LG C5 TV

Long-term owners

My C2 OLED is 5 years old, knock on wood still working great.

Jul 2026 · comment

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• LG OLED TVPeople praise LG OLED picture quality and years of trouble-free use, though the settings menu, bundled software and ads draw frequent complaints.37recommend
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The 26 most detailed of 27 comments. Each links to the original.

1. My LG OLED C2 also has a great utility to manage deep service-level configurations.

   Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]”

2. non ideal local dimming, ghosting, mediocre colors compared to oled

   Mixed · Dec 2025 · in “VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot”

3. My C2 OLED is 5 years old, knock on wood still working great.

   Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without consent”

4. every non-internet feature works fine, the interface is clean

   Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]”

5. works wonderfully as a dumb panel, and a great panel at that

   Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot”

6. It seems pretty safe. When it's on, I can ssh into it.

   Mixed · Sep 2026 · in “216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]”

7. Zero detectable hint of burn-in.

   Recommends · Nov 2025 · in “Steam Frame”

8. I wonder if there’s some existing software solution or a documented step-by-step to remove this bloatware/spyware.

   Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]”

9. the last thing LG care about is the UX; they've put all their efforts into underhand and user-hostile profiling

   Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]”

10. The color fringing was particularly bad for me because I like yellow text and LG uses RWBG.

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “OLED Not for Me”

11. Recently when I started an LG TV, there was an unskippable ad for a local delivery service.

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region”

12. I rooted my C5, disabled all telemetry, and disabled Internet access entirely by default

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “LG denies TV spying claims, says tracking and snooping concerns 'not true'”

13. LG literally spies on you by capturing screenshot of whatever you watch

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region”

14. I'm not going to trust a company like LG to secure their devices.

    Criticizes · Jan 2026 · in “Disrupting the Largest Residential Proxy Network”

15. LG policies are real shitty. I didn't have 5Ghz Wifi on my TV.

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region”

16. It basically will not connect once or so a week.

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region”

17. is a finicky, ad-ware festooned nightmare

    Criticizes · Jul 2026 · in “LG ThinQ Terms of Use”

18. It gets turned on via my AppleTV remote and displays the picture 1-2 seconds later.

    Recommends · Mar 2026 · in “Newly purchased Vizio TVs now require Walmart accounts to use smart features”

19. it seemed to fix something with the 120hz HDR 10:10:10 signal

    Recommends · Sep 2026 · in “LG says we're fake news [video]”

20. all LG and Alphonso endpoints are blackholed on the network, however I'd love to dumbify the TV further

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “LG and Samsung TVs are logging everything you say [video]”

21. My LG C2 hardware isn't powerful enough to stream higher than 60hz at 1080p

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Sick of smart TVs? Here are your best options”

22. found that a couple new ones had been added and turned on by default.

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch”

23. you can't disable the Bluetooth, so anyone can try to connect to it

    Criticizes · Nov 2025 · in “Samsung Family Hub for 2025 Update Elevates the Smart Home Ecosystem”

24. I only see these kinda quirks with LG all the times.

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region”

25. Feels pretty stupid that you have to do that.

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “Restoring 5 GHz Wi-Fi on an LG C5 by changing its webOS region”

26. the next LG update will break eARC again

    Criticizes · Dec 2025 · in “Microsoft Copilot AI Comes to LG TVs, and Can't Be Deleted”