this is the lg a1 it's a fantastic oled tv
and going for it could save you some money but should you
now this is the entry point for lg's range of oled tvs and you'll probably be surprised that there's
not that much difference between the models as you might expect today i'll be looking at this tv and
i'll give you my thoughts as to whether you should go ahead and snatch this one up or maybe you
should upgrade to the slightly more expensive b1 or c1 the a1 looks phenomenal like most oled tvs
the perfect blacks 4k sharpness dolby vision and hdr nice it's just a great looking tv
this tv is cheaper than the others i have the 55 inch here and that would set you back 999 pounds
and for a lot of people that could seal it a decent lg oled for under a grand what's
not to love now on the 55 inch that saves you 200 pounds against the b1
and 300 pounds against the c1 and here is a breakdown of how the screen size will affect that
now why the savings i hear you ask this tv is incredibly similar to the c1 and the b1
but a few potentially important things first the design now the range looks pretty much identical
the only striking difference is the stand all lack thereof the c1 and the b1 both have a nice
centerpiece metal stand it's really nice and really posh and it also acts to reverberate the
sound that goes from the speakers at the bottom of the tv out towards the person viewing now the a1
has these pony little legs they look okay but it's not the same
now do bear in mind the distance between the legs if you're going to be putting this on a unit you
need to make sure the unit is wide enough the leg separation on this 55 inch is just under
113 centimeters now the benefit of these legs is that it does leave room for a sound bar if you
would want to squeeze one in what you don't get is the cable management that comes through the
b1 and c1 stand now if you do really want to stand but you also want to get this tv do you
have a look on ebay the b1 and c1 stands will fit this a1 tv there's a port in the back so you can
install one if you want to now if you're planning on wall mounting you can now because this is an
oled you do get that ridiculously thin panel that looks amazing and offers amazing viewing angles
on the wall you will get a bit of a gap here and that's because the bottom of the tv protrudes out
about sort of four centimeters or so which won't look bad and it is the same as what's on the b1
and the c1 so this tv is 4k like the other two it supports hdr dolby vision and dolby atmos it
has lg thin q i think thank you and lg web os now webos is a fairly decent operating system
but it is a bit clunky i would probably prefer to use an external device like an apple tv a roku
amazon fire maybe now the processor is an alpha 7 gen 4 which is okay it's a bit more sluggish
than the c1 a9 processor so it's not going to be as responsive and you may get a bit more stutter
from panning shots so sports does look great on the tv and the motion is top class one of
the main differences between this tv and the more expensive ones is that it's only a 60 hertz panel
not 120 hertz like the b1 and the c1 no god please no no no this means especially for gaming you're
not going to get the most responsive experience now the tv does have motion smoothing and game
optimization so for a casual gamer you are going to have a great time but for the lowest input lag
and the most responsive experience you're going to want to upgrade the reflections are okay they're
never going to be great on an oled the c1 is a bit better than the a1 just because it can go
a bit brighter but like most oleds in a brightly lit room with a lot of windows it might struggle
now going around to the back you have three hdmi 2.0 ports and two usb ports obviously because it's
just a 60hz 4k panel we have two hdmi 2.0 ports instead of what you would need for the higher
hertz panel which would be the hdmi 2.1 ports now on the c1 you do get an extra hdmi port as well
now we do have an enhanced audio return channel hdmi port on the back if you wanted to make the
most of the dolby atmos support and get a good sound system hooked up who should buy one of these
look this tv is fantastic but if you're gonna ask me whether it's worth the extra money to get the
slightly better model i'd have to say yes but not necessarily for you see if you just want the tv
for a really good image i think you're going to be okay if you're not going to be gaming or you are
going to just be doing a bit of casual gaming and you would rather just save a bit of money the a1
is going to be great for you i hope this review helps let me know if you think i missed anything
or if you have any other questions and let me know in the comments are you considering buying this tv
have you already bought one what are your thoughts on it but that's all and i'll see you in the next