LG OLED C2: what 10 Hacker News owners think

Likes it

Modern TVs are designed to work with PCs and consoles, they just also happen to have tuners. "Smart" features are mostly a distraction from actual panel capabilities. Monitor choices also tend charge a premium for equivalent size and quality while lacking some of the features, or introducing other issues. See LG gaming monitors silently installing adware on connection: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48956688 My LG OLED C2 also has a great utility to manage deep service-level configurations. Makes it easy to professionally customize without having to fuss with the menus.

Doesn’t like it

I've got an LG C2 and you can't disable the Bluetooth, so anyone can try to connect to it. No service menu options too. I've not yet found out if cutting the WiFi/Bluetooth antennas is the only option.

Recommends it

My LG C2 OLED is great. I never connected to the internet. I have never seen an advertisement or pop-up or anything. For all intents and purposes, it is a dumb TV more like a computer monitor. I do not use any of the built-in applications, just literal HDMI1 (appletv) and HDMI3 (gaming pc). I adore it as a TV and would buy one again in a heartbeat. Not cheap though.

Likes it

Genuinely curious - which model is this? I bought a LG C2 OLED last year (still current model) and never experienced this. It mentioned alexa support on the box, but I have never seen any popups related to it. FWIW - on most LG TVs, you can 'revoke' your acceptance of the EULA, which essentially returns the TV to non-smart status. Most of the tiles will disappear from the home screen, as will the ads. Depending on the model you might need to futz with the settings to make sure that the TV defaults to the hdmi input instead of the homescreen when you turn it on.

Neutral

I don't have a solution for you. But a question: what scale do you use with a 40" 4k monitor? 100%, 150%, 200%? Also, I've been using an LG OLED C2 which has Chroma 444. Another issue with OLED is "pixel shift" to counter to burn in. I'm fairly sure I can tell when it happens, or something else is happening and I don't know what.

Neutral

It hasn't been an issue in my experience. rtings.com rates input lag on tvs (as well as how well they work as monitors). Most modern units have game mode and/or PC mode which I assume disables some processing to drive down lag. On my LG C2 OLED, changing the input type to "PC" results in a visible flicker (just one flicker) when the display is shifting into some new mode.

Neutral

I currently use 3x 48” LG OLED C2 instead of an ultrawide. Arranged something like this: \_/

Neutral

Yeah I just don’t let my smart LG OLED tv connect to the web.

Likes it

This is the pro gamer move. I have a new LG C2 OLED and I love it. It has no idea that the internet exists. I use an Apple TV as well.

Likes it

Yes, this. I bought an LG OLED C2 recently, plugged in an Apple TV, have not connected the TV itself to the internet. Works absolutely fine; bonus is that the apparently annoying voice control option is disabled. You don't need firmware updates unless there's a specific bug that you need fixed, and you can update by USB stick if you do need a fix.

Neutral

Your LG C2 is a dumb tv - if you dont connect it to the internet. You can even buy a $10 IR remote control on amazon and use that to switch inputs. Or, in my experience, all of my external devices support HDMI CEC and auto switch when i use them.

Likes it

I've had an LG C2 OLED for almost a month. Turned off all those settings. So far so good, but will be keeping an eye out. Before this TV I just used a first gen 4k Apple TV, but I noticed it was a bit stuttery and didn't support as many formats so I've been using the native TV apps. Maybe I rushed too quickly on that.

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