As you have noticed, and often criticized, the pace of publication of TV reviews has slowed down lately. But it was for a good cause...

The why/how of the change in the size of TV tests

As already mentioned in our news on the choice of Cinema mode or Filmmaker mode (see our news Cinema Mode or Filmmaker mode for the best image quality?), this start was first motivated by our desire to publish a larger number of TV tests. It was therefore necessary to simplify their development without however making any concessions on their quality. Then the desire to make them more accessible with several levels of reading according to the timing or the technical level of each one. But also to offer a tool to compare one or more references in the same place and, finally, to develop a new scalable database to integrate the new technologies that will inevitably emerge in the TV universe in the months and/or or future years and to adapt to them without compromising the information already compiled. A challenge…

Change of rating system

First radical change, the rating of TV tests now adopts a base of 10 and no longer a scale of stars, which many of you regretted because it was not precise enough. It is indeed difficult to decide between two TVs rated 5 stars or 6 stars. Establishing a real hierarchy will now be easier.

And to also respond to your many requests, the final rating is no longer global, it now materializes the average of the scores obtained by the TV in the different categories of the test, established by our care always in agreement with a man of art, or an image professional. Of course, who says introduction of several notes, says average notation often more severe. A single bad evaluation can indeed “break the average”. However, from now on, all televisions will be measured according to the same protocol. Finally, greater severity also has the merit of preserving a consistency of assessment with future technologies whose technical superiority is known (Micro LED for example) over all the processes currently in vogue.

First level of reading

As you will see when reading our LG OLED65G1 test, a first level of reading indicates using pictograms the preferred areas of the broadcaster, placed just next to its overall rating. Below this initial information are listed the strengths and weaknesses of the TV, recalled for the most important at the level of the first photo of the test bench. This initial burst of information quickly gives the main characteristics of the product for those who do not wish to go further in the discovery of the test bench.

Second level of reading

Then comes a second level of reading with the Technical Verdict section which presents in more detail the capabilities of the screen and these performances, in particular the aspects of image processing, Smart TV, audio chapter, connectors… After reading the technical verdict, you will know everything or almost about the features of the TV and its faculties.

Third level of reading

Third level of reading, finally, for the most technically savvy who wish to know precisely the aptitudes of the television, in particular before and after professional calibration (we told you, no question to make concessions on the TV benchmarks, see the introduction to our technical verdict where the various materials used to carry out our measurements are specified). We repeat, a pro calibration is the only way to appreciate the audio‑video experience offered by a television out of the box and, after calibration, to really know what it has in store.

Last details, as mentioned in the introduction to this news, our work as Romains on the TV test template is not yet finished. It remains to develop the screen comparison function. We are on it but it will intervene in a second time (it does not interfere with the publication of the tests one after the other).

In the meantime, the editorial staff of AVCesar.com invites you to discover the fruit of its work and the test, always hyper‑complete, of the LG OLED65G1 TV equipped with an Evo panel by clicking on the following link: LG OLED65G1