Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and this is the 2022 LG G2 oled, the gallery edition in
this year's lineup. It's got the brighter evo panel, hdmi 2.1, 120 hertz and an
ultra thin profile. And this makes it one of the best LG oleds this year. Well in fact it
also won the T3 award for the "best oled tv" last week. Well today we're going to get this unboxed,
set it up and go over the main features. I'll also give you my first impressions on the 65 inch tv
along with some gaming on the playstation 5. I wanted to mention that BOX very kindly loaned me
this tv so i can make today's video, this is not sponsored but i have linked to their site below
if you wanted to check them out. Okay first up the packaging that it comes in. So like with the
other 2022 tvs that we've seen, LG have opted for this simple and plain brown box. Obviously this
is totally different to what we've seen before with the huge images that they normally print
on the side, but this is actually to reduce their impact on the environment. They are now easier to
produce recycle and are supposedly 45 lighter inside this little box it comes with a flush
wall mount now this is what you will use to attach the G2 to the wall then we have the
other accessories including the remote control or the magic remote a couple of batteries the manuals
and warranty information and an ir blaster and that's everything that we get with this tv and
you will notice that there's no tabletop stand included just the brackets so before we attach
this to the wall let's take a look at the rear of the G2 let's start with the casing so if you
look very closely you can just about see this stripy design that they've got going on but
the case itself feels like a very thin layer of plastic in fact if you press it firmly it will
flex quite a lot now because of the materials that they've used on the back here it means the tv is
actually a lot lighter than last year's G1 so this year's 65 inch G2 comes in at 22.8 kilograms which
is 6.2 kilograms less than last year then looking around the back we've got the lg oled branding in
the middle and above that we've got the recessed area which is where you fit the flush wall bracket
on the right side are where all the ports and connections are for this tv so we've got a total
of four hdmi 2.1 ports two on the bottom and two on the side these are all capable of 4k 120 hertz
and one of these are labeled e-arc for sending audio down to your avr or your soundbar there are
then three usb ports a lan port an optical out two aerial ports and one for the ir blaster and what
you cannot see on the back of here is this tv does also have bluetooth and wifi now what i like about
these ports is the fact that none of them point out towards the wall and this is what gives the tv
that super flush look and that also goes hand in hand with the recessed cable management area you
can now hide all of your cables in here and if you use the plastic clips you can actually keep your
cables and wires out of sight now i've mentioned the wall bracket area if you want to use the
provided flush mount but there are VESA holes as well so if you want to use a third-party bracket
or stand and that's what i'll be using you can do it this way unfortunately looking at the power
cable this cannot be unplugged so if you wanted to feed the cable through your wall well you'll
either need to remove the rear panel and find a way to remove the plug or try and feed the entire
plug through your wall fortunately i did have a plug fitted directly behind the tv for this reason
i've also hit some trunking in the wall to feed my cables through and if you look around the edge
of the tv it's got this little ledge now i usually have an led strip or ambient lights on the back of
my tvs and this small ledge is the perfect spot to fit any philips hue or lifx strips unfortunately
you'll only be able to do this on the top and the sides though because the bottom doesn't have
the same design now as this is a gallery edition it's designed to be wall mounted and that means
it does not come with a tabletop stand but it does come with a flush wall bracket if you want to use
that so this bracket here just folds open and then you attach it to your wall and then you obviously
attach it to your tv it even comes with a paper template in the box and a guide on exactly how
to do it i won't be using this today but reading through the leaflet is easy enough to understand
instead of using the wall bracket i will be using the 300 by 300 VESA holes instead and with that
i'll be using my trusty old bracket i've had for about 8 years now this thing has had 50 kilogram
plasmas on it and a few 77 inch oleds, so that means today's 65 inch will be an easy fit but
because it's quite a thick bracket the tv will not sit super flush to the wall i much prefer these
type of brackets for ease of moving it in and out and changing the ports but i thought i'd mention
it just in case you wondered why it's sticking out by a couple of inches from the wall now if
you'd rather not wall mount it you can actually buy table top stands or legs instead and setting
up takes just a few minutes simply run through the instructions on screen except the terms sign in to
any apps that you download and you're pretty much good to go it will ask you if you want to use the
ai picture and the ai sound i actually have these set to off we'll have a play around with these to
see which one you prefer and once that's done make sure you check for updates and make sure you're on
the latest version out of the box it will be on an older firmware so make sure it's up to date
to get the most out of it so when it comes to the design of the LG G2 it's got a really sleek
and minimal look to it the edges or the bezels of the tv are incredibly thin giving the image
an almost borderless look now this is something that we regularly see now across the range but it
still amazes me just how nice it looks there's no branding or logos on the front at all just a very
small rectangular bump at the bottom and this is how the remote control communicates with the tv
around the sides the frame isn't as thin as you might expect from an oled but that's because it's
housing all of the internals equally across the tv not just at the bottom like we see on
the c series but the edge of the tv does have this brushed metal texture to it which is nice it looks
