LG 42-inch OLED

Baddass · 21 Apr 2022 at 06:55

The review of the 42C2 from TFTCentral is coming next week although there’s already full early access for site supporters if anyone would like to read now, and help support the running of the site

https://tftcentral.co.uk/reviews/lg-oled-42c2

happy to answer questions here too

JGF111 · 21 Apr 2022 at 23:18

Toss us a couple of hints love: did you get a WBE or WBC panel? How was your grey/white uniformity?

Baddass · 22 Apr 2022 at 08:31

JGF111 said:
Toss us a couple of hints love: did you get a WBE or WBC panel? How was your grey/white uniformity?

WBC panel, not that it makes any practical difference anyway - other than dodging the pink tint that the WBE panels have

grey abs white uniformity largely very good, except for a 3 inch ish strip down the right hand side which was a bit more bluish, measured about 400k cooler than the rest of the screen. I plan to monitor that over time as the OLED panel beds in a bit and there’s more hours of usage. You can see it if you are using all white backgrounds, but in any normal use it’s not visible really

Jim99 · 22 Apr 2022 at 11:07

Baddass said:
WBC panel, not that it makes any practical difference anyway - other than dodging the pink tint that the WBE panels have

grey abs white uniformity largely very good, except for a 3 inch ish strip down the right hand side which was a bit more bluish, measured about 400k cooler than the rest of the screen. I plan to monitor that over time as the OLED panel beds in a bit and there’s more hours of usage. You can see it if you are using all white backgrounds, but in any normal use it’s not visible really

Are you planning to use it as a daily driver then? Will be interesting to see how / if it changes.

azazl187 · 25 Apr 2022 at 13:19

Looking to order from curryland. What's the chances of a WBC or WBE panel?

I'll be ordering this week

Radox-0 · 25 Apr 2022 at 13:30

azazl187 said:
Looking to order from curryland. What's the chances of a WBC or WBE panel?

I'll be ordering this week

No one really knows. Seems to me pretty much most 42" are WBC however from few people who have actually got equipment to measure. AFAIK WBE will become more prominent towards year end when LG Display move over to that for all there factories. Not that I would complain, as per Badass's comments and others like HDTV test, does not make a difference to actual performance as they will cap performance to similar levels regardless of panels and if anything have no pink tint.

Greebo · 25 Apr 2022 at 15:47

Having read Baddass's fantastic review, as normal, I would want a WBC panel if possible anyway.

azazl187 · 25 Apr 2022 at 16:57

Ok I guess I'll make the order tonight and report back as soon as I get it.

Current setup looks like this

Baddass · 25 Apr 2022 at 18:20

Greebo said:
Having read Baddass's fantastic review, as normal, I would want a WBC panel if possible anyway.

Glad you enjoyed it

sgavan · 25 Apr 2022 at 18:55

azazl187 said:
Ok I guess I'll make the order tonight and report back as soon as I get it.

Current setup looks like this

I had that philips monitor but it broke, went to a dreadful samsung g7 with multiple issues, and got it refunded. I have just ordered the LG c2. Looking forward to getting it setup

azazl187 · 25 Apr 2022 at 19:05

sgavan said:
I had that philips monitor but it broke, went to a dreadful samsung g7 with multiple issues, and got it refunded. I have just ordered the LG c2. Looking forward to getting it setup

The LEDs through the middle of the screen died on mine but I bought replacements for all LEDs from AliExpress for less than 15 quid including delivery. Installed them which was pretty easy and it now looks better than ever! It's almost a shame to get rid of it, but I know the LG will be so much better

Baddass · 29 Apr 2022 at 16:39

TFTCentral review now live for those interested

LG OLED 42C2 - TFTCentral

A detailed review of the new 42" C2 OLED TV from LG as a desktop monitor. How does it perform for general use, gaming and HDR?

tftcentral.co.uk

TNA · 29 Apr 2022 at 17:14

Baddass said:
TFTCentral review now live for those interested

LG OLED 42C2 - TFTCentral

A detailed review of the new 42" C2 OLED TV from LG as a desktop monitor. How does it perform for general use, gaming and HDR?

tftcentral.co.uk

Nice review. Any plans on doing one of the Alienware QD-OLED? Would be nice to see your thoughts in regards to how it compares to this and which you prefer

Baddass · 29 Apr 2022 at 17:19

TNA said:
Nice review. Any plans on doing one of the Alienware QD-OLED? Would be nice to see your thoughts in regards to how it compares to this and which you prefer

https://twitter.com/TFTCentral/status/1519700912268365824

Although i am exploring a contingency option so maybe I can figure something out (no thanks to Dell though)

TNA · 29 Apr 2022 at 17:25

Baddass said:
https://twitter.com/TFTCentral/status/1519700912268365824

Although i am exploring a contingency option so maybe I can figure something out (no thanks to Dell though)

Yeah, they are even having trouble getting next day replacements out to people who have issues. Some even have to wait months for it as all sold out.

Baddass · 29 Apr 2022 at 19:43

TNA said:
Yeah, they are even having trouble getting next day replacements out to people who have issues. Some even have to wait months for it as all sold out.

Yeah I’ve had plenty of people say they’ve been waiting months. It’s really not a great situation

TNA · 29 Apr 2022 at 21:46

Baddass said:
Yeah I’ve had plenty of people say they’ve been waiting months. It’s really not a great situation

I am lucky I only had to wait a week or so. Been very happy with it and just concentrating on HDR games at the moment as my previous monitor was SDR only.

R3X · 29 Apr 2022 at 22:26

Baddass said:
TFTCentral review now live for those interested

LG OLED 42C2 - TFTCentral

A detailed review of the new 42" C2 OLED TV from LG as a desktop monitor. How does it perform for general use, gaming and HDR?

tftcentral.co.uk

Great job, best review available that I have seen so far.

Got terrible spelling but is that a typo? : But is does mean that the highlights look a bit brighter and more defined. Because of the overly cool setup, the greyscale was very inaccurate compared with our 6500k target.

grumpybeard · 29 Apr 2022 at 23:15

@Baddass great review, thanks! It's the reflective nature of the screen that's putting me off more than anything.

roysters · 29 Apr 2022 at 23:33

I was thinking of getting this for unreal engine/3d work. But I guess the text clarity may be a problem?