TechnoTalk: Time to Tech

[Nintex]

I’ve been out of the loop regarding TVs. Are there any meaningful OLED updates? Because I’m looking at some and the 2022 LGs are half the cost of the 2024 models.

Some are claiming mini led surpassed OLED. Mostly has to do with brightness?

Overall OLED LG is still king for blacks and contrast. Newer OLEDs are usually less bright because of regulations but they have added some software trickery to improve that. It is reported that the new LG G4 is much brighter than the older CX model, especially in sunny conditions.

The most important new features to look out for are VRR (Variable Refresh Rates), so you can run a 40fps game without it looking choppy and HDMI 2.1 ports, that allow for higher output resolutions and refresh rates on devices that support it. There are also a bunch of new AI features and faster chips in newer models, in case you want to use apps.

From what I'm reading you can't go wrong with any model between 2022 - 2024 but this years new line-up did offer a bigger set of improvements than the 2023 models did compared to 2022. 

Whenever I try something that isn't OLED I always find my LGC8 (which is now 6 years old) to be superior. 
Like my Odyssey G7 with a VA-panel that has a strange banding effect under certain conditions and while blacks on a VA panel are nice, they aren't as good as on OLED. The HDR is also not as good.

In my office we have a Samsung screen on the wall that looks like a painting. The gimmick is neat but my older OLED is far superior to the Samsung screen.

The only downside about my screen is the number of caveats and software bugs. The gaming mode isn't working as it should after an update, the screen is 50% less bright and the response time actually slower. So for the Switch I had to set the input label specifically to PC to be able to tweak certain settings and keep high response times.
 
My Xbox had lots of input lag which I only found out when I tried the SF6 demo on PC and bought the full game for Xbox. I didn't understand how I suddenly couldn't do combos anymore and I realized that certain games like Elden Ring also felt sluggish compared to games I played on PC. So I did some digging and found out that Dolby Vision caused it but the option on Xbox to turn it off for just games is broken too, so you have to entirely turn off Dolby Vision to make games run properly.