The Best UHD LCD TV 2014 |
Brand | Sony .......................... | Panasonic ........................... | Sharp .......................... | Philips .......................... | Samsung ........................... | LG ........................... | Toshiba ........................... |
Model | X9500B | AX900 | UD10 & UD20 | PUS9808 | HU8500 | UB980 | Няма |
Remarks |
Pro | HDMI 2.0
HEVC(H.265)
Sound
Full-array Led local dimming Няма да се продава в Европа | HDMI 2.0
HEVC(H.265) | Не се продават в Европа | Очаква се скоро на пазара
HDMI 2.0
HEVC(H.265)
Direct Led
Ambilight 4 | HDMI 2.0
HEVC(H.265)
True colors in Cinema mode (average Delta E of 2.9).
Compensation efficient movement.
Two remote controls, one with touch pad and gyro function.
Image Processing
Motion Sharpness
Media Player
Excellent Smart features
Netflix 4K client | HDMI 2.0
HEVC(H.265)
Colour rendering
Image Processing
Viewing Angle
Contrast (with local dimming)
Sound
WebOS
Magic Remote | |
Contra | | | | | Susceptible to reflections (curve).
Glossy screen sensitive to glare.
Edge LED backlight (risk of clouding).
Gamma imbalance, loss of detail in dark areas.
Angles particularly close vision.
Viewing angle (contrast) | Black Value (without local dimming)
WebOS teething | |
Expert Score | | | | | 9.2 | 9.2 | |
Optimal - price / quality UHD TV 2014 |
Brand | Sony ..................... | Panasonic ...................... | Sharp ..................... | Philips ..................... | Samsung ...................... | LG ...................... | Toshiba ...................... |
Model | X9000B | AX800 | Няма | PUS8809 | HU7500 | Няма | L9433 |
Remarks |
Pro | HDMI 2.0.
HEVC(H.265).
Port Replicator.
Xtended Dynamic Range.
Reality Creation.
Media Player.
Motion Sharpness.
Excellent contrast ratio (4470: 1).
Accurate color.
Excellent 3D, almost no crosstalk (image splitting).
Compensation effective movements.
Afterglow contained.
Sound worthy of a good sound bar.
Two compact remotes compatible with NFC and touchpad. | HDMI 2.0 and DisplayPort.
HEVC(H.265).
Color Range
Accurate colors (average Delta E of 3).
Compensation effective movements.
Black value and contrast
Black Detail
Motion Sharpness
Media Player.
Ease of use
ability to saturate colours in low-APL scenes and also in 3D.
Input Lag 37ms | | HDMI 2.0
Ambilight 3. | HDMI 2.0
HEVC(H.265)
Motion resolution.
Screen uniformity.
Netflix 4K client.
Media Player. | | |
Contra | Lack of UHD sources. The definition is under-exploited (by default really attributable to the TV).
Glossy screen sensitive to glare.
Speakers molded into the hull, impossible to deport or remove.
Deinterlacing.
Viewing Angle.
Touchpad remote.
Up & down local dimming. | No Netflix 4K support.
Limited Viewing Angle.
Touchpad remote
Deinterlacing
Some banding & dirty screen efect.
Glossy screen sensitive to glare.
Edge LED backlight
- left & right
(risk of clouding).
Gamma imbalance, loss of detail in dark areas.
Poor audio quality: no bass and treble saturation. | | | Viewing angle.
Edge-light backlight.
Pseudo-local dimming system.
Input Lag 69ms. | | |
Expert Score | 9.2 | | | | 9.1 | | |
The worst UHD LCD TV 2014 |
Brand | Sony ..................... | Panasonic ...................... | Sharp ..................... | Philips ..................... | Samsung ...................... | LG ...................... | Toshiba ...................... |
Model | X8500B | Няма | UQ10 | PUS7809 | HU7000
HU6900 | UB850 | L8433 |
Remarks |
Pro | HDMI 2.0
HEVC | | THX certification | Natural colorimetry.
Colour Rendering
Excellent 3D, almost no crosstalk (image splitting).
Many formats supported by the media player.
Image Processing
Multi-Room.
Ambilight.
Consumption.
Price. | HDMI 2.0
HEVC
Accurate color reproduction (average Delta E of 2.8).
Good contrast ratio (3220: 1).
Two remote controls, one with touch pad, very convenient.
Large number of video formats supported by the media player. | Colour rendering
Image Processing
Viewing Angle
Contrast (with local dimming)
Sound
WebOS
Magic Remote | |
Contra | | | No HEVC
No HDMI 2.0
HDMI 1.4 support 4К only (24Hz, 25Hz, 30Hz)
No Local Dimming
Media Player
3840 x 2160 - sub resolution
1920 x 1080
(native) | No HDMI 2.0
No HEVC
HDMI 1.4 support 4К only (24Hz, 25Hz, 30Hz).
Software flaws.
Rate too low contrast (980: 1).
Poor audio quality.
Lack of UHD sources. The definition is under-exploited (by default really attributable to the TV).
Glossy screen sensitive to glare.
Resolution of 2 divided by the 3D image.
Shadows bites, loss of detail. | 50Hz panel
Motion Sharpness.
Compensation of missing movement.
Gamma imbalance, loss of detail in dark scene.
Narrow viewing angles.
Edge Led - Down.
Risk of clouding.
Anti-glare filter, but the slab is a little brighter. | Black Value (without local dimming)
WebOS teething | |
Expert Score | | | 7.9 | 7.3 | 9.0 | 8.9 | |