The LG G3 OLED TV is right here, bringing one other dose of brightness-boosting excellence to the OLED TV market.
We acquired our first take a look at the brand new G Collection OLED on the showroom flooring at CES 2023, alongside the remainder of LG’s 2023 OLED vary, which incorporates the LG C3, LG B3, LG Z3, and the new wi-fi M3.
The G Collection mannequin is understood for being the brightest of LG’s 4K OLED vary, and this 12 months isn’t any completely different. New Gentle Management Structure {hardware} mixed with LG’s present Brightness Booster Max expertise purportedly makes it even brighter than final 12 months’s OLED Evo panels, with 70% extra brightness over extra the extra primary OLED display screen within the LG B3, that means the G3 is probably going the very best residence theater display screen in LG’s new vary.
If you’d like the complete lowdown on the LG G3 OLED, together with its probably worth, anticipated launch date, and all of the options packed into this premium display screen, you’re in the fitting place.
LG G3 OLED: Worth and launch date
The LG G3 OLED will probably are available the identical sizes as final 12 months’s LG G2, from a regular 55-inch to a whopping 83-inch. There’s no speak of a alternative for the 97-inch G2, although final 12 months’s mannequin continues to be obtainable must you want a super-size display screen.
We count on the LG G3 to launch round March/April and price roughly the identical because the G2’s launch costs, which we’ve listed under:
- 55-inch: $2,199 / £2,399 (round AU$3,200)
- 65-inch: $3,199 / £3,299 (round AU$4,700)
- 77-inch: $4,199 / £4,499 (round AU$6,100)
- 83-inch: $6,499 / £6,499 (round AU$9,300)
LG G3: Design and options – what’s new?
The LG G3 OLED has all of the premium options you’d count on from an LG OLED after which some.
This TV was made to be wall-mounted, to begin; whereas LG has ditched the ‘Gallery Collection’ naming conference from final 12 months’s mannequin, that is nonetheless a display screen designed to be displayed proudly, like a portray within the Louvre.
The G3 incorporates a stunningly slim bezel and a ‘zero hole’ design that helps the TV sit flush in opposition to the wall when wall mounted (it comes with a particular wall mount). The display screen’s casing is made from a light-weight composite fiber to cut back its weight over earlier years. The G3 doesn’t ship with a devoted TV stand, although LG sells toes or a flooring stand if need your TV to face by itself.
The principle speaking level of the G3 is its brightness. LG historically debuts new light-enhancing tech in its pricier G Collection fashions earlier than bringing these options to lesser fashions, and it’s no completely different this 12 months.
Whereas the step-down LG C3 makes use of OLED Evo expertise, solely the G3 makes use of LG’s Brightness Booster Max expertise, which LG says “incorporates brand-new gentle management structure and light-boosting algorithms to extend brightness by as much as 70 per cent. Brightness is mapped and managed on a pixel-by-pixel foundation, leading to sharper, extra lifelike photographs.”
That 70% determine is in comparison with conventional OLED as used within the LG B3 – the screens LG was placing in flagship TVs about 3 years in the past – so it’s not fairly as drastic because it sounds. However given OLED’s notoriously restricted brightness, any floor gained on this entrance is welcomed.
The G3 makes use of a brand new sixth-gen Alpha a9 AI processor, which ought to run largely the identical as earlier fashions, with a number of upgrades to LG’s AI Image Professional and AI Sound Professional modes, which tweak audio-visual output relying on the content material you’re watching. The previous gives “improved upscaling” and object detection, whereas the latter imitates a “digital 9.1.2 encompass sound” on the TV’s 3.1.2 channel audio system.
You’ll get 4 HDMI 2.1 ports, with one port supporting eARC for helpful two-way communication with a linked soundbar. There’s additionally the same old sub-10ms enter lag, devoted recreation modes, VRR assist, and premium Dolby Imaginative and prescient / Dolby Atmos modes for the true cinephiles on the market – alongside an upgraded webOS platform geared round customized person profiles, and a Fast Media Switching function that jumps extra seamlessly between content material sources.
The G3 and Z3 fashions include a built-in ATSC 3.0 tuner to satisfy the newest sign customary in TV broadcasts within the US – and also you gained’t discover this within the cheaper C3 / B3 fashions.
LG G3 OLED: What we expect to date
Like its predecessors earlier than it, the LG G3 OLED is the sensible purchase for cinephiles who need market-leading image high quality. The G3’s OLED panel makes use of the newest brightness-boosting expertise for startlingly vibrant highlights and vivid colour output, and it is tailored for a flush, wall-mounted place.
The LG G3 OLED is not a big improve from TVs that got here earlier than it, however even small progress is sweet. LG’s OLED vary is already an distinctive fleet of televisions, with breathlessly good image high quality, loads of high-tech specs, and options to flatter players, movie buffs, and informal watchers alike. At the same time as LG experiments with wi-fi screens and clear TVs, it’s clear that the majority customers are after a TV that does the primary job exceptionally properly – and the G3 matches the temporary, with a dose of luxurious design. We totally count on it to be probably the greatest TVs on the planet this 12 months.