I have tried a super clear 83-inch OLED TV and now are projectors ruined for me
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I am, like many of you, certainly, I love nothing more than curling on the couch to watch a movie. Perhaps unlike you, I also have an unwavering need to watch those films on a huge TV – ideally something of our guide to the Best TVs – And with a fully surround sound system to get the most pleasure. Why do things with halves?
Until recently I was ‘doing’ with a 77-inch LG G4 OLED. It is a phenomenal screen that fell in love with my film collection again. But after a while it started to look small. I needed something bigger. Something better.
To get a huge fencer experience at home without spending the equivalent of a house payment, a projector is your best gamble – it is perhaps closest to an ‘authentic’ home cinema experience.
I recently wrote our Hisenense C2 Ultra Review And thought it was great when it came to the reproduction of the color, the sound and, perhaps even more importantly, the size, because I was able to project an image larger than 80 inches on my wall. If I had set it up in my main room with my Sonos Home Theater System, I could easily have asked myself: “Did I reach Peak Home Cinema?”
The answer, as it turned out, was no. That’s because I recently handed in an 83-inch LG G5, one of the Best OLED -tvs Money can currently buy. Thanks to the huge size (I think I could still fit in the 97-inch model in my viewing room), combined with its new, super clearer ‘Four Stack’ Tandem RGB panelThe G5 has completely ruined projectors for me.
Large screen, greater brightness
Rather the G4 OLED Released in 2024, I wasn’t sure how LG could improve what I thought was the best screen I had ever seen personally. But when I heard the rumors that the South Korean company had produced a new type of OLED panel, consisting of individual blue, red and green layers to create light, and resulting in a much higher brightness, boy, my interest was aroused.
If the measurements in our LG G5 Review Proof, it is the smartest OLED we have ever tested, with a measurement of 2,268 nits on a 10% HDR Window in filmmaker mode. We have the 83-inch version of the Samsung S95F, that shares the same panel as the LG model, and registered a slightly higher reading of 2,388 Nits. However, this measurement was taken during a Samsung event instead of in our own test facilities.
What this means in the real world is that the LG G5 is very skilled in displaying HDR content, and it gives TV shows and films a much greater feeling of depth, because it can better distinguish between light and dark areas of a photo. My colleague James Davidson has one earlier Explain a deep dive how well the G5 handles different content. From black and white films such as OPPENHEIMER on to striking color films such as ElementaryAnd I could no longer agree if he says it is “a really picturesque TV”.
Normally I ran the brightness to the maximum 100 institution, but there have been times, especially when my room is particularly dark, that I had to reject it. Leaving at 100 can sometimes be Retina-Schift!
Projector helperity is measured in Lumen, and so it is more difficult to compare. Are claimed to get a rough equivalentYou can multiply the number of nits by 3,426 to get the brightness figure in Lumen. In the case of the LG G5, which take the window rate of 10% of 2,268, that would mean that a projector must measure 7,770 lumen to be similar.
Although there are projectors that can reach or exceed this figure, they are usually reserved for large event spaces and not intended for home use. That is why a home projector simply cannot match the possibilities of the LG G5, making the TV a much better option for film lovers like me.
Defense against reflections
Another area where the clear panel of the LG G5 has that Projectors Beat has to do with ambient light. This may not come like that That Much of a surprise, but it is something that is worth mentioning when deciding on how you can unpack your main room for the ultimate viewing experience.
Your opinion about screen reflections can differ from mine. Maybe you want to be completely banished, or you can be in order with the strange reflection on the screen if the overall image quality makes up for it. I am in the last camp and find the combination of the LG G5 of brightness-that more often does a good job to combat reflections-anti-reflecting coating and overall image quality more than satisfactory.
I am not going to say in any way that there are no reflections in the screen of the G5 because they are, they just don’t bother me that much.
If you have to fully banish reflections, then a TV like the Samsung S95F Will be more happy. It uses a gloss -free screen of the second generation to avert light reflections over the screen in a haze -like effect.
James Davidson also has earlier Compared to the anti-reflective possibilities of both the Samsung S95F and LG G5 side by sideSo it is easier to determine exactly how both screens do against annoying ambient light.
In my opinion, the way in which the Samsung TV deals with light results in too much of a gray tone on the screen. I cannot deny that it is generally doing better work with reflections, because I have never been able to see myself in the screen – something that can happen to the LG.
More often than not, but I don’t watch TV in a super clear room (I often find it surprising that many people watch TV with all overhead lights, to be honest). Of course light comes in during the day due to windows from outside, but when the day turns around in dusk and then to the night, I have switched on a few smart lights around my room, and usually they are set to minimal brightness. In these cases, the blind -free technology of Samsung becomes superfluous and in my mind the LG G5 can really shine.
With a projector you will struggle quite a bit in daylight conditions, although I have the Hisses C2 Ultra did a decent work during my review to combat ambient light. At night the situation improves of course, but the fact remains that it still cannot fully match the super -clear levels of the LG G5.
A stronger connection
The last reason why the LG G5 – and every TV in that respect – beats a projector for my home cinema display is the fact that it makes a neat solution possible when connecting external devices.
My soundbar is under the TV with the connecting HDMI cable that runs through the TV stand to the EARC port. Everything is beautiful and neatly tucked away and other external devices are hidden in the unit on which the TV is located.
If I wanted to set up a projector – let’s say, behind my couch and viewing position – I should run a long HDMI cable on my floor to reach the soundbar. No, thank you.
However, this only applies to certain project styles-DWZ long-term projectors.
I have previously the XGIMI AURA 2 Ultra -Short throw (UST) projector and was quite surprised at how well it performed. A UST projector can be on my same TV unit and project a large image (or larger) on the wall. But it needs dark lighting conditions to really come to life, and it uses the inferior Android TV operating systemWhich did not give me access to some streaming apps. LG’s Webos 25 OS is now virtually flawless in my opinion – I am not a fan of the new magical remote controlHowever.
I have admitted that the Audio Restations of the Aura 2 were much more impressive than expected, making a powerful, detailed sound with effective placement of the object. For authentic surround sound, it can be connected to an external system, of which I think it would be a neat solution as what a TV offers.
With projectors such as the Heisense C2 Ultra, however, I would most likely have set up on my coffee table in the middle of the room. Although it can project a large image of a short distance, my unit would have been at Close it to perform the full potential. But where would I place my bottle of wine at night? It is not a compromise that I am willing to make. The TV stays!
Peak cinema
Since I own the LG G5, I have been more excited than ever to watch a wide range of films and TV programs. I even invested in one Sony UBP-X700 4K Blu-ray player And started building my disk collection to fully benefit from the technological sorcery of the screen.
For me I got to Peak Cinema … at least until the LG G6 comes by.
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