LG G4 OLED Review: LG Is Back With A Vengeance 

Ads included in the app of a tv should be illegal

God I love watching these videos about TV's I want and cannot afford!

Another great review. Well done RTINGS!

Just bought the 77G4 and next to my S95B and X95K, there is a very clear upgrade in picture quality. Never was an LG fan, but this is in my opinion the best oled out there and will probably stay that way for some time. Important in my opinion is to set color always to original instead of automatic. Automatic doesn’t give you the full impact in color. And yes, brightness does matter a lot for HDR impact. If you buy a tv, buy this. This tv is a true technical pinnacle.

Hi Abby, possibly my next TV to buy this year.😊i will wait until Black Friday and the holiday season.😊

Thanks Abby/rtings. Looking forward to the mini LED reviews landing for the new sets, hopefully soon

Ordered one of these to replace my CX. Can't wait.

RTINGS needs to test brightness of mid-grey at all window sizes as well as fully white, and I suppose to be thorough you need to test peak white window sizes with a mid-gray background. In every hands-on comparison the G4 is significantly brighter than any other OLED or QD-OLED in pictures with a high average brightness across the whole frame (e.g. daytime landscape), if you only measure peak white you don't know how much the display is dimming all the content around the highlights.

the black screen happened to my C4 as well, thought i broke the tv but just had to unplug from the wall and it was fine afterwards.

Great review as usual! Almost perfect set except for the outdated remote and the removal of the ATSC 3.0 tuner which is totally lame.

Just bought mine yesterday 😊

How's the image processing compared to the G3?

splendid review

Thanks, Abby and everyone at RTINGS for this video review. I read your website review of this LG G4 TV and was eagerly waiting for this video companion. I've been using my Sony 46W4100 since 2008 and it is still going strong. But I really want to upgrade to a 4K TV that is great for using my PS5 as well as 4K UHD Blu Ray films. This LG G4 seems like a great set to do justice to both physical media movies, games, as well as content off cable and streaming. The only question I have is, does anyone know the street date these G4 TVs will be released here in Canada? I have been looking on Best Buy Canada, The Brick, and on Visions Electronics, waiting for these TVs to be available. So far, no luck. Do you have any information of a street date of these LG G4s to start being available in retail stores? Thanks again for the great reviews. You're my first source of TV and electronic reviews.

Thanks for the link ; but what do you mean it's not as colorfull as qd-oled ?

Great video! I can't seem to find this in the UK. Is it branded differently there? Does anyone know please or can they share a link 🙏🏽

Please do some high-scrutiny tests for panel issues, particularly things like DSE and the pink-green alternating discoloration, which I have had on THREE new 55" C2 panels. I suspect it is a defect of that panel's manufacturing process as it appears to possibly be a polarising or anti-glare layer issue, possibly due to uneven lamination during fabrication. This is speculation on my part but it seems plausible, as the fundamental colour reproduction of the pixels across the colour gamut is still ok. It looks like the identical visual artifact I can reproduce on my Sony smartphone's OLED panel, if I hold it significantly off-axis to sunlight and at a diagonal relative to viewing. However the phone screen becomes fine again when viewed head-on. By contrast, the C2's panel however exhibits distinct horizontal banding across the full width, in the bottom half of the panel, regardless of being on-axis or off-axis. The visual symptom is that the underlying pixel colour response is fine, but there's an overlay of discolored red/pink and green banding. Some people have it on corners of their panels, some people have it in the middle of panels (like my first two Poland-made panels), some people have it on the top or bottom of panels. My third unit has it horizontally on the bottom 40% of the vertical area. I sit in the 'perfect' viewing position and distance and it's still very obvious on greyscales, whites and flat colours. I had to return two units before I got one which was tolerable.

Hi! When you talk about the color volume/luminance vs. QD-OLEDs - to bridge the gap between numerical data and practice, what really should (IMO) be the focus is how much of the content that people usually watch will take advantage of the headroom that QD-OLED has. My understanding is that nearly all content that we watch in daily life resides almost entirely within WOLEDs' capabilities, which renders the QD-OLEDs' advantage an academic curiosity, or perhaps something that Vivid mode users will enjoy. I'm saying this as a tech enthusiast who binged TV reviews for months and got an LG G2 -equivalent OLED - only to spend most of my time watching anime on it. Every couple months I will put on an HDR video on the RU-vid app and be reminded of the TV's real capabilities. I really am left wondering if I'd been better off saving the money and just buying an LCD TV due to the content I watch.

you guys are the best, the notebookcheck of tvs

Just ordered a g4. Should I watch streaming app through the native tv apps or an Apple TV? Will I lose some of the a11 processing if I use Apple TV apps? Also any recommendations for a different remote than the magic remote that comes with it?

