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So forgive my ignorance but I'm no expert. Right I've downloaded the House of Dragons in UHD on a cheap UHD TV. I'm about to purchase a flagship Oled TV. 

(Sony A95L). Now when I plug my new TV into my Sky Q box will I get the quality of the cheap TV or will the new flagship TV enhance the picture accordingly? 

Thanks. 


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@Fidel+59 wrote:

So forgive my ignorance but I'm no expert. Right I've downloaded the House of Dragons in UHD on a cheap UHD TV. I'm about to purchase a flagship Oled TV. 

(Sony A95L). Now when I plug my new TV into my Sky Q box will I get the quality of the cheap TV or will the new flagship TV enhance the picture accordingly? 

Thanks. 


hi @Fidel+59 

 

How much of a difference you will notice may be down to your own perception but my guess is that you will notice it

 

OLEDs definitely have some clear benefits - much deeper blacks & also do not suffer from off-axis drop off that LCD screens do.

 

I don't know the Sony TV personally but I seem to recall it has had some good reviews

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@Fidel+59 wrote:

So forgive my ignorance but I'm no expert. Right I've downloaded the House of Dragons in UHD on a cheap UHD TV. I'm about to purchase a flagship Oled TV. 

(Sony A95L). Now when I plug my new TV into my Sky Q box will I get the quality of the cheap TV or will the new flagship TV enhance the picture accordingly? 

Thanks. 


hi @Fidel+59 

 

How much of a difference you will notice may be down to your own perception but my guess is that you will notice it

 

OLEDs definitely have some clear benefits - much deeper blacks & also do not suffer from off-axis drop off that LCD screens do.

 

I don't know the Sony TV personally but I seem to recall it has had some good reviews

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@Fidel+59 wrote:

So forgive my ignorance but I'm no expert. Right I've downloaded the House of Dragons in UHD on a cheap UHD TV. I'm about to purchase a flagship Oled TV. 

(Sony A95L). Now when I plug my new TV into my Sky Q box will I get the quality of the cheap TV or will the new flagship TV enhance the picture accordingly? 

Thanks. 


Further to what @nigea99 says, I would also suggest you download the UHD HDR versions of House of the Dragon as these will offer a noticeable difference in image quality, especially on a top-end TV such as the Sony A95L which is extremely capable with HDR (High Dynamic Range) content.

The TV has a Netflix calibrated mode so if you use the app on the TV (rather than on your Q box) you will benefit from vastly improved image quality with many titles available in Dolby Vision (if you subscribe to Netflix Premium.)

 

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Yes the native Netflix app on my TV does seem to be better than the Sky Q Netflix app for some reason. 

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Yes the native Netflix app on my TV does seem to be better than the Sky Q Netflix app for some reason. 


We do recommend using the TV's inbuilt apps rather than via SKY Q

 

As @Mister_Dalek  says they usually offer Dolby Vision (with the relevant sub) and HDR 10+ (used on some Prime titles)  and more likely to be tuned to the TV 

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Yes the native Netflix app on my TV does seem to be better than the Sky Q Netflix app for some reason. 


The Sky Q box is really beginning to show its age these days. I always recommend people use other devices or their TV app to access Netflix. The apps on Sky Q are there for convenience and aren't necessarily the best quality. It can't output Dolby Vision for example or native frame rates, it being locked to 50 or 60Hz. 

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The only problem you will have on an OLED @Fidel+59 is as already mentioned, the blacks are inky black.

 

We do not want you back here complaining dark scenes in a cave are so dark you cannot see anything until a dragon lights things up! 🤣

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There will be no complaints from me boyo ✌️

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