I'm looking for a new TV this year. Need a 48-50" tv for my living room. 55" can't fit. The problem is in my country the common size is 55". There are a not a lot of option for 50 or less. I found a store selling the LG C5 in 42" and 48". My actual TV is a 55" Sony x900h have it in my bedroom but I need a good TV for the living room.
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Ulysses 31
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LG G5 comes in 48".
Ulysses 31
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LG G5 55-83" are tandem.
Yes but haven't found it in a store in my country.
The LG G5 48 uses a standard RGB OLED panel (not the advanced RGB Tandem/MLA for peak brightness), has a lower max refresh rate (144Hz vs. 165Hz), and comes with different stand feet.
Also apparently the G5 48 don't come to the USA so it's more difficult to find it in my country.
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alabtrosMyster
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If you have the money OLED.
Ulysses 31
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And are in a dark room. In bright rooms OLED is not so clearly superior.
Bojji
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Even if you can't see better contrast (when room is illuminated), you still see much superior viewing angles, no black smearing (typical for VA panels) etc.
T-Cake
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I sit on my C3 with Visual Studio Code running all day. No problems here.
Baemono
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I bought an LG B56 48" for like 750 so even the money isn't always the issue
hououinkyouma00
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StereoVsn
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Glossy WOLED is better, IMO. Just recently got Asus 32" 240hz Glossy WOLED monitor and it's amazing.
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BossLackey
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Been about a year with a couple of LG C4s.
So beautiful
So beautiful
just got hisense ux 2024 100 inches. its ads panel so motion is better then va panel. for games its perfect . before this i had the hisense u7 100 inch and though it looked great i wanted to see how much better a tv could be and the ux is special.its very bright and clear for a led tv thts amazing. not oled levels in terms of contrast or pop but i wasnt gona spend 10k on a 100 inc tv
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I am using my C1 LG for over 5 years now non stop as PC desktop and no burn in here. Switched off in service menu ABL along with other crap oled anti-burn in measures.
mileslongthe3rd
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I switched to a 49inch Philips Evina wide screen OLED display and I am very happy about it.
But I am mostly playing single player games and use 144hz screen. The colors are amazing and works very well with my new PC and it feels amazing the play games on it on full details.
Before that, I used a 43inch Philips Momentum monitor.
But I am mostly playing single player games and use 144hz screen. The colors are amazing and works very well with my new PC and it feels amazing the play games on it on full details.
Before that, I used a 43inch Philips Momentum monitor.
We are moving to a new house in a month and yesterday just locked down an 83 inch LG C5 for our main living space and a 77 Inch LG C5 for my gaming space.
In our main living space we currently have a 10 year old 60 inch Samsung and my current gaming TV is a 65 inch TCL. I am looking forward to the upgrades.
In our main living space we currently have a 10 year old 60 inch Samsung and my current gaming TV is a 65 inch TCL. I am looking forward to the upgrades.
CliffBronger
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Do you guys switch off "Pixel Shift" as its called on my Panasonic.
It is very noticeable when I'm in windows desktop mode.
It is very noticeable when I'm in windows desktop mode.
hououinkyouma00
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I'm jealous.
I really want to upgrade my 55" LG C2 but I just don't want to spend the money. I would love to get a 65" G5 but it's out of my price range (especially after upgrading my "old" 1440p 240hz OLED monitor with a 4K 240hz model), and I'm not sure if the C5 is enough of an upgrade.
I even thought about just going with the Hisense U8 since I like to keep our living room open window wise.
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OLEDS are brighter than ever.
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Little Mac
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I might need your help soon. About to pull the trigger on a 55 or 65in C5.
th4tguy
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Really enjoying my Bravia 9 which I've had since launch. Great tv. Went with that over an oled because my living room is super bright and my kids would be using the tv a ton. We all do.
My iPhone with oled has burn in after only a year. No faith that an oled would survive that much use from my family.
Do plan to upgrade my bedroom tv to an oled though.
My iPhone with oled has burn in after only a year. No faith that an oled would survive that much use from my family.
Do plan to upgrade my bedroom tv to an oled though.
