A 4K QLED Mini-LED display with 2,304 local dimming zones, 144Hz variable refresh, and artificial intelligence that optimises the picture for every scene — independently, in real time.
For four years, the engineers behind VANTA have been asking a question that most display manufacturers consider already answered: what would a television look like if picture quality were the only objective — if no commercial consideration were allowed to compromise the pursuit of absolute image fidelity?
The answer, at 85 inches diagonal, is a panel that covers 99% of the DCI-P3 colour space — the colour space of Hollywood film masters. A panel with 2,304 independently controllable local dimming zones that deliver a measured contrast ratio exceeding 1.2 million to one.
85 inches of QLED Mini-LED precision. 2,304 local dimming zones. 144Hz. Dolby Vision IQ. The cinematic display for the home that has stopped compromising.
When a screen has 2,304 independently controllable backlight zones, "local dimming" becomes something fundamentally different: it becomes pixel-accurate luminance control.
Traditional LCD televisions use 30 to 300 dimming zones. The zones are large — each responsible for a region the size of a hand — meaning that bright objects surrounded by dark areas create visible "halos" of unintended illumination. The black beside a bright star is never truly black.
The VANTA 85's 2,304 zones change this equation entirely. Each zone is roughly 8 square centimetres of screen area. The AI processor controlling them analyses every frame 3,000 times per second and sets each zone to its precise required luminance level within 0.33 milliseconds.
The result is a measured contrast ratio of 1.2 million to one. The measured black level is 0.002 nits — perceptually indistinguishable from zero. Stars appear against darkness that is actually dark.
120 watts of total output across eight drivers, including dedicated up-firing speakers for Dolby Atmos height channels that bounce sound off your ceiling.
A television's audio is invariably its weakest specification. Manufacturers allocate a small fraction of the cabinet to drivers pointed at the floor, and call it good. The VANTA approaches audio as a design problem equal in importance to display quality.
The result is a 4.2.2 speaker configuration housed within the television's depth: four forward-facing mid-range drivers, two downward-firing subwoofers, and two upward-firing Atmos height channels. At 120 watts combined, it produces measurable output at 25Hz — enough to be felt as well as heard.
Before displaying a single pixel, VANTA's neural processor analyses the incoming content across five parameters simultaneously and optimises 2,304 backlight zones accordingly.
The processor identifies the genre and quality of the incoming content within the first two frames — distinguishing between a dark thriller, a bright animation, a sports broadcast, and documentary footage. Each genre receives a different optimisation profile, applied automatically without any user intervention.
When watching in daylight, the ambient light sensor detects both the luminance and colour temperature of the room and adjusts the display's tone mapping accordingly — a function previously only available in professional reference monitors used in colour-grading suites.
Standard definition and HD content is upscaled to 4K using a neural upscaling model trained on 40 million image pairs. The result is not interpolation — it is inference. The processor predicts what the image should contain at full 4K resolution based on learned understanding of how images are composed.
I brought the VANTA 85 into my calibration lab and spent three days measuring it against every metric I use professionally. The factory calibration is the finest I have ever seen from a consumer display: ΔE2000 of 0.7, colour temperature deviation of ±35 Kelvin across the brightness range, and a tone mapping curve that matches the Dolby Vision reference standard within 0.3% across all measured brightness levels. I have calibrated reference monitors for broadcast studios that I would not trust more than this. The local dimming with 2,304 zones achieves something I did not believe possible outside of OLED: true scene-by-scene contrast that is imperceptible from the self-emissive ideal. The 2,500 nit peak brightness on HDR specular highlights is, simply, astonishing. I have seen a lot of television panels. This is the best.
I connected a current-generation games console at 4K 144Hz. The variable refresh rate locked immediately. The input lag measured at 6.8 milliseconds — competitive with dedicated gaming monitors. The image at 144Hz is genuinely different in kind from 60Hz, not just degree. Motion that previously appeared as blur is now visible as sharp movement. I have owned a dedicated gaming monitor for seven years. I no longer need it separately.
Watching a Dolby Vision master at 2,500 nits in a darkened room is not like watching television. It is like watching a window into another reality. The 12mm profile means it disappears on the wall — there is no bezel moment, no frame awareness. Just the image.
| Parameter | Specification — VANTA 85 · 2025 |
|---|---|
| Panel Type | QLED Mini-LED · Quantum Dot Enhancement Film |
| Screen Size | 85 inches diagonal · 16:9 aspect ratio |
| Resolution | 4K UHD · 3840 × 2160 · 8.3 megapixels |
| Local Dimming Zones | 2,304 independent Mini-LED zones |
| Peak Brightness | 2,500 nits (HDR peak specular) |
| Sustained Brightness | 1,200 nits (sustained 10% window) |
| Black Level | 0.002 nits measured |
| Contrast Ratio | 1,200,000 : 1 (dynamic · measured) |
| Colour Coverage | 99% DCI-P3 · 145% sRGB |
| Colour Accuracy | ΔE2000 < 1.0 factory calibrated · D65 white point |
| Refresh Rate | 144Hz native · VRR (FreeSync Premium Pro) |
| Response Time | 2ms (GtG) · 6.8ms input lag (game mode) |
| HDR Formats | Dolby Vision IQ · HDR10+ Adaptive · HLG · HDR10 |
| HDMI Ports | 4× HDMI 2.1 (48Gbps) · 4K@144Hz · eARC on port 1 |
| USB Ports | 3× USB 3.0 · 1× USB 2.0 |
| Wireless | Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) · Bluetooth 5.2 |
| Audio Output | 120W total · 4.2.2 configuration · 8 drivers |
| Audio Formats | Dolby Atmos · DTS:X · IMAX Enhanced |
| Frequency Response | 25Hz – 40kHz (measured) |
| AI Processor | Dedicated 4K Neural · 3,000 analyses/second |
| Smart Platform | Custom OS · Google Assistant · Amazon Alexa |
| Screen Thickness | 12mm (display panel only) |
| Bezel Width | 4mm (3 sides) · 8mm (bottom) |
| Weight | 42kg with stand · 36kg without |
| Power Consumption | 340W typical · 0.3W standby |
| VESA Mounting | 600 × 400mm · Wall bracket included |
| Warranty | 5 years · Panel included · On-site service |
"We make no claim about the television you currently own. We make one claim about the VANTA 85: that every visible specification places it beyond what was previously available at any price in this format. The evidence is on the screen."