HDTVTest - LG 2022 TVs leaked including new 42" C2 OLED

It's all in the wrist said:
New sizes are great, but I'm in it for the tech improvements. I'll upgrade my B6 when the nite and near black level are dramatically improved. We're getting there.
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Even with the CX and C1 the blacks are pure black. I think black levels are perfected already.

What I would be interested is a way to mitigate burn in.
 
i have both a CX and C1. i don't see anything that will convince me to buy a C2. both the CX + C1 support everything that the current consoles will. there is no new upcoming HDMI standard and Dolby Vision is the superior HDR. these TVs should last years.

i'd only buy a C2 if it came in a 32" size. 42" is still too big for me to use as a PC display. the CX/C1 are great for me tech wise. i see people upset with brightness but the HDR is more than bright enough for me. even SDR i think i only run that at about 40-60%.

DonJorginho said:
I'm thinking of buying a 48" C1, are they as good as people say? I've only ever used 4K LG LCD standard screens
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best TVs you can buy. yes burn is a risk but you'll be fine.
 
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While OLED for me still has a stigma and just would not be suitable due to my primary usage environment (bright room or office as monitor with heavy use of static backgrounds for hours a day) I am always interested to see what the newer OLED tech brings across to the table. Although my priorities of a product extending its life span over a prior model seems to be directly at odds with most manufacturers these days.

If they fix the VRR issue so you don't need to manually adjust over the CX and C1 that's an easy recommend however.
 
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OZ9000 said:
Even with the CX and C1 the blacks are pure black. I think black levels are perfected already.

What I would be interested is a way to mitigate burn in.
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Yeah. Near black is a different story, though. I find a lot of details get crushed in anything that's close to pure black, but not quite pure black.
 
Rickyiez said:
Oh finally this will be the perfect gaming + desktop monitor


You can do ultrawide for it , 3840x1600 will be about 38" ultrawide size
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Just because I can use it with black bars doesn't mean I want a big ass screen sitting on my desk. I'll stick to regular monitors perosnally.
 
Sneakysnake said:
You can use Nvidia control panel (or AMD equivalent) to run a custom resolution of 3440x1440 or 3840x1600 on a 4k tv and you have yourself and ultrawide! I do this on my 65 in 4k tv bc I get better fps at these resolutions than 4k and of course a better aspect ratio/FOV. You just have black bars on the top and bottom of your screen but with an OLED that is not a problem since OLED black screen is as dark as bezel (darker even). I hope I'm the first to tell you this and that you're pumped to hear it! Good luck and have fun!
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Thank you for those ideas but a TV wouldn't fit on my desk and I loose on other important ergonomics that only monitors can offer. My current 34" servers me fine and I prefer to have a dedicated solution/device. But glad to hear that you have got a working solution for you :messenger_grinning:
 
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Fahdis said:
How far do you guys sit from the monitor? Either you're both giants or 48 inch is now small as shit which it isnt.
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We are talking 42", 10" larger than most high end 32" monitors which people sit 2 feet away at most. Wall mount behind a decent desk, is probably 3 to 4 feet. Perfect.
 
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It's all in the wrist said:
Yeah. Near black is a different story, though. I find a lot of details get crushed in anything that's close to pure black, but not quite pure black.
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You're right. I do notice a lot of black crush on my C1. I'm not sure how to best adjust the settings to mitigate that though. Scenes in general look very dark.
 
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OZ9000 said:
You're right. I do notice a lot of black crush on my C1. I'm not sure how to best adjust the settings to mitigate that though. Scenes in general look very dark.
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Should be a setting called "black level" or something similar. Definitely look up calibration/settings guides for your tv. Good luck!
 
Sneakysnake said:
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Should be a setting called "black level" or something similar. Definitely look up calibration/settings guides for your tv. Good luck!
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Well, having the wrong black level can utterly ruin your picture, but there's still loss of detail going on at the near black level on OLEDs. Of course, my references is the LG B7 for TVs, and more modern smartphones and tablets.
 
Wizz-Art said:
Not 83. They have 77" which my brother bought a couple of weeks ago and 88".
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They have both 77 and 83 actually.

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LG C1 83-Inch 4K Smart OLED TV (OLED83C1PUA) | LG USA

Discover OLED at the Top of Its Game with an LG 83" OLED TV (OLED83C1PUA). Watch Your Content Come to Life with the Best OLED Display and Features.
www.lg.com www.lg.com
 
Makes me glad I went with a C1 on sale last month. Seems like TV technology isn't moving very fast and LG has the market cornered. No idea why it's taking so long for every other manufacturer to get in on OLED. I wasn't a believer until I saw it with my own eyes.
 
I use a 77" C1 as a monitor, I do sit on the couch about 9ft away mind. This is my desk below but mainly use an Elite 2 pad for games. It's been great, although not as good as my Q9FN for HDR brightness pop.

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cireza said:
Still too big in my opinion.
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that's because you never experienced it or you can't buy one/don't have room.
Once you experience gaming on huge awesome oled, you don't go back.
Just like going to 24" from 17".... OH ITS SO BIG... now look at 24" monitors. It's for babies
 
rofif said:
that's because you never experienced it or you can't buy one/don't have room.
Once you experience gaming on huge awesome oled, you don't go back.
Just like going to 24" from 17".... OH ITS SO BIG... now look at 24" monitors. It's for babies
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WTF. Rarely have I seen so many judgments in one sentence.

