TCL QM8L VS Hisense UR9 - Don't Buy Before Watching — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hey everyone, Tech Steve here. Welcome
2. 0:01back to the channel. Today I have a
3. 0:03great comparison for you. Over here we
4. 0:05have the TCL QM8L in a 75-in version and
5. 0:09over here we have the 65-in Hisense U8G.
6. 0:13Now, just to be honest, these are the
7. 0:14only sizes I have available, so just
8. 0:17take this video with a grain of salt.
9. 0:19But the question is, these TVs are the
10. 0:21same price, which one is the best one
11. 0:24for you and your hard-earned money? On
12. 0:26this video, you're going to find out.
13. 0:27So, sit back and relax. Let's get
14. 0:30started.
15. 0:32>> [music]
16. 0:40>> So, let's go and get the basics out of
17. 0:42the way starting off with a glare test.
18. 0:44So, here is the U8G
19. 0:46and over here is the QM8L.
20. 0:50Now, just looking at this demo here, I
21. 0:52think when it comes to glare, both TVs
22. 0:54going to be about the same. Now we have
23. 0:56the overhead light tone. I will say that
24. 0:59looking at these TVs, the glare is
25. 1:01pretty much identical.
26. 1:03See if you can see me on the televisions
27. 1:05right there. All right, now we're going
28. 1:06to check out the viewing angles just
29. 1:08using my cell phone. Over here we have
30. 1:10the TCL, over here we have the Hisense.
31. 1:12Let's go over here to the side of the
32. 1:14Hisense.
33. 1:16And the viewing angles seem to be good
34. 1:19until you get about right here. So,
35. 1:21let's slowly pan in front of it. You see
36. 1:24right there it clears up. And it's
37. 1:26because a lot of these panels are using
38. 1:28VA panels which is not known to give you
39. 1:32the best viewing angles, but the TCL has
40. 1:34the WHVA panel and it seems to be doing
41. 1:37it just slightly better than the Hisense
42. 1:39when it comes to the viewing angles.
43. 1:42So, now I'll get right back in front of
44. 1:43them.
45. 1:46And there you go. Now, before we get
46. 1:48started doing some tests, as you can see
47. 1:49here, both TVs are in Filmmaker's Mode
48. 1:52and both of them are 80% brightness. So,
49. 1:54this should give you a ideal how each TV
50. 1:56perform as we go through these tests.
51. 1:59The first test we want to do is HDR and
52. 2:02the things I'm noticing here live is
53. 2:03that I can see a lot more contrast in
54. 2:06the TCL, but I can make out the grass a
55. 2:09little bit more defined on the Hisense.
56. 2:11Now, pausing this scene right here, it
57. 2:13appears that the TCL may look a little
58. 2:15bit clearer in the sky is because it
59. 2:17seems to be reflecting the clouds pretty
60. 2:19good. But it's hard to tell with this
61. 2:22particular demo because both TVs are
62. 2:24doing such a great job, it's hard to
63. 2:26determine which one is the best. So, I'm
64. 2:29going to let you guys determine which
65. 2:30one according to this video footage. So,
66. 2:33here's a second HDR test and definitely
67. 2:35you can see the color volume is much
68. 2:37better on the TCL over the Hisense. The
69. 2:39Hisense has a good picture, but it's
70. 2:41more of a flat picture in comparison,
71. 2:43but the TCL is definitely bringing out a
72. 2:45lot more of the blues as well as the
73. 2:48reds and the greens even though it's
74. 2:50against a RGB mini LED televisions. Now,
75. 2:54when we pause this scene again, the
76. 2:56biggest thing I can tell is the contrast
77. 2:58right in here compared to the Hisense
78. 3:00over here. Both TVs are doing a great
79. 3:02job, but you can't help but notice that
80. 3:04color volume and contrast difference
81. 3:06between the two televisions. It's very
82. 3:08faint, but if you look at this
83. 3:09particular demo, you can see that the
84. 3:11colors are more natural on the TCL in
85. 3:13comparison to the Hisense, but again,
86. 3:15the Hisense is no slouch. Now, I'll show
87. 3:17you a couple of clips from some movie
88. 3:18trailers and we can comment about this
89. 3:21down in the details to tell me what you
90. 3:23actually like.
