The LG G3 OLED is LG's answer to Samsung and Sony's impressive QD-OLED tech. But does its Micro Lens Array put OLED back on top of the TV heap?
LG G3 OLED TV MSRP $3,300.00 Score Details DT Editors' Choice “Top to bottom, the LG G3 is an absolute star of a TV” Pros Cons Wow. Just … wow. I’ve been winding myself up over this review for several weeks. The anticipation began when I attended an LG reviewer’s workshop in Los Angeles, whereupon seeing the G3 at length for the first time, I thought to myself: “Wow!”
Video review Series and size details While we reviewed the 65-inch OLED65G3PUA model, our review also applies to the 55-inch, 75-inch and 83-inch models in the LG OLED evo G3 Series. So what makes this TV so great? Let’s start with some of the measurements I took. If you’re not into the whole measurement data thing, that’s cool. Feel free to skip ahead to the takeaway, where I’ll do my best to describe in words what is best seen in person. But for my nit nerds out there, here are the goods.
The one exception to the TV’s excellent SDR readings was with color luminance, which was all kinds of skewed because the TV was trying to be too bright for SDR. If you turn down the brightness a bit , you’ll achieve perfection. But, again, while the TV’s out-of-box experience in Filmmaker Mode is technically inaccurate, it’s also going to be more enjoyable for folks not in a totally dark room. And I think that will end up benefiting most consumers.
The result of the excellent brightness, color, and contrast is a picture that looks so luscious and juicy, you just want to drink it in with your eyes. But as important as those factors are, that’s kind of been the OLED story for a while: Great color, great contrast, amazing picture. This year’s LG Gallery series is just a brighter and punchier version of that.
Also, I know it doesn’t hurt that I have a super-clean panel on my review sample. But the early reports are that any vertical banding on retail samples so far is minimal and basically invisible when watching real content. The good news is that once you get into 60 fps and 120 fps content – namely video games – it’s a nonissue. And if you want to turn on stronger motion smoothing, you’ll get an eerily smooth picture with as little or as much soap opera effect as you like.
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