Hello everyone it's SpawnPoiint and this is the LG 42 inch C2, the latest and smallest OLED in
their 2022 lineup. Today i'll be unboxing it, setting up and giving you my first impressions,
as well as covering some of the new features and changes that we've got. Now this is definitely the
tv that i've been most excited about unboxing, not because it's the latest OLED from LG, but because
of its size. This could be the perfect desk setup monitor for gaming, especially because it's got a
4k screen that supports 120hz, vrr and g-sync. And although today's video is not sponsored i wanted
to mention that BOX very kindly loaned me this tv so i could review and make today's video. I have
linked to their site below if you want to check them out. So here's the box that it comes in,
and this is not a review unit or a factory refurb, this is the new design that LG have gone for. A
simple and clean brown box and this is completely different to what we've seen in previous years,
with the large colorful images on the side. But let me tell you this is no accident. Not
only have LG reduced their cost in producing these boxes, they are more environmentally
friendly for both making and recycling. Plus they are also 45 percent lighter. And as this
is the 42 inch model it can easily be lifted out by one person which makes a nice change
compared to the 77 and 86 inch models i've had before. And here's what we get inside the box:
So other than the tv we've got the magic remote control some batteries a pair of
feet some screws to attach the feet an ir blaster some cable management accessories and the manuals
when it comes to setting up the 42 inch C2 well you can do this on your own the best way is to
lay it flat on a table or the box that it came in but just make sure you protect the screen now as
the stand is simply a pair of feet you do need to line up with the recessed areas on the bottom and
although the feet are labeled A and B well the tv isn't so it's a case of checking which side fits
which bracket but i can say that the one labeled B will fit on the left side of the screen and the
one labeled A goes on the right once the feet are snapped into place screw the four screws in and
we're good to go lifting up it feels incredibly light far lighter than i was expecting but as
only weighs 9.3 kilograms with the feet on it is not heavy at all before we turn this on let's take
a quick look at the rear to see what's new and what's different so first up the rear has a new
hard plastic light material and this is totally different to what we've seen on the previous
LG OLEDs and the fact that it's plastic is what's contributing to the overall lighter tv this large
area at the bottom is what houses all of the screens hardware and internals keeping the top
part nice and slim there's some LG OLED branding on the top here which is the only branding that
we've actually got on the tv and in the bottom corner we've got the non-removable power plug
now although i said non-removable you can actually unscrew this panel and unclip it by hand it's just
not a typical plug that you can plug in and out easily when moving it around but if you
needed to feed the power cable through a wall or your desk for example well you could take it off
and if you do decide you want to wall mount it instead of using the provided feet well you'll
be pleased to know that it does have VESA holes these are 300 by 200 and you'll obviously need
a bracket or an arm that can hold a 9 kilogram monitor i've also put the dimensions on screen now
along with a few other measurements that you might not be able to find online these will hopefully be
useful for your own setup and looking at the ports we've got four hdmi 2.1 ports and that supports 4k
at 120 hertz this should be more than enough for all the devices that you're likely to use
and one of these are labeled e-arc and that's for connecting to your AVR or your soundbar and
then we've got three usb ports a lan port as well as wi-fi support and one thing that's really cool
about this year's model are all of the ports are side mounted so there are no hdmi sticking out
the back of the tv not only does this look neater but it will make it far easier for wall mounting
giving it an even slimmer profile if you do use the feature you'll want to use the provider cable
trunk and it's built in there are these little plastic clips that attach to the rear of the tv
and that stops the cables from hanging down then the cables can be tucked into the back of the feet
pop these little covers on and you've got a pretty decent cable management setup plus all of these
ports can be covered up using this provided cover which makes it look really tidy this is definitely
the cleanest looking tv or monitor setup that i've seen right let's get this flipped around and take
a look at the screen and first things first we need to remove this protective film as the film
actually makes the tv look far more reflective than it really is but wow the frame and the edge
on this tv is incredibly thin you can see just how slim and small the profile is on
this 42 inch model we've now got this thin metal border around the side which means the profile
is slightly thicker than before but overall it looks better and it's even easier to pick up
