LG 42-inch OLED

Frenzy said:
I was watching cabinet of curiosities on netflix in a web browser. The first episode scene where the guy is being chased in the building it was supposedly quite dark, I could see some of the shadows seemed blocky and it seemed a bit bright. Switched from chrome to edge as I heard you need edge to view 4k, ran the test pattern on netflix and had the same issue of 1080p and probably not being HDR. Grabbed the ms windows netflix store app and black finally looked right, not washed out and darker but it was still 1080p. Guess my pc is too old...

Anyway, here's a bunch of wallpapers, I modified the contrast on some of them, cropped some etc. Good if you just want something to quickly cycle through on your desktop https://imgur.com/gallery/hClQPLa
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I don't trust the PC really its messy with proper HDR support and bugs, doesn't support Dolby Vision HDR playback, any gpu driver or windows update could throw it off, its really much better to keep things separated imo. Try the netflix inbuilt app on the C2, same with Amazon prime, Disney etc at least this way when you watch something back you get proper playback.

Even playing back certain videos with Youtube they will run properly off the inbuilt YT app with the correct codecs ie AV1 which is supported properly on the C2. Half the GPUs and CPUs out there don't even support AV1 in hardware.

You can install plex app also, this replaces htpc or pc use for playback of video files and its free via the app store (basic version)

Basically try the free inbuilt apps on the C2
 
What Windows scale % are people running with this? Obviously running @ 4k 120hz :p

I've been running at 125% but found text was a bit fuzzy on Microsoft Edge. Tried chrome and didn't really change things, so went back down to 100% and all seems fine if not a bit tiiiiiiiiiiiiiiny.
 
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Using 100% but I am sitting quite close to the screen. I'm sure I've seen people recommend it at 100%

New update just arrived for my tv, wonder what's in it. 03.20.95 to 03.21.30
Oh it's just the one mentioned before:

1. Improvement
1) Fixing minor bugs in software

While I'm here, how are people finding the wifi remote via the thingq app? Day one I installed it and it was fantastic, next day I just can't get it to connect to my TV. Very annoying.
 
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Anyone been using this TV for productivity purposes for the last 9-10 months and have anything good or bad to report? Surprisingly(?) there's not a lot of opinions out there that really talk about the daily driver/productivity use aspect. I'm really close to pulling the trigger but it needs to be able to handle a 9-5 job in addition to the entertainment purposes. And no I don't have room for this AND a 32"+ productivity display... at least not comfortably....

Will take reasonable precautions like limited brightness (I run my current display at 30 brightness and am well happy), not using HDR mode for the desktop (lol) etc. Will be getting the burn in warranty ofc, but still would rather hope that I wont need to use it...

edit: ugh and of course LTT just releases a video where his months old 42" Asus monitor has image retention.
 
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JGF111 said:
Anyone been using this TV for productivity purposes for the last 9-10 months and have anything good or bad to report? Surprisingly(?) there's not a lot of opinions out there that really talk about the daily driver/productivity use aspect. I'm really close to pulling the trigger but it needs to be able to handle a 9-5 job in addition to the entertainment purposes. And no I don't have room for this AND a 32"+ productivity display... at least not comfortably....

Will take reasonable precautions like limited brightness (I run my current display at 30 brightness and am well happy), not using HDR mode for the desktop (lol) etc. Will be getting the burn in warranty ofc, but still would rather hope that I wont need to use it...

edit: ugh and of course LTT just releases a video where his months old 42" Asus monitor has image retention.
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Only been one working week for me but it’s amazing. Can split my screen into side by side windows and still see everything clearly, or even have split it into quarters (like having 4 1080p monitors lol).

Only small issue is thin lines can have a red or green tinge to them because of the pixel arrangement (I notice it on stuff like tables or spreadsheets) but easy enough to ignore
 
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edit: ugh and of course LTT just releases a video where his months old 42" Asus monitor has image retention.
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I wouldn't pay too much attention to that particular use case. Any OLED will suffer burn-in if you keep doing the same things every day or for long periods... I avoid too much split-screen stuff because I don't fancy a big line being burnt in down the centre of the display but I'm sure there are people who do this every day without issue.
 
Frenzy said:
I've been looking at reddit threads and I've seen people using the c1 as a monitor for over a year with no issues. Makes me feel better at least.
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Used my CX for 2 years and I've had zero issues. The only real mitigations I've had in place are taskbar hiding, a black screen saver when away after 2 minutes and OLED brightness of 35 for SDR content.
 
Grabbed one of these from RS two weeks ago but only got round to setting it up. Had a few issues with some dirt under the screen so got it swapped, new one seems okay so far. I'm convinced I've got the newer panel on the replacement (Sep Vs October 2022 manufacture date). Also noticing more of a tint on the newer one on white. Is the newer panel brighter? Swear the colours seem more vibrant.
 
Black levels on these oleds really are unmatched. I was trying to move my mouse cursor beyond the screen border the other day because I couldn't tell where the black screen and my blacked out room met.
 
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Cavallino said:
Just a headsup Costco has them for £709 incl £100 voucher
E: and headsup if you already ordered it last week at the higher price of £744.99, you can still claim the difference via this form: https://customercare.costco.co.uk/app/answers/detail/a_id/81
E2: Cant believe this is half the price it was originally less than 12 months ago.
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Insanity really this thing came out 10 months ago and its lost 50% of its value. It was good but never that good in the past!
 
I currently have an HDMI plugged in and getting 120Hz, but this was using a bog standard cable that I had laying around, can I then assume that this should be ok and wouldnt need to splash out on a "proper" cable?
 
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