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LG 55EA9800 - 55" OLED Smart TV with Cinema 3D

  The best picture I''ve ever seen! By RRM998 on March 30, 2014 Review submitted for LG 55EA9800 - 55" OLED Smart TV with Cinema 3D (LG55EA9800) Pros: - Perfect blacks - Designed like a piece of art - No limit to viewing angles - 2 3D glasses and 2 3D clip-ons (great for people with glasses) - Perfectly calibrated in the factory - Curve doesn't affect the viewing experience - Good sound on the internal speakers - Good customer service and great price from Beach Camera Cons: - I'm not a fan of the "mouse" style remote control - Need to use onscreen menu to control other devices - Can't be wall mounted (if that's important to you) - Very expensive - On some broadcast shows, the picture doesn't look at much better than LCD. Blu-ray and shows with dark/moody lighting look much better, however. Other Comments: The Look The physical design of this set is a thing to behold. I’ve seen it at stores and at CES in Las Vegas but it was always displayed next to a wall or another TV. I put it on a table that (for the moment anyway) is in the middle of the room. Everyone who has visited is amazed at both the curved design and how very thin the screen is. I had a washing machine repairman at the house last week and he stopped mid-room and asked “Sir, can I look at your TV?” Of course I said yes. I eat that sort of feedback up like candy. The back is very clean and has the “classic” carbon fiber pattern to it. The very narrow bezel means that it takes only 4 inches more horizontal space than the 46” LCD it replaced. The set can’t be wall mounted and the clear “ribbon” stand can’t be removed. The Sound I wasn’t planning on getting much sound from the see-through speakers in the stand but I was pleasantly surprised. Half volume was plenty loud for normal viewing. For a set of this level, I’d suggest a full home theater surround sound set up, of course. You wouldn’t want to do a sound bar on this set – it wouldn’t look good next to the clear stand. The Picture What can I say? This is the best picture of any TV I’ve ever owned. Black is the absence of light and that provides infinite contrast. The set is pre-calibrated at the factory. The THX mode is perfect in every respect – at least as much as the calibration equipment that I have can determine. You can’t adjust THX mode. ISF Expert modes 1 and 2 are also calibrated but you can adjust those if you feel the need. I’m not going to post settings as I didn’t need to make any changes. One thing. Some programming will look much better on an OLED than on a LCD set – most Blu-ray movies, TV shows that have a lot of dark backgrounds and moody lighting. But shows that are very bright – sports, talk shows, and scripted shows that are filmed with limited contrast—won’t look that much different. I see no changes in picture quality regardless of viewing angle. You can stand facing the end of the set and the parts you can still see (mostly the opposite curved part) still looks great. The curved design really isn’t noticeable when sitting in front of the set. I forgot about that aspect of the design almost immediately. The Remote The remote control I’m less happy with. It’s a virtual mouse device. You wave it in front of the TV to move a cursor around. Unfortunately the remote goes into sleep mode very quickly and I have to shake it to wake it up. You can control other devices but that’s done through an onscreen menu. So stopping a movie playing on Blu-ray means clicking the menu button, shaking the remote awake, move the cursor to the stop button on screen, and clicking. I’m sticking with my universal remote. The LG remote is RF but the TV still listens for IR signals too. However, there’s no way to learn commands with a universal remote beyond the default codes built in. The Delivery A common carrier delivered the set. If you’ve not worked with a common carrier before, it’s not as straight forward an experience as with Fedex or UPS. I ordered it on a Monday and the delivery took place 8 days later. The set is shipped in both a cardboard box and a wooden crate. The driver didn’t have tools to open the crate. So I had to do that. 15 1.5 inch screws later, we had the box out of the crate. The box itself is very simple. There are no packing materials on the screen part of the set. It’s all supported from the bottom. If this set was put on it’s side at any point during shipping, I think a lot of damage would occur to the flexible screen. The Vendor I ordered from Beach Camera (via Amazon). They were cheaper than Amazon at the time and there’s no sales tax. Amazon charges sales tax in Texas. This is the second time I’ve purchased a large TV from Beach and I highly recommend them. Yes, I recommend this product Was this review helpful?     |     Report this review
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