today we're taking a look at the lg a1 oled and that's coming up right after this!
the a1 oled from lg is an accessible oled tv model and today i'm going to be helping you guys
decide if it's the right tv for you before we get started though please like the video if you're a
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full disclosure before we get started this video is sponsored by lg they've sent me this tv for
free and they are allowing me to keep it but all opinions are my own and i haven't been paid to say
anything so here we have the lg a1 oled tv from lg it's the 55 inch model we've got here and it was
relatively simple to unbox it's still a two person job is with the top half of the screen it being so
thin you really don't want to risk damaging it to install it we simply laid the tv on its front
using the packaging and the box's protection we screwed in the stands and then placed it up
on the sideboard now something to keep in mind with this tv is that the stands are on either
edge so if you're going to be using the stands then make sure that you do have enough space
from stand to stand it measures in at 112 cm so your unit is gonna have to be at least this wide
as you can see the tv's got nice limb bezels all round and the display is incredibly thin
the top half is all display and the bottom half has a plastic unit coming out and this is of
course for all of the tv components where the visa mounts are for those of you that are gonna mount
on a wall in terms of connectivity we get three hdmi 2.0 ports two of them are on the side and
one of them is on the rear the rear ports are also recessed a little bit so they're still usable when
you're wall mounting we also get two usb ports on the side along with a common interface slot and on
the back we've also got the optical out line out e-arc on the rear hdmi ethernet rf and a headphone
out now this tv also has bluetooth 5 and wi-fi but for the full list of specs you can click the link
down in the description so i'm sure most of you watching this video are now aware what an oled tv
is but a brief explanation just in case is that oled is self-illuminating unlike led
tvs that have an lcd panel with an led lighting that up we've got individual organic cells that
produce their own light this gives us infinite contrast as the brightness of the black part of
the screen is actually zero due to there being no light at all the advantage of oled is of course
for perfect deep blacks smooth motion a wider viewing angle and of course the ability to have
a very thin screen being an lg tv we get the webos software which is the same across all of
their tvs apart from different versions the software works well and it's easy to use it
contains all the useful apps for media and has plenty of suggestions to choose from
i much prefer webos over android tv while the a1 doesn't have lg's latest processor it does
have the a7 gen 4 which is a quad core cpu and a perfectly capable chipset scrolling through the
menus is fast and snappy the only thing to mention is that from time to time it will stutter but
i mean it's only for about a second and most of the time it's fast and snappy as you can see here
so we start off with the 4k hdr content you can see it looks incredible the great thing about
the a1 is that it supports hdr10 pro dolby vision iq and hlg so whatever media you're watching all
the hdr is supported the picture looks incredible with great contrast vibrant and accurate colors
and especially with some black in the video the colors pop out and look great as with most lg tvs
you get preset choices for the display you can choose from vivid standard cinema home cinema
game optimizer and filmmaker the preset allows you to pick the one that suits you best and of course
game optimizer is for the gamers and this delivers an impressive one millisecond response time and
the filmmaker mode turns off motion smoothing while preserving the original aspect ratios
colors and frame rates so this is to accurately deliver the director's original version so you can
experience the film the way they intended we also get lots of presets for sound modes from ai sound
standard cinema clear voice sports music as well as game optimizer you can also go into
all settings in here you can change the display or sound settings for those of you that want to
drill in a bit further rather than use the presets the sound from the tv is also good
well many use surround or a sound bar now if you're relying on the tv speakers alone
there's no issue with the two 10 watt speakers come built into the tv they do an okay job
but for an accessible oled tv i'm very impressed with the colors the vibrance and the clarity of
the a1 oled tv i imagine people are going to be considering this as their first oled tv
and it's really not a bad choice at all when it comes to the standard content it also looks
great the a1 does a good job at upscaling the lower resolution content and the results are a
great quality picture even in standard definition whether it be film or tv it produces a colorful
crisp image that really is a pleasure to watch on the gaming front it's also a great choice but not
for everyone the lg a1 oled has the built-in game optimizer and this reduces input lag to just one
millisecond giving you the best gaming experience possible one thing to note however is that this is
achieved by reducing the processing and you can see the colors do change and dull down slightly
of course this can be fine-tuned to your liking with the game optimizer and for those who still
want those bright colors you can still use vivid or standard modes you can enjoy your games as they
were intended and with the 4k oled display they look fantastic i've played a variety of games from
platformers first person shooters fifa and racing and it's a great experience with smooth motion
great colors and clarity now the only downside on the gaming front is it is a 60hz panel
so you can play your games in 4k at 60 hertz but there's no 120. now next gen consoles do not
allow for 4k at 120 hertz but unfortunately this requires a 120hz panel and it also needs hdmi 2.1
hdmi 2.1 is relatively new and still very expensive at the moment so if high refresh
rate gaming is what you're after then this isn't going to be suitable but for those happy it's 60hz
gaming you're not going to be disappointed with the results it looks great performs well and the
one millisecond response time it makes the game very enjoyable the remote tends to be the same
across all the lg tvs now and it's a great remote to easily control your tv you have all the useful
buttons like home settings input source volume in channels we also get a microphone button that
allows for voice search by speaking into the remote and it's also an air mouse meaning you
can wave it around to control the cursor on screen at the bottom we get shortcuts for netflix prime
video disney plus recruiting tv google home and alexa it would have been nice to see a youtube
shortcut on the remote but it's not too much effort to just press home and open youtube from
the app list so overall i would recommend the a1 for those that are after an accessible oled
it's got everything you need in terms of feature specs and it's great for gaming tv or movies
the fact that it supports all of the hdr formats is great for those of you that are
going to be watching a lot of films and as i said the only downside i've had is the 500 nits of max
brightness but again it's only really an issue if you're going to be watching in a brightly lit room
most of the time now for those of you that want to take a look at the full specs i've placed
the links down in the description below and as always if there's anything i've missed or you've
got any questions then leave them in the comments below and i'll get back to you as soon as i can
as always though i'd like to know your thoughts in the comments so what do you think of this tv
and who out there is a fan of oled but thanks for watching the video if you liked it smash a
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