WEBVTT 00:00:00.291 --> 00:00:01.083 Guys, look. 00:00:01.291 --> 00:00:02.833 Look how big this is. 00:00:02.833 --> 00:00:05.041 Like, I'm like, eight foot, right? 00:00:06.000 --> 00:00:08.750 I've got the wingspan of probably one of the biggest birds in the world. 00:00:08.750 --> 00:00:09.958 Whatever that bird is. 00:00:09.958 --> 00:00:13.583 And I'm not exaggerating, but this really is the one time where 00:00:15.208 --> 00:00:18.041 size size actually matters. 00:00:18.083 --> 00:00:19.458 So let's go back a bit. 00:00:19.458 --> 00:00:21.458 This is what my lounger used to look like. 00:00:21.458 --> 00:00:23.458 It was pretty much an empty shell, 00:00:23.458 --> 00:00:26.833 which is actually quite nice because it means I can really make it how I like. 00:00:27.000 --> 00:00:30.000 So the first TV I bought was actually the Samsung Serif. 00:00:30.333 --> 00:00:34.083 However, I bought this TV as a stopgap as my intention was always 00:00:34.083 --> 00:00:36.166 to have this TV upstairs in my bedroom. 00:00:36.208 --> 00:00:39.833 I just had it in my living room until I found a TV suitable for the space. 00:00:39.833 --> 00:00:42.750 My lounge is quite big, so even at 65 inches 00:00:42.916 --> 00:00:44.958 the Serif TV, it was just too small. 00:00:44.958 --> 00:00:47.083 So I did play around with the idea of having a projector. 00:00:47.083 --> 00:00:48.416 Of course, it just makes a lot of sense, right? 00:00:48.416 --> 00:00:50.458 You can see a big white wall. 00:00:50.458 --> 00:00:52.041 Who wouldn't want a projector? 00:00:52.041 --> 00:00:54.000 The only issue is in Dubai. 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:56.000 There is a lot of natural sunlight. 00:00:56.000 --> 00:00:58.208 I have big windows here, as you can see behind me. 00:00:58.208 --> 00:01:02.125 So there's a lot of natural light coming in constantly, all throughout the day. 00:01:02.333 --> 00:01:04.583 It's actually cloudy today, so it's usually brighter. 00:01:05.041 --> 00:01:07.250 And because of that, a projector just wouldn't make sense. 00:01:07.250 --> 00:01:09.708 I wouldn't be able to watch TV in the dark whatsoever. 00:01:09.708 --> 00:01:12.041 And also setting up a projector, putting on the ceiling, 00:01:12.041 --> 00:01:14.125 getting all the cabling, everything sorted. 00:01:14.125 --> 00:01:17.208 It was just a lot of work, so a TV made more sense. 00:01:17.208 --> 00:01:20.541 I've been searching for large TV for a while and I saw that Linus posted 00:01:20.541 --> 00:01:23.083 video of the Hisense 110 UCS 00:01:23.583 --> 00:01:26.541 and I was going to get that TV until I saw the price tag. 00:01:26.583 --> 00:01:29.791 But that TV was $20,000. 00:01:30.500 --> 00:01:32.208 I can't afford a $20,000 TV. 00:01:32.208 --> 00:01:33.333 Well, I said I can't afford it. 00:01:33.333 --> 00:01:35.666 I just don't want to spend $20,000 on the TV. 00:01:35.916 --> 00:01:39.291 Now, Linus actually got his TV for free, so he didn't pay for it either. 00:01:39.500 --> 00:01:42.208 But Hisense, if you guys want to show me that TV, let me know. 00:01:42.333 --> 00:01:43.583 You don't have it in the space. 00:01:43.583 --> 00:01:47.000 Anyway, I was looking for what I could get for less 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:51.125 than $5,000 was the biggest TV I could get that could fit this space. 00:01:51.125 --> 00:01:51.875 And this is what I've got. 00:01:51.875 --> 00:01:54.000 After a ton of research and just looking at so 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:57.750 many different options, I settled for the TCL, see? 00:01:57.750 --> 00:02:01.041 855 So they have a few different sizes. 00:02:01.250 --> 00:02:03.000 This is one of the biggest they do. 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:04.916 This is 98 inches. 00:02:04.916 --> 00:02:06.541 It might as well be 100 inches. 