LG series OLEDs have been a popular television range in recent years, offering a brilliant image quality, excellent performance and characteristics of the games, and an intuitive intelligent television platform, usually at the best price in the OLED category of medium range.
The new LG C5 continues this trend, and is among the best televisions released this year. I gave C5 five of five stars in my LG C5 review, discovering that they covered each base when it came to the image quality, games of games and intelligent television features.
As good as LG C5, there is an elephant in the room that must be addressed: the C5 is not that Much of an update on its predecessor, the LG C4. Certainly, it does not compare with the jump between the LG C4 and its predecessor, the LG C3, which implied a complete review of the quality of performance and image.
As a result, the C4 remains in the upper slot in many of our best TV lists, such as the best OLED televisions, since there is not enough update with the C5 to justify the current price gap between the two.
Looking next year in the C series of next year (most likely called LG C6), here are three updates that I think would allow you to make a great impact on the launch that this year's C5.
1. Greater brightness
The brightness has traditionally been a weak point for OLED televisions. You can wait around the maximum brightness of about 1,000 nits with most middle range OLED, which is less than you get with most LED LED TVs and even led and even some. Having that additional maximum brightness can give the image of a TV a good HDR blow with films, while a complete full full screen brightness allows you to work better with programs such as sports and for the visualization of the general day.
When I tried the C5, I measured its maximum brightness to 1,180 nits in a filmmaker mode, a respectable result for an oleed of average range and a 10% increase over the C4. But its full screen brightness was measured in 195 nits, a lower Result that the C4, which reached 199 nits.
The recent flagship televisions, such as the LG G5, reach more than 300 Nits full screen brightness, a marked improvement (although even less than most mini-LED). It would be good to see results like this in OLED more than medium range, such as the future LG C6.
2. Best built -in sound
It is no secret that many televisions have a weak built -in sound that can be easily overcome by one of the best sound bars, even one budget. For some, however, a sound bar is not an option, and choose to trust the incorporated sound of their television.
The OLED of the LG C series generally have an average incorporated sound quality that does not match the image. Unfortunately, that continues with LG C5. I found that the sound of the C5 was better than the previous iterations of the series C when I tried it, but certainly I could not take some of the best televisions for the sound of people such as Panasonic, Sony and Philips.
Even a slight improvement on the 2.2 -channel 2.2 and 40W -channel matrix of the C5 would be welcome. A stronger subwoofer stronger, perhaps, or the addition of shooting speakers or lateral shot for greater immersion would give a C6 an increase over the C5.
3. Lower screen reflections
The shining of the screen is another challenge that OLED televisions fight. Due to the most faint full -screen brightness and the lack of anti -reflection measures, reflexes similar to mirror can be a true curse for OLED in brighter visualization environments.
That situation changed a little in 2024 when the Samsung S95D was introduced with its anti -reflection technology without glow OLED. During my S95D tests, I discovered that dark movies such as The Batman It could even be seen in rooms with bright and bright lighting. The black levels were sacrificed in this scenario, but I have seen the new Samsung S95F with OLED Grese Free 2.0, and seems to solve this problem.
The S95F is an oled flagship, so I would not expect the same measurements in an oleed of middle range such as the LG C. series, however, improved anti -reflection
LG has already achieved this with the LG G5 OLED badge, which did a fantastic job by limiting the reflections in our test space. If the company can find a way to bring that benefit to the C6, it could be a change of play.
