TL;DR

Linus got his hands on the world’s biggest TV—Hisense’s 116-inch 4K RGB MiniLED monster—and while the sheer scale and brightness punch are undeniably impressive, the move from ~20,000 local dimming zones (in prototypes) down to just 10,000 (or even 3,600) in production really hurts contrast and blooming control on that ginormous panel. Shadows and highlights start to feel mushy, and it’s tough to justify keeping a TV that looks amazing in specs but underwhelms in real-world viewing.

In the end, the “bigger is better” mantra doesn’t quite stick. Linus wrestles with whether to embrace the spectacle or cut his losses, runs it through a battery of tests, and ultimately decides this beast is too much of a trade-off—mind-blowing size doesn’t always mean mind-blowing picture.

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