LG OLED65E7T
THE BLACKEST OF BLACKS.
WELCOME TO OUR favourite display in the roundup. Sure, it’s also one of the most expensive, but when you see this screen in action, it’s hard not to let your jaw drap. Based on OLED technology, it delivers absolutely pure blacks — absolutely zero light was measured in the blacks. On the other hand, the contrast ratio was off the charts, maxing out the capability of our colorimeter — basically, this thing is capable of pumping out the best contrast possible. With the backlight cranked, we hit 555 lux, one of the brightest displays in the roundup.
Best of all, this 65-inch screen is incredibly thin and light, weighing a mere 21kg, making it very easy to mount on the wall. The setup wizard was simply brilliant, more like playing a video game than setting up a TV, while the remote’s ability to act like a Wii-mote motion controller made selecting on-screen options super easy. It’s also relatively power efficient, chugging down a mere 111W during profiling.
If you’ve got the money, this is one of the best sets on the market. And with image quality like this, it’s easy to see why the other major players are now pursuing OLED in their high-end displays.
LG IN 2017
LG will continue to focus on OLED in 2017, but it’s also going with the superior Dolby Vision standard when it comes to HDR. This has a wider colour gamut than 4K Ultra Premium, and also allows each frame’s brightness to be changed, whereas 4K Ultra Premium can only set the brightness at the beginning of the film. Don’t worry, this means it’s also backwards compatible with 4K Ultra Premium, and LG will also support the latest HDR standard, Hybrid Log Gamma, the third HDR standard to hit the market.
Yet the company’s range of SUPER UHD TVs will instead use In Plane Switching LCD panels using LG’s new Nano Cell technology, which appears to be similar to Samsung’s Quantum Dot technology. According to LG, these use particles that are a single nanometre in diameter, which allows them to create more accurate colours than the competing Quantum Dot technology. It also does so from wider viewing angles. This technology is due to appear in three of LG’s ranges — the SJ9500S, SJ8500S and SJ8000S
LG has also partnered with Technicolor in 2017 to include a Technicolor Expert Mode on their TVs, allowing for much more detailed calibration than rival sets. We noticed that our review model’s colours were already perfectly calibrated straight out of the box, so they’re obviously doing something right.
Support for Dolby Atmos will also be present in certain models at the higher end of LG’s offerings, allowing for native support of this new sound technology without the need to upgrade your AV receiver.
Finally, as we mentioned in our review, LG’s beautiful webOS will continue to be upgraded, with version 3.5 on the way. In conjunction with the motion-controlled Magic Remote, we’re confident that LG will continue to offer the best user experience in 2017.
LG OLED65E7T
$6,995 www.lg.com/au
CRITICAL SPECS
3,840 x 2,160; Dolby Vision; Dolby Atmos; OLED technology
THE CONTRAST RATIO WAS OFF THE CHARTS, MAXING OUT THE CAPABILITY OF OUR COLORIMETER — BASICALLY, THIS THING IS CAPABLE OF PUMPING OUT THE BEST CONTRAST POSSIBLE.