TV guy Darko

HDTV calibrator and reviewer. Helping people around the globe better understand new technologies. Founder of TV Calibration with Darko YouTube & @hdtelevizija

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TCL C7L vs C7K @uhd4k TVs: What actually changed?
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🚀VIDEO🚀 Samsung Q7F vs Hisense E7Q Pro – Which budget @uhd4k TV should you buy?
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What's Inside a TCL 2026 @uhd4k TVs? RGB and Mini LED backlights without the LCD screen
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TCL 2026 lineups - TVs, soundbars, monitors, gaming, Google TV,...
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TCL 2026 TV performance - a segment from Experts meet Experts presentation in Warsaw (May 2026)
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SQD and RGB mini LED, NXTVISION and other @TCL_Europe 2026 @UHD4k TVs explained https://t.co/kExAdURSqB Recorded at TCL’s Experts
meet Experts event in Warsaw.

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Finally with the custom button! It has a star on it🤩

TCL 2026 premium remote review - recorded at @TCL_Europe’s #expertsmeetexperts event in Warsaw on 98X11L @UHD4k TV:
https://t.co/xGADDEm5Xz

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@payhip Croatian 🇭🇷

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HDR picture settings for Hisense 2025 @UHD4k TVs are now available in my store: https://t.co/E7Dicj6taI @HisenseGlobal

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@Flatpanels I only saw this on Samsung TVs in EU, the mandatory login to Samsung account to use the apps.

[FlatpanelsHD @Flatpanels]

In a first, LG is said to be in talks to buy QD-OLED panels from Samsung Display. Samsung Electronics is already sourcing WOLED panels from LG Display. A Korean alliance as a bulwark against China? Our article👇🏼

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Up to 2000 4K movies…now just to find enough time to watch them 🤔

[Kaleidescape @kaleidescape]

New high-capacity server alert! @Kaleidescape, provider of the world’s only high-fidelity movie library, today announced the Kaleidescape Terra Prime 120TB. Terra Prime 120TB stores up to 2,000 4K movies and downloads movies in as little as 8 minutes over 2.5G internet. Terra Prime 120TB supersedes the 96TB capacity and is perfect for movie lovers with large collections. Escape beyond cinema. Learn more here: https://t.co/XqdP6At6QM

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[Anish Moonka @anishmoonka]

Your Netflix "4K" stream and a 4K disc put the same number of pixels on your screen. But the disc version of a two-hour movie is about 70 gigabytes. The stream is about 14. Same pixels, roughly five times less data filling them.

You see it first in dark scenes. The stream doesn't have enough data to tell dark grey from black, so your TV just mashes it all into chunky blocks. Then you notice sunsets looking like a paint-by-numbers, with visible stripes where smooth color should be. Film grain is probably the biggest casualty. Directors add that slightly textured look on purpose to make movies feel cinematic. Streaming compression reads it as noise and wipes it. That's where the weirdly plastic, waxy look on a good OLED comes from.

One comparison I can't stop thinking about. A regular 1080p Blu-ray (the older HD format, not even 4K) pushes about 40 megabits of data per second to fill 2 million pixels. A 4K stream pushes 15-25 to fill 8 million pixels. Four times the pixels. Less data. A plain HD disc from 2008 can look sharper than a brand new 4K stream.

Sound is worse. Netflix sends "Dolby Atmos" audio at about 768 kilobits per second, compressed, with parts of the original permanently deleted. A disc sends TrueHD Atmos at up to 18,000, lossless, nothing removed. Up to 23x more sound data. If dialogue sounds flat when you're streaming, that's not your speakers.

Netflix is getting better at this. As of late 2025, 30% of their streaming runs on a newer compression method called AV1, the same picture at a third less data. They also strip film grain out before compressing, then rebuild it on your TV during playback. Saves over a third on file size for most content, and up to two-thirds for really grainy movies. The rebuilt grain looks solid.

The tradeoff won't go away, though. Netflix has to deliver a file that works over spotty rural Wi-Fi and gigabit fiber, adjusting quality frame by frame to whatever your connection can handle. A disc reads plastic. Same quality every time.

[FlatpanelsHD @Flatpanels]

TCL today unveiled its 2026 models. C8L (QM8L) and C7L (QM7L) feature 'super quantum dots', while RM9L and RM7L are its first LCD TVs with RGB LED. Highlights include Dolby Vision 2 Max, claims of 100% BT.2020 and four HDMI 2.1 ports. Full details here 👇🏼

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Hisense 2025 @uhd4k TV picture settings are now available in my store. Check it out 🚀 https://t.co/oijwidQiqT

[FlatpanelsHD @Flatpanels]

Philips has unveiled its 2026 OLED lineup. These are the first OLED TVs with Dolby Vision 2 Max, in addition to a 2nd gen Tandem WOLED panel. There are also four HDMI 2.1 ports. The 8-series gets an upgraded OLED panel too. Everything you need to know👇🏼

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@DenonAmerica 3 - this year I bought Star Wars E1: The Complete Edition and loving it!

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📃DOCUMENT📃 Samsung 2025 TV picture settings - HDR (SDR available as well). Evaluated on @SamsungTV 65QN90F @UHD4k TV: https://t.co/6CxS3ggrYV

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Samsung 2025 TV picture settings for SDR content is now available in my store. HDR settings coming soon! https://t.co/92r41SgdER

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@bugonline Čestitke! 🥳