LG's 2024 C4 OLED TV

[Robert Zohn]

LG's new 2024 C4 has LG Display's new OLED module that is about 15% brighter than the 2023 C3.

The other big upgrade for the new 2024 C4 is LG's Dynamic Tone Mapping Pro that splits pictures into 20,0000 blocks & fine-tunes the contrast by analyzing luminance variations where light enters the scene creating images with a far more accurate dynamic tonal range.

The other very nice upgrade this year is LG's new SoC processor α9 AI Processor 4K Gen7 and the OLED panel is 120Hz.

[Robert Zohn]

Check out Brian's Tech Therapy's very short video on LG's C4 OLE DTV that he just picked up at our store:

https://youtube.com/shorts/2ECWR7-pW...pF3-Evf0wPOj16

[MechaGodzilla]

HDTVTest review:

LG C4 Review - ���������� Benefit of QD-OLED! - YouTube

[cannonball024]

Guess I should’ve got one around thanksgiving, fingers crossed more sales soon.

[PondaBaba]

I am thinking of buying a tv soon(ish) and am looking at the 48’ C4. I was wondering, I can’t remember what it was called/how it was referred to (and indeed, if it was actually counted as a ‘feature’ of the product itself, or an ‘add-on’ service from the manufacturer) so I don’t know what terms to google for more information but:

I thought I remembered reading about the fact that you can pay pay a premium for a ‘higher’ level of the same TV you can buy in which particular components and/or the build (components put together) is more robustly and thoroughly inspected than the regular (and cheaper but ultimately same) models to guarantee eliminating any risk of dud components or manufacturing defects. Again I can’t remember what this was called/how it was described to be able to search for more info, and so I also can’t currently find out my other questions in relation to it, like:

I can’t remember whether this was for super-high end TVs for people with a ton of money to spend (and so whatever additional cost was wouldn’t be an issue to them) or conversely whether it was actually for cheaper low-end TVs (that may have a cheaper build quality and/or cheaper components, and so an increased risk of defects/stuff going wrong out of the box). My impression is that the C4 is an (upper?) mid-range TV, so I don’t know whether this will have been a model that was subject to the QC ‘upgrade’ I’m talking about and/or whether its a model that actually warrants it (I mean, I would like to think no TVs would warrant it and every TV that comes out if the factory is robustly put together and defect-free, but I guess with this ‘upgrade’ I’m talking about actually being sold to consumers as an optional add-on, I guess it’s actually considered necessary for those that want and are willing to pay for that guarantee)


The other thing I can’t find out is how much this ‘upgrade’ (again only in quotes for want of a better phrase in absence of proper term) costs on top of the regular price of the TV. The reason I’m asking all this is because the option appeals to both the perfectionist and path-of-least-resistance aspects in me, and (assuming it was an option LG offered for their TVs and the C4 specifically) if it was say only an additional £100, then I’d totally pay it for that peace of mind, as the faff and ball ache of getting one of these huge new TVs delivered unpacked and set up only to find it defective and sort out packing it all back up and arranging its collection and delivery of a new one etc. is yeah something I’d be willing to pay to avoid (as much as I think ideally again all TVs should be subject to the QC that these extra-inspected models are). But otoh if it’s like an additional £200 or something I don’t think I’d pay for it unless any model I do buy is substantially discounted for BF in November (I am thinking waiting to purchase in Nov to take advantage of a BF discount and will be planning my budget with this in mind - I see the 48’ C4 is currently £800 on Amazon which it says is already 25% off the RRP - I’m assuming it’s reasonable to assume it won’t be cheaper than say £600 around BF would anyone be able to advise?)

Any input on the above would be welcome

[Show spoiler]also unrelated bonus q, I’ve only got a cheap region free BD player (Sony S3700) from 220 electronics at the moment but would be intending to get a 4K player at some point next year. What I’d also like to know is that with a new TV of such a size and general quality of the C4, does what HDMI cable I use to connect the BD player to the TV matter in terms of the PQ that gets into the TV? I’m sure it doesn’t matter at the moment for (what I’m increasingly perceiving as a tiny) 32’ cheap and basic computer monitor (that I actually use as a TV) but on a new TV of the size and quality of something like the C4, I wondered if a cheap (like my current) vs more premium cable (while still using the same basic BD player) would make any difference to the PQ on something like the 48’ C4

[punisher]

There are some good sales on the C4 if you look around. One important note is that the C4 can decode DTS whereas LG 's latest do not.

[PondaBaba]

Originally Posted by punisher

There are some good sales on the C4 if you look around. One important note is that the C4 can decode DTS whereas LG 's latest do not.

I don’t know much about audio but I’m currently planning on getting a 2.0 active speaker set (as an upgrade from a cheap, but to my ear very good for music but unsatisfactory for films, 2.1 microlabs set) so I won’t be using an AV receiver or anything, but presumably that doesn’t matter? I know DTS is a codec/format - in the case of ‘no receiver + 2.0’ (maybe not relevant would it just mean that there’s no audio output if a DTS track is selected and your speakers are connected to an newer LG OLED?

[punisher]

you have to set the 4k blu ray player to pcm output for audio otherwise you will get a lip sync issue since the tv cannot decode DTS properly.

also



42 inch C4 OLED is on sale for 699 at Best Buy


https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-42-c...?skuId=6578050

[punisher]

65 C4..1296 at PC Richard and Best Buy

https://www.pcrichard.com/lg-65-clas.../OLED65C4.html

[punisher]

65 inch C4 is 1296 at PC Richard and Best Buy

https://www.pcrichard.com/lg-65-clas.../OLED65C4.html