LG 50UH635V 4K... super deal, or not??

Legend · 25 Nov 2016 at 14:05

The LG 50UH635V is available at JL now for £479, with 5 year warranty. Seems a fantastic deal to me, but I can't find much in the way of reviews. User feedback seems solid though. It's an MVA panel so blacks will be good, and as far as I'm aware the RGBW 'fake 4K' isn't an issue with anything other than the IPS panels LG use. Displayspecifications indicates that this isn't a problem either. I'm aware HDR won't be fully realised due it being 8-bit, but no TV below the £800 Samsung KS7000 is going to do much better, and this is nearly half the price!

I've no idea what the input lag on this is like, but apart from that it seems a great buy. Does anyone have one or know any more? I'm struggling to find a reason not to buy it...?

The only other set I was looking at and seriously considering at this price point was the Samsung KU6400, but it seems virtually identical in THIS COMPARISON... plus it's £70 more expensive.

Legend · 25 Nov 2016 at 14:32

OH NO! Looking at the official LG site, this is actually IPS, so will almost definitely be RGBW!! Godammit! Displayspecifications is usually spot on, but they got this totally wrong it seems!

Legend · 27 Jun 2017 at 09:46

I ended up buying the 58" version of this a few months back and as Eyetrip says, it IS an MVA panel, definitely not IPS and none of that RGBW nonsense. One of the very few LG 4K TV's that isn't. I did try it with an Xbox One S and it recognised it as full HDR 10-bit (even though it's only 8-bit+FRC), although the problem with this and most cheaper HDR sets is that they aren't fully capable of displaying HDR properly. I tried it with Forza and some Netflix HDR content and it was a bit 'meh'. Yeah looked good, but could still see gradient banding and the HDR didn't blow me away tbh. I've seen the KS Series Samsung sets up close (those are 1000 nit brightness, the LG is not even half that) and the difference is very obvious. If you're buying this (or any other cheap 4K TV) for the HDR, I wouldn't bother. In all other respects though, it's a great value TV, and does 4K well. I have Netflix and I have no complaints about the picture quality. I have a bit of DSE on very white scenes, but zero bleed. The local dimming works pretty well also.

Legend · 30 Jun 2017 at 02:20

roogac said:
I am glad that i didn't bought it last week, because this week is clearance on all LG models from 2015-2016 at a local store. I can get 50UH635V for 300GBP and 49UH661V for 340GBP. Is the 635V worth it over the 661v even though 661v is higher end model?

The 661V is IPS and RGBW so is definitely inferior. One could argue IPS benefits certain environments and the viewing angles are better, but this is undone by their use of the RGBW structure, essentially rendering it fake 4K.

The 635V is actually a rare bargain gem in LG's line-up, I'd definitely recommend it as long as you're realistic about its HDR capability... as you should be of any TV anywhere near this price range.

Legend · 30 Jun 2017 at 11:26

roogac said:
I am buying it for Xbox One S and Netflix/Amazon Prime, i don't watch TV at all, only sports, but that is also on demand streaming. I didn't even expect that it would have support for HDR10 standard so that must only be a welcome feature. Thanks for pointing that out. I am really not expecting much when it comes to HDR(seen Sony XE90 in person with native 4K/HDR content, blew me away, but also did the price which is 5 times more than what I am getting this for). My huge expectations are coming from the pixel count and size upgrade since a few shows I watch are streaming in 4K.

I must thank you once again, cause i found posts(in my native language) of how terrible UH664V(color difference between 661V) performs compared to even a 1080p Sony(guy is claiming that Sony is producing sharper image even when comparing 1080p vs 4K netflix stream of House of Cards) . Never really thought that RGBW is that much inferior of a technology for panels.

I use mine primarily for Netflix/Prime. I had an Xbox One S but sold it as I never used it, but it did recognise the 635V as a 10-bit panel (even though it's only 8-bit+FRC) and I got all green ticks in video options menu. As mentioned though, the HDR capability of this TV (and pretty much any cheap HDR set) is limited... that becomes very obvious when you see what a 1000-nit, wide colour gamut, genuine 10-bit panel can do.

RGBW is scandalous really... I don't know how they've got away with it, but it's shameful really. This is a good article on it: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/166-l...-rgb-vs-rgbw-lcd-4k-ultra-hd-designation.html