I tried a super-bright 83-inch OLED TV and now projectors are ruined for me
Me, like many of you, I am sure, I like nothing more than to curl up on the sofa to watch a film. Perhaps unlike you, however, I also have an unshakable need to watch said movies on a huge television – ideally something from our guide to the best televisions – and with a full surround sound system to get the best side. Why do things to halves?
Until recently, I “did” with a 77 -inch LG G4 OLED. It is a phenomenal screen that made me fall in love with my film collection again. But after a while, he started to appear small. I needed something bigger. Something better.
To get a huge screen experience at home without spending the equivalent of a house depot, a projector is your best bet – it may be the closest that we can get from a “authentic” home cinema.
I recently wrote our Hisense C2 Ultra Review and I found it exceptional with regard to color reproduction, sound and, perhaps above all, the size, because I was able to project an image more than 80 inches on my wall. If I had installed it in my main room with my Home Sonos theater system, I could have easily asked myself the question: “Have I reached advanced house cinema?”
The answer, as it turned out, was no. This is because I recently made delivery of an 83 -inch LG G5, one of the best OLED televisions can currently buy. Thanks to its size (I think I could always adapt the 97 -inch model in my vision space), combined with its new super shiny RGB tandem panel “ stack ”, the G5 has completely ruined the spotlight for me.
Large screen, greater brightness
Having previously possessed the G4 OLED released in 2024, I did not know how LG could improve what I thought was the best screen I have ever seen personally. But when I heard the rumors that the South Korean company had produced a new type of OLED panel, including blue, red and green layers to create light, and causing a much higher brightness, my boy, was my stung interest.
As the measures of our Revue LG G5 prove, it is the brightest OLED that we have ever tested, measuring 2,268 nits on a 10% HDR window in filmmaker mode. We tested the 83 inch version of the Samsung S95F, which shares the same panel as the LG model, and recorded a slightly higher reading of 2,388 nits. However, this measure was taken during a Samsung event rather than in our own test facilities.
This means in the real world, it is that the LG G5 is very skilful to display HDR content, and it gives television shows and films a much more important feeling of depth, because it is able to better distinguish the clear and dark areas of an image. My colleague James Davidson previously wrote a deep dive explaining how the G5 manages various content. Black and white films such as Oppenheimer through breathtaking color movies like ElementaryAnd I could not agree more when he says it is “a really picturesque television”.
Normally, the brightness is turned towards the maximum setting of 100, but there were times, especially when my room is particularly dark, that I had to refuse it. Leaving it to 100 can sometimes be the retina!
The projector’s brightness is measured in lumens, so it is more difficult to compare. It is claimed to obtain an approximate equivalent, you can multiply the number of nit by 3.426 to obtain the brightness in Lumens. In the case of the LG G5, taking the window by 10% of 2,268, this would mean that a projector should measure 7,770 lumens to be comparable.
Although the spotlights exist which can reach or exceed this figure, they are generally reserved for large events of events and are not intended for domestic use. Consequently, a domestic projector simply cannot correspond to the capacities of the LG G5, making the TV a much better option for moviegoers like me.
Defense against reflections
Another area where the LG G5 light panel beat the spotlights is treated with ambient light. This one might not come as that A big surprise, but it is worth noted when you decide how to follow your main room for the ultimate viewing experience.
Your opinion on screen reflections may differ from mine. You may want to ban them entirely, or you may agree with the strange reflection on the screen if the overall quality of the image compensates it. I am in this last camp and I find the brightness combination of the LG G5 – which does a good job most often to fight against reflections – an anti -reflexive coating and a global image quality to be more than satisfactory.
I will in no case say that there are no reflections on the G5 screen, because there are, they do not bother me much.
If you need to completely banish reflections, a television such as the Samsung S95F will be more to your liking. He uses a screen without second generation gaze to dispel light reflections through the screen in a mist effect.
James Davidson has also compared the anti -reflective capabilities of the Samsung S95F and LG G5 side by side, so you can more easily determine exactly how the two screens are against the annoying ambient light.
In my opinion, the way the Samsung TV deals with light results in too much of your gray on the screen. I cannot deny that it does a better job overall with the reflections, because I have never been able to see myself on the screen – something that can happen with the LG.
Most often, however, I do not watch television in a super shiny room (I often find it surprising that many people watch television with all the ceilings on, to be honest). Of course, there is light that comes through the outdoor windows during the day, but when the day turns into twilight, then in the night, I have some smart lights lit around my room, and generally they are settled on minimal brightness. In these cases, Samsung’s without gaze technology becomes redundant, and in my mind, it allows the LG G5 to really shine.
With a projector, you will fight a little in daylight, even if I found that the Hisense C2 Ultra has done a decent job to fight against ambient light during my review. At night, the situation improves naturally, but the fact remains that it still cannot correspond to the super-brilliant levels of the LG G5.
A stronger connection
The last reason why the LG G5 – and any television elsewhere – beats a projector for the visualization of domestic cinema is the fact that it allows a clearer solution when connecting external devices.
My soundbar is located under the TV with the HDMI connection cable covering the TV stand to the EARC port. Everything is hidden well and well, and other external devices are hidden in the unit on which the TV is located.
If I wanted to install a projector – say, behind my sofa and my vision post – I should run a long HDMI cable on my floor to reach the sound bar. No, thank you.
However, this only applies to certain projector styles-that is to say long-term projectors.
I have already tested the XGIMI projector will have 2 ultra-short Throw (UST) and I was quite surprised by the way it worked. An UST projector could sit on my same television unit and project an image just as large (or more) on the wall. But he needs dark lighting conditions to really come to life, and he uses the lower Android TV operating system, which did not give me access to certain streaming applications. LG’s webos 25 operating system, meanwhile, is practically impeccable in my opinion – I am not such a fan of the new magic remote control.
I admitted that the audio performance of the aura 2 were much more impressive than expected, offering a powerful sound and rich in detail with an effective object placement. For an authentic surround sound, it can be connected to an external system, which, I imagine, would be a solution as well stored and what a television provides.
With projectors such as the Ultra C2 hoissense, I would probably have installed it on my coffee table in the center of the room. Although it can project a large image at a short distance, my unit would have been Also Close so that it works at its full potential. But then, where would I place my bottle of wine at night? It is not a compromise that I am ready to do. The television remains!
Peak cinema
Since the possession of the LG G5, I have been more excited than ever to watch a wide variety of movies and television shows. I even invested in a Blu-ray Sony UBP-X700 4K player and I started to build my collection of records to fully enjoy the technological magic of the screen.
For me, I hit Peak Cinema … at least until the LG G6 arrives.
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