LG 42-inch OLED

azazl187 said:
I currently use a 40 inch 4k monitor. I will most certainly be getting this. 42 inch 4k oled at 120hz is just perfect.
Release day buy for me
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I was an early adaptor for the 40inch monitors that came out way back ... and currently use a 43" ... I can tell you 43" is much better for the size of the txt and screen (perhaps my older eyes play a roll). Id like to check out the 42" oled also ... wasnt sure I could go with the 48" so never went with that. My 43" works perfectly for my desk and distance to monitor (to be honest I really love it). Id never use anything smaller ... well 42 be ok.
 
djxput said:
I was an early adaptor for the 40inch monitors that came out way back ... and currently use a 43" ... I can tell you 43" is much better for the size of the txt and screen (perhaps my older eyes play a roll). Id like to check out the 42" oled also ... wasnt sure I could go with the 48" so never went with that. My 43" works perfectly for my desk and distance to monitor (to be honest I really love it). Id never use anything smaller ... well 42 be ok.
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Yea i think the 42 will work well for text and gaming plus media. As long as its around 799 im in. I have the Philips 40 inch 4k monitor and just replaced the leds in it. Faultless now and brighter than ever
 
azazl187 said:
Yea i think the 42 will work well for text and gaming plus media. As long as its around 799 im in. I have the Philips 40 inch 4k monitor and just replaced the leds in it. Faultless now and brighter than ever
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Ha ya ... I bought the err 404k south korean hmmm its in the other room. But bought it because it didnt have pulse width modulation ... but the colors were washed out and was almost going to sell the 404k and go for your philips because it looked better ... and currently use this 43" philips and its good; I really like philips monitors when it comes to colors and less anti-glare coating.
 
azazl187 said:
This cant be true..... You get the 48 inch C1 for this price which is basically the same spec.
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Everyone jump out saying 48CX would be cheaper but nope:p £1498 in fact & 55CX was £1599 in 2020;) you have to wait and see. And only last year 2021 the LG OLEDs drops it's prices:)

As for the spec the 42inch will have 48gbps pipeline and CX/C1 was only 40gbps
 
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Yup the 42 will be perfect!
Around 40 inch for desktop gaming is where it' at :)
Total immersion, and not overwhelming, as a 48 is - IMHO!

Cant wait for the 42 incher to arrive. Will definetly be the endgame monitor for me!
Will keep my PG279Q for work tho. Like the size for it and never have to think about butn in!
 
azazl187 said:
Yea i think the 42 will work well for text and gaming plus media. As long as its around 799 im in. I have the Philips 40 inch 4k monitor and just replaced the leds in it. Faultless now and brighter than ever
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Philips is very underrated imo for TVs, I found them very reliable and actually still have a 20 year old LCD in the shed, still works fine. I believe their 48" 2021 Oled was the first to use full bandwidth hdmi 2.1 ports, there tech is also excellent software wise. But not sure how good their firmware support is, but they make lovely TVs overall. I like Panasonic also.

The only bug bear I have with both Philips and Panasonic is they arrive 6-10 months after LG and Sony release their latest TVs, so its almost a pickle buying Philips or Panansonic since you start hearing about LG and Sonys release shortly afterwards, they need to reset their release schedule!

I am hoping my guesstimate of £800-1K for the 42" is spot on but will see, hopefully not something stupid like 1.5k
 
R3X said:
Philips is very underrated imo for TVs, I found them very reliable and actually still have a 20 year old LCD in the shed, still works fine. I believe their 48" 2021 Oled was the first to use full bandwidth hdmi 2.1 ports, there tech is also excellent software wise. But not sure how good their firmware support is, but they make lovely TVs overall. I like Panasonic also.

The only bug bear I have with both Philips and Panasonic is they arrive 6-10 months after LG and Sony release their latest TVs, so its almost a pickle buying Philips or Panansonic since you start hearing about LG and Sonys release shortly afterwards, they need to reset their release schedule!

