LG OLED55E6 E6 4K HDR OLED TV Review
The sweet spot within LG 2016 OLED television lineup is undoubtedly the E6 series: it less expensive than the flagship G6 series, yet offers a flat panel design and 3D capability over the step down C6 and B6 ranges for only 500 extra (at least in the UK). Two screen sizes are available, namely the 55 inch LG OLED55E6V (which coque samsung galaxy a5 2017 survivor we reviewing today) and the 65 inch OLED65E6V.
Like other 2016 OLEDs from the South Korean manufacturer, the LG E6 is as well specced as 4K TVs come this year, boasting coque samsung j3 2016 clair’s Ultra HD Premium certification and therefore the necessary criteria of 3840 UHD (ultra high definition) resolution, 10 bit panel, DCI P3 colour gamut coverage above coque samsung a3 vans 90%, HDR (high dynamic range) support, and a coque samsung galaxie a8 peak brightness/ black level of at least 540/ coque iphone 5 bouteille 0.0005 nits.
However, what separates LG 2016 OLED televisions from other companies models in coque samsung galaxy s5 etanche the UK is Dolby Vision HDR compatibility the Korean brand is the only one in coque samsung galaxy s3 mini pokemon European territories to support the HDR standard which coque iphone 5 otterbox uses dynamic metadata to optimise each scene for minimal distortion and maximum image fidelity. The panel itself and the black bezel are both ultra thin, permitted by OLED lack of need for a backlight. The screen is laid on on a transparent glass backplane whose borders extend slightly beyond the outer edges of the bezel on all sides, hence LG description.
The 55E6 anti reflective filter rejects ambient light effectively; personnaliser coque samsung j3 2017 in fact the TV diamond patterned rear is more reflective than the front screen. A non detachable soundbar with a ridged appearance lies beneath the OLED screen, pumping out more gratifying bass, volume and clarity than most inbuilt TV speakers.
Despite the screen wide soundbar, coque samsung a40 2019 the presence of a coque samsung a5 combi central brushed metallic silver stand means the 55E6V can be placed on a narrower AV rack (yes we tried). LG has introduced a number of improvements to help with the calibration process, though there been an unwanted change too:
The user menu is dark shaded instead of white, and the adjustment submenu occupies a small area at the bottom left of the screen, allowing for stable readings without being affected by ABL (Automatic Brightness Limiter);
There now a [Copy to all inputs] function in the top level picture menu (previously it was only available for [White Balance]) which also copied all the settings to the USB ports and streaming apps (it didn before). However, the [Colour Management] settings still have to be entered manually for each input;
A new [Adjust luminance] option can now be found in the 20 point [White Balance] system, effectively providing 20p gamma adjustments without having to increase or decrease RGB in equal measure;
The 20p WB controls are no longer locked to specific [Contrast] and [Brightness] values;
Navigating between different picture affecting controls is snappier (as with the rest of WebOS 3.0); and
[Previous] and [Next] buttons have been added to the adjustment submenu presumably to allow for menu item cycling without having to back up one level, but we don like it. For example, when calibrating greyscale at any video stimulus, moving from [Blue] to [Red] will require pressing [Down], [Left], [Click], [Click] and [Up]; whereas on 2015 models we only needed to press [Down], [Left], [Left] and [Up]. The difference may not sound like much, but because we calibrating 20 separate intervals back and forth, not to mention having to peel our eyes away from our laptop graphs to look at the TV screen owing to the lack of intuitiveness, hopefully you understand our frustration.
We performed multiple coque iphone 5 relief calibration runs to test how the LG 55E6 responded to various adjustments of its onboard controls. As was the case with the LG G6 we reviewed earlier this month, while [Adjust luminance] could be used to obtain a flat 2.4 gamma, we discovered that excessive adjustments in pursuit of a perfect looking chart would actually introduce image degrading posterization artefacts.
For the same reason, tweaking the colour management system (CMS) also had to be approached with care. Fortunately, after aligning greyscale to D65 using the twoand twenty point [White Balance] controls, colours fell into place quite nicely (LG engineers have clearly done some work in this area), after which only a few clicks here and there in the [Colour Management] submenu was required to achieve wonderfully accurate colours. In fact, out of 140 hues measured in the Colour Checker SG chart, only one slightly exceeded the commonly accepted perceptible threshold of delta error (dE) 3, which is a remarkable turnaround given the colour tracking issues we seen on previous LG OLEDs.
Note: To minimise the risk of image retention and screenburn, like the previous generations of LG OLED televisions, the E6 coque samsung galaxy s6 olympique lyonnais will automatically dim its light output in a gradual manner after static elements (channel logos, ebay coque samsung galaxy s7 edge test patterns, etc.) have been present on screen for more than one minute 105 seconds. The auto dimming happens so slowly that most viewers probably won notice it until they need to perform user menu action, in which case the screen will brighten up suddenly as the auto dimming is halted. the Klein K10 A that we use) or a software which inserts dimming defeating slides between patterns is required. Whilst coque samsung galaxy core prime porsche not recommended, there also a proven method to disable the auto dimming permanently.
Interestingly though, the 55in E6 would sometimes present areas of lightness on full screen black (for coque samsung galaxy s5 rose example during fade in/ out to black), even though [Brightness] had been set correctly on a modified PLUGE pattern such that reference black was 16. We witnessed this floating black phenomenon on last year EF950V and EG920V too, which can only be eradicated by lowering [Brightness] and thus crushing some shadow detail. In practice, we didn find the floating blacks bothersome, as it would coque samsung s7 marque appear only rarely in cuts to black, and even then the OLED55E6 superb black depth meant that the lit areas amounted to nothing coque samsung galaxy j3 lapin more coque samsung clear vie than a gentle glow which is still below the MLL (minimum luminance level) of every other non OLED 4K TV on the market.
Some quarters mistakenly believe that since FALD (full array local coque a deux cote pour iphone 5 c dimming) LED LCDs are also capable of producing 0 cd/m2 black, they operate on the same level playing field as OLEDs, but nothing could be further coque coque iphone 5 mirroir samsung galaxy a5 2015 disney from the truth. The key difference is that in non black scenes, LCD based displays still have to illuminate the screen using an LED (or CCFL of yesteryears) backlight which usually carries a blueish undertone, coque iphone 5 transparente rose whereas OLED TVs can do so out of a perfect canvas of pure black. This is the number one reason why any OLED will always deliver a richer, more vibrant image with more depth and dimensionality than any LED LCD once both are calibrated to the same standards.
Also, because there be times where the lit region is smaller than the coque samsung transparente a3 2017 individually dimmable zone, even the best FALD LED TV is prone to exhibiting haloing/ blooming where a bright element against dark backdrop will be enveloped by a larger block of illumination. To clarify, there are three separate issues:
Vignetting: The sides appearing darker than the centre;
Banding: Vertical darker streaks (mostly thin, somethings thick) running up and down the screen; and
Sub 8 bit gradation: Lack of finesse in handling video signal just above black, resulting in increased blockiness and noise in dark sequences…