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Reviews (6)
Jul 27, 2016
Simply does not work
1 of 1 found this helpful Watched a few YouTube videos before applying. Simply does not stick to the edges and continuously lifts.
Immediately compounded by when putting the fitted case back on (Spigen in my case). Tried heating screen protector prior to application but still no joy.
Note - Same issue with tempered glass as well.
You have been warned.
Mar 04, 2019
Perfect fit
Perfect fit. Plastic Be aware handles are plastic with a metallic chrome coating
Jul 29, 2017
Good 4k HDR TV with magic wand
2 of 3 found this helpful Good point
Amazing 4k output
Multi-format codec support (inc. MKV, h.264/5, HEVC, FLV)
Excellent WebOS
“Wii” type remote with onscreen “mouse” and voice search
Excellent clear/loud speakers
FreeviewHD & FreesatHD built-in
Bad points
Poor local dimming approach
Edge backlighting
Poor viewing angles
Slow EPG
Single tuner can only record viewing channel
So I obtained this unit as a seller refurb complete and intact with original accessories to replace my aging 2008 Samsung LCD 40B750.
Switching the unit on for the first time and getting past the initial setup was reasonably simple and painless. The Magic Wand remote certainly made things easier with a mouse on the screen that react to the movement of the remote (like the original Wii controller).
Aspects to consider with this review is the setup of the TV in a south facing living room with light streaming directly onto the screen.
Picture quality
4K Edge lit LED screen has adequate lighting with very good refresher rate and no junder. With HD and 4K content (in particular), colour, depth and refresher rate is extremely good. Colours appear natural without being flat. It attempts to upscale Standard Definition video with mixed results. Traditional BBC/C4/ITV and 5 channels upscale well, but lower bit rate channels cannot be improved with marked degradation of picture quality. You can only work with what you have I suppose.
To that end local content can be viewed either by any of the 3 USB’s (one being USB3 standard) or via DLNA or mira casting from your phone. I would suggest the minimum quality context should be no less than 720p. At this size the TV can easily compensate and upscale the picture with little to no noise with good colour saturation and detail displayed.
“Smart” viewing mode improves the general picture quality depending on the lighting of the room and the type of programme being viewed at that time, but it appears to be active only on the broadcast channels and not an available option when viewing other content. Live recording is available via a connected HDD to the USB3 port, but I understand it only has one tuner so realistically can only record the same channel that you are viewing unless you record on FreeSat and view on Freeview or vice versa.
Admittedly this is the first time beyond the shop floor I have seen local dimming in action in a home environment. Sections of the edge of the panel either light up or not, which is every distracting when moving the mouse against a dark screen as it lights up and the lack of micro dimming is very evident.
The panel is advertised as an IPS display meaning viewing angles should be wide and clear and this is true with lateral viewing angles wide and clear at the same level. However this changes as soon as you are above the height of the screen and a grey film appears as early as 45 degrees off angle
Sound
2 x 10w Harmon Karmon designed speakers give excellent clarity and sound with the TV’s own “smart” sound calibration system ensuring optimum quality across a different range of programmes and can be tweaked for more bass, treble or active surround sound. Bluetooth is available, but it would appear would not connect to my 4.0 headset. The loudness of the speakers is a true asset with comfortable level around 11-14 (out of 100) with no distortion even at 60+.
UI
Probably the best feature on this unit is the WebOS 3.0 UI (July 2017 updated). The actual WebOS is smart and very easy to navigate with a simple customisable ticker tap along the bottom of the screen with catch up services and other apps available and more via the LG app store including news, social media, entertainment, iPTV services and educational apps as well. I found this to be well throughout and a better UI implementation than the Android/Google TV options currently available.
As well as apps. Screen share for Android (5.0+), multiview and any DLNA connected devices which is quick to access.
Speaking of access the OS supports complete search options across all the apps (activated) and DLNA search supported as well via a onscreen keyboard accessed via the remote. The remote also supports voice search with good accuracy in a quiet area. As well as searching for content it can also perform functions such as change channel or check the weather.
The biggest let down is the EPG. Although you do have FreeviewPlay the sluggish nature of the EPG is extremely frustrating. You wait on average 3-8 seconds for the EPG to load during which time no sound or TV picture is active and it’s the same when you switch back, there is a slight improvement in this delay after the first time in operation however the delay is still evident. Away around this is to use the “list” function for current programmes, but no future programmes are listed.
Conclusion
Overall this is a reasonable panel for those on a budget, displaying 4k content in SUHD +HDR plus a solid UI (excluding EPG) and excellent sound quality makes this a tempting package. C