Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and today we're unboxing the 2023 77 inch LG G3 OLED
now this is probably the most exciting I've been about unboxing a new TV on the channel in quite
some time and that's because this isn't just a review unit this is my new TV and it looks
awesome today I'll get it on box a run through the install and how I've hidden the cables in
my wall talk about these specs then give you my first impressions now the G3 will be replacing
my 2021 C1 so there should be a nice Step Up in terms of the brightness with the new MLA Tech
everything I cover today will apply to the other sizes including the 55 65 and 83 inch models just
the dimensions will be different as always any questions just drop them below and I will answer
those and cover them in my full review before we open this up here are the measurements of
the Box although I don't think many of you will fit this in your car as it's massive
right let's see what we get inside the box so this here contains the wall bracket and as this TV is
designed to be wall mounted it does not come with a tabletop stand at all then we get a bag
of accessories which includes the magic remote control something that we've seen tweaked over
the last few years but mostly looks the same there's a couple of batteries an IR blaster
and the manuals and that is everything that we get now normally I would install the stand
to then show you around the back but as mentioned there isn't a stand on the G Series oleds so I'll
need to show you the rear before we put it on the wall now unlike the C Series where the top half
is ultra thin and the bottom half is thicker to house the internals the g-series is a couple of
centimeters thick all over it's also got a hard plastic case and a metal frame around the edges
one thing I do like is the fact I might be able to fit an LED strip around the sides on this lip
in the middle we have the four screws to attach to the wall bracket but it does also come with
vessel holes so you can use your own brackets if you don't want to use the one provided on
the right side we have all of the available ports there are four HDMI 2.1 ports all of which support
4K 120 hertz and vrr HDMI 2 can be used for e-arc and that allows you to send audio down
to your AVR or your Soundbar and it's great to see that all of the hdmis are facing the same
way none are facing down or out so it'll make it easier for swapping cables out once it's on the
wall then there are three USB ports an ethernet port an optical out a cable and satellite ports
and the RF Blaster Port if you needed to use it the only Port it doesn't have on the G3 is
the headphone out which I doubt many of you will use as it does support Bluetooth 5.0 and as this
is designed to be flushed to your wall the ports are very slightly recessed so they shouldn't stick
out behind the TV then under that there's a cable management trunk in where you can clip and manage
your cables to try and keep them out of sight but this is definitely one of the best Solutions
I've ever seen on the back of a TV at least it beats the cable ties that we often see then on
the left side there's the power cable which is hardwired to the TV unfortunately this means it
cannot be removed so it's not ideal but there are a few workarounds if you needed a wall mount it
now before we put this on the wall here the dimensions of the 77 inch model I've also
added a few measurements that you won't find online but it might help you in your own setup
so Inside the Box it comes with this bracket to allow you to wall mount it this is designed to
fit inside the recessed area on the back of the TV and means it will look Ultra flush on your
wall now I will be using my own bracket but here's what you need to do if you use the lg1 instead so
it comes with a paper guide to allow you to stick it to your wall then you'll drill the four holes
and fit the bracket in place then following their instructions you need to attach the blue label to
the bracket and the Red Label to the rear of your TV now fit this cardboard box to prevent
the bracket from closing during the install flick these mounting pins and hang the TV on your wall
using the labels to line it up now once it's on your wall remove the cardboard lock these
pins and then push it back against your wall and you're good to go now in my setup I will be using
this vesser bracket instead it's rated up to 50 kilograms and although it says up to 75 inches
this will be absolutely fine for 77 inches this is also the same brand that I used in my last house
which I had about 10 different TVs on over the years so I am very confident with it and I have
linked to it below now the reason I've opted to use this successor bracket over the LG one
is because I regularly swap my TVs out for reviews and if I installed the LG bracket instead it would
always be on my wall and I would see it behind every TV that I filmed now as for the cables I've
actually decided to have them hidden inside my wall now as they are solid brick with plasterboard
on top I wasn't able to just cut a hole and feed the cables through I actually needed to have
the walls cut instead so I've had four HDMI 2.1 cables and one ethernet port fitted inside along
with brush plates at the top and bottom now you might wonder why the exit plate is so much lower
than the rest of the plugs that's because I want the cables to go straight into my unit instead of
the shelf above it was then filled over with poly filler but it does need another coat and sanding
back before it's finished now one thing to note is the power cable is hardwired to the TV I didn't
want to put this inside the wall for obvious reasons so I've booked an electrician to install
a new socket behind the TV I actually did this in my last house and it's the easiest and cleanest
way to do it it just means until then you're going to see this power cable hanging down although you
might have noticed I have painted it great just so it doesn't stand out as much hopefully by the
time I create the full review video in a couple of weeks it will be finished okay so after a few
hours of getting it on the wall sorting out all of the cables and putting everything back
in place here it is and the first thing we have got to do is remove the protective film as if
you don't you'll have this crazy reflective screen just look at the difference this is night and day
and Wow first impressions this looks awesome even with the bracket that I'm using you can
see how thin the profile is and how close it hangs to the wall it's without doubt one of
