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Sony Triumphs Over Samsung in Value Electronics King of OLED, MiniLED TV ShootouI

Using a team of calibrators and expert judges, Value Electronics has released the results of its TV Shootout competition.

August 11, 2024

Value Electronics has released its expert panel's judging results that determined the winner of its annual TV Shootout event. (photo courtesy of Value Electronics)

Value Electronics, an independent Audio/Video retailer based in Westchester County, N.Y., hosted its annual TV Shootout Evaluation event on Saturday, August 3, 2024 in Scarsdale, N.Y.

The latest flagship TVs were brought together side-by-side to compare all picture quality attributes, with a winner crowned for “King of OLED TV” and “King of MiniLED TV” for the 2024 model year.

For the past few years, Value Electronics‘ TV Shootout events were held primarily in New York City venues, including Jacob Javits and The Company. To celebrate the event’s 20th year, Value Electronics brought its annual TV Shootout event back to its Scarsdale, N.Y. store where it first began.

Top performing TVs from the premium manufacturers were selected to compete in the TV Shootout, with the event divided into two main categories: OLED and MiniLED TVs. This year, the TV Shootout included six displays, with three MiniLED TVs on one side of the room, and three OLED TVs grouped together on the other side.

All the 4K TVs in the competition were 65-inch screen size models, including LG’s G4, Samsung’s S95D, Sony’s A95L for the OLED TVs, and LG’s QNED90T, Samsung’s QN95D, and Sony’s XR90 for the MiniLED TVs. Two of the new reference Sony Professional BVM-HX3110 Professional Mastering Monitors were used as reference monitors for comparison to show how each TV should look. All TVs were professionally calibrated to their best potential by a team of calibrators: DeWayne Davis and Cecil Meade.

Once the TVs were calibrated, an expert panel of judges reviewed test patterns and content to carefully vote on the elements of picture quality.

Sony Products Perform Well During the 2024 TV Shootout Event

Value Electronics’ results for the TV Shootout OLED TV category revealed Sony’s A95L QD OLED TV had won four of six of the judging categories. The Sony OLED edged out Samsung’s S95D QD OLED TVs, which won the other two categories and was only a 10th of a point behind in overall average. Among MiniLED TVs, Sony’s XR90 (Bravia 9) was declared “King of MiniLED TV,” winning four of six categories, and slightly ahead in the overall average of scores, with the Samsung QN95D MiniLED TV close behind.

On the next day, Sunday, August 4, experts returned to review all six competing TVs in their larger screen sizes to do preference judging for best out-of-the-box performance. Each TV was put in its best preset picture mode without professional calibration. Sony’s A95L OLED TV won, followed by LG’s G4 OLED TV as runner up and then Samsung’s S95D OLED TV.

Last year, Sony’s A95L OLED won Value Electronic’s 4K Shootout, as well.

Full results documented below outline the scoring of each category evaluated at the 2024 TV Shootout:

Value Electronics TV Shootout (photo courtesy of Value Electronics(