LG CX OLED vs LG OLED65C1PUB

color checker error 4.36AverageInput lag (Game mode, 4K HDR) 13.73Good First published June 20. LG OLEDCX CNET Calibration Results by David Katzmaier on Scribd

Now, the not-so-good stuff: the WebOS UI is quite slow and clunky. I expect a faster, smoother OS for my 2021 model TV. While yes, this is a significant improvement over the 2020 CX model, it's still slow and laggy. Installing apps is pretty simple and quick, but there's a lot of random bloat on the main home screen

The main “ENTER button is awkward because it has a scroll function on it (for scrolling on internet and “quick scroll for channels) and it should be placed higher up on the device (ergonomically speaking). Remote is a bit small for my hand and I am not a man. I have yet to find a “last channel” button :-( It has a RETURN button, but it doesn’t do what I would expect. And you have to go to another screen or channel up or down to view “program info”

While testing the TV, I found the webOS menu system to be slightly jerky, both in scrolling through the home screen and reacting to commands. It would snap back to the last active input or app seemingly at random, either from the home screen or the settings menu. I spoke with LG about this problem, and according to the company it appears to be an uncommon issue with the operating system's memory manager. After using the TV for a period of time, most of these kinks seemed to work themselves out

Forget the AI SOUND in the settings, it's rubbish! The smart features of the tv also have gotten an upgrade. With this newer version of WebOS, I am finally able to use Alexa or Google assistant as well as being able to stream from my Apple and Google devices. It makes things handy since I no longer have to connect any external smart boxes such as Apple TV or my NVIDIA Shield. Overall, the tv is still better than any LCD LED-lit based tv

There are also sliders labeled Black Stabilizer (for adjusting dark areas) and White Stabilizer (for bright areas), as well as the OLED Motion Pro setting described above (LG says it's particularly useful for games) and the Reduce Blue light setting (said to be easier on the eyes). The C1 supported all advanced video features from my Xbox Series X, as advertised, including 4K/120 and VRR. Since I reviewed the G1 in April, LG has added a new status screen that appears whenever you hit the settings button while in Game Optimizer mode. Clad in aggressive purple, it displays current frame rate, picture mode, status of VRR, low latency (to reduce input lag) and Black Stabilizer

They are serviceable for watching the news or something simple like that but even then they come off as being tinny or hollow sounding. You can help this a little bit by manually adjusting the EQ but who calibrated the built in options must have been listening from a different room. All in all I would probably buy this TV again but I would probably look a little harder at non OLED options to really get a better sense of all the options they can provide.

Try before you buy if you can or just go into it for gaming. Update: 4/21/22 More app crashes randomly made me decide to take another star off the review. Every major streaming app has now had random crashes. Update 6/19/22 Sound is still an issue

If you nudge the wheel in the slightest while trying to hit the button, the D-pad cursor is erased and the motion cursor pops up, ready to immediately misclick whatever it happens to be pointing at at the time. Fortunately, the TV has an IR receiver and is fully supported by my 12-year old Harmony remote, so I'll hopefully never need to touch the remote again. - Likely stemming from WebOS's roots as a touch-based interface for phones, some items (such as bringing up series details in the Hulu PP) are brought up by long-pressing the OK button. Even Roku players, which bring minimalism in remote design to an art form, have a dedicated button for such things

Now I had a "default" device, so to speak, that I could switch to before powering the TV off. When I powered the TV on, it would just turn on the Apple TV. Unfortunately, I wasn't a huge fan of the interface, controls nor the remote. Voice control was incredibly subpar

You have to have the money available at the time of the notice and act quickly. got it at msrp.+ tax. lucky day

The 5 stars is for the best picture quality you can get without going into the ridiculously high end home theater market (think Best Buy's Magnolia showroom where a single remote runs about $1,000, and only a professional has the security key to set it up).

And maybe the bigger size will keep me from losing it in the couch like the AppleTV Remote.

My only issue is that these TVs are needlessly thin. It seems like just a novelty, something to show people to impress them with how thin a TV can get, but the sacrifice in quality is not worth it. My TV came slightly bent—not enough to affect the picture or notice from the front, but enough that it looks terrible from the side. Also, the way it sits on the stand, it is leaned slightly backwards, even if the screen was completely straight—slightly annoying