LG - 65" Class - OLED - C9PUA Series - 2160p - Smart - 4K UHD TV with HDR

So far, I am completely blown away by this TV. I thought my 2016 LG OLED TV was good...and it was. But they have really taken it to a new level with the improvements over the last 3 years. The overall picture quality of OLED can not be beat - that's long been the consensus amongst us audio/video-philes. But the fact that they were able to take the best and make it even better...well, it's nothing short of amazing. The truest blacks you will ever see on a TV, now with even brighter brights and better HDR including Dolby Vision. It's a truly breathtaking visual experience and let's face it - when you buy a TV the #1 most important thing is the picture quality. Not only is the OLED screen itself a site to behold, but LG has included all the settings you could possibly need to fine tune it exactly to your taste. The first thing I would suggest is turning off TruMotion - this is what causes the "soap opera effect" that makes movies and TV shows look like they were filmed using cheap home video cameras. Although for some crazy reason every TV manufacturer ships TV's with this type of feature enabled by default so I think a lot of people just think it's the way modern TV's are supposed to look. It's not! Turn it off! The other settings can be set to your taste and there are plenty of places online to get expert suggestions on those as well. But suffice it to say, this TV has every setting you could possibly want to get the best picture on the best tv in the world! This TV also has a great processor that does some amazing upscaling. Our regular Cable TV shows never looked so good. But LG didn't stop at that. The "Smart" aspect of this TV has me as a gadget geek just absolutely giddy! This is also a huge improvement over my 2016 model. The remote is much improved and sits nicely in your hand and works as easy as a mouse with a computer. And when you press the mic button, magic happens - you can search for a show or movie and LG will display everywhere it's available that you have connected to - Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu - as well as all the places you can buy or rent it - Fandango, Google PLay, Vudu. No more switching from app to app trying to find it - LG does it for you! But that is just the beginning - this TV also has the Google Assistant built in. Check the weather - or your calendar - or turn off your smart lights all from your TV remote. (And Alexa integration is supposed to be coming soon via a software update.) And the way it displays responses is brilliant - it doesn't take over your whole screen. You can still have your show or game going - it just shows on the bottom or the side. It's awesome. Physically, this TV has been improved with no ugly speaker grill anywhere to be seen - just a super thin bezel that is barely noticeable. The TV itself is almost paper thin except in the lower back which holds all the processing power, but even that is much smaller than it was on my old OLED. The HDMI side ports are easy to get to but tucked far enough back so that you won't see things poking out of the side of the TV when plugged in which is great. This is by far the best TV I have ever owned. Previously my 2016 LG OLED was the best, but this one has an even better OLED screen and a far superior user interface. Needless to say I am BLOWN away by this amazing OLED TV and would not hesitate to recommend it to anyone looking for the best of the best! If I have any regrets it's only that I couldn't get the larger version! Next time...

Okay so all my TV have been from Samsung I get a employee discount form them for the company I work for. Long story short customers service form Samsung is horrible buy your TV from a store the prides them self on customers service like Best Buy. Now the Q90R vs LG C9 both top of the line TVs Wich is better, well to be fair Q90R is and outstanding TV. The two TV picture quality is the same to most people only a few will see the difference. Now to buy the LG C9 over the Q90R would be HDMI 2.1 on the Samsung it only on HDMI port 4 on the LG it is on all ports, but the Samsung only dose 4k 120hz or FPS ( frames per second ). The LG dose 4k 120hz and eARC on HDMI port 2. Also LG dose Dolby vision HDR and HDR 10. We're Samsung only doing HDR 10. So for the same price and about the same picture you get future proof for the LG and Samsung would just have to upgrade next year get the same features this year. Now the difference between OLED and QLED boils down to perfect blacks and viewing off angle OLED has perfect blacks because it's organic life diodes Yes that means it is an organic material they are using for OLED so therefore overtime the OLED will fail because something that organic doesn't last forever also OLED is amazing off angle what that means is that if you have a bunch of friends over and you are not sitting directly at the TV and they are sitting to the left and right side of the TV they will still have a perfect view and the colors will not saturate it will still look the same as looking straight on. Now QLED has its best picture if you sit straight on so if you had friends over and they sat to the left and right of the TV and said the TV doesn't look that great they have to sit it's called the perfect spot that would be straight on but in the 2019TVs Samsung put an extra film to give better viewing angles Yes it does help but it had a compromise of color saturation therefore yellows and bright reds didn't pop as much but like I said before only people we have trained eyes and knew what they were looking for would have noticed it. but the both had 8.3 million pixels so when you want something in 4K both of them will display it the same the difference is one will have darker blacks That's the OLED The blooming is when there's something black and a bright white next to it you don't see the white light bleeding the black zone for gaming they're both perfect they both support variable refresh rate but LG has the edge due to it will do 4K at 120 frames per second native on all HDMI ports. Now where Samsung has the edge on LG TVs is nits brightness. That is how bright the TV can get to improve the HDR picture The brighter the TV the wider the gammit for colors it can produce OLED will never get up to 2,000 knits like the Samsung TVs can because if it did there would be burning burning is when the image is stuck on the TV and will never go away that image is burned in for life. If I remember right the OLED we'll get only up to 1,000 nits but since it can get perfect blacks you have unlimited contrast that will also help out with HDR but it should pop a little better on the Samsung. But this is once again I believe most people will never see the difference unless you have the TV side by side and you know what you're looking for Dolby vision verse HDR 10 is huge difference in HDR if you get an HDR content that supports Dolby vision and you watch that content induly vision it is night and day verse HDR 10 and that's why the LG TV is better than the Samsung cuz it does both.

