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Simply put, nothing comes close to the picture served up by the G3 OLED in my opinion.
Ultimately, there was no harm.
The LG QNED I lived with for a few weeks is a fine TV.
But Im still an OLED fanboy heres why.
What is QNED?
On paper, at least.
And, kicking things off positively, I did find its color reproduction to be impressive.
Im inclined to use the word saturated too, but not in a negative way.
It was an enjoyable watch.
The same can be said of virtually any other colorful, animated movie.
I noticed similar effects withThe IncrediblesandThe SuperMarioBros.
What the QNED81 didnt quite manage however, was delivering as good a sense of depth in an image.
This, I expect, is due to the way both TVs light the image on screen.
Highlights a low point
Unfortunately its not all good news for the QNED81 though.
The same scene viewed on the G3 OLED revealed there is indeed meant to be blue sky there.
However, because it is edge lit, it ultimately has much less control over what that light does.
LG says the QNED81 has local dimming, but in many ways this is redundant on an edge-lit screen.
I don’t encounter quite the same issue with the G3 OLED.
All this may have you asking the question why even compare the QNED81 with the G3 OLED?
and it would be a fair question.
For now though, Im staying loyal to OLED.
