New OLED range from LG

LG have recently released a raft of new TVs, building on the excellent platform that they have developed over the last few years. Without doubt the hero of their extensive offerings is their OLED technology, utilised in screens from 48” all the way through to the newly-released 83” OLED83C1PTA.

LG’s new OLED83C1PTA is an exceptional screen. It is large enough to suit the biggest of domestic viewing areas, but still maintains the picture quality of the very best screens available.

LG are the developers of OLED technology and are still the only company manufacturing OLED panels.

All other manufacturers purchase their OLED panels from LG and then use their own processors to control the pixels.

At the risk of rehashing ‘in our day everything was better’ there is much to be said for the long-demised plasma screens of the past, and manufacturers the world over have ever since been struggling to try to recreate the picture quality that plasma screens delivered. Neither LED nor LCD technologies ever achieved this, and for a decade high picture quality remained an elusive goal — until OLED arrived.

But there is more to recommend about LG OLED screens than simply their superior picture performance.

OLED screens are less expensive, they are lighter and they are more energy-efficient. Add to this the great advantages of the smart technologies that are now included and there is a lot to like — particularly when the TV boasts an 83” screen.

Variations on a Theme

There are two versions of most of LG’s OLED TV offerings available — the ‘C1’ and the ‘G1’ variants. While these appear to be the same in most aspects there are two major differences.

Unlike the last series where the screens were identical for the two versions, with this series the screen is slightly different with the ‘G1’ TVs using Evo screens which are slightly brighter than the ‘C1’ version.

The other difference is the method of wall mounting. The ‘G1’ (incidentally the G stands for Gallery — for reasons which will now become obvious) comes with an integrated wall bracket that folds into the TV when pushed back against the wall, allowing the screen to sit a lot closer to the wall than a separate mount would allow. In other respects — connectivity, smarts etc. the screens are the same.

(Note: The 83” TV shown at the top of the page is only available in the C1 variant.)