so in this video we're going to take a look at the lg c255 inch and test it for brightness
motion shadow detail all of that and more now i recently uploaded a review for the 48 inch g2
but that was limited for brightness so i thought let's leave a lot more of the detail for when we
get the 55 inch so we do go into more detail about some of the new features and stuff
in the 48 inch review so do make sure you go watch that after this one now i will do
a video about the major differences between the 48 inch and the 55 inch because there are quite
a lot so i do think it's worth knowing before you buy but for now let's take a look at the 55 inch
c2 so first off the back we have an entirely new design i mean it's not entirely new it's still a
rectangle it's not a difference shaped tv but the back is different the stand is different and
it is so much lighter now i cannot stress how bizarre the weight difference actually is even
compared to this year's 48 inch it's just bizarre now this tv just looks and feels more premium than
the last one in my opinion now it is bad news for those of you who like showing off how super
thin your c1 your c10 c9 was now the c2 ditches that super thin feel for something a bit thicker
and a bit more spread out over the back i mean the tv is still thin and you don't get the giant booty
that you get on the c1 either now all of our pots are on the side of the screen which means
if you're ball mounting you don't have to worry about missing out ports on the back but there is
loads of room to make sure all your wires keep hidden we also have in my opinion a much better
cable management system which runs down the back where the power port actually comes out from it is
still fixed power cable however now it's in the center of the tv and that means if you're using
the cable management system you get left with a lot more cable than you would on previous models
now the most noticeable difference is the center mounted stand it's a lot smaller now despite the
smaller stand and the lighter weight of the tv it does still feel sturdy it doesn't feel like it's
going to be going anywhere very easily now the new stand does hold the tv a bit higher despite
that it's still not quite high enough to clear a sound bar which is a little bit of a shame i
would have liked to see us be able to fit a sound bar underneath the tv you could get away with it
but you might be clipping off just a little bit of the screen now once we powered on we have to
set up webos which is pretty much the same as last year it's got a few new features and is a lot more
responsive and fast now one of the most talked about new features of this tv is the evo panel
the fact this tv is meant to be brighter than previous models because it's got better technology
inside so in theory this tv should be considerably brighter than last year's tv well it's not really
no i did take some measurements and i'll get into more detail with that when i go into my c1 versus
c2 video but this tv is definitely brighter when measured under certain circumstances you do need
to have a couple of settings switched on to make the most of this but then when you're watching
with realistic settings to make the picture look as good as it can possibly look there's not a huge
difference in brightness now that isn't a problem in my opinion the tv is pretty bright anyway
and the only time you're ever going to really struggle is when you're in a very bright room
with a lot of windows and a lot of lights i mean in any normal room during the day or at night
you're gonna be fine overall the picture quality on the c2 is fantastic the biggest improvement
in my opinion is the colors traditionally colors have been better on other tvs like the sony's but
the lg does a fairly good job of closing the gap now the c2 does have a wider gamut and that means
it can reach a wider amount of colors and this is particularly noticeable when looking at reds now i
certainly noticed this in a just about everything i watched as much as this tv is brighter
a lot of that brightness is actually going towards the color they're taking some of the brightness
away from that white subpixel which sort of forces brightness and pushing it through the
color sub pixels the rgb ones this means you can get a lot more color out of the tv than you would
previously and with colors like reds which are notoriously difficult to get right on a tv this
does a fantastic job of improving it from last year now another thing that lg are labeling a win
is the shadow detail and it certainly isn't bad i would say it's not got anything on the sony's yet
but there are some slight improvements now there is still a bit of black crush
on a lot of the darker grays but it is perfectly acceptable in my opinion now in order to get the
biggest improvement in shadow detail you will need the ai picture pro mode and dynamic tone
mapping switched on speaking of the ai picture pro that's the ai lg uses to enhance picture
quality it is a lot better this year certainly there's a lot of improvements in depth creation
but also in light and contrast instead of before just making the entire image brighter
it actually keeps dark parts of the image dark and brighter parts of the image brighter so this mode
will enhance the image but you do have to bear in mind it is going to be taking the image away from
what the original producer might have intended so if you are a realist and you want to make sure
your films are as they were made and as they were designed then maybe you will have this switched
off previously i probably would have recommended switching it off this year i'm quite happy to have
it on i think it does enhance the image now next we're going to talk about what some people could
say is the main improvement in this year's tv and that is motion now in previous years lg have been
a little bit behind the pace when it comes to motion now this year i think the lg c2 has
actually closed the gap on at least last year's sony oleds firstly at 120 hertz the image is sharp
and clear even when moving around the screen now at lower frame rates the c2 does create
a bit of motion blur but there's absolutely no ghosting now before on lg oled you had to
choose between soap opera effect and judder there wasn't sort of a very good middle ground which
eliminated both and that's not a great compromise but this year the motion controls are a lot better
and you can definitely smooth out an image without being subject to loads and loads of artifacts so
if anyone who is sensitive to poor motion on tv and that might have kept you away from an lg lid
in the past i don't think you have to worry about it as much this year now i've had a few comments
asking about things like bfi black frame insurgent this is where the tv will put black frames between
frames at a lower frame rate in order to smooth out the image people were concerned that that
wasn't on this it is on the c2 it's under a name called oled motion and if i record in slow mo you
can see it here now personally i think motion on the c2 is actually good enough that you don't need
to enable bfi but it is there if you would like to use it personally i wouldn't use it because
it makes the screen considerably darker having a black frame every other frame so do you have
support for amd freesync and nvidia g-sync and all of that stuff that just makes gaming on the lg c2
so much better than the competition i do think that the c2 is still winning the gaming battle
plus because of that game optimizer menu you can very easily tweak all the things that are gonna
make a difference to your gaming experience really easily just from pressing one button
you can tweak anything is important to gaming like shadows or motion now i also think a big
factor for people who are choosing the lg c2 as their tv is the fact that it just works now
as much as webos is a bit crowded you can pretty much get to wherever you want to go very quickly
and easily and you can use the remote in a ton of ways with tons of different shortcuts the software
is super quick you're not ever waiting for anything to load and personally i haven't noticed
any bugs yet and i've had the tv from a very early stage and lastly things like cec controlling other
devices that works an absolute treat i've had absolutely no issues whatsoever does it compare
to a sony oled well i don't have one here to be able to put it side by side with
but i can assure you the lg c2 is going to be able to throw quite a lot of good punches and i
have to say this tv is closing the gap between lg and sony oleds now has it overtaken them in
movie and tv watching probably not but the gaming is still better and at launch price with
no discounts it's still 100 pounds or a hundred dollars cheaper than last year's sony a90j so
imagine the difference when it gets to this black friday what's that gonna be now please subscribe
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else not in this video guys thank you so much for watching and i'll see you in the next one
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