My 55" LG C1 was delivered late last week, and so far, I'm pretty impressed. My concerns about ABL and dimness when used as a PC monitor are well, no longer a concern. My eyes are actually thanking me for white pages not being a blinding white (though dark mode makes those pretty infrequent). I bought a service remote too, but haven't felt the need to use it just yet. It's also a non-EVO panel, which is a bit of a bummer.
That said, there has been an acclimation period. After being a (Q)LED owner for years now, starting up a bright game like Forza Horizon 5 or MLB The Show 22 was a little jarring. The image looks nice but to my eyes, it's almost been like looking at a sunny day through a lightly tinted window. HDR Tone Mapping basically "fixes" that, but I but I've been avoiding it to see if the HGiG setting ends up working for me. As days pass though, every time I start up a game in Dolby Vision or HGiG in HDR, that tinted window effect seems to be wearing off. I can't say if it's a break-in period or my eyes adjusting, but it seems less and less generally dim each time (at least perceptually).
What I'm most enjoying is that the thing just works. All different modes and settings, it's just done what I've asked. Input lag is noticeably nonexistent in game mode even over LED's with low lag. While I was fortunate with my Hisense U8G (nice picture at low price point), it suffered in 120Hz modes and the TV would just randomly shut off when switching inputs or my Vizio soundbar would just stop working with it until a reboot. The LG just feels like a more premium set in that regard, which it is. The panel is also clean as hell - even the fortunately light DSE on the U8G was distracting at times in certain scenes.
I've still got tinkering to do, but so far, so good.
I'll be sending the Hisense back this week.