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 that 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 system’s responsiveness while increasing functionality. 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.
Strong points
- Image quality.
- Excellent colorimetry in HDR and SDR.
- Rising peak of luminosity.
- Filmmaker mode.
- Infinite contrast.
- Viewing angles.
- Always performing α9 processor.
- Very effective motion compensation system.
- Responsiveness of Oled technology, excellent display delay.
- HDMI 2.1 compatibility (VRR, ALLM, eARC), FreeSync and 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.
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Alternatively
The Samsung Neo Qled QE65QN95A is an excellent LCD TV. The use of a Mini-Led backlighting system makes it possible to obtain a very high peak in luminosity without causing an explosion in consumption and while limiting the effect of blooming (bright halo around bright objects). The icing on the cake, the image quality is simply perfect. If we add to that the new remote control with its small solar panel and the One Connect box, it’s almost faultless for this first Samsung Ultra HD Mini-Led TV.