00:02:06.541 --> 00:02:10.916 And look it, it's just it's just ginormous and it looks amazing. 00:02:10.916 --> 00:02:11.500 It looks fantastic. 00:02:11.500 --> 00:02:13.583 I feel like the camera doesn't actually do it justice. 00:02:13.916 --> 00:02:14.750 How big it is. 00:02:14.750 --> 00:02:17.541 By the way, this TV also weighed 60 kilos. 00:02:17.541 --> 00:02:18.791 Like that's absurd. 00:02:18.791 --> 00:02:21.250 That's the weight of a human in a TV. 00:02:21.250 --> 00:02:24.583 That's just ridiculous because I'm as big as the rock, you know? 00:02:24.625 --> 00:02:25.833 I said out, no problem. 00:02:25.833 --> 00:02:28.416 But regardless, you're definitely going to be 00:02:28.541 --> 00:02:30.083 if you're interested in this TV, you're definitely going 00:02:30.083 --> 00:02:33.083 to need to be able to sit out because it is ridiculously heavy. 00:02:33.083 --> 00:02:35.416 Is one heavy boy because my living room is pretty big. 00:02:35.416 --> 00:02:39.625 I have a big white wall and I'll be sitting a couple metres away from my TV. 00:02:39.625 --> 00:02:40.833 I wanted something big 00:02:40.833 --> 00:02:44.541 and finding TV's around 100 inches in size is actually harder than you think. 00:02:44.541 --> 00:02:47.000 One key feature with this TV is that it's mini led. 00:02:47.416 --> 00:02:50.375 Now, of course, in a dream scenario I would love to have only 00:02:50.416 --> 00:02:53.750 I've had LG OLEDs in the past and they're absolutely fantastic. 00:02:53.750 --> 00:02:54.750 They're brilliant. 00:02:54.750 --> 00:02:58.291 But getting an outlet at this size is near enough. 00:02:58.291 --> 00:02:59.125 Impossible. 00:02:59.125 --> 00:03:01.791 Unless you want to spend 20 $30,000. 00:03:01.791 --> 00:03:04.541 Like it's just ridiculous how much you need to spend to get all about this size. 00:03:04.708 --> 00:03:09.666 And of course, mini LCD TVs like this one get much, much brighter than a light. 00:03:09.875 --> 00:03:10.958 And it would be nice 00:03:10.958 --> 00:03:14.750 if it wasn't like a cinema room in a room that didn't get much natural sunlight. 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.291 But in a room like this, many LCD just makes a lot of sense. 00:03:17.291 --> 00:03:20.083 And that's why I had to settle for one key feature with this TV. 00:03:20.083 --> 00:03:23.791 And it's probably the most important feature on why I chose it over and over. 00:03:23.833 --> 00:03:25.250 It is the brightness. 00:03:25.250 --> 00:03:30.250 It goes up to 3500 nits and brightness, which is just outrageous. 00:03:30.250 --> 00:03:33.333 Like it's hard to explain how bright is for comparison. 00:03:33.541 --> 00:03:38.416 The lg C for which is a very popular, very well-regarded only TV, 00:03:38.416 --> 00:03:42.416 probably one of the most popular TV lines that you can get right now. 00:03:42.875 --> 00:03:45.250 That is a thousand nits brightness. 00:03:45.250 --> 00:03:46.750 This was two and a half thousand. 00:03:46.750 --> 00:03:49.916 Like the difference is literally it's night and day. 00:03:49.916 --> 00:03:51.416 Like there is no other way to say it. 00:03:51.416 --> 00:03:52.708 However, something which a lot of people 00:03:52.708 --> 00:03:56.416 make the mistake of thinking is that nits are measured in a linear scale. 00:03:56.791 --> 00:04:01.750 3500 nits is not actually 3.5 times brighter than a thousand. 00:04:01.750 --> 00:04:05.125 Nits is actually around 1.5 times brighter, 00:04:05.250 --> 00:04:07.958 but it still makes an absolutely huge difference. 00:04:08.250 --> 00:04:10.958 And I have no issues with watching this TV in the day 00:04:11.250 --> 00:04:14.250 with the bright Dubai sunlight beaming into my living room. 00:04:14.333 --> 00:04:15.833 The downside of Mini-Led 00:04:15.833 --> 00:04:19.916 is, of course, you have far fewer dimming zones compared to an old TV. 00:04:20.250 --> 00:04:23.791 This has 2160 different dimming zones. 