75QNED866QA
Good size/PQ/price ratio,…
19/12/2022 17:59
The LG 75" QNED86 TV has a good unboxing experience, with everything labeled clearly and helpful instructions included (important for such a massive TV). The out-of-box experience is better than anticipated, as the TV can be set up using the LG ThinQ phone app to avoid inputting information with the remote. The app has basic functionality, including the ability to switch the TV on and off, change inputs, adjust volume and channels, launch apps, share media files from the phone, mirror the phone's screen and listen to the TV audio on the phone. However, the TV software experience is not as good as Android TV or Google TV and has limited storage, with only 2.28GB available and slightly over 1GB free. Additionally, there are no USB 3.0 ports, only USB 2.0 ports. The TV's CPU is weaker than competing TVs with Android (which have Cortex A73 cores at least), causing YouTube videos to stutter when played at any speeds higher than 1.0x. It is likely using A53/55 cores or even older A7 cores.
The app assortment for the TV is good, with most common apps available. I didn't connect the TV to the aerial as I don't watch live TV, but the "tuner" cannot be disabled, leading to constant pop-up messages about missing TV programmes. Additionally, in the home page there are sponsored contents even from apps that are not installed, and ads that cannot be removed, which can be frustrating. Google Assistant integration is unstable and lacks features, and there is no support for Chromecast built-in, further reducing its usefulness.
The remote for the TV is convenient, with the ability to use it like a Wii controller to move a pointer on the screen. However, the volume buttons are not well separated from other buttons and are difficult to use in the dark, as the remote is not backlit. The remote is also aesthetically unappealing, unlike competitor's ones.
On the positive side, the picture quality of the TV is very good, with the Mini LED backlight helping the LCD panel to provide good colour accuracy and HDR performance. It doesn't offers deep blacks like an OLED, but I don't want an OLED, as OLED TVs inevitably suffer from panel degradation while LCD TVs, including this Mini LED TV, do not - but still manage to offer good blacks thanks to the individual dimming zones.
I recommend this TV as, aside a software that could be improved, the picture quality is extremely good. But any TV software would be old in 3-4 years, so that doesn't really matter.
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