LG C1 55 inch 4K Smart OLED TV (OLED55C14LB)
A M A Z I N G picture quality
09/08/2021 10:34
This is my first OLED TV and I can D E F I N I T E L Y tell the improvement between this and my previous 4k LED TV.
The picture quality is like night and day (literally in the case of blacks) when compared to my previous TV, and it has proved a good companion for my Xbox Series S – although I now want to upgrade to the Xbox Series X to make the most of the TV!
Starting with the pros:
The deep blacks of the OLED screen are amazing, with an almost real world contrast between light and dark scenes – such a difference from my old LED TV, which now seems very substandard in comparison.
The sound quality from the built-in speakers is very good and ‘wholesome’.
The WebOS based user interface is slick and easy to use.
Plenty of shortcuts on the remote to the main streaming services (although replacing Rakuten with YouTube would have made this perfect!).
Cons:
I haven’t managed to get the TV to play nice with Alexa yet, which is annoying. Hopefully LG and Amazon will improve this soon.
One glaring omission is that although it has Apple Airplay it does NOT have Chromecast built-in too. This seems like a very strange choice, not only as it costs more for the manufacturer to use Airplay, but Chromecast worldwide is a much more used feature than Airplay.
I have therefore had to buy a Chromecast, which was a bit of an unexpected pain.
Some evenings the smart apps, such as Netflix, self-close numerous times. This happened 7 times during one episode of ‘The Outerbanks’, which was highly annoying, however this doesn’t happen every day so hopefully it was a temporary glitch.
As I said before, the sound quality is very good however the TV does not like being quiet, so if you want to watch something quietly you may need headphones.
Overall, a fantastic TV with an amazing picture in terms of depth and quality. It really is super sharp, and when watching HDR 4K content a treat for the eyeballs!
stevehoppy
Harleston , Spojené království
Age: 40
Gender: Female