think about all the pixels and quality
in your favorite 4k video and then
quadruple it it really is a different
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experience
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every time i see a super big tv like
samsung's new qled
8k i'm always impressed with the size
and the picture quality
but i'm always thinking how does it work
and more importantly how do you mount
something this big
and massive to the wall especially when
it's so thin and there's no gap between
the tv and the wall
today we're gonna find out huge thanks
to samsung for sponsoring this video
let's get started
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over the past five to ten years tvs have
hit quite a few different resolution
milestones
you know 720p 1080p 4k and now finally
the latest and greatest
8k these super big tvs are perfect for
large spaces or anywhere where
entertainment is the focus
this 82 inch qled 8k isn't even the
biggest tv that samsung makes they range
anywhere from 75 inches
all the way up to the new 98-inch that
was announced at ces last year
i think it's big enough cambrie pretty
massive
it is possible to have the tv mounted on
like a cabinet or an entertainment
center
and the legs for the tv are conveniently
hidden right here
on the back panel which is a pretty
smart design the legs
just lift up and out
but we're not here to set the tv on
stands we're here to mount it to the
wall
let me show you how to do that all right
so cambria and i we've measured the tv
and we've kind of set tape up in the
general area of where the tv might be
and now we just need the uh
professional's opinion
on if it should be raised up or not do
you want a higher lower
like it just needs to be up a little bit
higher
so the way the no gap mounting system
works on a tv this large
is that underneath these plastic panels
on the back of the tv
is a mounting location the tvs that are
82 inches and up have
two mounting points and the no gap mount
can fit right in that little slot
screw in with its screw and washer and
then it sits almost completely flush
with the back panel
so this will all start coming together
in a second but this paper we just stuck
up is a perfect template
for where the wall mount is going to go
so what we do right now is drill holes
into the studs
behind this wall so it'll support the tv
with the two mounts
one little trick that i've learned over
the years is that if you take a sticky
note
a little piece of paper and put it
underneath where you're drilling
like this it'll catch all of the dust
that is coming out of the wall
and make it so that there's less cleanup
there's a bunch of dust
and nothing on the floor now that we
have all the holes drilled
we can put the brackets in place so
before we can lift the tv up onto the
wall there's two very important things
to keep in mind
one is the connector cable for the back
of the tv is fiber optic meaning that
it's made of glass
so any kink in the cable or bend sharper
than four inches
might break the glass and that's the
only form of communication
between the tv and the console so don't
bend that cable
because glass has glass and glass can
break then we can pull down
each of these mounts so they're ready to
be hung
on the wall mounts and the second thing
is when we're lifting the tv
we don't want to put any pressure on the
surface of the qled 8k
especially since the bezels are so small
it has this little protector here along
the side
that can come off but we're gonna remove
it after it's up on the wall
since hopefully we just put this tv up
one time we're gonna have a little bit
of fun with the wall
and leave little notes
for whoever comes after us nelson's
established
20 19.
nice
100 yep
and the tv is on the wall i did most of
the heavy lifting
now the tv's up on the wall let's see
what it can do with some of my own
footage
now this massive waterfall right here i
shot with a 1080p
drone while i was in africa victoria
falls is the largest waterfall in the
world
you can see the detail of the waterfall
and the little people walking along the
edge
because the samsung tv is taking my
1080p
footage and upscaling it to 8k
with its internal quantum ai processor
this pot of dolphins was shot in 4k
using a handheld camera along with this
turtle also shot in 4k
currently being upscaled to 8k this
plane wreck was also shot with a 4k
drone
currently being upscaled to 8k you can
see each individual tree
and the plane wreck right in the middle
of all of them so even though there
might not be a whole lot of ak content
available right now
it's not a big deal because the tv
generates its own ak
content with whatever it's displaying
and is doing a pretty good job with my
own footage
so you might be wondering what's the
difference between oled
and qled displays some people might say
that a tv is a tv but there's actually a
difference in the technologies
oled displays are made up of little tiny
pixels that light up on their own
which kind of limits how bright they can
get without losing their color
qled is made up of little quantum dots
that are backlit
by leds meaning that qled can get much
brighter than a typical oled
pretty interesting stuff so there used
to be a projector on this wall since the
wall is so large
but this 82 inch super big tv is more
than enough to take up the space
of where the projector used to be and is
even better because the tv can operate
in light or dark environments
where a projector just has to be in the
dark let's talk about resolution for a
second
most smartphones these days iphones and
androids are in this realm
720p and 1080. most computer monitors
and tv screens are in this realm
1080p and 4k but samsung's qled ak
is in this realm literally on the
bleeding edge of technology
each jump in resolution is associated
with more definition
and better picture quality 8k is the
closest thing we have right now to real
life which is why it's more of an
experience instead of just
watching there are a lot of pixels in
this tv it would take
four 4k displays to make up the pixel
density
of this one 8k panel so what happens if
you don't want a massive black rectangle
hanging in the middle of your wall
samsung has added a stealth mode or
something they call ambient mode
which makes the tv mimic the wall behind
it or display pictures or photos or even
personal albums
as kind of like a screen saver of sorts
but it more allows your tv to kind of be
a window to the outside world
instead of just you know a black tv and
more importantly
qled does not have the same burn-in
problems that
oled has along with being a smart tv
with access to the internet
the qled 8k has the apple tv app and
airplay built directly in
no external hardware is needed the new
app brings over 100 000
movies and tv shows and you can
subscribe to premium channels like hbo
and showtime you can also use any
smartphone as a remote with the qled 8k
now all your favorite content from the
apple tv app is available on samsung
qled tvs
so cambria now that we have the whole
thing up on the wall
what do you think of it i think it's
pretty amazing it's huge
and brilliant and i'm excited to
play some video games going back to the
gaming we talked about earlier this tv
has radeon freesync installed
which means it has variable refresh
rates so not only is it good for gaming
but it also
upscales whatever game you're playing
whether it's 1080p
4k it upscales it all the way to 8k
rumor has it that the next gen video
game consoles are going to be in 8k
cambrie and i played for like eight
hours one saturday so if i'm ever
slacking
on videos you know where i'm at you
can't blame me for that groundbreaking
leading-edge technology like this
is always fluctuating in price so i'll
leave a link in the description so you
can check out the current pricing
of the qled ak whether you just want to
check out the current pricing or
actually get one for yourself
you don't have to mount it yourself
though there's lots of professional
options
for mounting a tv this large huge thanks
to samsung for sponsoring this video
and uh cambridge remember how we uh
finished things off
and we'll see you around thanks to for
watching
and we'll see you already