LG 65EG9600 4K OLED HDTV Review
EG9600 Ultra HD 3D Curved Smart OLED TV
Want the best TV technology available? And you want it now? – packaged in a large 65″ screen. Then you owe it to yourself to check out LG’s EG9600.
Want the best TV technology available? And you want it now? – packaged in a large 65″ screen. Then you owe it to yourself to check out LG’s EG9600.
LG 65EC9700
OLED TVs have been hovering just under the public radar as far as consumer mass awareness is concerned. Walk into your local big box store and you’ll notice only a few OLED TVs on display. And as recent as late last year and the beginning of 2015, these displays were of the 1080p variety only.
As 4K TVs continue to gain momentum in the consumer electronics market, manufacturers are now providing a host of new models this year, in addition to much lower price tags compared to when this technology first hit the market. This has made 4K TVs more appealing than ever for consumers on the hunt for a new HDTV.
LG’s flagship line of 4K UHD TVs for 2015 is the UF9500 Series and is available in 55, 65 and 79-inch screen sizes. So, does LG’s latest flagship model live up to its premium echelon status? Read on to find out…
LG’s UF7700 Series is part of their standard (non-premium) 4K UHD 2015 TV lineup, which also consists of the UF8500 and UF7600 Series and is offered in screen sizes from 43 to 79 inches. The UF7700 Series is available in 60″, 65″ and 70″ screen sizes. There is a 79″ model which is currently unavailable.
In a recent review of LG’s 60” UB8200 4K Ultra HD LED display, I revealed just how affordable a quality large screen UHD TV has become, while still delivering excellent performance, and with very few compromises in picture quality.
4K TVs have been on the market for a few years now. However, many potential buyers have been unable to obtain a 4K display due to their higher price tags when compared to their 1080p counterparts. As the 2014 model year begins to wind down, prices of 4K TV’s have also been coming down. And as we start the New Year (2015), pricing will continue to fall.
HDTV’s are one of the best selling consumer electronic products on the market. And with the recent introduction of 4K Ultra HD displays, this trend will continue for the foreseeable future.
Since their arrival in the US in the summer of 2013, OLED based HDTV’s have made a big splash in the television market. LG’s 55EA9800 was the predecessor to this year’s current model and received critical acclaim from reviewers, industry experts and enthusiasts as having some of the best TV images ever displayed. See my review of the EA9800 here.
Fast forward to 2014 and LG’s second-generation line-up of OLED HDTV’s featuring the 65EC9700 and the 55EC9300, which continue with the superb performance standard set by last year’s model. More on performance later.
Plasma TVs still deliver some of the best images of any current TV technology available. I’m personally still a big fan of plasma displays and have come to appreciate the very accurate and natural images they produce.
As many of you already know, plasma TVs will soon be a thing of the past with manufacturers discontinuing production on this great technology. Panasonic stopped production earlier this year. Samsung recently announced they will stop production later this year.
This will leave LG as the sole manufacturer of this technology. However, there is talk in the industry that LG will soon follow and end plasma production.
So in the meantime, these displays are still readily available. One of these is LG’s 60PB6900 and is the topic of this review.