If you watch in complete darkness all of the time or most of the time , go with OLED . LG has an update coming out that will lower the input lag while using HDR mode . The only drawbacks to OLED are the cost and higher chance of burn in . If you go with LCD , make sure you go with one that has backlit local dimming . If you buy an edge lit tv and watch in the dark , you will see what ' s called clouding and flashlighting which can ruin your whole experience , especially for darker tone movies and games . If blacklit local dimming is too expensive , then go for a TV with a mid range panel such as the KS 8500 that I talked about above . The KS 8500 has a good enough panel to minimize the usual drawbacks of an edge lit set . For LCD peak brightness will always be important , no matter what lighting conditions you watch it in . The higher peak brightness helps combat the generally poorer black levels of most LCDs , so your perceived contrast will be something similar to or better than OLED . Also , any 2016 TV with peak brightness lower than 1000 nits , is simply accepting the HDR signal but it ' s not displaying it as intended . The whole point of HDR is HIGH dynamic range which means stretching the differences between the darkest and brightness spots on screen at the same time . You can ' t really do that if you only have a peak brightness of 300 nits .