Hats down for the patriarchs of display testing! Splendid video as always. Considering everything you just said about g4 what percentage of price difference would justify getting same size g4 instead of g3? P. S. Right now I have 1400 eur g3 but g4 is like 3000 eur atm. Would a price of let's say 2k on Black Friday be good deal to upgrade to g4?

My C1 recently started doing the switch off thing you mentioned with changes of refresh rates - but mine just does it when connected with the Nvidia shield, I have to plug the power cable.. has done it 3/4 times now.. so annoying.

Very nice review dear Abby

Can you purchase the stand for the 83” G4?

Hi, Do we turn down color temperature to Warm 50 for any HDR PS5 gaming for accurate color? Or is it fine to just leave it as zero out of box for G4?

Excellent review!

You guys always do the best reviews. I really hesitate between the G4 and A95L for movies, both of them are amazing but who has more detailed, clearest image ? And when I say clear, not talking of brightness more about seeing contrast, shadow details etc… in all situation. Thanks

How does burn in on this compared to the A95L?

Didn't they have the same problem last year switching out of game mode?

I'm cool with the LG C3 I just bought..panel uniformity on my unit is damn near perfect

i wish your reviews included black crush without calibration

I bought it couple days ago after I sold my kidneys and liver, it was worth it .. I try to find any flaws but didn’t find anything. One of my best purchase !!!!!

Is the LAN port 100mbps or have they gone for gbe or even 2.5gbe?

Why cite Rec 2020 colour performance if no such content exists...? 🤔

Do you also check VRR flickering for TVs? I see no mention in the review

I did the new WebOs update for my B3 and now I have to unplug it from the wall at least once a week due to it locking up or black screening. It's not just the G4.

I really want to see this vs the bravia 9

Glad they added oled to the phone but i think the screen size might be hard to pocket.

Do you know if the Ethernet LAN port is finally 1Gbps or still 100Mbps as on previous models?

We just got one and it has a very quirky issue with sound quality and output to a soundbar. You really have to crank it up and then it distorts. Oh, did I mention that is if there’s sound at all. That takes going into the menu, and then it recognizes that it should output signals. Not thrilled. Still trying some kind of workaround while I await LG’s response. 🤨

Every newer and better model OLED TV makes me want to buy one. But then I have to remind myself tech is only going to get better and better. Maybe after a few more years if my C2 shows any need for replacement.

Disappointing they removed ATSC 3.0 on the G4. Seems puzzling on a high end set.

Great job Abby!

As others have said, many of us g4 owners are suffering from hdmi problems, specifically for me when I switch from any onboard streaming app (It seems after watching for 10 or so minutes rather than instantly changing) to hdmi 2 the screen goes liney/fuzzy. After unplugging the tv, the issue resolves. Is there any chance you guys could test this out for us? Lg may actually investigate the issue properly if they hear from someone like rtings. Thanks.

We are waiting for the comparison video of LG G4 and S90D❤️

I'll stay on my cx for a while longer

How come you put doly vision as a positive for sony. We all know they can't or won't fix it at this point.

Im still good with my c3 on gaming!

Ads in the menu? That's a no-go.

I'm surprised a response time of 2.3 ms is considered fast, when CRT and plasmas had 0.002 ms black to white response time. 🤔

I am in love with my C3 65 inches and it nearly blinds me with full brightness so more nits don't matter to me

The tv stuck in game mode is disappointing and gives me ptsd. I have a 77g2 and its thr opporsite when gaming on xbox series x, it says its in game mode but it deffintly isnt very noticble input lagg and incosisyant picture qualit changing inputs.

My next OLED...the great 83" G4 with MLA panel 😍👌 It's time to kick out my beloved and trusted 77" Sony AG9! 😎👊

I want to use this as my pc monitor but I am unsure if 55 inch would be too big as a monitor

Lots of great stuff but I think a lot of buyers realize we should have hoped to see this in the C range by now instead of that range stalling out for so many years. It's a trickle down world.

Got my 83 g4 the other day. Let's goo

Is the mount also compatible with the 77" and larger G4?

USB 2.0 or 3.x? Lan with 1000Mbps?

Does the 83 inch come with an stand? Or only wall mount?

