LGOLED evo C3 42" 4K Smart TV, 2023

Ordered this as my first OLED TV, moving on from a long line of Samsung LED TVs.Review: 42" unitIntended use is for gaming on XBOX Series X, XBOX 360 and OG XBOX. I cannot rate the smart features as I do not use it for regular TV viewing.Build quality is excellent, and the unit is very light and easy to install by yourself. I ordered the 42" unit which comes with legs on each end rather than a central stand - keep this in mind if you are placing it on a sideboard, unit or media unit. If the legs are too far apart for your unit, you will need to get a VESA stand to mount it on.The TV comes with the usual array of settings and options to allow you to set it up as you need and to calibrate as required for your source. The Game Optimiser settings available allow you to disable any unnecessary image processing so that the unit will have as little input lag or image degradation as possible. Included lag countermeasures in the GO settings also mean that input lag can be as little as 1ms, which is insane.As with all modern TVs, HDR needs to be turned on for each input source, and each HDMI input can have all the non-global image settings independently from the others, to allow for different types of input source. Each input is also full HDMI 2.1 meaning 4K/120 is supported and available on all four inputs if needed.The TV supports the full range of current gaming options: up to 4K, HDR, Variable Rate Refresh (VRR) through Freesync and G-Sync, ALLM, eARC, 120hZ refresh rate, Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. Also available is an optical audio out if your surround system or sound bar has that input.Picture quality is fantastic - compared to my previous LED screen, bright sources are VERY bright and now actually give off light around the room, rather than just "looking" bright. Blacks are ridiculously deep. Colours are much more vibrant and colour transitions are less banded. Now, metallic objects in game can really show off their specular highlights. Looking at the bright star on the Starfield title screen is now actually slightly uncomfortable as it is SO bright. The VRR means that games with unstable frame rates that were herky-jerky and choppy on my old Samsung LED TV now seem and feel much improved, smoother and less jarring. 30FPS-locked games are now much more tolerable. The VRR also helps reduce or remove ghosting and motion artifacting on fast-moving objects that is common on non-VRR screens, because any uneven or poor frame timing from the game can be ameliorated.The game options are excellent also, giving you much flexibility as to how exactly you want to set them up. Both VRR systems can be active at the same time. The anti-lag settings (for input lag) are optional and when at maximum will reduce any lag down to a millisecond. There is also the option to adjust the audio delay, should your video and audio appear out of synch with each other. However, the usefulness of this is not clear, as this can only be increased from zero, so if audio is already slightly lagged and follows a few ms after the video when the delay is set to zero then this cannot brought forward - you can only delay it further. I assume it would only be useful if the audio plays AHEAD of the action on-screen, but that seems unlikely. This may perhaps be more useful for TV or video content and not relevant to gaming.I cannot comment on the on-board speakers and audio as I use a surround system. I can confirm that the optical TOSLINK output works perfectly with my 20-year old optical-in Creative Inspire 5.1 system and sounds fantastic. With audio out set to 5.1 Dolby Digital I cannot hear any quality degradation or artifacting being added into the optical out feed.Also built in is a pixel cleaning option to allow you to keep your screen healthy, and to ward off any burn-in. It also offers a random pixel shift option that runs in the background at all times to keep burn-in risk at bay.I am also totally fascinated by the mouse ball on the remote control. And it's the first time I have had a remote control with motion sensing. the OS and menus are adequate, but you will get the usual "where the hell is that option" frustration until you get familiar with it as some of the layout is a bit shonky.Also provided are three USB ports and an aerial in RF socket. No compound, component or SCART inputs are available, so you will require an adapter for older consoles or devices to convert their output cables to HDMI. eARC is provided but only on the HDMI 2 input.Overall, if you are looking for a great gaming TV (or, with the 42" screen, a desktop OLED monitor for PC gaming or anything else) then this is a fantastic option at the lower price range to get access to full, modern 4K/120fps VRR gaming. The fact that all four inputs are full 4K/120 HDMI 2.1 is fantastic. You could save a little more by going for the older C2 model, but that does not offer such powerful input-lag reduction and from what I have read is not as colourful as bright as the 2023 C3).

Only had the unit for a few days So I will give a more detailed review later. At the moment the picture quality is excellent. Sound from the T.V. is good but I will use my sound bar. (why have a sound bar if you don't use it) I could certainly live with the T.V. sound. Will have to keep experimenting. No instruction manual for the T.V. or the magic remote. So had to spend hours on Youtube and the internet and there is still a lot that is confusing. Some people say that there isn't a headphone jack on this set but there is, although if you look on the Amazon page it shows all the other connections, but of this there is no mention. I found it by accident.

Bought after some research to replace a very ordinary 32" Smart TV.What a difference! The reviews were mostly very positive - Which? said it was the best and gives the reasons why. Convinced me for sure and I have to agree with everything positive that was written in reviews and reports. Picture clarity, colours and sound compare with the best larger screens, nice remote control too.Connection and setup, a piece of cake, in an hour this morning - in time to see the start of play in the Test Match.Highly recommended.

Lovely picture, average sound, but an ugly stand (hence the loss of a star).The two feet that come with the TV to be self standing are very narrow. They are not at all stylish and look like a bit of an afterthought

I wanted something bigger then 30" for ps5 and my PC to play games and this tv is absolutely mind blowing. 120mHz full 4k HDR are all looking great on ps5 and PC. The games look very clear and very beautifull. Happy with this tv. I do not watch TV at all so cant comment on movies or tv programs.

A great Tv, I was going to buy a much cheaper one but as it was marked down a lot on a Black Friday deal and had good reviews I decided to splash out. The picture is very clear bright and precise, I don't do gaming so can't give any stars for that. I have only given 4 stars for the remote control because the volume control and programme changer control knobs have a plus and minus - which is just raised but not marked with a colour - as they are small I cannot see them. The engineer who fitted the tv remarked on this, I'm quiet surprised because apart from this the tv is very good quality. I suggest that these controls need to be more clearly marked as everything else on the control is quiet clear.

This tv is excellent. The quality of picture is amazing. I've had the tv for a few weeks so far and i am very happy.The only issue I would say is that the picture on most settings is quite dark, but this can be overcome if you set the tv to the brightest settings. I would advise you to go into YouTube and research some websites that speak about settings. The main thing to avoid is setting tv to AI ambient brightness, which I believe adjusts brightness depending on the lighting in your room. Keep that off so you have full bright setting and this eliminates dark picture and you have a beautiful bright picture. Set contrast to your liking I set mine to 87% and sharpness to your liking. Once you get this right, you can't go wrong with this tv.