Get ready for a transformative TV-watching experience with the 55-inch curved OLED TV. Now, true-to-life color richness meets a stylishly slender silhouette to bring you impressive picture quality and sleek, minimalist design. Discover all the features of the LG 55EC9300, including:
Native 1080p content like Blu-rays looks good on this TV. The smaller size of the pixels creates a screen door effect, which gives everything a 'rough' look, but this is not related to the resolution of the content played.
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There is absolutely no crosstalk when viewing this TV from in front. However, only 1 out of 2 lines is presented to each eye, which is more evident on a 1080p OLED TV, because the pixels are smaller than they are on traditional LED TVs.
The LG A1 OLED is an entry-level OLED released in 2021, sitting below the LG B1 OLED and the more popular LG C1 OLED. It delivers nearly identical picture quality to the higher-end models, but it's limited to a 60Hz refresh rate, lacks HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, and doesn't support variable refresh rate technology (VRR). It runs the same great webOS smart interface, which is fast, easy to use, and has a great selection of additional apps and features. It also comes with the same great Magic Remote, which makes navigating the interface and finding your favorite content a breeze. It's available in a range of sizes from 48 to 77 inches, all of which offer the same features, so you're sure to find something that fits your needs.
We tested the LG 65-inch A1 (OLED65A1PUA), which also comes in 48-inch, 55-inch, and 77-inch sizes. Note that the last three letters in the model number (PUA in this case) vary between retailers and individual regions, but there's no difference in performance.
The stand supports the TV well but has a wide footprint. It sits low, leaving about 2.4 inches between the bottom of the bezel and the table, so some soundbars don't fit without blocking part of the TV.
The LG A1 supports many common formats, but only at 60Hz, as it can't refresh faster than that. Although it'll accept a 120Hz 1080p signal, it just skips every other frame. All supported formats can display chroma 4:4:4 properly, which is essential for clear text from a PC, but a 4k 60Hz signal can only display chroma 4:4:4 in SDR with 8-bit color due to the bandwidth limitations of the HDMI ports on this TV.
The LG A1 OLED only supports a 4k @ 60Hz input from the next-generation consoles, as it lacks the HDMI 2.1 ports necessary for higher refresh rates. Although the TV exposes that it can accept a 120Hz signal at 1080p, it just skips every other frame, resulting in a 60Hz image.
Now, to answer your questions. The fact that it's "only" 1080p and not 4K resolution shouldn't be a deal breaker for most people. Neither should its inability to handle HDR sources. It will still outperform any LED-based LCD TV we've seen overall, including the highest-end models with 4K and HDR. Then again, if you insist on your next TV having those next-generation features -- a perfectly reasonable stance, especially on a TV this expensive -- the 55EG9100 isn't for you.
Nobody but LG manufactures OLED TVs, and LG doesn't make this TV in any other size. If you want a larger screen OLED TV you'll need to pay more than twice as much money for the 65-inch versions, and there are no consumer OLED TVs smaller than 55 inches. Likewise, if you want a flat rather than curved OLED TV, you'll have to pay about 50 percent more for the 55EF9500.
OLED display tech allows TVs to get remarkably thin: the top third or so of the EG9100 measures less than a quarter-inch deep, thinner than a pencil. Add in the sleek silver accents, the skinny black border around the picture, and "OLED" printed on the stand, and you'll have a green light to talk up your new TV to visitors.
Unfortunately, internal electronics, connections and enough substance to survive shipping fatten the bottom third to about an inch-and-a-half deep. That extra thickness, plus the curved screen, means the EG9100 won't hang as flush to the wall as you might like. You'll also need to buy a special bracket, model OTW150 ($150 list), to wall-mount the TV. It won't work with standard VESA wall mounts, which are typically much less expensive.
As LG's base-model OLED TV, the 55EG9100 doesn't have the 4K resolution of more-expensive models. 4K is rare today however, and in our experience content that is available in 4K, such as Netflix and Amazon original programming, doesn't look much better than the 1080p version--especially at 55 inches.
Unlike at least one 2016 OLED series (the B6), the 55EG9100 has 3D capability, with two pairs of included passive glasses. It shows the same issues we've seen on other 1080p resolution TVs with passive 3D, namely jagged edges and some visible line structure, but at least it's available.