I am hoping my guesstimate of £800-1K for the 42" is spot on but will see, hopefully not something stupid like 1.5k
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I like the Panasic too but they are way too expensive. The 48" is already €1799 here and the 48C1 is sometimes between €1199 up to €1299. So yeah, choice is made.
And they're also very unpopular too so finding constructive reviews is hard or near zero. Not much infos about the inputlags, image retentions, display presets and which resolutions are natively supported. LG for example supports 1440p natively and they design might be boring but they're slick. Sony 48" got the best design that I really like but the inputlags are higher than the C1. And of course, more expensive too...

And yes, totally agree on 6-10 months later. Not gonna be bothered with that.
 
SilverRST said:
I like the Panasic too but they are way too expensive. The 48" is already €1799 here and the 48C1 is sometimes between €1199 up to €1299. So yeah, choice is made.
And they're also very unpopular too so finding constructive reviews is hard or near zero. Not much infos about the inputlags, image retentions, display presets and which resolutions are natively supported. LG for example supports 1440p natively and they design might be boring but they're slick. Sony 48" got the best design that I really like but the inputlags are higher than the C1. And of course, more expensive too...

And yes, totally agree on 6-10 months later. Not gonna be bothered with that.
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Yeah philips and panny are a bit of a mystery due to that, apparently Panasonics have the best black performance, Sony best motion handling, LG best gaming, Philips good all rounder, but that price difference is too much I agree and would not accept it either.

2 Areas I prefer LG over Sony are firmware roll outs are better and they apparently have less aggressive ABL then Sony.

Only complaint Id say with LG is there quality control is shockingly bad imo, my LG CX mainboard died within 2 months, LG had no repairers so got it refunded it was a headache going through LG support frankly and took ages, figured might as well wait on the correct size screen this time round. Sony Quality control is apparently better but then they do charge extra for their premium panels.

I will wait for LG and Sony 42" releases and then decide, I don't game just need it for 4K HDR movies and TV shows.
 
R3X said:
Apparently all the top end LG OLEDs in 2022 including the 42" and 48" will be Evo panel,
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Before you jump on evo:) OLED evo is technically LG’s second-generation OLED panel that mainly focuses on brightness and more affordable then standard LG OLED that hasn’t changed much since the introduction of HDR in 2015 and it’s still considered the one of best OLED panels the consumer TV industry offers also there’s no improvement at all in evo’s coverage of the colour gamut compared to regular LG OLED that people might think.

Input lag CX/C1 was 10ms G1 Evo 13ms can't say for sure if the new 42inch evo will be the same or not!:)
 
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Do you think you would be gambling with burn in if you used one of these for heavy/long use? Potentially up to 10 hours a day design work so plenty bits of UI on screen for quite some time. Looking for something to connect a Mac and PC to for the best of both worlds.
 
djxput said:
Ha ya ... I bought the err 404k south korean hmmm its in the other room. But bought it because it didnt have pulse width modulation ... but the colors were washed out and was almost going to sell the 404k and go for your philips because it looked better ... and currently use this 43" philips and its good; I really like philips monitors when it comes to colors and less anti-glare coating.
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436M6 is hugely under-rated IMO - sure it has some issues/drawbacks - bit grainy if viewed too close and black levels are nothing special, but the way it manages to make even SDR content look HDR and the tightly controlled input and pixel response along with an acceptable adaptive sync implementation make for an excellent display without the usual motion issues of a VA panel and probably the best 60Hz experience you'll get. Subjectively I prefer it to OLEDs, etc. though it has inferior blacks there is just something about the lighting quality of the highlights which really enhance the image.
 
Mightyashy said:
Do you think you would be gambling with burn in if you used one of these for heavy/long use? Potentially up to 10 hours a day design work so plenty bits of UI on screen for quite some time. Looking for something to connect a Mac and PC to for the best of both worlds.
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You don't need to gamble lately, JLewis got you covered for burn in with Protect plus insurance. It varies last time it was £140, so roughly around there perhaps.

Your local high street place selling hot Curries, lately has not given a care about burn in or pixel issues, they just collect and replace the screen within the included 5 year warranty, same lately with your local Costcutters type name place. I think these companies are realizing that its a dumb thing "burn in" and they would not win against any judge on this planet if challenged so now just replace the panel especially if its within 5 year warranty. Course for safety and no headache the JL insurance covers it and is the route I would recommend first. Lg themselves still offer the oled panel swap service for £300 also.

