LG C9 Series

Burn In is for life, not just Christmas – So I purchased this TV in early 2020 and for various reasons it remained in the box for almost a year. And after 2.5 years of use (mid 2023) image burn in became apparent. I contacted LG support recently who confirmed the issue - they were friendly, helpful and efficient but the replacement panel is a cost I have to bear they told me, as this is… Read more

outside of warranty. Some of the older LG OLED TVs have extended warranties of 4 years for burn-in issues but not the C9, unfortunately.

Honestly, I would hope/expect a TV would last more than 3 years before it is nearly unusable and it would have been decent of LG to acknowledge this and meet me halfway over the repair costs.

I will contact the local repairer they referred me too but I expect the cost will make it better value to buy a new TV. Suffice to say I will be eschewing both LG products & OLED televisions in the future.

The TV was superb whilst it lasted but 3 years is no time at all when my old Sony LED is still working fine after 13 years. No it never looked as great as the LG OLED but longevity & quality > a flash in the pan.

So happy with this TV – After 3.5 years I can highly recommend this TV. It has webOS which I prefer because it’s simplified when compared to the Google OS (which I hate because it’s full of watching suggestions and purchase suggestions). I’m so happy with this our decision to buy this tv. Top picture and sound. Show details

Great TV until it dies! – Our 3rd OLED tv from LG with 2 previous failing. C9 has lasted 16 months, tonight stopped with horizontal lines. Great TV, useless reliability after minimal use. Warrantee claim #3 Show details

Sensational quality, great value – This is simply the best television we have ever owned. The dark / black parts of the screen are more true to their colour, owing to the OLED technology. The picture quality is fantastic and deserves to screen HD content. The updates are easy to work through and apps easy enough to navigate with the remote control. We have wire-connected a… Read more ·  1

Playstation and wirelessly (and wired) a mobile phone to stream other content.

The volume can be a little on the low side without external speakers but that's a nit-picking complaint, the quality of sound is fine and the volume adequate.

Beat TV Quality ever but a security flaw in Magic Remote – The TV is the best TV ever hands down... from quality, to the Operating System (intuitive and fast response time); apps; etc. Picture quality, especially 4K is second to none. However I just discovered some serious flaw in the security of the magic remote and thw TV. So the 'Movie' button searches for a 'movie' keyword in everything connected to… Read more ·  1

the TV including my hard drive. I have enabled a pin number access to my hard drive media server. However the 'movie' button displays all the titles and picture thumbnails to the restricted hard drive including all the adult content. I just saw my 8 year old daughter displaying the adult content she wasn't supposed to see. Obviously while an attempt to play the files would still prompt for a pin number entry, the thumbnail picture display is a serious security bug/flaw. Please fix ASAP.

Love it – Bought this TV last year from harvey norman . Features are stunning, colour quality is superb , tough built. It has tons of features as smart tv . Remote has voice commands . Very happy with product Show details ·  1

Great TV viewing experience – To be honest, we used YouTube to figure out how to install the base. It was not clear at all in the box as to how to out it on. Then it was easy from there. Searching channels, connecting with phones and laptops, etc. It was just so easy and smart. Great color and eyes don't get tired after watching it for hours. Very good quality and we cannot recommend it more!  Show details ·  1

Awesome OLED TV especially for gaming – The LG OLED 65" TV is an awesome OLED TV especially for gaming. However it is quite pricey at a bit under $3000. So unless you are a gamer in my opinion you might be better off buying a decent TV or 4K projector for much less. If money isn't an issue then this is a beautiful TV with top notch picture quality and great sound as well. Show details

LG Never- ate my words. Amazing – I always buy Sony. Had to give LG a go, very skepticaly, after all the reviews. What's amazing is the sound. I have a high end hi fi (old school), and can't believe how voice is overlaid perfectly over all other sounds. So clear (did I mention I'm old). Motion is perfect and tv watching is great. You will want to watch all your movies again as the… Read more ·  3

Black's and other detail is incredible. I've always been a Sony devote but I have to give it to lucky goldstar they have made a great tv. I will see the longevity but at this price....

Brilliant picture, great Smart TV functionality – This is our first Smart TV, replacing our former plasma screen, which lasted 12 years. The picture quality is excellent. Not disappointed. When you compare the HD channels with the standard, you can truly see the difference. Unit is slim and attractive, no clunky borders. We have ours on a stand as we are renters so not in a position to wall… Read more ·  1

mount.

