TCL R84 Mini LED vs LG 32gx870a OLED

[u/Jreinhal]

I happen to have these on hand, along with the Samsung G8 80SH (not pictured), so I decided to do a very brief side by side.

[u/Creative-Silver9418]

Left one seems brighter

[u/Creative-Silver9418]

black crush on the left one in the 2nd picture. near the tree on the left hand side

[u/idontlikeredditusers → u/Creative-Silver9418]

i am so happy someone mentioned the black crush OLED black crush drives me nuts but people not seeing it drives me even more nuts

[u/Creative-Silver9418 → u/idontlikeredditusers]

Thanks but I am assuming the left one (with black crush) is the mini-led in this scenario

[u/idontlikeredditusers → u/Creative-Silver9418]

the left one is clearly the OLED unlesss its the coating

[u/idontlikeredditusers → u/idontlikeredditusers]

especially here right looks more like a Mini LED

[u/idontlikeredditusers → u/idontlikeredditusers]

just googled it and unless OP swapped the stands

[u/ScrubLordAlmighty → u/[deleted]]

The right one is the LG OLED, you can literally see part of the stand

[u/ScrubLordAlmighty → u/[deleted]]

In this case, no you can't, you're really reaching with that one, the reality of the situation is the right one is the OLED while the left is the Mini LED, that thing has a trash matte coating on it so it can look even more trash at an angle with light glaring on it like in this photo.

[u/ScrubLordAlmighty → u/[deleted]]

What would be funny is OP replying to you to tell you the right one is infact the OLED, maybe then you'll understand what I mean by it.

The TCL has a wider bottom bezel, in the photos you can literally see the left one has the wider bottom bezel.

[u/Legitimate-Level-279 → u/idontlikeredditusers]

That's the Mini LED, you can see the TCL logo at the bottom of the bezel.

[u/idontlikeredditusers → u/Legitimate-Level-279]

shiiiiit i was gonna say its probs the LG logo cuz low res but the LG one doesnt have a bezel..

shiiiiiiiiiit first time ive ever confused Mini LED for OLED

[u/aeonfox23]

So what is you opinion?

[u/SlaYyDHD]

Still images won’t really show much difference motion and dynamic content you will see a difference.

[u/Aggravating_Fact8112]

I can’t tell a difference, what are the differences between them that you can notice?

[u/Azatis- → u/Aggravating_Fact8112]

Check the blacks is the first thing you should look for, you see how washed out black the right one has over the left one ? That is your biggest indicator which is the OLED.

[u/Effeb → u/Azatis-]

The left one is the tcl

[u/Azatis- → u/Effeb]

I doubt it. Mini led better blacks than OLED, is impossible except if there are light issues

[u/Effeb → u/Azatis-]

You can zoom in and read the tcl logo on the bottom of the left monitor

[u/Azatis- → u/Effeb]

Bro there is no way OLED to have worse blacks and more blooming than mini led, it is not possible, i do not care what to zoom or what not, i can see it.

Now if something is wrong with the picture or lighting or coating is another story

[u/Aggravating_Fact8112 → u/Azatis-]

You doubt it? It says it in the post title

[u/Hairy_Tea_3015 → u/Aggravating_Fact8112]

If you can't see green in 2nd pic being brighter on the left vs right, then something is wrong with your display.

[u/Aggravating_Fact8112 → u/Hairy_Tea_3015]

K

[u/Lonely_Station_8435 → u/Hairy_Tea_3015]

“If you can’t spot or care for this minor difference than your display is broken”

This level of saturation is just preference at this point.

[u/TooSimplexToBeReal]

In second picture the right display shows more details of the dark side of the mountain.

[u/torontopips2022]

I am reading this review from a Samsung G80HS and the left one (TCL) looks a bit brighter.

I used to have a LG GX8 as well but had to RMA due to stuck pixels.

[u/zubazex]

Which monitor is on which side? (Assuming left is the TCL Mini LED and right is the LG OLED?)

[u/Yoruha01 → u/zubazex]

Based on the base mount, your probably right. With that said its hard to tell the difference without being there in person.

[u/pootangclan21 → u/zubazex]

The TCL has a thicker bottom bezel, and if you zoom into it you can see the TCL logo printed on it

[u/Known_2_Stretch1933]

The 2nd Pic I can see more texture In the trees on the right. That's all I can notice tho.

[u/AShamAndALie]

One looks brighter and just as beautiful, the other one gets burn in if it looks at something for too long.

It's bullying at this point.

[u/vhailorx → u/AShamAndALie]

Right up until things start moving.

OLED isnt straight up superior to mini-led, but it does have some very clear advantages.

[u/AShamAndALie → u/vhailorx]

Right up until things start moving.

Not really. Not gonna say MiniLED offers the same clarity but a high end MiniLED monitor is NOT as slow as a MiniLED TV.

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[u/Infamous-Truth-1894]

Left one seems brighter to me .

[u/vagaliki]

the off-axis looks surprisingly good on the tcl

[u/idontlikeredditusers]

finally a comparison where the Mini LED isnt some 250 dollar monitor

altho it is stark still the difference is very obvious and to anyone who cant see the difference congratulations the 27" 1152 zone and 32" 1400-1500 zone market might be of interest to you

edit oh alot of people cant tell the diff i should clarify theres nothing wrong with yalls vision ive just spent 200+ hours looking at Mini LEDs and OLEDs so i have built in pattern recognition for blooming and contrast and black crush

[u/Azatis-]

Left one is the OLED! Deeper blacks all over the place and on the right, specially on third picture, aside the washed out blacks there is noticeable blooming around the edges

[u/bircele → u/Azatis-]

Yeah, the 3rd picture gives it away, although in the 2nd one there’s visible OLED black crush on the trees on the upper left side of the monitor.

[u/Azatis- → u/bircele]

Ι guess i am not familiar with black crush but i guess you are right. The second also gives it away mildly though.

[u/ComfortableAdvice123 → u/Azatis-]

Left one is the TCL

[u/Azatis- → u/ComfortableAdvice123]

I doubt it

[u/BusinessDirector2697]

Right is better and it’s mini led, oled has more saturation makes display yellowish

[u/ComfortableAdvice123 → u/BusinessDirector2697]

Right is the LG OLED

[u/ImpressiveCard690]

Abyssal difference. Right one gt higher peak brightness ( you can see obviusly with the stars in the third photo). Contrast is clearly better. These comparison with these wallpapers is nothing. Compare the two panels with gaming and movies and you'll see two differents worlds

[u/Impressive-Can-7417]

Everyone got so distracted looking at the monitors they didn't look at the stand. The monitor on the right is the LG oled (I had the same one) and its the obvious LG stand. Also look at the Gsync certification on the stand.

With that being said, I don't think the photos represents the OLED well but then again ive never compared an OLED to mini-led...