LG has done it again with OLED C9 series TV - it is one of the best TVs currently on the market! Last year it was LG’s C8 OLED TV and one would not think that there was any way to improve it and make it better, however LG engineers had a lot to offer and made OLED C9 series stand out once again. I thought I would never say that, but I find this TV almost perfect in its design and function. First of all, I’ll throw some technical terms out there: HDMI 2.1, eARC, Variable Refresh Rate , HDR10 - all these are new upgrades and best of all, they futureproof this TV for the years to come. LG also improved and upgraded its Alpha 9 to Gen 2 processor which is responsible for image processing with the help of AI (artificial intelligence) as well as AI enabled sound improvements and even its smart functions are being AI analyzed (WebOS with ThinQ AI). Basically, all the above mentioned features make this TV produce superb image quality, amazing quality sound and ease of use in navigation whether you are you switching inputs or changing something in the Settings. I believe these are pretty important things as we are all looking for these features when buying a new TV. I am also impressed by the aesthetics, i.e. design of this TV: it has a very thin OLED panel that is supported by a pretty hefty stand that gives me a lot of confidence that this TV is very stable (last year model, not so much). Even the back panel looks very clean and has cable management system to make it all tidy. The stand itself with its angled edges does not protrude a lot and functions as a virtual 5.1 surround sound distributor as the speakers are located right above it, and man does this TV sound great! As I mentioned earlier, its WebOS has been improved and is easy to maneuver around, all your Apps, inputs are intelligently organized. To make it even easier to navigate menus, LG gives you their Magic Remote. Its rubbery button layout is nice and has Netflix, Amazon Prime Video devoted buttons to start up your movies. The Mic button activates Google Assistant and with the help of voice commands you can change channels, turn your TV off, check weather - the sky is your limit. And if you like Amazon Alexa, LG will be bringing an update later on to enable the assistant. Also support for Apple AirPlay 2 is coming later this year too. All in all, LG OLED C9 is an outstanding TV with superb PQ, pure blacks, popping colors, excellent off angle viewing, crisp sound and simply an engineering beauty.

The 65" LG C9 OLED TV is absolutely amazing. The screen is thinner than an iPhone and it was super easy and intuitive to setup. I highly recommend this TV to anyone looking to upgrade. You can see the quality of the TV out of the box and it is important to follow the handling instructions so you don't stress the screen when trying to hang it. Definitely ask someone for help for a TV of this size. Don't try to be a hero and drop your new TV doing it alone. I paired this with a 1/2" thick Vogel's 505 fixed wall mount to keep it as tight as possible to the wall. Although the screen is super thin the bottom of the TV is thicker, so the screen will stand off the wall. What I liked most about this TV is how well the HDMI ARC channel works with my Marantz receiver, Xbox OneX, live TV or Roku. Everything plays through my external speakers without a hitch and I can use the magic remote to control volume easily and not have to worry about trying to switch inputs or channels to make it work. My previous TV drove me nuts with this not working well. Switching inputs is a breeze by hitting the home button where you can access all connected components and apps. The menu is customizable as well for apps you use the most. The remote has a pointer function as well, and you navigate the TV menu this way. I also chose the LG C9 because it has the new HDMI 2.1 standard and makes it more future-proof for all of the next gen devices rolling out. The HDMI 2.1 standard pushes higher bandwidth than HDMI 2.0 and supports eARC, HDR and allows significantly higher frame rates and low input lag for gaming consoles and other external devices. The LG C9 also has the true capability to go to a full 120 frames per second on 4K with this screen, which will make a huge difference when gaming or watching sports, action movies, etc. That being said, the source of the content needs to be able to output 120fps 4K content through HDMI 2.1 to reap that benefit and we are not there yet. It will come soon enough. This is a good buy if you absolutely need a new TV now. I did, as my old Samsung 65" 1080p TV died, so was a good time for me. If you already have a 4K TV and are looking to upgrade, maybe wait a little bit longer to see what the 2020 models are coming out with and you could save some money to get the more advanced features too.

