Qled vs Oled: don’t be fooled by this simple letter that changes everything!
The 65G5 from LG being tested in the lab.
Did you think that Qled was the improved version of Oled? FAKE ! Despite strangely similar names maintained by the marketing of major brands, these two technologies have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Before buying your television, here is the technical reality behind the labels.
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This is one of the most common confusions in stores. You see a “QLED” TV and another “OLED”. Only one letter changes, and yet it’s day and night in terms of image technology.
Marketing is sometimes misleading: the resemblance between acronyms may be just a coincidence, but the performance is not at all the same. Here’s how to stop falling for it.
Qled: disguised LCD?
Make no mistake: Qled (mainly supported by Samsung, Hisense and TCL) is not a revolutionary technology that replaces Oled.
In reality, Qled is an evolution of LCD technology, the same one that has equipped our screens since the 2000s. It is a classic LCD panel with a panel of LEDs at the back for light, to which we added a “quantum dots” filter to boost the colors. The image quality is therefore a little better, and above all the technology remains affordable. Be careful, however, this is still LCD, with its historical flaws: limited contrasts, blooming, and more limited brightness than Mini LED televisions.
Hisense 55E7Q Pro
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Oled: the real technological breakthrough
Oled plays in another league. Developed by LG for W-Oled, and Samsung for QD-Oled (and adopted by Philips, Sony, Panasonic…), this technology does not use global backlighting. Each pixel produces its own light and can turn off completely. This gives “perfect” blacks (infinite contrast), zero blooming around bright objects, and excellent viewing angles. It’s the ultimate technology for moviegoers watching movies in the dark. Its defects were linked to burn-in (potential marking of the panel), but the phenomenon took time to disappear on recent models, and the brightness of the Oled plateaued compared to the Mini-Led, but the panels of 2025 have made enormous progress.
The verdict: which one to choose?
It is essentially your budget that will direct you towards this or that technology. Opt for Qled if you have a tight budget (good models can be found from €450-600), or even its Mini-Led evolution for greater brightness and better energy management. blooming.
LG 55C5
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And choose Oled if you are looking for the best possible image quality for cinema and video games, and you have a slightly larger budget (count around €1000 for a reference like the LG C5 on sale). There are certainly entry-level Oleds for less than €800 like the B range from LG, and if we keep the contrasts of the panel, their brightness is unfortunately very limited.
What you need to remember: If you see an attractive crossed-out price on a “QLED” TV, check its characteristics carefully and read our tests! You are not buying Oled, but an LCD screen with all that that implies. For “true” deep black and the best colors, you should turn to O, not Q.
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