Top product – The LG 65C2 TV at €1,839.00

LG’s C series is evolving in small steps, but 2022 is a good year since the LG 65C2 gains a new Oled Evo panel, a slightly more powerful processor, microphones integrated into the TV and Always Ready functionality. What further improve one of the references of the television market.

The LG 65C2 remains one of the benchmarks in 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 65C2 television is a model of versatility that is suitable for everyone: from movie buffs to video game enthusiasts to 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.

Alternatively

In terms of picture quality, the Panasonic 55JZ2000 TV — 55-inch (140cm) version of the Panasonic TX-65JZ2000 we tested — (and its cousin the JZ1500) simply has no competition on the market. It delivers a perfectly calibrated image and a much higher brightness peak than other OLED televisions, which allows it to display near-perfect HDR dynamics. With HDMI 2.1 compatibility, the JZ2000 is now ready for the future and blends perfectly with new game consoles. One could simply blame it for its lack of apps and features (AirPlay), but that’s a lesser evil. as it is efficient in terms of audio and video rendering.