Uniformity and viewing angle: Like all OLEDs I've tested the C2 was exemplary in this area compared to LCD-based TVs, with no significant brightness or color variations across the screen and nearly perfect image quality from off-angle. The screen of the C1 seemed slightly more reflective than the C2, but the difference was minimal. The C2's screen finish was excellent at preserving black levels, better than the TCLs' more matte finishes, which beat both LG's at rejecting reflections. Like all OLED TVs, the C2 gets quite a bit dimmer than LCDs when showing full-screen white - a snow field, for example - but even in those situations it's hardly dim. The screen of the C2 was excellent from off-angle but didn't seem to reduce reflections quite as well as the C1. In my experience those differences are slight enough to vary from sample to sample.īelow are my measurements in nits for select comparison TVs in their brightest and most accurate picture modes, using both standard dynamic range (SDR) and high dynamic range (HDR) test patterns. Yes the C2 was a bit brighter, about seven percent on average, but the difference wasn't visible in just about anything I watched. And no, I don't think many humans would notice the extra 3ms of lag.īright lighting: Although LG touts the C2 as 20% brighter than non-Evo OLED TVs like the C1, my measurements didn't back that claim up. The catch is that Boost is only available for 60Hz sources, so you can't use it with 120Hz games or VRR.
Engaging Boost cuts lag even further, to just under 10ms for both.
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The former, which is the default for any game, serves up an excellent input lag result similar to past LG OLED models: just 13.5ms for both 1080p and 4K HDR sources. David Katzmaier/CNETīuried within Game Optimizer is another setting labeled "Reduce input delay (input lag)" with two options, Standard and Boost.
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The full Game Optimizer menu shows even more options. If you want the best price on a C2 you should hold off until fall, at which point I'll have a much better sense of how the C2 stacks up against its rivals. Over the summer the C1 will sell out and the C2 will drop in price, making it more appealing.
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That's why, if you want a new high-end TV now, you should still get the C1. In my side-by-side comparisons, the C2 and last year's LG C1 OLED TV looked very similar despite the C2's new "Evo" panel, one of the 2022 upgrades LG touts. And in 2022 more TV-makers sell mini-LED models, which promise excellent image quality for much less money than OLED.Īs is usual in the first half of the year, a new TV's stiffest competition comes from its older self. Sony offers two different kinds of OLED, including a QD-OLED of its own that looks pretty sweet in person.
LG's archrival Samsung has an OLED TV too, promising better color with an all-new QD-OLED panel.
This year, however, the OLED TV competition is tougher than ever.
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