Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and welcome back to another tv video and this time we're looking
at lg's newest QNED tv their 2021 mini led tv the model i have here is the 75 inch QNED99
it's an 8k screen with hdmi 2.1 120hz hdr10 and has full array local dimming this means it's
capable of producing deeper blacks better contrast and more accurate colors today i'll do a quick
unboxing we'll set it up and then we'll talk about picture quality movies gaming and any pros and
cons i've found so far any questions about this tv please drop those in the comments i've also
put a link in the description about this tv along with the time stamps if you wish to skip ahead
so this is the box that the QNED99 comes in and it mentions some of the specs on the box
and obviously most of those we will cover today inside it comes with everything that you would
expect to see so if you're not wall mounting it it comes with a two-part stand in silver you can
use instead then there are the manuals and setup instructions two packs of screws for the stand
a remote control and some batteries plus there are some cable tiers and a back plate
for the stand which i'll show you a little bit later so this is the stand that it comes with
now although i usually warm out my tvs i will be fitting this stand today which means i can show
you how to install it but just bear in mind you will need at least two of you to lift this tv up
now this is the front curved piece that will go on the front of the tv and you actually
attach that to the rear support using the four available screws once you've done this lg actually
recommends laying the tv flat onto the packaging that's provided so that's using the cardboard and
the polystyrene pieces then you just need to lift that tv up and out of the box and put it back onto
the cardboard below the stand that you've just made before well that now just clicks onto the
back of the tv and it attaches using those four remaining screws once you're done you just need
to lift the tv up and put it onto your unit and now we're done so before we get this tv
set up let's take a look at the rear of the tv first so if you are wall mounting it you'll use
these recessed areas at the top instead of the typical vessel mounts that we see this means
the tv will sit really really flush to the wall as the bracket or mount will be hidden inside the tv
all of the ports are actually designed for wall mounting as well as you can see here none of them
actually point away from the tv so the cables will be flush so these are all of the available
ports on this QNED we've got four hdmi 2.1 ports capable of 8k 60 or 4k 120 that's perfect for the
ps5 and the xbox series x port number two is an e arc so that's ready for sending content to and
from your soundbar or your AVR there are also three usb ports an optical out a wired network
port and a headphone port then over to the left side we've got the non-removable power cable
that's something that we've seen LG doing for a number of years now but it could be a little bit
of a nuisance if you're wall mounting your tv and you need to put that power cable through the wall
then there's this cable management channel built into the stand below where you can actually hide
your power cable or your hdmis so once the cables are in you just clip this little cover over the
top and it keeps those out of sight and this is how big this tv is so bear in mind this is the
75 inch version of the QNED99 but here are the dimensions on screen i've actually added some
measurements that you would not see online so hopefully this will be useful to you
turning it around let's see what it looks like from the front so the overall style is really
nice it's got kind of like a square design with a brush metal looking edges and for an lcd tv
it's actually pretty thin it's got like a G1 OLED style going on here it looks minimal slim
and sleek and it's definitely optimized for wall mountain the stand at the bottom is curved as we
saw before and it has that same brushed metal look and as it's not as wide as the tv you don't need a
massive tv unit to sit it on then if you look at the bottom right of the screen you can actually
see the LG QNED branding that's a nice little touch is something i have seen on the nano cell
range before setting it up for the first time only takes about 10 minutes you just need to go
through the setup procedure except in the terms and choosing whether you're using the stand or
wall mount in it then enabling the ai functions like ai picture and sound pro i've actually got
both of these switched on then connect to your network and sign in using the LG app now the first
thing to do once you have got it set up is check for updates when i got this tv it wasn't on the
latest version so things like the game optimizer mode was totally different oh and make sure you
turn the energy saving mode off this will make a huge difference to the brightness of the picture
this tv is absolutely awesome for gaming and the fact that all of the ports are hdmi 2.1 is ready
for the ps5 xbox series x and xbox series s and one of the biggest and most impressive things
about this tv is the fact that it comes with LG's game optimizer mode we've seen this mode already
on LG C1 and G1 and haven't used that for the last few months i can safely say it's an awesome
feature to have so once you've plugged in your ps5 your xbox or your pc press the settings button on
the remote control and you'll get this new overlay it shows you what frame rate your game is running
at along with the black stabilizer low latency and any ai game sound options then depending
on the game that you're playing you can actually choose one of the different picture setting modes
and that will actually optimize the picture for that game you can change the game genre to fps rpg
and rts all of these have slightly different picture settings that you can tweak fps for
example that boosts the shadows very very slightly so yeah this new game optimizer area really does
give us control over what we want to do while gaming and whether i'm playing warzone cold war
or forza on the xbox i can make the most of this little menu at one click of a button but just a
very quick note though that this QNED does not come with a vrr support that's variable refresh
rate so as this is the 75 inch model it's no good having a big screen if the quality is terrible but
this tv does not disappoint it's an 8k ips panel and it's kind of the ultimate evolution of lcd
it's made up of mini led backlights combined with quantum dot NanoCell color technology
i know that's a lot to take in but basically it brings enhanced brightness deeper blacks and a