Will there be a review on the C4 as well?

The Princess of Pixels graces us once again.

Abbey how is it going with the big tv test ?

Is it worth selling my c2 65 inch and buy lg g4 77 inch/83inch on black friday? Or keep the c2 some few years more, when the technology is better. Or at the difference in picture Quality from c2 to g4 that HUGE? ☺️

You absolutely will notice the sample and hold blur. I wish you wouldn't downplay it so much. Does BFI pulse at both 60hz and 120hz on this model to address that?

Most of us don't upgrade our TV every year, so a comparison between the G4 and older OLED models would be very helpful. I'm using an LG B7 and I'm just now considering an upgrade, but these videos don't help very much unfortunately.

Missed one of the pro's also being its available in larger models other than 77inches like the 83inch. I'd say that's certainly a pro.

TV & Hair on point. Still going with A95L or Bravia 9.

Blooper reference…’4K at Fun’ is my new band name :-)

How expensive would this TV be without all the ads?!?! That's crazy. ... And... Thanks for reminding us that most (?) modern TVs suck when input is 480i/p 4:3.

I always wondered what’s the numpad for on the remote?

I’ve had one of the G4s for a couple of weeks. Its image is fantastic, but the day before yesterday the audio randomly began cutting out intermittently from any HDMI source. It looks fantastic, but this is such an odd problem it concerns me regarding the G4 in general. I really love the display, but I’m almost afraid to replace the tv for another G4.

Man I’d totally pay a premium for this MLA panel tech to come to monitors.

I’m looking for a new tv. I don’t game. I do watch sport mainly football (soccer) and I watch blu ray and dvds. I also use a satellite box to watch tv and stream Netflix, Amazon Prime and RU-vid as well as HD and UHD content. Any recommendations ? I want a 65 inch and am in the UK. Price up to 3,000 pounds Sterling not a problem.

I really need to confirm a 77 LG G4 "stand" before my purchase. Rumors that LG WILL have a stand for 77-inch G4 very soon.

Can you do a video comparing LG G4, Sony A95L and Samsung S95D please?

HI! LG G4 is better than Sony´s A95K? I am a user who mainly uses television to watch 4k blu ray movies with a Panasonic DP-UB820-K so I am looking for the best image quality for cinema, I also play some video games.

What's the contrast ratio in a not dark room for lifted blacks compared to qd oleds? And which tv in day light veiwing has more 3d pop in sdr and hdr? Day light comparisons should include bravia 9 mini led and lcd especially for sdr comparison. A lot of content is sdr and hdr is streamed low bit rate so having a good processor is important but so is the panel with contrast ratio being a factor. So overall brightness in a 100% window adds to contrast ratio and lifted blacks diminish them as well. Also a lot of content do not have pure black in their content so the benefit of pure blacks of oled is quite limited for regular content. So in that case bright room viewing and measuring contrast in a bright room makes more sense as a comparison.

I really wish this came is 48 inch. It would be perfect for a PC monitor.

So it's better this or the S95d Samsung?

no 3.5mm headphones jack

I missed one connection box

Nice ! ❤ TV not bad either ... 😁

No reason to upgrade c1 still amazing

Still satisfied with my G3. Next saving up for sony qd oled.

Does the g4 come with stand or only wall mount

Where in 2008 did they get that stand design from?

VRR flickering test ??

Does 77 inch come with stand?

Why do you pronounce RTINGS as "ratings"? It's clearly "arrtings".

I wish they'd make a 42 inch model...

why do u have to turn off so much stuff just to get the tv to perform right in gaming over and over

Should I upgrade my C1 to get 24 more frames?

LG should get some points for the fact that they let us to disable Home Promotion‚ Content Recommendation and Screen Saver Promotion. Others don't do that.

LG kickin ass

What about motion reduction technology though? The C1 has the legendary OLED Motion Pro setting, does the C4 has something similar?

Why would anybody want the stand over the flat wall mount? Then just get the C version.

Confused on buying this or a QD OLED Samsung

LG G4 or Sony Bravia 9?

8:59 nice joke. You absolutely notice lmao. This is why they offer BFI to clear the blur out.

The reflection handling is surprisingly good on G4. My living room gets very bright during day time and that was my main concern when I placed my order, so much so that I was really considering Samsung S95D at some point for the matte finish. I rolled with G4 and I'm happy to report that it does a fantastic job at tuning out the reflections when sitting at proper viewing angles. Much better than the smudge of light you’d get with a matte finish.