Panels
No display technology wins everywhere. Each one buys a different combination of black depth, sustained brightness, off-axis behaviour and motion — and the room you put it in decides which of those compromises you actually notice.
A grey-scale run read off the panel rather than off the menu.
Photo: Tima Miroshnichenko / Pexels
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Emissive and transmissive
Whether each pixel makes its own light or filters a backlight decides almost every other property.
Per-pixel black against full-field brightness.
Spend on the technology that suits the light you actually have. -
Local dimming
Zones of backlight approximating per-pixel control, and the halo that gives it away.
Fewer haloes against cost.
Spend on zone count only if the room is dark. -
Motion
Persistence, sample-and-hold, and why film judder is not a fault.
Crisper motion against a dimmer picture.
Spend on understanding the cadence, not on interpolation. -
Burn-in and lifetime
A real property of some technologies, routinely overstated and occasionally real.
Peak performance against wear.
Spend on habits: vary the content, hide the static furniture.