and the bezel is almost non-existent on the front giving it this clean and virtually borderless look
now as there's no metal stand or plate on the front like we have with the larger models there's
actually no branding at all on the front of the C2 model the feet do a good job of lifting it off the
table but as it's got VESA holes you could mount this on an arm which would look awesome just make
sure you hide those cables away so you cannot see them hanging when you first turn it on you'll run
through a very basic setup like choosing the country you're in signing into your wi-fi and
downloading any apps you want to use it only takes you a couple of minutes the first thing you should
do once it's set up is check for updates you'll want to make sure you're on the latest update
to get the most out of it and now that's all done we're good to go okay so first impressions on the
screen this looks great it's bright vibrant and compared to the GP950 that i usually have sitting
on my desk it looks so sharp and clear i know this sounds like i've never seen an OLED tv before but
seeing an OLED this small is awesome i can already see how nice this is going to look for gaming and
it could be the ultimate monitor right now i'll do some further testing over the next week including
checking out the brightness response time and i might even compare it to my C1 but a quick note
about reflections now this will always be an issue with OLED as they have that very glossy
finish rather than matte but the anti-reflective coating on this looks really good in fact this is
definitely a darker tint than the C1 okay so as this is the 42 inch screen it's probably going to
be used by most of you for gaming at least that's the only reason i have it sitting on my desk it's
safe to say that the LG C2 is an absolute beast for gaming as i mentioned earlier it's got those
four hdmi 2.1 ports with full bandwidth that means you can get 4k 120 hertz gaming via a pc ps5
or xbox series x and it will look insane plus we've got the game optimizer mode which is one
of the biggest advantages of the lg monitors and tvs and here's a quick example of how it looks but
i will cover more on gaming during my full review next week why do you let me know what games you
would like to see me testing the C2 is also loaded with the 2021 WebOS 6.0 i know this new ui has had
some criticism including for myself with how slow and laggy the menus are but having a quick look
around the menus now i can say this definitely loads far faster than it ever has done before
on first glance it doesn't look like the home screen has changed much here so you've got all of
your inputs on any LG home appliances you've got installed and going through the settings on the
C2 it doesn't look like much has changed we've got the same settings menu including picture settings
and various others and of course we've got the highly regarded gaming mode but there is one cool
new feature here and that's the picture in picture this is what lets you show two sources at the same
time but you can actually control now where on the screen and which window size you wish to use
unfortunately it doesn't appear that all apps are supported yet but hopefully that will change
and a quick look at the app store well that looks exactly the same there are no changes here this is
something i would like to have seen updated as it's not changed for a few years i know you're
going to ask what picture settings i'm using and i was going to show you today but i think i'm going
to leave that for my next video it gave me enough time to tweak the settings i'm using across all
of my sources and i can share them once i'm happy but as a starter they use the filmmaker or the ISF
expert bright modes then i turn off the energy saving mode turn off true motion or reduce it
massively and tweak the OLED brightness and that's a great start for me but let me know
if you're interested in seeing the full settings i use across HDR SDR and gaming and here's a very
quick look at the remote control that we get with the LG C2 so like before it comes with a magic
remote which means you can wave this little cursor around the screen to control it it has the same
design and features that we saw on last year's c1 model but that's not a bad thing we've got
the scroll wheel in the center for navigating the tv then we've got the quick access buttons across
the bottom like netflix and amazon prime and it's also got google assistant and alexa built in for
your voice commands so my first impressions on this 42-inch C2 are that is an awesome tv i can
see this being really popular this year and as i mentioned at the start this was loaned to me by
box for two weeks but after using it for the last few days i am seriously considering buying one for
myself that would then replace the GP950 that i have on my desk the only thing that i need to
get used to is the size could this be too big as a monitor i will do my full review next week showing
off some movies gaming and how good this tv looks so if you've got any questions about the C2 OLED
please drop those below and i will try to answer those in the next video and make sure you're
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why don't you check out my 2022 room tour as it covers everything in this room apart from the C2
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