Took us a little while to get the internet functionality fully working (Telstra drama, not the TV), but now that we have, it is brilliant. We have Netflix (used to play mostly through your Telstra box), and Apple TV. We play both direct through the TV controls now - great functionality, the Telstra box is obsolete.

I do find the little wheel in the centre of the remote a bit touchy, but getting used to it.

Our kids (10 and under) have no trouble navigating to their Netflix.

Really happy and would totally recommend.

Great Picture quality and sound, Not disappointed – I had not used WebOS TV before, this is the first time I'm using it. To be frank it doesn't have many apps. I was OK with that. My favorite feature is it's Youtube app interacts with google cast in my phone, so I can control the youtube casted video via phone as well as LG Magic remote. Really like Dolby Vision and ATMOS, I didn't buy any sound… Read more ·  1

bar yet as it's sound quality seems pretty good.

Picture panel view is awesome when I got some visitors, it has beautiful collection of picture frames and cool light background music which is great.

This TV is bit expensive as it's OLED which is the only con I feel about it, but if you get a good deal from your vendor it's one of the best out there.

Excellent TV – 4 hdmi ports Smart tv Alexa integrated Apple TV integrated Magic remote Netflix integrated Prime integrated Slim look Great processor 4K quality Wi-Fi enabled This tv is perfect for a regular room. Show details ·  1

Excellent Fully Featured TV – Have owned this TV for around 4 months and am completely satisfied. This TV is the definition of "ease of use" with a seamless set up of applications and the chanel set up. Using a variety of different inputs, including a sound bar and several gaming systems was also very straight forward and easy to do. There are heaps of ports and the wireless… Read more ·  1

connectivity has been great - including casting things to the TV. Suggest watching 4k YouTube videos to show off the TV's excellent picture.

Excellent TV – This is the best TV that I have ever owned as it delivers fantastic picture, reasonably good sound, fast operating system and great design. Initially I thought I needed a soundbar but after tuning it, it sounds very good compared to my old TV. The only thing to watch out for is burn in so I probably will need to run Pixel Refresher weekly. Also it… Read more

is a bit confusing that it has different picture settings for different sources ie. live TV, Netflix etc... Other than that, I am in love with it and probably spend too much time watching TV.

Excellent TV with exceptional functions – Its TV for those who are caring for their eyes thanks to OLED screen technology, also its very fast response due to The Alpha 9 Gen2 Intelligent Processor, if you are looking to buy PS5 this T.V HDMI 2.1 function is worth considering, overall I am happy with TV! Show details

Blurry image while watching sport – TV seems good except when I am watching fast ball movement sports. For example when watching cricket in HD or 4k the ball looks blurry or jittery when moving across the screen. I have contacted customer support numerous times and even sent in video footage of the problem and no one has got back to me Show details

Excellent TV – I've had this LG OLED for a few weeks now and have explored its various features and I'm very happy with the purchase. The picture is the best I've come across so I wont dwell on that. The sound is good for a flat panel TV but I enjoy quality sound so I hooked mine up to a an external amplifier and was very surprised how well the HDMI CEC and ARC… Read more

worked. Once set up, turning on the TV also turned on (and off) the amp also integrating the volume control in a seamless manner. I did have some trouble with the sound on Netflix where it would drop out for a second every minute or so when it was running thru the amp. This was tracked down to the Dolby 5.1 sound track on Netflix not interfacing to the amp properly, for what ever reason. I did read that the TV supports parts of the new eARC standard and wondered if that had something to do with it. Eventually I reset the TV and it now defaults to Netflix without surround sound and all works well. Overall I'm very happy with the TV, I love the deep blacks and the ability to watch at acute angles.

Brilliant picture AND sound – The picture quality is the best I have ever experienced - with the added bonus of great sound. I no longer use an excelent sound bar as it is just not needed, the TV sound is that good. The interface could be smoother - we are not connectred to an arial the OS keeps requesting we tune the TV! Plenty of ports and fairly easy to use controls. … Read more

Apple connectivity could be better despite airplay 2.

However these minor gripes are far outweighed by outstanding picture and sound.

55 inch is plenty big enough for me.

Impressive product - I hope it lasts as long as my Samsung still going after nine years!