I have actually already played on a huge OLED lol. I do have the money to buy one if I want. I also have the room if I want.

However 32 inches is largely enough as far as I am concerned.
 
amc said:
I use a 77" C1 as a monitor, I do sit on the couch about 9ft away mind. This is my desk below but mainly use an Elite 2 pad for games. It's been great, although not as good as my Q9FN for HDR brightness pop.

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How can you even read the text on screen at that size?
 
With binoculars. Or y'know, something called scaling which has been in Windows since forever. Perfectly readable at that distance, each letter for apps is over an inch in height and Chrome is over an inch or bigger if you also scale that.
 
amc said:
I use a 77" C1 as a monitor, I do sit on the couch about 9ft away mind. This is my desk below but mainly use an Elite 2 pad for games. It's been great, although not as good as my Q9FN for HDR brightness pop.

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I like your style! This person is living their best life
 
Sosokrates said:
I have a 50inch at the moment, its like the perfect size, smaller would be a downgrade.
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I'll be downgrading from 50" (Sony X90J) to this new 42" size :messenger_sunglasses:. IMO 43" is the absolute perfect size due to PPI, etc. So the 42" is right there at it. 49"/50" are really freaking good too.
 
rofif said:
nice.
But after getting 48" this year, I hope they will still do 48" c2 because I am not downgrading to 42" most likely
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I'm actually looking at this for my parents, my Dad is one of those old style "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and my mother often comes round to mine to "visit" which is largely to steal the TV so she can watch a movie (her eyes sights not what it once was)

For some reason my dad keeps getting these tiny 32 inch TV's for like kids for the main TV and then watch foreign movies which my mum in turn can't read subtitles on with her poor eye sight.

Sadly given the limited space made for a TV the 48's are just too big... however a 42 could JUST slip in there and at the distance they sit I suspect would allow my mum to enjoy movies at home again.

So there is a weird little market for these smaller sized TV's
 
I may as well throw my LG C1 83" in the bin then! Obviously useless!

Although I'm a sucker for new TVs so when the day the 100" 8k C something comes out I'll likely feel very jealous!
 
STARSBarry said:
So there is a weird little market for these smaller sized TV's
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Yep. Sadly, most of these smaller sizes have been really bad (IPS panels, etc) the last few years so it leaves you no choice but to go bigger to get the features you want. Samsung flat out gimps their smaller sets compared to their bigger counterparts (staring at the 43" QN90A with a 60hz panel and no VRR according to RTINGS). LG and Sony (rumored 42" size) seem to be bringing back quality to the smaller size market.
 
dolabla said:
First image of the C2 42" has come out:

www.4kfilme.de

Erste Bilder der LG C2 OLED TVs mit 42 Zoll und neuem Display aufgetaucht

Die ersten Bilder der 2022 LG 4K OLED TVs der C2-Serie offenbaren das neue 42 Zoll-Modell und den Einsatz der OLED-EX-Displays!
www.4kfilme.de www.4kfilme.de

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Liking the standard stand (feet) much better than the C1/CX stand.

65" C2 image also came out and it has a different stand than the 42":

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That C2 stand is nice,Reminds me of the ones on the Neo QLEDs. Hope I can put that on my C1.
 
STARSBarry said:
I'm actually looking at this for my parents, my Dad is one of those old style "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and my mother often comes round to mine to "visit" which is largely to steal the TV so she can watch a movie (her eyes sights not what it once was)

For some reason my dad keeps getting these tiny 32 inch TV's for like kids for the main TV and then watch foreign movies which my mum in turn can't read subtitles on with her poor eye sight.

Sadly given the limited space made for a TV the 48's are just too big... however a 42 could JUST slip in there and at the distance they sit I suspect would allow my mum to enjoy movies at home again.

So there is a weird little market for these smaller sized TV's
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Your parents have some stupid problems. Hope you moved out haha
 
kyliethicc said:
They gotta change that clunky stand design. Outdated.
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They mostly did. Only the 48" model seems to have that stupid stand. They should have ditched it an went with what the bigger sizes have:

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The 42" has the feet:

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The US prices have been announced too (except the 42", which is coming April 18th according to Value Electronics): https://valueelectronics.com/product/lg-2022-42-48-55-65-77-c2-evo-oled-tv/

83" C2: $5499
77" C2: $3499
65" C2: $2499
55" C2: $1799
48" C2: $1499

My guess is $1299 for the 42".
 
dolabla said:
They mostly did. Only the 48" model seems to have that stupid stand. They should have ditched it an went with what the bigger sizes have:

LG-C2-front-angle-on-pedestal.png

The 42" has the feet:

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The US prices have been announced too (except the 42", which is coming April 18th according to Value Electronics): https://valueelectronics.com/product/lg-2022-42-48-55-65-77-c2-evo-oled-tv/

83" C2: $5499
77" C2: $3499
65" C2: $2499
55" C2: $1799
48" C2: $1499

My guess is $1299 for the 42".
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It was already announced 48 and 42" cost the same.
Byt the way - prices seem higher than last year
 
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