LG announces the largest and smallest OLED TVs
At CES 2022, LG announced its latest series of OLED TVs, and for 2022, the company is adding new screen sizes large (97 inches) and small (42 inches) in order to bring back the spotlight on the G Series,...
At CES 2022, LG announced its latest series of OLED TVs, and for 2022, the company is adding new screen sizes large (97 inches) and small (42 inches) in order to bring back the spotlight on the G Series, and bring some additional features to webOS that powers the its televisions.
And with the fifth generation of the A9 processor, LG says that 2022 TVs include better upscaling to 4K, better color layout and a greater sense of depth by optimizing the subject in the foreground.
As for the TVs themselves, after the high-brightness OLED Evo panel debuted in the G1 in 2021, this year the Evo appears in both the more mainstream G2 and C2.
The company says the G2 delivers higher peak brightness numbers than the C2 through a combination of brightness-boosting algorithms and better heat dissipation from TV components.
The company claims that the line is the best-selling premium TV series — priced over $1,500 — in the United States.
For both the G2 and C2, LG says it uses a new composite fiber material in its construction that makes these TVs noticeably lighter.
The 65-inch C2 is roughly half the weight of the C1. This should result in a less stressful disassembly and installation experience for these extremely thin and breakable screens.
The C Series gets a new 42-inch OLED screen that the company believes will be suitable for small bedrooms, offices or gamers in tight spaces.
A massive 97-inch 4K model joins the G series. The company has offered 83-inch 4K and 88-inch 8K TVs in the past.
LG has a 97-inch OLED TV
Each HDMI port on both the G and C Series delivers full HDMI 2.1 capabilities. While the company's TVs have been limited to about 40 Gbps of HDMI bandwidth in recent years, they now use the entirety of 48 Gbps.
You also get the usual 4K gaming, variable refresh rate, auto low latency mode, etc.
And the game dashboard puts more information in it so you can avoid extra clicks. And you can adjust the main settings without going to the full game optimizer menu.
There's also a new fifth Sports setting and Darkroom Game mode in the picture settings.
The company joined companies using Mini LED technology in 2021. As a result, this year it launches another wave of TVs called QNED.
QNED devices use Mini LED technology to achieve much better contrast and black levels than the company's older LCD.
webOS is undergoing some modifications this year. The latest version is webOS 22 to correspond with the year of its release. And that became more clear than before.
The company is also adding support for multiple user accounts, where everyone gets their own personal recommendations and the freedom to customize the home screen to their liking.
LG also promises a feature called room-to-room sharing. As a result of this feature, you are temporarily able to send broadcasts from one TV to another in a different room.
You should be able to change channels and perform other actions in this mode. But room-to-room sharing won't roll out until the TVs are charged. As a result, there are not many details at the moment.
There's also an always-on standby mode that turns the screen when the TV is off into a digital painting for artwork.