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first time experiencing, tomorrow i'll have a proper play with it, see what recommended settings need changing etc but so far, its the best looking display i've ever have had/experienced
LG 42-inch OLED
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I picked up my 42" 10 days before Black Friday 
click and collect at RS the manufacture date was 09/2022 so WBE panel.
I checked the RS website on Black Friday and saw the £699 with VIP called the store for price match an they credited it
phew!
click and collect at RS the manufacture date was 09/2022 so WBE panel.I checked the RS website on Black Friday and saw the £699 with VIP called the store for price match an they credited it
phew!
I picked up my 42" 10 days before Black Friday
I checked the RS website on Black Friday and saw the £699 with VIP called the store for price match an they credited it
Nice! I think you're safe for things like that with most places as long as it's within 14days.
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The savings will pay for a new amp going for the Tangent Ampster BT ii fills the void and gives me something for the desk space and replaces the poor TV speakers
john Lewis is 35 days grace which is superb.
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Good to know, at the time RS with VIP discount was still the cheapest at £849 only reason I went with them.
oh wow did not know that with JL! I'll keep an eye out elsewhere in the next 35 days then! Doubt JL price will be beaten but you never know, we shall see
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Which software is this?Thanks I just checked using the software, WBE panel here too...phew. Mine was delivered from JL in Solihull too
Edit: Manufactured July 2022.
It is called LG ColorControl. If you Google it you will find it and it gives you access to a multitude of settings and features on the TV.
Nope its perfect on my desk. I wouldnt want the top of my monitor to be any higher tbh.
Also tried to calibrate it with calman at home last night. Neither the firmware it came with or the new one fixed the pattern generation so its still broken sadly. A bit of googling shows the two top guys responsible for programming this on the LG TVs have both left the company so the expection is that it wont be fixed any time soon
Will just have to settle for a displaycal calibrated via the PC.
Also tried to calibrate it with calman at home last night. Neither the firmware it came with or the new one fixed the pattern generation so its still broken sadly. A bit of googling shows the two top guys responsible for programming this on the LG TVs have both left the company so the expection is that it wont be fixed any time soon
Will just have to settle for a displaycal calibrated via the PC.
Yeah I read the same thing but that post I mentioned last week, that guy sounds like an engineer or LG employee, he knows his stuff inside and out and hopefully he is right and we get that firmware that fixes it very soon. Calman hopefully also then release an update for their software.
I wish I had the calibration know how to answer your previous questions and will probably run into those issues also since am going to give it a bash myself, but Baddass hopefully gets a chance to answer your post.
Does the patterns from calman and off the usb stick not work properly with the C2, Calman and x-rite then?
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Apparently the service menu coding is incorrect and out of date, its not the best way to check for WBC older panels or the newer WBE or OLED.EX panels.
Check this post here
From my understanding of that post(could be wrong), if you check under General>OLED Care>OLED Panel Care>Pixel Cleaning> then read the bit on top with pixel cleaning.
If it reads 60 minutes you have the older panel I believe, if it says 10 minutes then its the newer panel. Not that there is any real major difference still.
Its quite possible many 42C2s were already on the newer OLED.EX panel after all, hopefully am correct on the above but feel free to read his guide.
Further edit, WBC and WBE are the older panels that use 1 hour pixel refresh. OLED.EX is the latest panel that uses 10 minute pixel refreshes. info here
Check this post here
From my understanding of that post(could be wrong), if you check under General>OLED Care>OLED Panel Care>Pixel Cleaning> then read the bit on top with pixel cleaning.
If it reads 60 minutes you have the older panel I believe, if it says 10 minutes then its the newer panel. Not that there is any real major difference still.
Its quite possible many 42C2s were already on the newer OLED.EX panel after all, hopefully am correct on the above but feel free to read his guide.
Further edit, WBC and WBE are the older panels that use 1 hour pixel refresh. OLED.EX is the latest panel that uses 10 minute pixel refreshes. info here
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What a bizarre situation, so after a year it turns out the service menu coding was incorrect and we have WBC, WBE and OLED.EX panels out there just to confuse everyone further lol
I think going forward as long as those post/info are true to make things simple:
WBC/WBE = 1 hour pixel refresh cycle
OLED.EX = 10 minute pixel refresh cycle
Its better to have the 10 minute pixel refresh cycle imo, saves 50 minutes of electricity.
I think going forward as long as those post/info are true to make things simple:
WBC/WBE = 1 hour pixel refresh cycle
OLED.EX = 10 minute pixel refresh cycle
Its better to have the 10 minute pixel refresh cycle imo, saves 50 minutes of electricity.
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I didnt think there was a physical difference between WBE and a 'OLED.EX' panel, my understanding was that 'OLED.EX' was essentially the marketing name and in fact was a term in reference not to just the panel but also to the processing around it. I am not aware of LG Displays (the actual glass manufacturer) having produced 3 types of panel for the last two generations.
edit: my understanding, which may still be incorrect, was that really the best way to check the panel type was to look at the off axis hue/tint... blue means WBC, pinkish means WBE (and was a result of the new deuterium material in the glass)
edit: my understanding, which may still be incorrect, was that really the best way to check the panel type was to look at the off axis hue/tint... blue means WBC, pinkish means WBE (and was a result of the new deuterium material in the glass)
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Mine arrived today. 03/22 manu date. 10min pixel refresh time. Seems like it's the new panel then. After reading some of that post, it does make sense that the reduction in time is the later spec.
Compared to say my aw3423dw does it for around 7mins every 4 hours or so.
Yeah apparently the off axis means very little also, that guy does explain it further in this post, some modified T-Conn to enable the 10 minute pixel refresh so OLED.EX panels.
Guess it makes things simpler and at least a way to I.D the panel. Either way whatever the panel is, if its clean and decent enjoy.
Agreed.
Had a not so great first impression when I tried this panel back in the summer. However this time round I'm really liking it. After using the aw3423dw for a while, I prefer this already and I've only been testing it for couple hours.
To be fair, I now have a GPU upgrade this time round which helps significantly.
Now I just need to figure out how to stop my CX/C2 remotes from interfering with each other without having to unplug one of them... grr
Had a not so great first impression when I tried this panel back in the summer. However this time round I'm really liking it. After using the aw3423dw for a while, I prefer this already and I've only been testing it for couple hours.
To be fair, I now have a GPU upgrade this time round which helps significantly.
Now I just need to figure out how to stop my CX/C2 remotes from interfering with each other without having to unplug one of them... grr