TKOFromTokyo
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I've had a Sony A90J for five years, no burn in. Personally, I cannot stand the reduced contrast and blooming of LED. Blooming bothers me, but not as much. I also enjoy the fuller color volume and responsiveness of OLED that any risk of burn in is worth it to me.
I just bought a Samsung S90F for gaming.
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Caio
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I Finally finished my gaming/cinema setup and honestly, I'm in love with it.
Current setup: LG G5 OLED 55", LG S90TR surround system, PS5 Pro, Panasonic UB820 for 4K UHD movies.
I separated everything into two completely different "worlds".
HDMI1 = Gaming Sanctum
PS5 Pro + Game Optimizer + VRR + HGIG + 7.1 PCM
HDMI3 = Cinema Sanctum
Panasonic UB820 + pure 4K UHD movie watching
Spent hours tweaking settings properly, disabled all the fake AI/image gimmicks, calibrated HDR correctly, optimized audio passthrough/eARC and balanced the surround channels manually.
Blade Runner 2049, Tron, Dune 1 and 2, on this setup genuinely feels unreal. The OLED blacks, HDR highlights and Atmos effects are insane in a dark room.
And let's talk about the experience playing Resident Evil 9: Requiem, absolutely terrifying and immersive on this setup.
Honestly one of the best tech purchases I've ever made !!! I'm happy like a child.
Current setup: LG G5 OLED 55", LG S90TR surround system, PS5 Pro, Panasonic UB820 for 4K UHD movies.
I separated everything into two completely different "worlds".
HDMI1 = Gaming Sanctum
PS5 Pro + Game Optimizer + VRR + HGIG + 7.1 PCM
HDMI3 = Cinema Sanctum
Panasonic UB820 + pure 4K UHD movie watching
Spent hours tweaking settings properly, disabled all the fake AI/image gimmicks, calibrated HDR correctly, optimized audio passthrough/eARC and balanced the surround channels manually.
Blade Runner 2049, Tron, Dune 1 and 2, on this setup genuinely feels unreal. The OLED blacks, HDR highlights and Atmos effects are insane in a dark room.
And let's talk about the experience playing Resident Evil 9: Requiem, absolutely terrifying and immersive on this setup.
Honestly one of the best tech purchases I've ever made !!! I'm happy like a child.
Signalis
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Meicyn
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It's the new big thing, but all the ones shipped so far are doing a lot of Volkswagen style cheating. LG, Samsung, TCL, and Hisense are all very familiar with how sites like rtings and other industry professionals test TVs with patterns, colors, and so forth. So you get impressive test results such as the RGB TVs having the best color volume. But real scene results tend to convey something else entirely.
Sony revealed the bullshit these other companies are doing when they did a closed-door demo to key industry reviewers showing off their upcoming "TrueRGB" panel tech. They showed competing TVs with the display panels removed from the front, and you could see that the competing RGB backlights go right back to functioning like standard LED white backlights in most zones of the TV when most content is shown, defeating the purpose of having RGB backlighting in the first place. Anyone that bought these are paying OLED prices for marketing gimmicks.
Wait two more days. Sony is finally pulling the curtain this Thursday for the public to show what they've been cooking up for so long. I love my Bravia 9, but it was for all intents and purposes an alpha test of precision dimming zone control meant for the RGB backlighting that they are implementing in their top tier lineup. Mediatek's Pentonic 800 is going to be featured, finally bringing 4 HDMI 2.1 ports plus other improved elements (read: likely lower input lag than previous Sony TVs, the Mk2 prototype was a few frames faster than the Bravia 9 side to side on the same feed). Mediatek is also supplying a separate RGB backlight SOC that was clearly purpose built for Sony's ambitions to power the upcoming Bravia 9 Mk2 and Bravia 7 Mk2. There's also a new anti-reflective coating they're trying to patent right now. I watched a Chinese video that showcased it in action on a Bravia 9 Mk2 prototype and in an insanely bright show room, it was absorbing ambient light to a degree I've never seen before in a consumer grade TV. The Bravia 9's glossy panel looks great and all, but you get that rainbow smearing effect which I wish wasn't present. The Bravia 9 Mk2 in that video exhibited none of that.
I seriously can't wait for the 27th.
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