Imo if you buy something you should not be worried about hiding task bars, icons and pitch blackness void on screen or worried about watching BBC news sweating if the logo will get burned into the screen, the technology should be reliable and stable to last its 5 year warranty, its written in the consumer law after all but I believe they call it "fit for its intended purpose" line.
 
R3X said:
You don't need to gamble lately, JLewis got you covered for burn in with Protect plus insurance. It varies last time it was £140, so roughly around there perhaps.

Your local high street place selling hot Curries, lately has not given a care about burn in or pixel issues, they just collect and replace the screen within the included 5 year warranty, same lately with your local Costcutters type name place. I think these companies are realizing that its a dumb thing "burn in" and they would not win against any judge on this planet if challenged so now just replace the panel especially if its within 5 year warranty. Course for safety and no headache the JL insurance covers it and is the route I would recommend first. Lg themselves still offer the oled panel swap service for £300 also.

Imo if you buy something you should not be worried about hiding task bars, icons and pitch blackness void on screen or worried about watching BBC news sweating if the logo will get burned into the screen, the technology should be reliable and stable to last its 5 year warranty, its written in the consumer law after all but I believe they call it "fit for its intended purpose" line.
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Forgot about the additional cover which is funny as I got a 65" Sony A90J and got the cover haha!

Your last comment is exactly my concern. I don't want it crossing my mind and wonder if they are really fit for purpose as an all day monitor given that burn in is still an issue in some cases. Obviously it's not as bad with with heatsinks etc but not sure I want to even be thinking about it. QD OLED is going to be expensive for the first couple of gens isn't it ...
 
I've been waiting for the 42" version for ages and I'm really getting put off it now!

I'm a plug an play, set it and forget it type of person that is a big fan of function over form. I dont want to be worrying about burn in so I might start to consider alternatives
 
So my LG A7 have been used by my little brother to use his Switch for the first time and I'm blown away by the magnificent picture!
Another reason to wait for 42C2 despites I already got two alternatives but LCD backlight bleeds....
 
Mightyashy said:
Your last comment is exactly my concern. I don't want it crossing my mind and wonder if they are really fit for purpose as an all day monitor given that burn in is still an issue in some cases. Obviously it's not as bad with with heatsinks etc but not sure I want to even be thinking about it. QD OLED is going to be expensive for the first couple of gens isn't it ...
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Relentless81 said:
I've been waiting for the 42" version for ages and I'm really getting put off it now!

I'm a plug an play, set it and forget it type of person that is a big fan of function over form. I dont want to be worrying about burn in so I might start to consider alternatives
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Its a pandora box question sadly regarding burn in, the only proof or answers anyone will have is when 2018/9 OLED owners in 2-3 years time start popping up on the internet saying I got burn in etc

Obviously LG believe burn in does not exist anymore since they made 5+ software techniques to prevent it now, and they are that confident in their OLED tech from 2018+, Samsung invested billions into OLED screens so they appear confident burn in wont ever happen and they waited 10+ years for LG to fix the issue before buying LG OLED stock.

But we won't know about it till 2024/5 imo

Imo enjoy and use it like a normal screen, worry about issues if they ever come:)
 
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Its a pandora box question sadly regarding burn in, the only proof or answers anyone will have is when 2018/9 OLED owners in 2-3 years time start popping up on the internet saying I got burn in etc

Obviously LG believe burn in does not exist anymore since they made 5+ software techniques to prevent it now, and they are that confident in their OLED tech from 2018+, Samsung invested billions into OLED screens so they appear confident burn in wont ever happen and they waited 10+ years for LG to fix the issue before buying LG OLED stock.

But we won't know about it till 2024/5 imo

Imo enjoy and use it like a normal screen, worry about issues if they ever come:)
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I've had 2 Sony OLEDs now and hammered the PlayStation on them and not had any issues to be fair. It's the thought of taskbars being on for hours on end that worries me. Will let a few guinea pigs try them out first :D
 
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