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LG CX OLED TV

Ranked 5 of 5 OLED TVs by recommenders

Owners praise its picture quality and tuning, and report no burn-in. Some want it brighter, and one says its settings need turning off.

Owners praise its picture quality and tuning, and report no burn-in. Some want it brighter, and one says its settings need turning off.

7 people gave an opinion

recommend it
5
criticize it
2
approval share
71%
Each figure is one person. RecommendsCriticizes

Recommended in 3 of 13 months

  1. November 2025: not recommended
  2. December 2025: recommended
  3. January 2026: not recommended
  4. February 2026: not recommended
  5. March 2026: not recommended
  6. April 2026: not recommended
  7. May 2026: not recommended
  8. June 2026: not recommended
  9. July 2026: recommended
  10. August 2026: not recommended
  11. September 2026: not recommended
  12. October 2026: recommended
  13. November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)

Owned for 6 years

Median of the 4 owners who said how long they have had it.

Each square is one year.

Why it doesn’t carry the badge

  • 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
  • 2.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
  • Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.

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What people say about it

The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.

Why people recommend it

Each mark is one comment

  • Picture quality is best in class

    “I concur the image is best in class - though I wish it was a tad brighter.”

    Comment from 19 Jul 2026 in “LG ThinQ Terms of Use”
  • Picture tuning better than Samsung

    “LG has definitely better ways of tuning the picture just right than my old Samsung had”

    Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Stranger Things Creator Says Turn Off "Garbage" Settings”
  • No burn-in or visible faults

    “It's… perfectly fine? I can't see any dimming or patterns or faults at all.”

    Comment from 28 Oct 2026 in “MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch”

    “I've not seen any burn-in.”

    Comment from 9 Oct 2026 in “OLED burn-in test: 30-month update”

Other OLED TVs people recommend

The four most recommended other OLED TVs, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.

LG CX OLED TV compared with 4 alternatives
ProductRecommendCriticizeApprovalMonthsOwnedBadge
LG OLED TV372659%105 yrs10 owners—
LG C5 TV101540%54 yrs4 owners—
LG C1 OLED TV8562%6——
Samsung OLED TV7464%4——
LG CX OLED TVThis page5271%36 yrs4 owners—
See all 5 OLED TVs, ranked

What people said

6 of the 7 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.

“It's… perfectly fine? I can't see any dimming or patterns or faults at all.”

RecommendsComment from 28 Oct 2026 in “MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display and Touch”

“I've not seen any burn-in.”

MixedComment from 9 Oct 2026 in “OLED burn-in test: 30-month update”

“Am I glad I blocked my CX from 2020 very early from accessing the internet!”

CriticizesComment from 8 Sep 2026 in “216M Spy TVs – The LG Smart TV Problem [video]”

“I concur the image is best in class - though I wish it was a tad brighter.”

MixedComment from 19 Jul 2026 in “LG ThinQ Terms of Use”

“LG has definitely better ways of tuning the picture just right than my old Samsung had”

MixedComment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Stranger Things Creator Says Turn Off "Garbage" Settings”

“I had to turn off a bunch of crap in the settings on my LG CX TVs”

CriticizesComment from 17 Nov 2025 in “Israeli-founded app preloaded on Samsung phones is attracting controversy”

Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.