LG OLED TV

Long-term owners

I have an OLED from them that’s 5 years old or so now, I have never once updated it or used any of the software

Dec 2025 · comment

What hackers pick instead

• LG C5 TVRecommended 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.10recommend
• LG C1 OLED TVPeople recommend it for its picture quality and WebOS interface without Android TV clutter. The most common caveat is LG's privacy practices, including ads and screen data collection.8recommend
• Samsung OLED TVRecommended for top-tier image quality, with deep OLED blacks and strong colour. Critics point to pushy AI voice prompts, a weak main interface and concerns about ads.7recommend
• LG CX OLED TVOwners praise its picture quality and tuning, and report no burn-in. Some want it brighter, and one says its settings need turning off.5recommend

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The 40 most detailed of 64 comments. Each links to the original.

1. I have 3 LG OLEDs of all different generation and they all still go great. It is by far the best tv you can get vs other manufacturers.

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2. The only inconvenient part is going fully through their god awful settings menu and turning off a bunch of them once.

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3. It just looks great all the time. Especially on scenes like you describe with a dark scene with bright highlights.

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

4. a lot of the crapware doesn't even have an option to function if you just never accept the terms and conditions

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

5. Especially nice in a small apartment where I use the same display for video, gaming, and desktop.

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6. The best (in terms of image quality) consumer displays on the market right now are OLED TVs

   Recommends · Dec 2025 · in “I didn't realize my LG TV was spying on me until I turned off Live Plus”

7. My OLED TV is over two years old now without any issues even though it gets frequent usage.

   Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps”

8. as an OLED TV it's incredible, LG would always be my first choice for picture

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9. I absolutely love my WOLED panel, but the software has gotten a lot worse

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

10. With proper care, none of these are showing any real signs of burn-in.

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11. I concur about the picture quality of their OLEDs - it's incredible.

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12. Samsung and LG make the best OLED TVs on the market by far

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13. I pair it with a gigantic 48" LG OLED TV as my monitor.

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14. I tried reading on my OLED TV and it worked great.

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15. I always thought LG OLED looked worlds better

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16. I find their OLED displays to be gorgeous.

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17. Their OLED displays were top notch.

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

18. they make arguably the best OLEDs

    Recommends · Jul 2026 · in “LG to Ban Residential Proxies from Smart TV Apps”

19. Haven't had any issues at all.

    Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Nearly Half of LG Smart TV Apps Contain Residential Proxy SDKs”

20. which I love for its quality

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

21. Display itself is gorgeous.

    Mixed · Oct 2026 · in “An ad-free Android TV”

22. This developer did actually find screenshots on their TV of everything displayed on their screen, even when they set every available option that's supposed to stop ACR

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

23. got noticeable burn in after 5 years - Minecraft hearts and other gaming related things from my son

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

24. Bad news, brand new 2026 LG OLEDs come with Copilot out of the box packed into the software.

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “An ad-free Android TV”

25. That ribbon got slammed full of advertisements at some point, last I knew.

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

26. after 5 years it's developing clusters of dead pixels down one edge

    Criticizes · Aug 2026 · in “Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's”

27. I have seen burn-in personally in my couple of early OLED devices

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28. was a bit disappointed to see that the image isn't perfectly even

    Criticizes · Oct 2026 · in “OLED burn-in test: 30-month update”

29. I have an OLED from them that’s 5 years old or so now, I have never once updated it or used any of the software

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

30. All LG OLED tv at least can be controlled via an http API. So you don't need a remote for them.

    Recommends · Jan 2026 · in “Floppy disks turn out to be the greatest TV remote for kids”

31. the biggest improvement to the experience of watching my videos was when I got an OLED TV

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32. The OLED TV I got for $2700 a few years ago is now closer to $2k and has superior specs.

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33. That 4k 120Hz OLED is the only thing getting me through that gauntlet.

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34. TVs overall are far better quality in terms of user experience.

    Recommends · Aug 2026 · in “Mars Bar from 1991 found – and it's 20g bigger than today's”

35. our main TV is a LG OLED TV, neither of them have ads anywhere

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36. I've been pretty happy with the smart apps on my LG OLED

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37. I absolutely adore my 2018 jailbroken LG OLED

    Recommends · Jun 2026 · in “Nearly Half of LG Smart TV Apps Contain Residential Proxy SDKs”

38. Everything works without software updates

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

39. My best try is jailbroken LG OLED.

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40. We shouldn't need to, but the wifi PCB module in LG OLED TVs is typically attached by a ribbon cable that can be easily disconnected.

    Criticizes · Sep 2026 · in “LG TVs caught spying even when offline or on standby”