Did we buy TVs at the exact same time? I just developed this issue today. I installed mine just before Thanksgiving 2021. I did buy an extended warranty and I bought from Costco so I'll get a repair or a replacement somewhat easily, but this is a pain.
Yeah, this is a bummer. It's my first time dealing with LG Electronics.
I’ll keep an eye out for issues and will be contacting Costco as soon as they appear. Fingers crossed.
Yep—exact same issue.
normal-ish, it faces west-southwest, but I have blackout curtains that can cut it down significantly tho.
I'd be interested in hearing more after a week or so. BF is in the market for a 55-65 as well. He'll be 100% streaming, and we're looking at options. Built-in Chromecast/GoogleTV a plus, and he's got the latest dongles for AmazonFireTV and Chromecast already.
Good luck, love my 55” C2 for gaming (series X ) and sports.
I have been a fan and recommended TCL Roku TVs for quite some time (had two in my house as streaming only). For some stupid reason (Probably like $40 in price) when I needed my next cheap streaming TV made the switch to Hisesne and Google TV with this model I think around black friday in 2021 (View: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B091YM7DP5/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1
My main TV in the living room is a 65" C2 and it's amazing, but anywhere else in the house the cheap streaming TVs have been the right move. I just don't like my current one and wouldn't recommend Hisense.
I bought this exact TV from Best Buy a few days ago. It’s my first experience with Google TV; like you I’ve had success with other TCL Roku TVs and pulled the trigger on this one because of the price. It’s the 2021 model but apparently very little changed in 2022. So far it’s been good and the picture is excellent, however I feel like there’s some weirdness with the onboard streaming apps. Most notably, even when I turn off motion smoothing it looks like movies still have some soap opera effect. According to the last comment here, posted by a videophile who owns the TV, there is a solution that involves changing a couple settings at the Input level:
But it isn't an impact to the color accuracy. This is literally the panel technology allowing for more color vibrance vs what Samsung was always known to do which is tweak their colors to a more vivid look. The testing for color accuracy reveals the capability to be nearly as accurate as the most accurate Sony OLEDs and QD OLEDs. The W-OLED panels still suffer from how the pixels are lit and washes the colors more than the QD does. I have and absolutely love my 65 inch CX but I'm thinking this is the year I update to the x95c. I promise, having seen the two top non-Sony TVs out there today, I couldn't believe what I was seeing on the samsung.
How do you feel about the C2's center support? I've read a bunch of folks say its wobbly/unstable compared to TV's with supports on either end of the picture frame. Maybe less of a concern at 55" vs 65" which is what I'm interested in.
I have mine wall mounted, just reused prior rack from old tv when it died
Those Samsungs look really nice. I was split between the S95B at 65" and the C2 at 77." The wife made the deciding vote for the C2. That surprised me, because she knows better than most that bigger isn't always better.
I'll report back on the C2 and wobbliness. Definitely never noticed it when the C1 was on a stand. Agreed that the LG ads/announcements are too frequent for my liking. They're not really annoying because they're a toast in the bottom of the screen that disappear quickly, but I seem to get a daily notification that Stadia is shutting down (I've never used Stadia nor installed the app).
Belated thanks for this. Looking at sets this weekend, we aren’t 100% sure what the floor plan is going to look like so I think we will at least start with on a console/dresser/table until we are fully furnished.
I would also say, you might think about getting one size larger set than you think, unless you have a particular space constraint for the placement where the larger one won't fit, or if the seating position is extra-close for some reason.Belated thanks for this. Looking at sets this weekend, we aren’t 100% sure what the floor plan is going to look like so I think we will at least start with on a console/dresser/table until we are fully furnished.
No fireplace in this house, too bad based on recent weather
We have 11 feet from couch to TV, so I read 65” works best. 9 feet from bed to wall, so aiming for 50” there. Going to be a couple more weeks til the furniture arrives, so delaying the purchase accordingly.
I recently renovated my basement, and the sofa/recliner are about 7' from the TV. I bought a 75" because I have the wall space. It is huge, but not overly so. If you have the wall space where the TV is going to go, get the bigger TV. The 75" was only like $150 more than the 65", and was worth it.
we will have "guest seating" at an angle, so that might present an issue for us. We're doing some exact measuring as soon as the furniture arrives and I will try to go big as I can
My parents have the 55" x80k. I set it up for them and I really like it. They don't like the UI but they're also coming from a previously non-smart TV so it's been confusing for them. Plus it has a few weird quirks with the wifi which I think is due to signal quality in their home (its brick, stone, and steel construction near where the router is located).
https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/x90k
Yeah, I thought 4K was going to be the game-changing technology, but Fox's broadcast is actually just upscaled 1080p (still more detailed than its 720p HD feed). HDR might actually make the biggest difference maker. The colors (especially the Cowboys' white uniforms) and contrast was amazing.
I love YouTube TV, but the picture quality for regular HD channels is worse than cable (and from what I've read online other streaming providers as well) especially my local channels. CBS NFL games are noticeably better on Paramount Plus. Another downside is that YTTV does not support content matching, so I have to manually change my Apple TV to 4K HDR in order for their 4K channels to work properly. Also ESPN 4K broadcasts have never worked on Apple TV and YouTube has never explained why.
Yeah, I'm on FiOS and dealing with the same experience.
It's so bad. Cable tv movies look horrendous and it's hard to watch at times.
For sports and general TV shows it's totally fine. For some reason the black levels of anything meant to be super high quality just pixelate and look awful. But anything that I want to watch in that sense usually ends up being on a streaming app anyway.
Sounds like a FIOS Issue or maybe Comcast just has it figured out for once. The difference between the standard HD Broadcast on FOX and the HDR was night and day. I switched back and forth about 10 times to compare and the Fox HD broadcast was dull and muted. The whites alone on the Cowboys was remarkably different. LG 55 OLED here, not changes needed to see it was a massive massive difference. Even my wife who couldn't care less noticed.
The only problem is how the 4k feeds are about 30 seconds behind the regular HD ones. If they ever pick up NESN 4k, I'm going to have to carefully consider how I participate in game threads.
I agree, but if you're on any streaming service, they're all way behind between 15-45 seconds. This is the world we live in. It does make the game threads tough. I'd rather watch with the best picture possible and hit refresh less frequently on a game thread.
Isn't there no YES on YTTV? Doesn't that kind of kill sports right off the bat?