more like a picture frame rather than the tv from the side now you can just about see this from the
front too so it's a very thin silver line around the edge of the screen i think black would have
looked nicer overall but this still works well and it does not distract while viewing now you
might have noticed already but the G2 is mounted pretty low today but that's because of the other
tv that i usually have on here ideally this should be about six inches higher to give a true floating
tv look now let's take a look at the screen itself so this tv comes with a 4k oled panel with a 3840
by 2160 resolution it also has a 120hz refresh rate and pixel dimming and this is what gets you
those perfect black levels now one of the main reasons you'd want an oled is for the infinite
contrast those inky blacks and the incredible picture quality but there is a concern that most
have which is the overall brightness of the screen is it bright enough well on first impressions this
is noticeably brighter than i've ever seen before i have my brightness set to 80% and that is more
than enough for me now why this screen is brighter is actually down to the EVO panel that's included
with this model this offers a brighter image and improved image vibrancy over the previous gens now
it's easy to be suckered into those marketing terms and it's not something we should really
worry about but having said that i can see this tv is definitely brighter than the LG C1 i had
before i would normally say this is just a placebo effect but truthfully it does appear brighter but
brightness aside the image quality vibrancy and depth of the picture is absolutely incredible
the G2 comes with a gen 5 a9 chip which does an awesome job of improving the picture quality and
colors and it really does look like a great screen the viewing angles are as good as you would expect
you can pretty much watch this anywhere in the room but the screen is quite reflective this
isn't a problem at night or in rooms with balanced lighting or if you watch it straight on but if
it's near a window or you need to watch the tv at a slight angle you're going to see reflections in
those dark areas it is very slightly tinted but that won't stop reflections from showing entirely
now the G2 doesn't just have an awesome picture quality it's also packing some of the best gaming
features that you can get in a tv unlike with the other LG OLEDs the G2 comes with full hdmi
2.1 support that's 4k 120hz and vrr it also has g-sync freesync and dolby vision so gaming on a
tv might not be your first choice but this tv is stupidly capable with its low input lag and
0.1 millisecond response time it will actually keep up with some of the best gaming monitors out
there and if you follow me for a while you'll know that i often talk about playing warzone or call of
duty on my tvs and as you would expect this one does not disappoint on top of that we've got lg's
game optimizer mode so while you're gaming if you press the settings button on the remote control
you get this menu overlay and this is what lets you view and tweak some of the gaming features
you can see things like the current frame rate and whether vrr is actually running so whether you're
gaming on a pc or one of the latest consoles this tv is more than capable of delivering a perfect
gaming experience and as for the ui and the menus of the G2 what is very similar to what we've seen
before so it's running the latest WebOS and it's got a nice clean home screen where all of the apps
are installed and that new a9 gen 5 chip means it's quite snappy and responsive as you navigate
around the menus and looking through the available apps it appears we get pretty much everything you
would expect including netflix apple tv amazon prime and disney plus and if you're in the uk
like myself we get all of the streaming apps too like bbc itv channel 4 and channel 5. if there
are any apps on here you want me to check out just let me know in the comments we've got the
settings menu which hasn't changed a great deal from what we've seen before there's the picture
modes including standard vivid eco and filmmaker mode the main one that i use is actually the
isf expert bright i just tweak the color temp the sharpness and the brightness i also change the
motion handling as well now these are my personal preferences and i know a lot of people turn them
off completely but it's a case of tweaking the settings and seeing which works for you
picturing picture or multi-view is a new mode that we've got this year but playing around with it it
does not work the way that i would like it to for example you cannot use two hdmi sources or
even two apps at the same time you can use one hdmi and then use the screen sharing app so it
seems pretty limited to me oh and don't forget to turn off the energy saving mode this is what helps
you keep control of the brightness of the tv this is always one of the first things i turn off with
every new tv and a quick look at the new remote control or the magic remote so this obviously
lets you control the tv but it's also got this little magic wand feature that you can whizz
around and choose the settings you need we've got the usual quick menu buttons across the bottom
for things like netflix and disney plus but this remote is very similar to what we've seen before
again not much has changed so overall i think the LG G2 oled is a really nice tv the ultra thin
profile means it looks great on the wall and if you're using it with the provided bracket
it will be incredibly flush the increased brightness with the EVO panel is obviously a
nice addition and the vibrant picture just looks awesome with pretty much everything i've watched
on it and then there's the gaming features so if you've got a pc a ps5 or an xbox series x this
really is an incredible tv to pair it with now i've only got this tv for about another week or
so so thanks again to BOX for loaning it to me but i've got two video ideas would you like to
see a comparison of the G2 against either the C2 or the C1 or a full review of the G2 let me know
what you would like to see in the comments and i will try to do one more of these videos this
month and if you did enjoy today's video check out my "gaming on a tv vs monitor" video next as
it covers why i use both and which one i think is better. Well thanks for watching, until next time