The 3 Best OLED TVs of 2025

Jul 18, 2025 04:20 PM By Steng

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The G5 is rated slightly higher overall so what was the determining factor to say the S95F is better than the G5?

Unfortunately, there are still some firmware issues with the G5 that impact picture quality, and its performance varies noticeably depending on the settings used, so we’re currently recommending the S95F over the G5.

The G5 is rated slightly higher overall so what was the determining factor to say the S95F is better than the G5?

Jul 02, 2025 06:00 PM By RtingsUser1435668

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Hi, I’m not sure if this was answered in another forum and i did email my question. How does rtings decide whether a room is too bright as to recommend against an o led tv. Obviously daylight hours and outdoor backyards or direct sunlight or places like offices and airports would be obvious but is there somewhat of a a general rule of thumb. Many folks live in cities for example where if your turn off your lights in the living room there maybe some ambient light from street lamps outside or even a microwave or TV box clock display in a room corner or perhaps a usb charger light or smoke alarm indicator light. This is even true idf its nighttime and there are standard window blinds in windows. In this situation its hard to tell whether or not its recommended to go with oled or an oled that is anti reflective which can reduce quality. Unlike a house sometimes people may live in apartmenrs where some ambient light gets in. In addition many led lamps allow lights to be significantly dimmed so while nor pitch black its not beet bright (think about old incadsecent light bulbs in a child bed room you use to dim). I recall during the plasma TV era most websites would usually recommend ar coating becuase few watch TV in a pitch black environment but of course there had to be a level of ambient light or darkness to decipher as to whether or not getting a plasma was worth it. If the room was totally pitch black like in a cinema or basement with lights off no coatinf was way to go. I’m curious whether rtings can provide additional guidance or examples.

Hey there! One of the main factors we look at when determining how bright an OLED needs to be for a bright room is SDR brightness. An OLED that can reach around 400 nits in a real scene is usually fine for most brighter rooms with indirect lighting, like one with some overhead lights on. If you’re in a room with a bunch of windows with the curtains open on a sunny day, you’re going to want a TV that hits around 500-600 nits. Reflection handling also plays a key factor in this. Even if your TV is incredibly bright, it’s still very possible that you will see reflections on the screen during darker scenes, especially if your TV has poor handling of indirect reflections. Direct reflections are more bothersome, and you want a TV that does a good job reducing the intensity of those if you have a light source placed opposite the screen. Some glossy screen coatings, like the one on the G5, do a great job reducing direct reflections. However, you’re still going to see any lamp or window you have in front of the screen during darker scenes. Matte coatings tend to do the best job with direct reflections, and if you look at a TV like the S95F, it’s pretty much a black hole when it comes to those.

We mostly look at SDR brightness and reflection handling for bright rooms, since the brightness of HDR content is determined by the content itself and is typically mastered for darker rooms. You can have the world’s brightest OLED in HDR, and visibility can still be an issue if the movie you’re watching is dim. We’re confident that our bright room scores are a good way to judge how well an OLED will perform in a well-lit room, and that category also takes into account whether or not you lose image quality in the light. With that said, we’re hoping to add a test in the future that better correlates a TV’s brightness with its reflection handling, since visibility can be an issue if only one of those things is bad. We actually have a pretty in-depth article about reflection handling on our website that you can check out if you want to learn more. I hope that helps, and I appreciate you reaching out!

Hi, I’m not sure if this was answered in another forum and i did email my question. How does rtings decide whether a room is too bright as to recommend against an o led tv. Obviously daylight hours and outdoor backyards or direct sunlight or places like offices and airports would be obvious but is there somewhat of a a general rule of thumb.

Many folks live in cities for example where if your turn off your lights in the living room there maybe some ambient light from street lamps outside or even a microwave or TV box clock display in a room corner or perhaps a usb charger light or smoke alarm indicator light. This is even true idf its nighttime and there are standard window blinds in windows. In this situation its hard to tell whether or not its recommended to go with oled or an oled that is anti reflective which can reduce quality.

Unlike a house sometimes people may live in apartmenrs where some ambient light gets in. In addition many led lamps allow lights to be significantly dimmed so while nor pitch black its not beet bright (think about old incadsecent light bulbs in a child bed room you use to dim).

I recall during the plasma TV era most websites would usually recommend ar coating becuase few watch TV in a pitch black environment but of course there had to be a level of ambient light or darkness to decipher as to whether or not getting a plasma was worth it. If the room was totally pitch black like in a cinema or basement with lights off no coatinf was way to go.

I’m curious whether rtings can provide additional guidance or examples.

Nov 29, 2024 10:24 PM By imfletcher

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Considering upgrading my old LG C8 OLED to either the C4 or Samsung S90D. My primary viewing is YouTubeTV via AppleTV 4k (gen3) as this is a living room TV not my home theater. I currently have appletv output everything in Dolby Vision and honestly it looks great. Will it do the same with the Samsung but HDR10+? Is DV worth getting the C4 vs S90D? they are the same price at the size i want (77”)

Given the choice between the two, the increased color gamut/volume of the S90D is likely more noticeable than Dolby Vision. Given your usage, I’d get the S90D over the C4.

Considering upgrading my old LG C8 OLED to either the C4 or Samsung S90D. My primary viewing is YouTubeTV via AppleTV 4k (gen3) as this is a living room TV not my home theater. I currently have appletv output everything in Dolby Vision and honestly it looks great. Will it do the same with the Samsung but HDR10+? Is DV worth getting the C4 vs S90D? they are the same price at the size i want (77”)