# LG C5 TV

10 Hacker News commenters recommended LG C5 TV and 15 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 4 years (4 owners).

**Verdict:** Recommended for strong OLED picture, no burn-in, and working as a plain display when kept off the internet, but people warn about built-in tracking, ads and telemetry.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong panel with no burn-in (3 comments): "works wonderfully as a dumb panel, and a great panel at that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288504)) "Zero detectable hint of burn-in." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45905031)) "My C2 OLED is 5 years old, knock on wood still working great." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48960104))
- Non-internet features work fine (2 comments): "every non-internet feature works fine, the interface is clean" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49601684)) "works wonderfully as a dumb panel, and a great panel at that" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288504))
- Deep service settings and SSH access (2 comments): "My LG OLED C2 also has a great utility to manage deep service-level configurations." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49599793)) "It seems pretty safe. When it's on, I can ssh into it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49605186))

## What people warn about

- Built-in tracking, spyware and telemetry (5 comments): "I wonder if there’s some existing software solution or a documented step-by-step to remove this bloatware/spyware." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49596308)) "the last thing LG care about is the UX; they've put all their efforts into underhand and user-hostile profiling" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49597068)) "I rooted my C5, disabled all telemetry, and disabled Internet access entirely by default" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49675735))
- Ads and bloatware preinstalled (3 comments): "I wonder if there’s some existing software solution or a documented step-by-step to remove this bloatware/spyware." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49596308)) "Recently when I started an LG TV, there was an unskippable ad for a local delivery service." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49565599)) "is a finicky, ad-ware festooned nightmare" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48959434))
- Picture flaws: dimming, ghosting, fringing (2 comments): "non ideal local dimming, ghosting, mediocre colors compared to oled" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46288990)) "The color fringing was particularly bad for me because I like yellow text and LG uses RWBG." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46564360))
- Wi-Fi and connection problems (2 comments): "LG policies are real shitty. I didn't have 5Ghz Wifi on my TV." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49563850)) "It basically will not connect once or so a week." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49564630))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [LG OLED TV](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lg-oled-tv.md): 37 recommend
- [LG C1 OLED TV](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lg-c1-oled-tv.md): 8 recommend
- [Samsung OLED TV](https://hackerapproved.com/p/samsung-oled-tv.md): 7 recommend
- [LG CX OLED TV](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lg-cx-oled-tv.md): 5 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=LG+C5+OLED+TV&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://www.lg.com/us/tvs)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "LG C5 TV", https://hackerapproved.com/p/lg-c5-tv/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).