Best TV I have ever owned. Stunning Picture Quality and Operating System – My first 4K TV and wanted to start with the best and there was no disappointment with this TV. I was originally looking to get the C8 series as it was cheaper, but opportunity on special was too tempting. These LG TV's have been rated the best of the bunch. There is no better picture than an OLED TV. Every brand and type of 4K TV screens are… Read more

provided by LG, so the only difference is components and software. The operating system and ease of use is so pleasing. The manual is built into the TV functions onscreen. There is the magic remote which has a scroll mouse that gets you to wherever you want to go or select an input in a second. I have seen other android TV's and there operating system compared to the LG, they are disappointing and boring. You can scroll through your TV channels with the scroll on your remote just like a computer mouse and I can scroll through 40 TV channels is seconds, where on other televisions as I have owned, the channels take a second EACH to get to.

I have owned a great many TV's and always owned the best Sony and Samsung TV's but at best were 1080P. Beware of other marketing such as QLED, LED etc, as these do not stack up. The C9 55 inch improved on the best rated C8 series and there wasn't much to improve on except on the possibility of a screen burn issue, so LG fixed that on the C9. Picture quality just blew me away! I was speechless on going to Youtube to see some 4K content and the presentation was breathtaking. I purchased a 4K bluray player and 4K blurays and with my cinema setup and together with this LG C9 OLED, my family have never been happier and the picture doesn't lose its brilliance if viewed on angles either. As with other review suggestions, I have my TV set to Expert Dark Room to have the best picture to my eyes.

Sound is another thing to mention. In all other large screen TV's I have owned, I needed to purchase sound bars as the sound quality was terrible coming from thin TV's which struggled to produce decent sound even for listening to the news, sport etc - without the need to turn my receiver on. Well, the LG C9 has great sound, as being a DJ fanatical about sound, I thought I was going to need to purchase a sound bar to go with whatever TV I was going to purchase based on previous experiences, but he LG C9 was amazing and I was so pleased I didn't have to spend the extra money.

There are 4 HDMI ports, yet I only use one being the EARC (Enhanced Audio Return Channel) everything is connected to my receiver. There are 3 USB ports but I utilise my Nvidea Shield for anything USB, but this TV has everything to offer - connections, operating system, superlative remote, and breathtaking picture.

I cannot recommend this C9 TV enough. It stands alone and worldwide reviews back it up, just as they did for the C8 series.

Best TV I have owned – I originally bought a LG B8 65 inch (carton damaged) but it was in fact refurbished and had physical damage so got my money back. It was too big anyway so I bought the 55" C9. I replaced a 14 year old LG plasma so normal LED TVs just did not cut the mustard. The C9 has a stunning picture with the best contrast of any current TV available in my… Read more

opinion. How they get the picture quality out of a panel that is only 3.4mm thick (I checked with a micrometer) is unbelievable.

The other possibility was a Samsung QLED but it is overly bright with contrast not as good & I reckon they chose the name QLED as it looks like OLED to try and compete.

The new long angled metal stand also reflects the sound which is amazingly good and loud without distortion. The bass is not as good as a sound bar though. With all my fiddling and manual setup I still could not get the sound as good as the built in AI room analyser so used that.

The magic remote is great and the user interface with all the options is really easy to customise and set up to what you want. I also like the dashboard which has all your inputs set up. This is my first Smart TV so it was great to be able to set up my bluetooth headphones, link my phone & the Blu ray player (also LG) just got automatically set up & the remote was also automatically set up to manage the TV as well. I can even use my phone as a remote control.

I have my computer connected as well so have all my videos, music & photos available via WiFi. It has 4 HDMI ports (I use 2) & 3 USB 2 ports. I haven't used any of the USB ports as everything I have can be connected by WiFi or Bluetooth

I did read some reviews and set the picture to isf Expert Dark Room which was recommended & is indeed the best after my experimentation.

I get all my TV through a Foxtel IQ3 box so the favourites function doesn't work for that as it will only select Foxtel & not the actual channel as it would with a normal aerial connection.

The manual is in the TV but I also have it on my PC. There are so many features that after a month I am still finding new things.

OLED TVs are very expensive especially so the bigger you go. The 65" C9 is nearly double the price I paid. I could have got a 55" LED TV for $500.00 at the cheap end of the spectrum. Was it worth the extra $2000.00? In my opinion Yes definitely. Will it last as long as my old Plasma? Probably not but hopefully at least 6 or 7 years.