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3.0 out of 5 starsDisappointed
Reviewed in Canada on July 10, 2024
Bought this 50 inch LG to replace my old Costco 50 inch Samsung (CU7000 series) which was a 4K bought back in 2019 but started to fail in holding a steady picture.
To my eyes, I didn't find the LG's picture quality to be all that sharp. Images did not look so crisp and I was expecting a slight upgrade over my 5 yr old Samsung.
Colors were good.
When I fired up my Xbox Series X, again I didn't find the image quality to be crisp. I also realized that this LG has only 1 2.1 HDMI port that can support high speed signals. It still looked blurry. The 120fps acceleration did not wow me as I still detected some ghosting of images.
Either I received a bum unit or what is commonly done is that the smaller TV's in a manufacturers range do not have all the bells and whistles that their larger screens have (which seems common). Tweaking the available settings did not seem to help in picture sharpness or with the gaming ghosting.
I also did not like the software interface that LG uses. I found it annoying looking like an ad heavy website.
I also paired this with my Samsung MS650 soundbar. The sound was good but (as advertised) you can use the full features of LG soundbars only, thus I could not use any of the built in presets with the Samsung soundbar, which is fair.
I ended up arranging a return through the very helpful Amazon customer service agent.
I bought a SAMSUNG 55-Inch Class Neo QLED 4K QN90C which to be fair, is not in the same class as this LG and it literally blows this LG out of the water in every respect at a higher price.
For the price of this LG, I was expecting something better than my 5 yr old $600 Samsung but was disappointed.