LG OLED G1 Series 65” TV

Not going to say much about the video and features. All good – just incredible.

Now this is a TV designed for hanging…period. Yes you can buy separate stands, but that’s silly given the premium you pay for this unit itself. So given it is a hanging TV, I am surprised at two seemingly obvious flaws.

1) The included anchors suck. Don’t even try it. Seriously…just don’t. Go to your home improvement store and get high quality ones.

2) The mounting bracket is not designed to be flexible to mount on 16″ centered studs. It is simply not long enough to do so. I mean (at least for North America) something that is so common and almost universal, why would you not create a hanging system that can accommodate this? I was legitimately flabbergasted at such a miss of a basic.

My set ceased functioning within 4 days of having it. It was an issue with the internal power supply, likely a blown capacitor. I should state that I have it plugged in to a power conditioning uninterruptible power supply, so it was not an issue on my end.
I am rural and LG will not cover the freight to get the set repaired. So my ~3k television which I got about 5 hours total use out of breaks down and LG is expecting me to pay freight to get it shipped to a repair center. I could not believe that, even though I’ve purchased the flagship line of television, I get the same budget service as everyone else.
I am JUST outside the range of coverage for their closest service center, and rather than do the right thing and get my unit shipped and repaired they expect me to pay out of pocket. I’m livid about it. If you buy this or any other LG flagship television set, pray you don’t get a lemon.

 I hated the stand off for our Tv (not the frame). Even with a different mount it was ugly. This LG is SO SLEEEEEEK. The ONLY issue is the glare is pretty high. Not a deal breaker for me by any means and the pros far outweigh that one negative.
INSTAL: NOT BAD! we already had power and an outlet up the wall from previous tv install. We swapped that standard outlet for a recessed outlet from Home Depot so the plug didn’t stop it from going flush. We did have to cut another silver dollar sized hole in the wall and run the plug up to the outlet from behind because we didn’t want to cut another larger electrical box hole to line up where the inset channel is on the back. It’s kinda janky back there but you don’t see it so who cares lol. We mounted it ourselves, would not recommend one person to mount – need two, it’s kinda heavy for how thin it is. I loved how you can level it out so easily also, our old Tv didn’t have that so you have a little room for error here but still use a level to mount it of course.
SOUND: I was also worried about the sound being so flat but it did not disappoint! We do have a small livingroom but we never have it turned up above 20. Love the different sound options for music, movies etc.
REMOTE: I know a lot of people said they don’t care for the remote but we absolutely love it. We came from a Samsung TV and it was painful to have to deal with searches on that thing. I really love the WII style remote and you can use the regular left/right/up/down buttons if it you don’t like the cursor. There’s also voice control which doesn’t always work (abt 85% of the time) but still makes it nice when it does. All in all the features for this TV are really great and it’s VERY user friendly!

This replaced an old 46″ Samsung that was 10 years old. Although I was disheartened to see ole’ Samsung hitting the rocking chair (it served very, very well), fading into the sunset of other devices destined for eWaste heaven, I was amazed at how thin/slim this LG is. This 55″ OLED is at least half the thickness of the Samsung it was replacing and it was about the same weight. I was able to reuse the existing Sanus articulating mount and that was a big PLUS. I just transferred the mounting hardware and, VIOLA! I made sure to carry the TV (we were two) with Nitrile gloves and with only adequate pressure to hold the TV securely. It has been solid and I am very impressed about the true black quality. There are numerous ways to tailor the display and tweak it in such a way that the brightness, crispness, contrast and fluidity are optimal. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder,” after all. There are also many ways to adjust the sound output depending on whether you are using the built-in speaker, wireless Bluetooth speakers, a sound bar or even wired headphones.

I’ve tried the ‘rotating art’ as in what the “Gallery Design” is purported to facilitate. The built in art also shows in framed images so it can make the LG look like an actual art piece – albeit one that is digital. I didn’t spend too much time feasting my eyes on the different rotating art pieces but was able to download more sets.

I do like the fact that, if your last source (say HDMI 1) is connected to a set top box like DirecTV or cable box and the actual set top box is powered off, the LG prompts you if you want to power the set top box on. Click on YES with the button on the remote and, voila! The box powers on.

LG has built in an exploding fireworks screen saver which oddly says “Press any button to return to the screen. Except the power button…” which does make sense. I am also amazed at how loud and solid the built in speakers are. I have a Boston Acoustics Tevee Model 20 sound bar that I had connected to the old Samsung and the built in speakers seem to have more depth and base. The LG OS needs getting used to and I almost feel like using the remote to control the pointer reminds me of the Nintendo Wii days…

There is a way to ‘pixel clean’ the TV which I haven’t ventured into which I read serves this purpose: “…the pixel refresher program keeps the panel in good shape. This works by checking and adjusting the voltage values for each pixel, effectively “evening out” wear across the panel.” Many say that OLED has the possibility of ‘image burn in’ but I don’t watch CNN (the CNN logo shows in the same place always) for four hours straight anyway…

I also like the way they’ve designed the rear panel for cord management although I was not fully able to use both sets of separate clips due to a set sitting under one of the vertical mount brackets. To open the clip would require me to dismount the TV, unscrew the vertical bracket, run the wires, screw the bracket back on, then re-mount it which is more trouble than it’s worth. The one set I used still allowed me to hide the cables so it looks seamless and aesthetically pleasing.

To top it all, the two gentlemen from Amazon who delivered the LG were careful and respectful of both the delivery item and the property. This further heightened this positive experience.

“The (ultimate) proof is in the eating of the pudding.” It is my hope that this LG will last at least as close to what the old Samsung gave me. Then I can truly agree with their LG motto: “Life’s Good.” A fitting way to stand by their product and a gentle reminder of this whenever I turn off the TV. After all, who doesn’t want to live a Good Life?