LG G1 Gallery Design Series

Best of the best – This is quite simply the best TV that I think you can buy right now. Pros: - Outstanding and incomparable image quality and contrast - Extremely thin (properly mounted it sits just over 20mm from the wall) - Built in wall mount so there is nothing else to buy - Very responsive operating system (WebOS) - Great gaming response for new systems… Read more ·  1

like Xbox Series X and PS5

Cons: - To get the TV flush with the wall you need to run the wires out the bottom of the TV or create a recess in the wall - Quite a bit of advertising in the Home Screen - Wire guidance clips at the back are very weak (see below) - Expensive which means it might not be accessible to everyone.

I usually end by talking about the price but this time I thought I’d start with it. I really can’t fault LG for their price point on this unit because it’s actually worth the money and is a brand new step in OLED brightness and quality. The only downside I see to this is that it’s going to be too expensive for some people and I think that everyone should have a TV like this.

The new OLED evo does meet up to the hype that I have read about in the marketing material and YouTube reviews. The G1 does a good job of upscaling standard definition content but it shines through when you play UHD and 4K content.

Compared to the previous OLED screens there is a noticeable improvement in daytime viewing but the screen does still have a fair bit of glare in a room with lots of windows since it has a glossy finish vs. something like the Samsung Frame with the mat finish screen. But where the image quality really comes out is in a room with no windows or at night. This is also why these TVs look so incredible when you see them on the showroom floor (that and you’re usually standing about half a meter from them while they broadcast 4K specially tuned content).

The WebOS operating system is nice and refreshingly responsive over my previous experiences with Sony Bravia Android TVs which I cannot discourage people from buying enough after having had experience with 3 of them. - To be fair to Android TV they are responsive when new and have a lot of potential functionality however they are inherently doomed over time as the processors will continually be outpaced by updates. Dedicated systems like LG WebOS and Samsung Tizen are custom built for their purpose and tend to remain responsive for much longer.

The remote comes conveniently built with Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney+ buttons which makes it very convenient to jump between services. The near field syncing feature in the remote does function but can be a bit of work to get up and running conveniently and ultimately I think it is more of a gimmick type feature that I won’t necessarily use very often. The main reason for this is that the TV has great casting integration for both Chromcast and Apple making it a far more universal device than (again) the Android TVs which do not support apple product casting.

All up, this is the best TV I have sat in front of and very pleasingly, it is as good on my wall at home as it was on the showroom floor which is sometimes the ultimate test.

As above, the only cons are the advertising content in the Home Screen which I will continue to try to scale back. And the wire guidance clips at the back which hardly affect the performance and were easily fixed with the use of 2 small black zip ties.

Happy to answer any questions if they’re submitted.