more accurate color reproduction to the screen the black levels on this are very very good for an IPS
panel i actually reviewed the 86 inch Nano91 last year i don't know if you've seen that and i can
safely say this QNED is a lot better everything that i've watched on it looks vibrant and it's not
dull or washed out at all something you'd normally see on lcds over the last week i've been watching
a few different movies on Netflix and Disney Plus and coming from using an OLED every single day i
was really impressed with just how rich the colors looked if there's any interest i was thinking of
doing a comparison between the QNED and my OLED and maybe even a different lcd tv let me know if
you'd like to see that there are nine different picture modes on this tv including cinema vivid
eco and the ISF mode each can be tweaked depending on your preferences or your room brightness now
i've played around with them all and i've actually settled on this cinema mode and i've edited that
one either use cinema or the ISF bright i'm pretty happy with the overall image quality and out of
the box it's not bad at all just remember to turn that energy saver mode off so this q led has full
array local dimming pro that means unlike other lcds it's actually capable of controlling more
zones with the mini led backlight this alone makes a huge difference to the black levels and the dark
scenes so here for example i'm watching a really dark scene at night and normally you'd expect to
see a halo or light bleed around anything lighter or brighter than the rest of the screen subtitles
are the real tests as you can see the mini LEDs do an awesome job of controlling those zones it's
actually been really enjoyable to watch this tv at night i actually have the led local dimming set to
low you can have that set to off low medium or high i found low to be the best option so this
QNED99 also supports dolby vision and dolby atmos as well as hdr10 and hlg dolby vision and atmos
are always my preferred formats as it really does bring the most realistic cinematic experience to
the screen and as i watch a lot of movies on netflix it's awesome to see that most shows or
movies i now watch do support these formats but there's also another mode called filmmaker mode
now i have actually got this switched on and this is ideal if you want to see the movie
you're watching in the director's original vision including things like aspect ratio colors and even
frame rates it then turns off motion smooth and by default although that's a setting that i always
have off anyway now as this is an 8k screen the resolution is 7680x4320 now that's massive and
it means the quality really is incredible but unfortunately there's not a lot of native 8k
content out there to watch right now i did watch a few 8k demos and some youtube videos just to test
this out and for what i've seen so far it's really really impressive plus it's capable of upscaling
content to 8k using the alpha 9 gen 4 processor now hopefully over the coming years we'll see
more and more aka content available especially on movies but let me know in the comments if there's
a movie that you would love to see in 8k and maybe drop some recommendations for something that i
should watch so generally speaking lcd panels and ips panels are known for their poor viewing angles
as soon as you try to view the tv off center the colors are washed out and it looks pretty poor but
this QNED mini led tv has really really surprised me to the point that it doesn't matter where in
the room you're viewing it the colors and contrast almost don't change at all so as i move around the
screen you can really see that there's only a very slight difference but it's still watchable
and when it comes to reflections on the tv well like with any tv you're going to get some kind
of reflection but this QNED must have some sort of anti-reflective coating it's almost like a matte
finish it means as you're watching it during the day for example you can still see what's on screen
rather than what's in the room behind you obviously if you directly angle the tv against a
window you're going to see that but overall it's pretty impressive if you've seen the previous
2020 LG remotes you'll see this 2021 model looks very slightly different it's now got a flatter
design in both looks and feel and it's slightly smaller when comparing to last year's remote
we've got some quick access buttons on the bottom including netflix and amazon prime and disney plus
and the scroll wheel in the center is a lot firmer than it was before and as this is a magic remote
it means you've still got that floating arrow on screen you can use that to navigate around the
menus i personally like the magic wand although i know some people think it's still a little bit
gimmicky and as with all 2021 models we've now got web os 6.0 which brings a new ui dashboard
and home screen area for me the biggest change is the app launcher i covered this briefly during
my c1 video that i did a few months ago but you can see here that the overall design of the dash
is totally new any apps you install will show up here now across the bottom and you
can rearrange them however you'd like then below that you've got the recommended or trending shows
then there's also the app store which to be honest hasn't changed a great deal but this is where you
can download any other apps you'd like including things like spotify and plex and amazon prime
and loads more it comes pre-installed with plenty but if you are looking for apps like bbc and itv
or any of the other uk streaming services you'll have no issue with downloading those from this
if you're interested in knowing what the speakers sound like they're okay
but if you're getting a screen like this for movies and gaming i would highly
recommend picking up at least a sound bar but take a listen to this anyway
so in summary the 2021 QNED mini led tv is really really impressive it's got an 8k resolution
hdmi 2.1 full array local dimming decent viewing angles and no risk of burning if that's something
that you're worried about for an lcd i'm very impressed with the QNED99 i've dropped a link
in the description if you want to check that out it also lists the full specs of the tv prices for
your country and it's also available in 65 75 and 86 inches and something i mentioned earlier was i
was considering doing a comparison of this QNED against my OLED and maybe a different lcd and if
that's something you're interested in or you're intrigued by how this stacks up against OLED
please let me know in the comments well you've just made it to the end of today's video so thank
you for watching also any questions you've got about this tv please drop those in the comments
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