the nicest looking TVs out there when it comes to the overall design I'm liking the frame with this
brushed Metal finish which I wasn't sure about at first but now it's on the wall it makes a screen
look practically borderless and the thin bezels are crazy thin so it makes the picture look like
it's floating there's only a slight Notch at the bottom in the middle for the sensor but there's no
algae branding at all on the front so it's super clean so setting up is pretty straightforward as
a case of running through the on-screen prompts things like choosing the language except in the
terms and conditions whether you're using a stand or wall mounting it and the different AI picture
and sound options I've chosen to show the home screen each time it's powered on but you can
also choose to jump to the last input used and that's ideal if you're using a connected device
for all of your content I also always enable the auto updates I know many others will wait and see
what those updates are before installing them but I just go for it then install any apps that
you need and we're good to go on to is on the first thing that I do is check for updates and
disable the energy saving mode this just prevents the screen from automatically dimming the picture
so here we go this is the 77 inch G3 from LG and wow this picture is just insane I was pretty
skeptical before turning it on thinking surely this isn't going to be that different to my C1 or
last year C2 but I was wrong the MLA or the micro lens array Tech that algae have introduced in the
2023 G3 has clearly made a huge difference this is without doubt brighter than the C1 and C2 oleds in
fact on First Impressions this is brighter than the Samsung s95b and Sony a95k that I reviewed a
few months ago and it's 50 brighter than the LG G2 OLED and you know what something that has really
impressed me already is how sharp the 4K HDR and Dolby Vision content really looks coming into this
with five to six years of OLED ownership I didn't think I would be this impressed with a new TV but
this feels new so far I've watched a couple of movies TV shows and played some games and the
colors look natural vibrant and really pop at the time of recording this I've not tweaked any of the
settings at all and this is straight detail of the boxes most people would probably use it but
after a few tweaks over the coming weeks I know this will look even better now as it's an OLED
we also get those crazy black levels where the dark areas of the screen are jet black instead of
looking washed out or gray and even though this has a glossy screen and I'm filming this during
the day you'll notice the reflection handling is really good in fact the tint on this is a
lot darker than any previous algae o lats i mean looking straight out a window you're obviously
going to see that in those dark areas but it will reduce the Reflections in your room pair
that with the brighter screen and this is perfect for viewing during the day which has always been
a huge drawback for oleds when it comes to gaming this is packing everything that we need to see for
the PlayStation 5 Xbox series s and X as well as PC that includes Nvidia g-sync AMD freesync
premium and vrr and gaming looks awesome on here so like with most other recent TVs the G3 does
come with HDMI 2.1 ports for some glorious 4K and 120hz gaming but what the LG offers is four of
those ports not just two so plenty of connections for everything that you need to plug in so far
from the little game that I've tested out over the last week motion is great HDR and brightness
is impressive and the image quality just blows me away and something with highlighting is the
game Optimizer mode LG introduced this a few years ago and it's still brilliant feature to have while
gaming by default this is Switched Off so make sure you go into the game Optimizer settings and
toggle this on from now it will always show up when you press a settings button on the remote
and it's a great place to check what your FPS is running at and tweak some of the picture settings
as you go now I normally game at my desk setup for any kind of first person games like Call of Duty
but for everything else I always use my TV setup and I can tell this TV is going to be awesome for
every game that I play on it input lag is rapid as well coming in at under 5 milliseconds which
is quicker than the previous LG oleds that I've had it's obviously still not quite as quick as
a dedicated gaming monitor but for a TV this is seriously rapid and if we take a quick look at the
UI and menus you'll see it's very similar to the previous models although I should point out that
these settings menu are slightly different when you press the settings button you now get this
quick menu instead from here it's got a handful of options you can tweak before jumping into the
full settings these settings appear to be the same overall I will dive deeper into this in the full
review I was secretly hoping the dashboard or the home screen would have been updated but again this
looks the same as last year should we get all the apps and icons across the bottom which you
can move around and organize them as you'd like and we have all of the major apps you'd expect
like Netflix Prime and Apple tv are pretty much exclusively use the inbuilt apps now for all of
the content I watch and the magic remote control is also unchanged this lets you wave an arrow
around and control the screen I know a few don't like this but sometimes it's easier than tapping
the arrows or using the scroll wheel and talking about the wheel is a lot smoother than before
and less clicky but otherwise it's pretty much the same so as for my first impressions of the
G3 OLED I think this could be the perfect TV I mean every year there's a new TV that's great
but there's always a negative or a compromise whereas with this it takes every single box it
is bright has a great picture low profile great for gaming and the reflection handling is just
unreal I'm trying to think of a negative I guess the price but I also think it's worth it I imagine
this will win several Awards this year including best TV for 2023 it's that good so over the coming
month I will do a full review then a comparison of the G3 versus my C1 before I sell it talking
about the differences and whether it's worth the upgrade now if you cannot wait for my full review
and you're still not sure whether you want to go for this my only comment on this is this is
the best TV that I've ever had now drop a nice G3 OLED in the comments and I'll give you a thumbs
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