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Does OLED really give better images compared to a good LCD? I bought a Sony Xperia 5 II - thinking the OLED would give me a better picture - and it objectively

by geokon 5y ago

Does OLED really give better images compared to a good LCD? I bought a Sony Xperia 5 II - thinking the OLED would give me a better picture - and it objectively looks much much worse than my much older LCD based Xiaomi 5 Note Pro (the camera is also amazingly worse) I then went to the electronics mall nearby, and I noticed that the OLED laptops (from Asus) will have a much less vibrant image than a something like a Macbook or Huawei I dunno if this is just a personal-preference/psychosomatic, or if there is really something to what I've observed. Would be curious if anyone has more info

smoldesu 5y ago
Your mind is probably conflating brightness with vibrance, which makes sense because most electronics malls are quite well-lit which helps you weed out the weaker, 250-nit panels that Asus is trying to scam you into buying again.
- rowanG077 5y ago
  I have not seen a 250 nits OLED screen. are they used in phones/laptops?
- geokon 5y ago
  I looked up some specs and that seems likely what's going on. Interesting observation :). I've also gotten the impression the bright lights tend to make matte screens much worse
zokier 5y ago
> I bought a Sony Xperia 5 II - thinking the OLED would give me a better picture - and it objectively looks much much worse than my much older LCD based Xiaomi 5 Note Pro (the camera is also amazingly worse) Objectively? How did you measure that? Or did you mean subjectively?
- 1123581321 5y ago
  Perhaps he meant that it's objective that he disliked it. :)
- geokon 5y ago
  a colloquial subjective objective :) if it's "well i like this one better but maybe someone else could like the other one more" then its subjectively subjective as opposed to here, where its so bad i cant see that happen