00:04:23.791 --> 00:04:27.000 And to be honest, when watching content, I don't even notice the fewer 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:29.125 dimming zones unless I have an image on the TV, 00:04:29.416 --> 00:04:33.500 which has a very small, bright spot compared to the rest of the image. 00:04:33.500 --> 00:04:36.583 So for example, if you were to look at a star in a black sky, 00:04:36.791 --> 00:04:38.708 that's only one you would know to it. 00:04:38.708 --> 00:04:41.500 But how often do movies actually have shots like that? 00:04:41.708 --> 00:04:43.250 Generally you won't even notice. 00:04:43.250 --> 00:04:46.708 The only time I notice any blooming is really in extreme examples. 00:04:46.708 --> 00:04:48.208 Like I said, when you have something 00:04:48.208 --> 00:04:51.166 that's super bright and white on the TV against a black background, 00:04:51.416 --> 00:04:53.083 that's not anytime you're really going to see blooming 00:04:53.083 --> 00:04:56.708 or maybe you have really bright subtitles or something like that, but generally 00:04:56.708 --> 00:04:57.875 when you're watching content, 00:04:57.875 --> 00:05:02.375 there isn't actually that much content that has such a large range of contrast. 00:05:02.375 --> 00:05:05.458 I also can't even describe how bright this TV is. 00:05:05.875 --> 00:05:07.916 Recording it on camera does not do it. 00:05:07.916 --> 00:05:09.083 Justice is so bright. 00:05:09.083 --> 00:05:11.083 That actually hurts my eyes. 00:05:11.083 --> 00:05:13.750 Like I'm like, Oh my God, I have to squint what is heavy. 00:05:13.791 --> 00:05:16.041 I've had to turn down the brightness on the TV. 00:05:16.708 --> 00:05:18.875 I don't think I've ever had that experience with any other TV. 00:05:19.250 --> 00:05:22.500 Yeah, it is just ridiculous how bright it gets when there's a movie 00:05:22.500 --> 00:05:25.958 with a bright object like the sun, or there's an explosion and a flash. 00:05:26.291 --> 00:05:27.875 It just looks insane. 00:05:27.875 --> 00:05:31.041 I wish I had recorded my first reaction when I set this TV up. 00:05:31.041 --> 00:05:32.333 Like I wish I had set it. 00:05:32.333 --> 00:05:33.583 I've sat on the sofa 00:05:33.583 --> 00:05:36.375 and you guys could have just seen because I couldn't believe it. 00:05:36.375 --> 00:05:39.458 Like it was just it was just insane, this sort of size as well. 00:05:39.458 --> 00:05:40.666 It really does feel like 00:05:40.666 --> 00:05:43.375 more of a cinematic experience, and that's why I'm aiming for. 00:05:43.666 --> 00:05:47.458 I want to feel like I've got my own small cinema in my living room. 00:05:47.458 --> 00:05:50.583 I now really look forward to watching movies going from cinema 00:05:50.583 --> 00:05:56.000 to digital download so that I can watch them in their set up in bright HDR glory. 00:05:56.291 --> 00:05:58.958 And of course it supports Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. 00:05:59.250 --> 00:06:03.000 However, it specifically also has Dolby Vision IQ, 00:06:03.291 --> 00:06:07.250 which is pretty smart as it automatically adjusts the picture based on the content 00:06:07.375 --> 00:06:10.458 and the ambient lighting of the room when it comes to colours and stuff. 00:06:10.458 --> 00:06:13.625 So I don't have any testing equipment for colour accuracy. 00:06:13.791 --> 00:06:16.666 However, from looking at a few of online, 00:06:16.791 --> 00:06:21.375 especially the one from HDTV, they gave it an absolutely glowing review. 00:06:21.416 --> 00:06:24.416 To my eye it looks incredible, colours look fantastic. 00:06:24.541 --> 00:06:27.500 Contrast is one of the best on any TV right now 00:06:27.750 --> 00:06:30.041 and just the overall experience is blow me away. 00:06:30.041 --> 00:06:33.625 The one downside is that when you do have it towards the top end of brightness, 00:06:33.791 --> 00:06:36.000 colours can start to skew a little. 