Funnily enough a mate bought this at the weekend along with a PS4 Pro. Long story short, don't bother.
As a TV it's great, but there is bad latency with HDR turned on. Game mode works fine in 4k, but won't allow you to use HDR for some reason, they can't be used together. It's either Game mode, or HDR mode. Apparently a known issue with a few LG's which he'd not looked up until he bought it. He then saw that my Samsung works with Game mode, HDR and 4K great without issues.
Let's just say, he's a little disappointed.
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Agent004
8 Mar 17#1
Nice, Heat Added :smile:
chrisredmayne
8 Mar 17#2
any one know if this has HDMI passthrough for sonos ??
cikki100
8 Mar 172#3
anyone know if CIA has backdoor access on these TVs
anthonyduffy526 to cikki100
8 Mar 171#5
The CIA
afroylnt to cikki100
9 Mar 17#17
What a great way to pass back feedback on the president of the US......
hcc27 to cikki100
9 Mar 17#19
Just cover the webcam with a Post-It? They can watch a black screen all day long.
bluecityste
8 Mar 17#4
Any better than the Philips 49 inch?
discoman2016 to bluecityste
8 Mar 17#7
no this the lg cheaper RGBW panels
hatthewmartley
8 Mar 17#6
They are very nice TVs. I got one a couple months ago. Only negative thing I can think of is that the viewing angle isn't brilliant, but it's acceptable.
szumiwoda1
8 Mar 17#8
bought the 661v model from richersounds(6years guarantee) today.heat given
RK79
8 Mar 17#9
How's the HDR on this? Planning to use it with PS4 Pro
rizzo777 to RK79
8 Mar 17#11
yeah I'd like to know this aswell lol
brendinho
8 Mar 171#10
excellent!! cheers!!
Heat777
8 Mar 17#12
Great telly. Paid 480 in the Xmas sales from jl with 5 year warranty
RebTheRebel
9 Mar 173#13
Funnily enough a mate bought this at the weekend along with a PS4 Pro. Long story short, don't bother.
As a TV it's great, but there is bad latency with HDR turned on. Game mode works fine in 4k, but won't allow you to use HDR for some reason, they can't be used together. It's either Game mode, or HDR mode. Apparently a known issue with a few LG's which he'd not looked up until he bought it. He then saw that my Samsung works with Game mode, HDR and 4K great without issues.
Let's just say, he's a little disappointed.
madjid
9 Mar 17#14
Is it worth buying the 55 inch version for £584 or is there not much difference?
So is this TV the same pretty much just a different variation ?
lucasmeister
9 Mar 172#23
There's a firmware update that fixes this and adds HDR Game Mode. Gets rid of the latency issue. I use it with a PS4 Pro. After the firmware update its fine! Btw the firmware needs to be downloaded from the LG website and applied from a USB drive. For some reason it doesn't come up when you run the automatic software update.
RebTheRebel
9 Mar 17#24
Nice one on this, I'll let him know. He tried via the telly and it said he was up to date. I'm sure he said he'd looked on the site, but maybe he missed it.
lucasmeister
9 Mar 171#25
Yeah I made that mistake too. Eventually went to the LG site and saw this here
He will need version 04.30.70
kaiser051
10 Mar 17#26
It doesnt have HDR its an 8 bit panel it only supports it meaning it can accept a hdr signal but cant fully display it
borosidf
10 Mar 17#27
ok, I dont really know (and care) about HDR but I have a normal xbox one and used to play games from my pc and watchu
ing movies. do I need to care about input lag and no real HDR and so complaints? I have a 32" FHD LCD manufactured in 2009 and I have no problems so compared to that one I believe I won't go wrong with this?
Exactly what i said its 8 bit panel with FRC ,which is 8 bit not 10 bit as its not possible for a 8 bit panel with or without FRC to process 10 bit
FRC is a type of dithering to approximate the extra colors.
Basically it means you flash between two colors on opposite sides of the color you're trying to approximate. Then to the human eye it sort of blends together to the right color.
But it is still an imperfect solution. Certainly 8-bit+FRC is closer in quality to basic 8-bit than to real 10-bit color.
That said, 8-bit color alone is already pretty good, and FRC will generally improve on that a little further.
steevio_uk
16 Mar 17#30
Is this 'true' 4k?
shopaholic_anna
27 Mar 17#31
ordered. been waiting for a good LG 49" for under £450... happy! thanks OP
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Great Tv for this money in my opinion
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As a TV it's great, but there is bad latency with HDR turned on. Game mode works fine in 4k, but won't allow you to use HDR for some reason, they can't be used together. It's either Game mode, or HDR mode. Apparently a known issue with a few LG's which he'd not looked up until he bought it. He then saw that my Samsung works with Game mode, HDR and 4K great without issues.
Let's just say, he's a little disappointed.
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As a TV it's great, but there is bad latency with HDR turned on. Game mode works fine in 4k, but won't allow you to use HDR for some reason, they can't be used together. It's either Game mode, or HDR mode. Apparently a known issue with a few LG's which he'd not looked up until he bought it. He then saw that my Samsung works with Game mode, HDR and 4K great without issues.
Let's just say, he's a little disappointed.
So is this TV the same pretty much just a different variation ?
He will need version 04.30.70
ing movies. do I need to care about input lag and no real HDR and so complaints? I have a 32" FHD LCD manufactured in 2009 and I have no problems so compared to that one I believe I won't go wrong with this?
http://www.displayspecifications.com/en/model/0db6502
FRC is a type of dithering to approximate the extra colors.
Basically it means you flash between two colors on opposite sides of the color you're trying to approximate. Then to the human eye it sort of blends together to the right color.
But it is still an imperfect solution. Certainly 8-bit+FRC is closer in quality to basic 8-bit than to real 10-bit color.
That said, 8-bit color alone is already pretty good, and FRC will generally improve on that a little further.