Top quality / price – The LG 55C2 TV at € 1,240.00

LG’s C series is evolving in small steps, but 2022 is a good year since the LG 55C2 – 55-inch (140 cm) version of the LG 65C2 that we tested – gains a new Oled Evo panel, a slightly more powerful processor, microphones built into the TV and Always Ready functionality. What further improve one of the references of the television market.

The LG 55C2 — 55-inch (140 cm) version of the LG 65C2 we tested — remains one of the benchmarks on the television market, offering a perfectly calibrated image and a very high quality HDR experience. LG even offers itself the luxury of reducing the consumption of its Oled TV and improving the responsiveness of the system while increasing the functionalities. On the video processing side, LG no longer has much to prove, both in terms of upscaling and motion compensation. If we add to this an undisguised ease in video games, the LG 55C2 television is a model of versatility that is suitable for everyone: from movie buffs to video game enthusiasts through sports or documentary enthusiasts. It’s hard to be disappointed with the LG C2.

Points forts

• Image quality.
• Excellent colorimetry in HDR and SDR.
• Rising peak of luminosity.
• Fashion Filmmaker.
• Infinite contrast.
• Viewing angles.
• Always performing α9 processor.
• Very effective motion compensation system.
• Responsiveness of Oled technology, excellent display delay.
• Compatibilité HDMI 2.1 (VRR, ALLM, eARC), FreeSync et G-Sync.
• Limited energy consumption.

Weak points

• Remote not backlit.
• Brightness peak in HDR mode still lower than that of the best LCD TVs.
• High consumption of Gallery mode.
• Disappearance of the headphone output.

An alternative

Already seen on the Sony A95K, QD-Oled technology confirms that it will now have to be taken seriously on the television market. The Samsung QE65S95B is a great TV across the board. It is suitable for both movie buffs and video game enthusiasts. Thanks to a high peak of brightness and deep blacks, the image produced particularly enhances HDR content. We just hope that the slowness of Tizen will be corrected in the next updates.