00:06:36.000 --> 00:06:38.875 But I think if you need it to be super right whilst watching in the day, 00:06:39.250 --> 00:06:41.458 you're probably not paying too much attention to the colours. 00:06:41.500 --> 00:06:45.833 It also has a refresh rate of up to 144 hertz, making it really great for gaming. 00:06:46.041 --> 00:06:49.958 However, I probably won't be connecting my PC to this anytime soon and doing 00:06:49.958 --> 00:06:51.500 so any fast pace shooters. 00:06:51.500 --> 00:06:55.000 But if you have a ps5 on Xbox, the experience is fantastic. 00:06:55.000 --> 00:06:57.583 Playing my ps5 on this is an unreal experience. 00:06:57.583 --> 00:06:59.750 It feels like I'm enveloped in the game 00:07:00.000 --> 00:07:04.375 and because it has such a great hasty, I experience games that do so well. 00:07:04.541 --> 00:07:05.666 Look incredible. 00:07:05.666 --> 00:07:08.458 Again, this is something that can really be translated on camera. 00:07:08.708 --> 00:07:10.375 It needs to be experienced first hand. 00:07:10.375 --> 00:07:13.583 It also makes me wish that local multiplayer games were more of a thing 00:07:13.583 --> 00:07:16.666 because playing on TV like this, it's like having two TVs. 00:07:16.666 --> 00:07:18.333 Like when you play multiplayer games, like when I was playing 00:07:18.333 --> 00:07:20.708 overcooked and stuff with friends, it's so much fun. 00:07:20.708 --> 00:07:23.625 The software on the TV is Google TV, which is fantastic. 00:07:23.666 --> 00:07:27.416 Even though I have an Apple TV, I surprisingly use the Google TV more 00:07:27.583 --> 00:07:30.583 just because it's always there and you can access and Apple and Google TV, 00:07:30.750 --> 00:07:32.625 but you can't have an Apple TV if you know what I mean. 00:07:32.625 --> 00:07:34.500 Honestly, one of the best TVs I've ever seen 00:07:34.500 --> 00:07:36.458 and four and a half thousand dollars well spent. 00:07:36.458 --> 00:07:38.708 I am super, super happy with this purchase. 00:07:39.000 --> 00:07:41.583 And from looking at other reviews and stuff online, 00:07:42.041 --> 00:07:44.625 it also makes me happy about all purchase because 00:07:45.291 --> 00:07:48.625 I didn't realise how good this TV was until after I bought it. 00:07:48.625 --> 00:07:50.750 Even though I had done a ton of research before buying it. 00:07:51.291 --> 00:07:53.541 So yeah, t sale have upped their game. 00:07:53.791 --> 00:07:58.583 TCL aren't usually known to have premium quality TVs because they usually 00:07:58.583 --> 00:08:01.500 targeting the budget price range, the more affordable price range. 00:08:01.750 --> 00:08:03.041 Now four and a half thousand dollars. 00:08:03.041 --> 00:08:06.416 I wouldn't say it's budget, but it's definitely affordable 00:08:06.833 --> 00:08:10.041 relatively when it comes to the size, the features 00:08:10.333 --> 00:08:11.791 and everything else that you get with this TV. 00:08:11.791 --> 00:08:14.958 I think for the money, if you want a massive TV, 00:08:14.958 --> 00:08:18.125 that's pretty much a 100 inches this is a no brainer. 00:08:18.541 --> 00:08:21.208 So let me run you guys through the rest of this set up. 00:08:21.541 --> 00:08:25.000 So this is the lounge area or have the sofa, the TV and everything. 00:08:25.250 --> 00:08:27.500 And then this is the sort of dining area 00:08:27.500 --> 00:08:30.416 still very much a work in progress as you guys can see. 00:08:30.625 --> 00:08:32.625 There's like nothing on my shelving units 00:08:32.625 --> 00:08:35.125 and I also need to get bulbs for this thing. 00:08:35.125 --> 00:08:38.541 So yeah, I recently got the shelving unit dining table here, 00:08:38.541 --> 00:08:41.458 which I also need to put stuff on, but I do have some of my prints. 