so this is the lg c2 55 inch it's actually the second lg c2 that i've had and unboxed
and reviewed but it is massively different so today we're going to take a look at why on
the lg c2 size matters so usually when comparing tvs that are the same model but a different size
the only difference is the size now this year on the lg c series that is actually very different
the c2 has announced new sizes and there's a lot of differences between them the 55 65 and
77 inches are all meant to be very very similar and from everything i've seen they are pretty much
and the only difference for them is the size but the 48 inch is a bit of a red herring now what
do i mean by that well for some reason lg i think have been quite lazy with the 48 inch now because
i've had both of these tvs i'm gonna break down for you every difference between the 55 inch c2
and the 48 inch c2 and why you might want to strongly consider whether or not it's worth buying
one of them so as much as design wise almost everything is new on the lg c2 on the 48-inch
it's pretty much exactly the same for the last few years we've had pretty much the same shell
of a tv on the c series but the 48 inch c2 is also that same design you've got that massive
arse at the back with the ridiculously thin tv at the top and people like that
it's a nice design but i do think they've made improvements on the c2 and the other sizes now
just because the design of the 48 inch c2 is the same the rest of it is different it's still a c2
right well putting the 48 inch and the 55 inch side by side it's easy to see what the differences
actually are first of all the stand is different the 55 inch has the new center mounted stand which
is a lot smaller the 48 inch has the wider stand of previous years the back has a new different
design on the 55 inch but it is that same big ass that you get on the 48 inch on the 55 inch
all of the ports are on one side which makes it a lot easier to access all of your ports if you're
planning on wall mounting the tv on the 48 inch you get that split where there's some on the back
and some on the side now there are two differences in physical appearance between the 48-inch
c2 and then the c1 and that is the little infrared sensor at the bottom of the screen
that's wider to accommodate the hands-free voice control and there is an ir blaster port on the
back which means you can get the tv to send infrared signals to other devices using that
feature now one of the differences between the c1 and the c2 which is the same between the 48
inch and the 55 inch is the fact that the power cable is fixed on the side of the tv
which means if you're using the cable management you're gonna have to waste a lot of that wire
getting to the cable management before being able to reach any plugs on the 55 inch that is in the
center of the tv which means you can just pull that straight out through the cable management
system and you've got a lot more wire to work with and one of the biggest design differences i think
is actually the weight so the 55 inch c2 uses this new design that has made the tv so much lighter
now some of this is to do with the materials used in the panel and some of this is to use with the
materials of the actual casing the stand is lighter the material at the back is lighter
therefore the tv is lighter now the weight of the 55-inch tv including the stand is 15.8 kilograms
which is a massive reduction on last year's c1 now what is bizarre is that the 48 inch c2
is 18 kilograms with the stand so it's actually a smaller tv in a heavier shell and it is very
obvious when you're trying to move these tvs around and set them up that this is the case
despite the 48 inch being smaller it would be much harder to set up and wall mount on your own and as
much as i don't recommend ever wall mounting a tv by yourself you probably could do that with the 55
inch which is bizarre now this gets me on to some of the performance differences and the fact that
the weight is different is a bit of a red flag now if you've been watching my videos and you've
been looking a lot into these new panels one of the reasons for the weight loss is because the
lg c2 is meant to be using a different material inside the evo panel that's because they're using
a material that that would be heavier make the panel heavier and that should now be a lot lighter
now there's been a lot of talk around about how the 48 inch isn't performing to the same way that
the c2 is so have lg lied to us about the 48 inch c2 look it was made clear by lg that the 42 inch
and the 48 inch lg c2s were not going to be as bright as the rest of them and i have to agree
that is one of the main differences between these two things is that the brightness on the 48 inch
is actually a lot lower than the brightness on the 55 inch and the brightness on the 48 inch
is actually identical to the c1 there hasn't been a jump there now listen to my theory because of
the in my opinion lazy design of the 48 inch but it does have the new features of the c2
this is what i think lg have done i think that they've taken the new processor the a9 gen 5
and some of the new features like the hands-free voice control and the new software and they've put
that into the 48-inch c2 but what they haven't done is actually change any of their physical
differences and you might be saying sam that's not true that's not true at all but i want to clear
something up now the 48 inch is marketed as an lg c2 evo same as the g1 last year and the rest of
the c2 this year but evo doesn't actually mean the physical panel the marketing term evo is precisely
that it's just a term that lg used for marketing it's actually a combination of the panel and the
processing that goes into making that panel shine the way it shines and handle the colors the way it
handles them now the colors in the 48 inch are a lot better than last year similar to how the
55 inch colors are better so i think what else you have done is take the processor and the new
software and use that to make the c1 better on that 48 inch think about it everything is the
same the materials are the same the weight is the same the only differences i can tell
are the actual new features and how the colors have been handled and i also think that people are
starting to catch on as good as the new features are why would you buy this tv when you can get the
48 inch c1 so much cheaper and to show you what i mean i'm on the amazon website here in the uk
and there are some odd differences in the prices so you have the 55-inch and 1900 pounds which is
what it is everywhere else the 48-inch on these websites was 1400 pounds and the 42-inch was
also 1400 pounds which i think annoyed a lot of people that the prices were the same on amazon
you can now get the 48 inch c2 for 1 140 pounds so you're telling me that this tv that's bigger than
the 42 inch is 250 pounds cheaper hmm that is just a bit bizarre and ultimately i think they've tried
to sell us the c1 again to get rid of all of their leftover panels and we've caught on to it so guys
just to summarize my points again the 48 inch c2 is a better tv than last year's c1 it has a better
processor it handles the colors better and it's got a lot of new features but
the design is exactly the same the weight is exactly the same i think the physical
panel on the inside is also exactly the same the 55 inch is lighter the 55 inch looks nicer the
55 inch is brighter so if you are wanting to get the improvements of the c2 then you might
want to give the 48 inch miss that being said if the reason why you want the c2 is the better
colors and the new features then actually it is surprisingly cheap for a brand new tv so guys go
check my links below to see exactly what the tvs cost where you are and if you've got any opinions
on these tvs put them in the comments i'd love to hear them and i'll see you in the next one