Review of 2019 C9 4K HDR OLED (OLED55C9) (OLED65C9) (OLED77C9)
Overview
The LG C9 OLED is the direct successor to the brand’s 2018 C8 TV and is in most ways very similar to its predecessor but slightly better. In other words, this means that it’s generally an excellent OLED 4K TV and even more importantly, a fantastic 4K HDR TV overall. It’s easy to say this about any 4K TV for the sake of trying to sell it but in the case of LG’s OLEDs, it really does apply by most concrete measures of display performance. Their newer OLEDs are especially powerful televisions and the C9 delivers the best of such specs. These include superbly perfect black levels, OLED-perfect contrast and motion handling that’s far superior to that of virtually any 4K LCD TV of any kind. The LG C9 also delivers excellent color performance.
LG’s 4K OLED TVs used to suffer from problems of brightness compared to their LCD counterparts but even this is no longer the case due to strong improvements in the luminosity of their OLED screens, and the C9 is in fact brighter than most LCD 4K HDR TVs on sale today, with only the priciest LCD models exceeding its peak brightness.
Positives
• Incredible motion handling and gaming performance
• Superb color rendering for normal and HDR content
• Excellent viewing angles
• OLED-perfect contrast, dimming and black levels
• Beautifully sharp overall picture quality
Negatives
• Possible burn-in problem due to OLED pixel display
• Could have been brighter still with some content
• Native Audio could be better
Bottom Line
The bottom line for the LG C9 OLED is that it’s generally an incredibly powerful, superb performer. We expected little less from a premium OLED 4K HDR TV. That said, this model doesn’t improve enormously upon what the 2018 LG C8 was capable of despite its considerably higher price Thus, if you just want a great 4K HDR OLED TV, without having the absolute newest technology, there are alternative 2018 options available for lower prices. There are also some superb 2018 and 2019 LCD 4K HDR TVs available but they won’t match the C9’s spectacular dimming precision or perfect black levels.
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