91. 3:26>> [music]
92. 3:30[music]
93. 3:38[music]
94. 3:43>> At 24 frames per second, both TVs appear
95. 3:46to be about the same. I will say it's
96. 3:48because both of them use the Pentronic
97. 3:50800 processor. Now, I turned the motion
98. 3:52off on both units so we can go through
99. 3:54the menu of each one. So, TCL, if we
100. 3:57switch over to low,
101. 3:59it gets a little bit cleaner. If we
102. 4:01switch over to medium, you can see it
103. 4:02smooths out quite a bit. And then if we
104. 4:04go to high, it's more like a 60 frames
105. 4:07per second. And then this is the
106. 4:09Filmmaker's Mode and it's made to match
107. 4:12up with the content that you play in.
108. 4:14Now, if we go into custom, we can also
109. 4:16change the blur reduction and the judder
110. 4:18reduction, so you have full control over
111. 4:20this television. But let's reset that
112. 4:22for now. Here's the Hisense U8G with the
113. 4:24motion completely off. We can customize
114. 4:27it and this allows you to change that
115. 4:28judder just like the TCL. So, in my
116. 4:31opinion, they look pretty similar
117. 4:32overall. Then we have film.
118. 4:35You also have clear.
119. 4:37We have standard,
120. 4:39smooth, and back to off. So, in my
121. 4:42opinion, looking at these TVs side by
122. 4:44side, I would say the motion is pretty
123. 4:47identical. So, now we're going to check
124. 4:48out the dirty screen effects and I would
125. 4:51say that the Hisense appear to be a
126. 4:53little more uniform, but it does have a
127. 4:54little bit of magenta tint to it, kind
128. 4:56of like the older LG C1. Now, if you
129. 4:59look at the TCL, we're getting a little
130. 5:01area right in here and there's some
131. 5:03slight magenta over to the side, but not
132. 5:05as bad as the Hisense. But when it comes
133. 5:07to uniformity, I think both TVs are
134. 5:10pretty close, but I would say that the
135. 5:12Hisense has a little bit more than the
136. 5:14TCL. As we get more into the gray area,
137. 5:17I'm definitely noticing a little bit
138. 5:18more dirty screen effects on the Hisense
139. 5:20in comparison. So, that's kind of like
140. 5:22my take on what I'm seeing here live.
141. 5:25Now, we're going to check out the
142. 5:25blooming on both televisions and I would
143. 5:28say right now at 80% Filmmaker's Mode
144. 5:30that both TVs look very similar. Now, we
145. 5:33have it in Vivid Mode, but let's crank
146. 5:34up the ISO on the camera so we can
147. 5:37really see how these TVs perform. So,
148. 5:39here we are in Vivid Mode with both TVs
149. 5:42and what I can see here live is that the
150. 5:44blooming actually is pretty close to the
151. 5:47same, but I do notice the TCL is a lot
152. 5:50more natural far as the white colors
153. 5:52where the Hisense still has a warm look
154. 5:54even when it's in Vivid Mode. But I can
155. 5:55say the blooming looks pretty similar in
156. 5:57both models, but tell me what you guys
157. 5:59think in the comments below. So, this is
158. 6:01what they call a peak luminous test and
159. 6:04really is identifying the different
160. 6:05colors in both televisions. And looking
161. 6:07at these TVs in conjunction with one
162. 6:09another, you can definitely see the
163. 6:11color volume difference on the TCL, but
164. 6:13again, both TVs are doing great. Now,
165. 6:16one thing I can tell here is when it
166. 6:18switches in this mode, it's showing the
167. 6:20gradient and the TCL to me appears to be
168. 6:23a little bit smoother, but I would say
169. 6:25that on the Hisense, it's doing really
170. 6:27good as well. So, that gives you ideal
171. 6:29how the colors can shift around in these
172. 6:30televisions and how accurate it can
173. 6:32produce the colors. Again, I think the
174. 6:34TCL is doing a better job. Now, this is
175. 6:36a star field test and it just basically
176. 6:38shows a bunch of dots on the screen so
177. 6:40you can see it move through the pixels.