We've been looking at the LG OLED's for years, and own 3 LED LG's, and finally decided to pull the trigger for the Game of Thrones final season. It broke just after a month. We were watching the news on a Wednesday evening and the TV turned itself off. We tried to turn it on again, and there were green lines on the left side of the TV and it shut off again. We called LG support and went through troubleshooting steps and were told it needed service. They got us on the schedule for Friday morning. The next day we got a call from the service center who said they certainly couldn't repair it on Friday since they would need to order parts. Two and a half weeks later they had the parts, and replaced the mainboard and power supply. This still didn't fix it. They said the panel itself is likely bad and we would have to wait two weeks or more for a new panel, and that since it's for an OLED, they are prone to breaking. He recommended we call LG to see about just getting a new TV. Called and spoke to Crystal (overseas) and when asked to speak to a manager, spoke to Curtis (AI102685) and was told that "only Engineering makes the determination to replace" and that if they DO, it would be a refurbished unit! We spent $$$ on a brand new TV that broke just after a month of owning - there's no way that justifies getting a refurbished unit or waiting another month to guess at another repair which may or may not even fix it. Nobody claims to have seen this problem before so everything is just guesswork. We wish we would've just returned to Best Buy, since we are Elite members and it was within the 45 day return policy when it broke, and now of course after waiting for the "repair" we are well past that. Pros: Beautiful colors Decent sound Cons: Heavy Poor instructions for the stand Horrible, overseas support

LG TVs let you know when 4K/HDR/Dolby Vision/Atmos are being received. This was a big help when testing my home theater system with new additions. My 2015 LG did not support Dolby Vision. My new 2919 model picture is astounding. I upgraded my Yamaha RX-A3060 based 7.1.4 sound system with a new LG OLED65C9 TV (replacing a 2015 55“ LG OLED) and LG Dolby Vision Blue Ray player. My current Cat 6 network cable extender supported 4KHDR over 50 feet but not Dolby Vision. The KD-X222 was recommended but did not work. The manufacturer Key Digital confirmed it was not designed to support Dolby Vision and recommend KD-X444S. It did not work either. Another extender from Pro Instruments did not work. After a great deal of testing, the unshielded Cat 6 cable runs through the attic and walls where it was receiving too much cross talk from lights, speakers and power cables to support Dolby Vision content. I bought 75 foot fiber optic cable to replace the Cat 6 network cable. Testing the cable between the TV and equipment rack 50 feet away running on the floor works great. The fiber optic cable is being installed in the walls and attic in 3 days. I’ll update this post if there are relevant problems.

I upgraded from an LG E6 (2016 3d OLED). I dont miss the 3d because the image is so contrasty it has this dimensionality to it where the image really pops off the screen. I can even tell colors are even more saturated and pop, and near dark is much cleaner than 2016, in fact I'd say perfect. No tinting issues on full white, 5% and 10% IRE look superclean even after just 100 hours and a manual comp cycle. Also future proofedwith hDMI 2.1, which the overpriced Sony does not have. 13ms latency, wth VRR means xbox one x and future systems will take gaming to the next level, especially when they can do 4k@120! Hands down best smart OS with WebOS and the magic pointer remote. Upscaling is super super clean too, like Sony level, and motion is a big improvement I've noticed even in 24hz film.

This is the best picture quality of any tv I've previously owned. Always amazed when I watch it. Love WebOS, features, multiple settings, remote. Highly recommend, though my overall rating may not reflect this. Here are the reasons for my overall rating, which may only apply to me. First, I accept that this is a "SmartTV" but it does not include HBO Go which is inexcusable considering LG TVs in Latin American countries do and the LG rep at the Best Buy store told me it did. I have to buy and connect a streaming device to get HBO Go and DirecTV Now. I should not have to at this price point. Secondly, for those who are first in the OLED TV market (this is my first OLED TV), blacks are black. Because of this, you will loose some detail when watching very dark scenes or dark objects. Third, after adjusting the sound/speakers through my connected AVR, then switch TV input back to LiveTV, I loose sound though the AVR. It comes back after much fiddling but it is annoying.