In the film numerous shots that included dark sections that illustrated OLED's superiority. When Moses visits Ramses in the snake pit scene (Chapter 5), the letterbox bars, depths of shadow and other black and near-black areas looked inky and true, compared to the more or less grayish cast of the LCDs. To their slight detriment, however, the two 1080p OLEDs did fall a bit short of the others (including the EF9500) in rendering all of the available shadow detail in this and other dark scenes. They obscured a few of the darkest details, like some hieroglyphs or folds in curtains.
Meanwhile HDR on the JS8500, which in its 55-inch size comes pretty close to the 55EG9100 in price, didn't look significantly better in bright scenes than the OLED. Its HDR-ified highlights were barely brighter than LG in most scenes, leading to near-parity between the two sets. In dark scenes the JS8500 looked even worse and more washed-out than the JS9500, lending an even larger advantage to the OLED.
Video processing: As expected the EG9100 delivered correct 1080p/24 film cadence, and just like previous OLED sets I found the default Off position for TruMotion introduced a bit too much judder. Happily the Custom setting behaved well, with fine increments of smoothing, and I settled on a setting of De-Judder: 1 for film-based sources.
The downside is the visible line structure and jagged edges I've come to expect from passive 3D on a 1080p TV. It was there pretty much everywhere I looked, and worse than I remember from LED LCDs (perhaps because of OLED's superior contrast). The issue persisted until I got about 11 feet back from the screen. If course, 4K OLED sets like the EF9500 don't have this problem, and as a result produce some of the best 3D images I've ever seen. I can't say the same for the 55EG9100.
Touted for years as the next great leap in TV technology, sets with organic light-emitting diode, aka OLED, panels have long looked promising in demonstrations. LG has delivered on that promise with its 55-inch 55EC9300, which offers a truly impressive HD 1080p picture that is destined to be the object of desire for videophiles.
Many buyers may find the curved display, the swoopy, wavelike silver stand and the razor-thin screen (0.17 inches at its narrowest point) aesthetically appealing. Others may not be able to shake the perceptible distortion at the edges of the screen, which looks preternaturally wide, while the center of the screen appears to be concave. This is definitely a set shoppers should see before buying.
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For some competitive gamers, even a 165 Hz display is too sluggish. Fortunately, this Cyber Monday, you don't have to spend even $200 to get a monitor that operates at up to 240 Hz. So, if you're playing a title like Call of Duty or League of Legends and want faster response rates so you can hit moving targets, you can grab Acer's Nitro ED270 XBmiipx 27-inch, 240 Hz display for just $189 at Newegg (opens in new tab).
The 1080p, curved monitor also features a 1ms VRB (visual response boost) feature that turns off the backlight or adds a blank image between frames when colors change so fast that you'd notice blur. The monitor also promises 250 nits of brightness, narrow bezels and a 1500R curve.
If you've got the space for a truly massive screen for PC and console gaming, Gigabyte's Aorus FO48U OLED monitor has long been our pick for Best 4K 120 Hz gaming monitor, thanks to its top-tier contrast and accurate color. And at its current low price of $779 on Newegg (opens in new tab), it's much cheaper than LG's 48-inch C1 OLED TV, which also sports a 120 Hz refresh rate. This price is also a stunning 49% less than what Aorus FO48U OLED was selling for when we reviewed it last summer.
With two HDMI 2.1 ports (supporting VRR) and DisplayPort 1.4 with Display Stream Compression support, this monitor is ready for modern consoles and PCs. There's even built-in a built-in KVM so you can share your peripherals between devices that are plugged into the screen.In case you are wondering whether your existing desk can handle this huge screen, the monitor measures 42 inches wide and 9.9 inches deep with its support feet. As someone who has used huge screens as monitors for years (I'm writing this on a 55-inch LG OLED) though, I'd strongly suggest wall mounting if at all possible. This both gets the monitor off your desk and (with the right mount) lets you move the screen a few important inches back from where you'll be sitting. Unless you like neck and back pain, you'll want your eyes to be at least 30 inches from a screen this big. 2ff7e9595c
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