178. 6:42And one thing I notice is that the
179. 6:44transit time on the Hisense is not as
180. 6:47fast as the TCL. Another thing I'm
181. 6:50noticing is just a very, very slight
182. 6:52blooming in some of the different areas,
183. 6:54but again, the Hisense is doing good,
184. 6:57but the TCL is doing better. Now, we're
185. 6:59going to check out the upscaling and and
186. 7:01they look pretty similar to me, but you
187. 7:03know, you still got the color
188. 7:05differences, but far as the resolution,
189. 7:07I think both of them look about the
190. 7:08same. Now, keep in mind, the Hisense is
191. 7:11a smaller TV, so it has more pixels in
192. 7:15the same amount of space, so it should
193. 7:16look a little bit better far as the
194. 7:18clarity. Now, we're switching over to
195. 7:20720p and besides the color differences,
196. 7:23they seem to be doing about the same.
197. 7:25The Hisense just slightly better, but
198. 7:27overall, I'm seeing kind of like the
199. 7:29same results. Now, we're on 1080p and
200. 7:32this is going to be the sweet spot when
201. 7:33it comes to upscaling because 1080p is
202. 7:37really the everyday television and it's
203. 7:39going to give you the most clarity even
204. 7:41if you don't have a 4K signal. But both
205. 7:43TVs again looks the same to me. And now
206. 7:45we're on 4K and everything is rock
207. 7:47solid. I don't see any fringing in the
208. 7:49buildings or anything like that. All the
209. 7:51edges are clean on both televisions.
210. 7:53Again, you just have to decide which
211. 7:55color that you like far as the
212. 7:57televisions. Now, keep in mind, both of
213. 7:59these TVs are still on Filmmaker's Mode,
214. 8:00so you will see a little bit of sputter
215. 8:02for the motion controls inside of the
216. 8:04television, but hopefully this give you
217. 8:06ideal what to expect. Now, keep in mind,
218. 8:08the Hisense is a smaller TV, so it
219. 8:11should bring in a little bit more
220. 8:12resolution than the 75-in TCL QM8L. Now,
221. 8:15we'll move over to the PS5 and as you
222. 8:17can see here, both TVs will support 4K
223. 8:19up to 120 Hz. They both support HDR as
224. 8:23well as 1080p at 120 Hz and HDR. And I
225. 8:27did a test individually on their own
226. 8:29video and both TVs will support 1440p at
227. 8:33all of these same settings. So, no
228. 8:34matter which TV go with, you're going to
229. 8:36get around the same type of gaming
230. 8:37setup. Both TVs do have this game bar,
231. 8:40so on the TCL, you have the frame
232. 8:42counter as well as all the settings at
233. 8:44the top and it supports AMD FreeSync
234. 8:46Premium Pro. You have a aiming aid,
235. 8:48magnifier, you can change to different
236. 8:50picture settings as well as auto low
237. 8:52latency, variable refresh rate, and it
238. 8:54has this overdrive feature and what it
239. 8:57does is increase the picture quality,
240. 8:59but it does turn off the variable
241. 9:01refresh rate. There's also a shadow
242. 9:03enhancer and if you go into the menu,
243. 9:05you can have the floating frame rate,
244. 9:07plus it supports HGIG and has a few
245. 9:10other features down here like motion
246. 9:12clarity and gaming audio. Now, just keep
247. 9:14in mind, some of these features not
248. 9:16available because I'm going to a
249. 9:17switcher, but you can change the themes
250. 9:19on this television as well. The U8G
251. 9:21gaming bar also has the different frames
252. 9:24as well as HDR VR, all that stuff on the
253. 9:26top and HSR. It does have gaming genre
254. 9:30as plus you can change the looks of the
255. 9:31menu on it, which is pretty cool feature
256. 9:34where the TCL doesn't have that option.
