LG c9 OLED

Grim5 · 27 Sep 2019 at 20:31

Samsung’s 8k tv is not good that’s why
They wanted to first to market and cut a lot of corners - the microscope pixel zoom shows this off clearly

there used to be an old meme that went around gaming circles after a manufacturer said “our console will have the best looking pixels”

and this case it’s kinda true - Samsung tried to fit 32 million pixels into a panel but the quality of each pixel is not up to scratch.

many reviews commented that the microscope pixel structure is so bad that the panel likely does not actually meet the mandatory minimum requirements for panel contrast

kona786 · 6 Oct 2019 at 14:48

Good times.... C9 55" ordered from RS. £1424.

It's replacing my trusty Samsung 46F8000.

Nemiyen · 6 Oct 2019 at 21:22

kona786 said:
Good times.... C9 55" ordered from RS. £1424.

It's replacing my trusty Samsung 46F8000.

Not a bad price currently. I guess you managed to wiggle a 5 percent discount?

You have the exact same TV as me in the living room, I got it ex display from Richersounds 5 years ago and it's never missed a beat. Very happy with it.

Will be good to hear how you find the C9 compares to the Sammy

Grim5 · 6 Oct 2019 at 21:50

That is such a massive upgrade!

gord · 7 Oct 2019 at 09:36

kona786 said:
Good times.... C9 55" ordered from RS. £1424.

I took the same deal! Wasn't planning to upgrade till Black Friday rolled around but saw they'd dropped the price on these recently. When's yours due? Mine should be arriving tomorrow.

Grim5 said:
That is such a massive upgrade!

I think I can compete in this arena too. I'm upgrading from an LG 50PK350, it's been struck by lightning so the tuner doesn't work, and has started to ghost quite badly. Hell of a TV though to survive the last 9 years.

robgmun · 7 Oct 2019 at 10:20

aoaaron said:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9K9oU_VTQ8

this video has made me think does oled's have a more sharp image then lcde?

I've had my E6 for 2.5 years now and i'm still blown away by the image quaility that TV gives me. I hope it last forever *pats tv*

kona786 · 7 Oct 2019 at 12:23

gord said:
I took the same deal! Wasn't planning to upgrade till Black Friday rolled around but saw they'd dropped the price on these recently. When's yours due? Mine should be arriving tomorrow.

I think I can compete in this arena too. I'm upgrading from an LG 50PK350, it's been struck by lightning so the tuner doesn't work, and has started to ghost quite badly. Hell of a TV though to survive the last 9 years.

@Nemiyen
Tv75 if anyone is interested in the discount code. I nabbed free next day delivery too.

Mine is arriving tomorrow I hope, yes big upgrade indeed. I've been waiting a while to jump on OLED so I'm eager to get it up and running.

hornetstinger · 7 Oct 2019 at 12:36

£2300 for the 65"

kona786 · 7 Oct 2019 at 12:39

hornetstinger said:
£2300 for the 65"

Use Tv150 to lower it to £2150

hornetstinger · 7 Oct 2019 at 12:45

What's difference between pla and lmb versions

200sols · 7 Oct 2019 at 12:49

hornetstinger said:
What's difference between pla and lmb versions

Just the stand I think.

gord · 7 Oct 2019 at 12:57

kona786 said:
Mine is arriving tomorrow I hope, yes big upgrade indeed. I've been waiting a while to jump on OLED so I'm eager to get it up and running.

Are you planning to use the USB DVR functionality? I've been looking at what sort of USB devices you can attach and the guidance seems slightly picky for the live playback/rewind functions. I was hoping to just use a USB pen drive, but it looks like I'll need a proper portable HDD.

hornetstinger · 7 Oct 2019 at 13:01

Do they have standard vesa mount holes at the back? I have stands unique TV stand

TheVoice · 7 Oct 2019 at 13:07

gord said:
Are you planning to use the USB DVR functionality? I've been looking at what sort of USB devices you can attach and the guidance seems slightly picky for the live playback/rewind functions. I was hoping to just use a USB pen drive, but it looks like I'll need a proper portable HDD.

I think the C9s come with a newer version of WebOS than my B7 has so hopefully the DVR functionality is improved; on the B7 I gave up using it after a week and went back to using my BT TV box.

gord · 7 Oct 2019 at 13:13

hornetstinger said:
Do they have standard vesa mount holes at the back? I have stands unique TV stand

Yeh, 300 x 200 for the 55 I believe. Not sure if it's the same on the 65.

TheVoice said:
I think the C9s come with a newer version of WebOS than my B7 has so hopefully the DVR functionality is improved; on the B7 I gave up using it after a week and went back to using my BT TV box.

Fingers crossed. We use live pausing a lot, so that's the main feature we need to work well.

hornetstinger · 7 Oct 2019 at 14:46

Wouldn't mind one but just have pioneer plasma lying around taking up space

hornetstinger · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:00

The c8 sold for £1800 guess be a while.till the c9 is £1800 also. Looking at av processor and boiler also

richyfingers · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:07

I snagged a 65" B9 from Richer Sounds after the decent price cuts. It's replacing an 11 year old 42" Panasonic so will hopefully be a nice upgrade. I specifically wanted hdmi 2.1 for gaming (X1s currently and next gen next year) I realise the B9 isn't going to get the G-sync update, is there going to be a significant difference not having G-sync?

gord · 7 Oct 2019 at 17:53

richyfingers said:
I snagged a 65" B9 from Richer Sounds after the decent price cuts. It's replacing an 11 year old 42" Panasonic so will hopefully be a nice upgrade. I specifically wanted hdmi 2.1 for gaming (X1s currently and next gen next year) I realise the B9 isn't going to get the G-sync update, is there going to be a significant difference not having G-sync?

Check out coldtires post here, it seems quite well informed regarding the true nature of VRR on consoles: https://www.reddit.com/r/OLED/comments/c2b3kj/lg_c9_vrr_on_x1x_confused/

Ultimately it doesn't look like you'd be missing out on much now with many games still targeting 30fps. When next gen comes around if they start to set the bottom bar at about 40fps then VRR might have a much bigger effect.

Chris1712 · 8 Oct 2019 at 10:19

gord said:
Check out coldtires post here, it seems quite well informed regarding the true nature of VRR on consoles: https://www.reddit.com/r/OLED/comments/c2b3kj/lg_c9_vrr_on_x1x_confused/

Ultimately it doesn't look like you'd be missing out on much now with many games still targeting 30fps. When next gen comes around if they start to set the bottom bar at about 40fps then VRR might have a much bigger effect.

As I understand it below 48 fps TVs supporting VRR should do double / triple flash to achieve smoothness? The same tech for movie watching, 24fps -> 120hz (not interpolation, just 5 flash).