the swimmer you don't have that distinct sharp line between light and dark as you do on the OLED honestly I don't have anything bad to say about the LG oled's picture quality it just looks stunning to me and that's not just my opinion either pretty much everybody who's come through this room to take a look at these two amazing TVs stacked up against each other took a little time to deliberate but eventually they settle on the LG as the better overall picture quality although with that said we heard a lot of comments about how bright the Samsung was how sharp it was and how good looking a TV in general it is so it's a razor thin margin but the LG just barely pulls it out with that said I've got to give a lot of props to Samsung for really advancing their Q Leed line giving it the best picture quality I've seen so far and a really gorgeous design\n"