257. 9:37You also have dark details, your
258. 9:39brightness, as well as the crosshair and
259. 9:41you can change the color of the
260. 9:42crosshair. And if you go into more
261. 9:44settings, this one also supports AMD
262. 9:47FreeSync Premium Pro as well as your
263. 9:49frame viewer as you can see right there.
264. 9:51But one thing I'm not seeing in here is
265. 9:53the HGIG. But if we go into the game
266. 9:56settings, you have option for contrast,
267. 9:58black levels, and at the bottom is where
268. 10:00you turn the AMD FreeSync off and on.
269. 10:05>> [music]
270. 10:15[music]
271. 10:23[music]
272. 10:28[music]
273. 10:32[music]
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281. 10:48This is a Tech Steve dialogue test to
282. 10:50check the clarity of this TV built-in
283. 10:52speaker system. I recommend an audio
284. 10:54system for movies, but if you're
285. 10:56wondering how it sounds with music,
286. 10:57let's test them now.
287. 11:06>> [music]
288. 11:10[music]
289. 11:16>> Turn it up.
290. 11:17>> [singing]
291. 11:17>> Test [music] those TV speakers.
292. 11:23Let that [singing and music] twang
293. 11:24resonate through your rafters.
294. 11:28This is a Tech Steve dialogue test to
295. 11:30check the clarity of this TV built-in
296. 11:32speaker system. I recommend an audio
297. 11:34system for movies, but if you're
298. 11:35wondering how it sounds with music,
299. 11:37let's test them now.
300. 11:48>> [music]
301. 11:53[music]
302. 11:56>> Turn [singing] it up.
303. 11:57Test those TV speakers.
304. 12:02Let that twang resonate
305. 12:04[singing and music]
306. 12:05through your rafters.
307. 12:09>> [music]
308. 12:14[music]
309. 12:19>> Before I end this video, just a few
310. 12:21things I want to point out here. First
311. 12:22of all, I'm not paid to choose one brand
312. 12:25or the other. These are my own reviews.
313. 12:27A lot of companies send me televisions,
314. 12:30and they want my honest opinion. So,
315. 12:31that's why I filmed this footage, so you
316. 12:33guys can look at it for yourself, and I
317. 12:35didn't alter any of the content. All the
318. 12:37settings were exactly what I showed you.
319. 12:39If I was to choose one of these TVs
320. 12:41right now,
321. 12:42I would go with the TCL QM8L, and this
322. 12:44is why. I could definitely see the color
323. 12:46volume thanks to the SQD mini LED
324. 12:49technology. Also has more local dimming
325. 12:52zones, so the contrast was a little bit
326. 12:54better overall, but it could hurt the
327. 12:56television a little bit. I did notice on
328. 12:58the U8 that I could see some shadows a
329. 13:01little bit better on it, and it seems to
330. 13:03be a little bit more natural-looking
331. 13:05overall, but for some people that like
332. 13:07that high saturation, the TCL can be
333. 13:10toned back just a little bit. And I also
334. 13:13want to say that this TV is first
335. 13:15generation or second generation,
336. 13:17something like that, and it's still
337. 13:19ready to go. A lot of people are going
338. 13:20to love this television, especially if
339. 13:22you're a Hisense fan. I don't really
340. 13:24have much bad to say about it. I think
341. 13:26it's a great television, but if I was
342. 13:28comparing them,
343. 13:29I would go with the QM8L. Everything I'm
344. 13:32seeing and everything that TCL's been
345. 13:34doing lately, I think they're hitting a
346. 13:37home run, and Hisense are definitely
347. 13:39right behind them, but on some models,
348. 13:42not as good.
349. 13:43Well, that's my opinion.
350. 13:45Leave me a comment down below and tell
351. 13:47me what you think. Have you done some
352. 13:49research? Have you been looking at other
353. 13:51people's reviews? I would like to know.
354. 13:53I'm Tech Steve. Thanks for watching, and
355. 13:55I'll catch you on the next video. Peace.