00:08:41.791 --> 00:08:45.166 These are pictures that I actually shot myself and I put them up on the wall. 00:08:45.166 --> 00:08:46.750 Super simple. 00:08:46.750 --> 00:08:49.791 I've tried to keep it sort of minimal, sort of not minimal. 00:08:50.125 --> 00:08:51.208 It's kind of just my style. 00:08:51.208 --> 00:08:57.416 I really like walnut whites, greys, blacks and some greenery as well. 00:08:57.416 --> 00:08:58.791 That tree is a fake tree, by the way. 00:08:58.791 --> 00:09:02.666 It's a fake olive tree, but it looks very realistic. 00:09:02.666 --> 00:09:04.916 Nice one. You through the rest of the set up. 00:09:04.916 --> 00:09:08.250 I actually had to get this to cabinet here custom made 00:09:08.583 --> 00:09:11.916 because I couldn't find a TV cabinet that was big enough for the TV. 00:09:12.291 --> 00:09:16.333 Most of the TV cabinets were smaller in width compared to the TV. 00:09:16.333 --> 00:09:17.416 Just what mission? 00:09:17.416 --> 00:09:20.500 Like the TV was on the floor for ages because I just couldn't 00:09:20.500 --> 00:09:21.666 get a TV cabinet anyway. 00:09:21.666 --> 00:09:23.958 I also think this does a good job of showing the scale of it. 00:09:23.958 --> 00:09:26.125 This is a so nice arc. Soundbar. 00:09:26.125 --> 00:09:28.250 Look how small helix compared to the TV. 00:09:28.791 --> 00:09:29.750 Just outrageous. 00:09:29.750 --> 00:09:33.833 I have a complete sonar set up here, so the Sonos soundbar. 00:09:34.375 --> 00:09:39.666 I have the Sony sub mini, which is surprisingly very, very good. 00:09:39.666 --> 00:09:41.333 You think because it's the mini, 00:09:41.333 --> 00:09:44.333 it wouldn't be that punchy, but it is super punchy. 00:09:44.333 --> 00:09:45.416 Like it's incredible. 00:09:45.416 --> 00:09:51.041 And then behind me I have the so nice ones set up as surround sound units. 00:09:51.375 --> 00:09:54.250 So I have one there, have one over there as well. 00:09:54.791 --> 00:09:58.666 And yet they do such a good job of surround sound with this setup. 00:09:59.208 --> 00:10:03.291 I think if anyone is interested in a scene I set out highly recommended in an ideal 00:10:03.291 --> 00:10:07.000 scenario, I'd probably have a speaker on that side to speak on this side, 00:10:07.000 --> 00:10:10.708 a proper AV setup, but I just wanted it to look clean. 00:10:11.125 --> 00:10:12.958 This just looks cleaner. 00:10:12.958 --> 00:10:14.041 Obviously it doesn't sound as good 00:10:14.041 --> 00:10:17.791 as a dedicated setup up, but anyone who has tried assignments 00:10:17.791 --> 00:10:21.541 they will know like, say nice round systems are very, very capable. 00:10:21.958 --> 00:10:22.750 They're just so good. 00:10:22.750 --> 00:10:26.000 The furniture itself is a mix of pine homes and home centre, 00:10:26.250 --> 00:10:30.083 so obviously that formed by the sofa is from Pan. 00:10:30.083 --> 00:10:32.500 I'm, I think the coffee table as well. 00:10:32.500 --> 00:10:36.083 And then the chairs and the benches from high Centre. 00:10:36.083 --> 00:10:39.500 Same with this dining table set up, ignore the cable down there. 00:10:39.500 --> 00:10:41.750 And I was actually for the light that I had when I was recording. 00:10:41.750 --> 00:10:43.375 The shelving unit is from IKEA 00:10:43.375 --> 00:10:47.125 Billy Bookcase and yeah, I like this dining table setup is quite nice. 00:10:47.125 --> 00:10:49.041 I actually sometimes work here. 00:10:49.041 --> 00:10:50.416 I don't actually eat that much. 00:10:50.416 --> 00:10:51.916 I only eat here when I have friends around. 00:10:51.916 --> 00:10:54.083 Usually I'm just sitting on the sofa and I'm eating. 00:10:54.083 --> 00:10:54.666 I'm watching TV. 00:10:54.666 --> 00:10:57.333 But yeah, actually love the set up. 00:10:57.333 --> 00:11:01.375 Like I said, it's like having a mini home cinema. 00:11:01.375 --> 00:11:03.958 I'm just a great price out. 00:11:03.958 --> 00:11:04.958 Will you be happy with this?