oh good spot in that case yeah 12 months is a deal breaker!
LG 42-inch OLED
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oh good spot in that case yeah 12 months is a deal breaker!
ahh that elevated black issue, that problem is actually still there on the LG G2/C2 series. Its actually one of the last major bugs LG have not yet fixed after almost a year of release. You are lucky you can rollback firmware, with the newer sets you cant I believe.
If people are really curious there is one chap frankly this guys a hero he has compiled a proper bug list of all of LGs G2/C2 OLED issues and workarounds or fixes its posted here its listed as:
- raised black in DoVi, workaround: set WB 2pt Low to -2
The elevated blacks is in the Dolby vision picture mode (Cinema/home) so you don't get true blacks, I attempted to assist LG tech support but their 1st line support team are not interested in passing on my useful testing information for them to fix the bug, LG support is unfortunately non existent at times and there is no way to directly contact the tech centre that deals with firmware.
If anyone has followed some of my post in the past they would have spotted my biggest criticism or problem with LG C2 was the black crush issue, if you see the bug list above its the very first bug he mentioned! Its improved in a more recent firmware but it is still an issue, calibration is the only known real fix.
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photo C1
I came to the conclusion that C1 can be used 4.2.0
in C2 there is only 4.2.2
isn't there a way to enable it?
I only have a CX which worked like in your pic with my old 1080ti. Should technically work on a C2 but if doesn't you can try setting it to 4K60Hz and 4.2.0 colour then try creating a custom resolution with 120hz?
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It's a real damn shame. Because you can see the potential, and going back to non-oled is truly a step back. It's like going from 4k to 1080.
It's ruined my current monitor, which is already a high-end monitor to be fair, but it's just not the same!
Did see a lot of people on the deals site saying the code didn't work at jl anymore
Yeah no £150 code listed anymore at JL and Richer sounds have removed theirs as well. There is still the arrgos deal with a £100 ecard and £95 of nectar points and potential to sell the soundbar for £100 but only one year warranty.
Glad I jumped on the JL deal when I did!
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Yep, I was looking for that deal all over, but it has disappeared.
So I've been looking for a frameless browser with no static elements but I only found old chrome extensions that no longer work. Anyone know of one?
On that note if you type chrome://flags/ in your chrome address bar then enable overlay scrollbars, it will auto hide the scroll bar on web pages
Best chrome extension I've found is "fullscreen for google chrome", I use it to launch an almost frameless window when I want to. Good for netflix etc
On that note if you type chrome://flags/ in your chrome address bar then enable overlay scrollbars, it will auto hide the scroll bar on web pages
Best chrome extension I've found is "fullscreen for google chrome", I use it to launch an almost frameless window when I want to. Good for netflix etc
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Shame the soundbar is now OOS at Argos as I was about to buy
I'll wait and see what Black Friday brings.
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Shame the soundbar is now OOS at Argos as I was about to buy
the hotuk thread think some mentioned they were getting it back ordered and had to collect the soundbar on a separate or later date not sure if true at this point though.
Deals come and go every 5 minutes at this point
Personally speaking I would strongly consider getting your TV calibrated, I know a fair deal with the issues and problems on the LG C2/G2 series since I speak to the guy who runs the bug list on them. The biggest issue with the LG C2/G2 series (any size) is still Black Crush SDR issue, its a living nightmare especially if you watch TV series and Films. This is not fixable in firmware's or updates.
PC desktop users and gamers might fair better but if you watch in a dark room, default OLED brightness of 80 will fry your eyes and tv calibrators themselves recommend OLED brightness 35-45 anyhow (dark room users) and this actually worsens the black crush fault as I found out. This also effects games too.
You need to get these TV sets calibrated from the get go imo, this will fix the black crush issue so If I had to re-do the purchase again id spend the extra money and go crampton and moore and get it calibrated by them and then delivered to my front door. Also the guy who does their TV calibration is trained by Vincent teoh pretty much the most popular ex tv calibrator Youtuber going in the UK.
Another work around I guess is if you have bought the TV from else where like John lewis etc, hire a TV calibrator and get them to sort out your TV they charge roughly £320 but you can haggle or ask to have just 1-2 picture modes done to cut time etc. I have had mine Calibrated and it solved the sdr black crush issue so no more problem.
PC desktop users and gamers might fair better but if you watch in a dark room, default OLED brightness of 80 will fry your eyes and tv calibrators themselves recommend OLED brightness 35-45 anyhow (dark room users) and this actually worsens the black crush fault as I found out. This also effects games too.
You need to get these TV sets calibrated from the get go imo, this will fix the black crush issue so If I had to re-do the purchase again id spend the extra money and go crampton and moore and get it calibrated by them and then delivered to my front door. Also the guy who does their TV calibration is trained by Vincent teoh pretty much the most popular ex tv calibrator Youtuber going in the UK.
Another work around I guess is if you have bought the TV from else where like John lewis etc, hire a TV calibrator and get them to sort out your TV they charge roughly £320 but you can haggle or ask to have just 1-2 picture modes done to cut time etc. I have had mine Calibrated and it solved the sdr black crush issue so no more problem.
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Not really, its the first thing I tried on the C2 to try to fix it. I ended up tweaking the picture settings constantly as in trying to fix the black crush issue, its a bit difficult to enjoy something if its pitch black and not visible.
You can sometimes find a sweet spot settings wise, as I thought I did few months ago with gamma 1.9, OLED light 35 (for dark room viewing) for SDR content (cable/sky tv etc) but what you end up doing is watching your content not the way it was designed to look so you get picture errors in inaccuracy ie banding, haze effects, halo effects and other weird picture errors.
Could you make do with these errors? Possibly but its annoying when you see those errors its like you have an OLED but might as well not have one.
If you want to see your games or movie or tv series the way it was designed to be seen you really do need to get it professionally calibrated, there are no short cuts sadly. At most you could possibly do it yourself but even then its a major learning curve and the C2/G2 series are not so calibration friendly wise for now.
To give you an rough idea, the TV calibrator that did my tv set came round with 10K worth of equipment and it took 5 hours to do.
All AI stuff off, game optimised mode on my desktop pc seems fine. I've been watching a few seasons of always sunny on netflix in a window and that seems fine. What are you watching specifically where I can check out this black crushing?
edit: does disabling TPC help you @R3X Also is your hdmi set to full instead of limited when using a PC?
edit: does disabling TPC help you @R3X Also is your hdmi set to full instead of limited when using a PC?
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Really tempted to get this on the Argos deal, I can get a discount through work making it £912 plus £100 voucher, £100 of nectar points and sound bar which I can sell on effectively making the TV around £600 it's just the warranty putting me off.