![]() But if it's gaming we're talking about, LG's effort is the better bet. This allowed rivals such as the Sony A80L to gain ground. The 65-inch take on LG's C3 earned just the four stars, but that was for a very good reason: it wasn't a big improvement on the C2. ![]() Sony rival offers punchier pictures and sound This should be a strong consideration for anyone with this sort of budget who is determined not to combine their new TV with a dedicated sound system. While flagship sets with discrete speaker systems will sound even better, for a step-down model the A80L sounds very impressive. Put it in the Cinema sound mode and the spaciousness of the delivery is very impressive, yet this spaciousness combines with the sort of focus that can really only come from having the sound literally coming from the screen. That slight lack of bass depth aside, the A80L sounds really rather good by TV standards. In terms of sound, the A80L is a bit bass-light, but that does mean that it stays composed even through our Blade Runner 2049 stress test. Through our extensive suite of tests, our only complaint is that a bit of dark detail is missing when watching SDR content. On top of all of this, detail is also outstanding, with clothing textures, skin imperfections and complex patterns all rendered crisply but without artificial definition. There’s a rare purity to highlights, too, such as Love’s white jacket and the light panels above her head in the records room of the Wallace Corporation.Īll of these qualities combine to make an image that is brilliantly solid and has a lovely three-dimensional feel. The TV’s ability to recreate subtly different shades doesn’t come at the expense of dynamism, and contrast extremes such as the intro text at the start of the film emerge brightly from the pure black background. The neon lights and holographic billboards of Blade Runner 2049’s downtown LA pop from the overall gloom of the city in brilliant fashion, but skin tones are handled with realism-boosting nuance and the seemingly hundreds of slightly different shades of grey that make up the bark of the tree at Sapper Morton’s farm are made clear to see. The seemingly effortless way that the A80L combines the spectacular with the subtle is quite extraordinary. The TV also lacks support for Dolby Vision gaming, despite Dolby Vision being present for movies and TV shows. One of these is also the eARC port, so if you use that to connect a soundbar or AVR you will have just one left for a games console or gaming PC. It's a little thicker than rivals such as the LG C3, but partly that's down to its actuator-based sound system, which vibrates the whole screen in order to generate sound.Īround the back are four HDMI sockets, two of which are HDMI 2.1-specified and support 4K/120Hz, VRR and ALLM. The A80L looks very similar to the A80K it replaces – which is fine, but the design is starting to look a little bland. It sounds good by TV standards, too, and the feature set will be strong enough for all but the most hardcore of gamers. it's not a QD-OLED or MLA model) so we broadly thought we knew what to expect, but it stunned us during our extensive test by offering a picture performance with a near-perfect balance of the spectacular and the subtle. It's based on 'traditional' OLED technology (i.e. *Subscription packages required where appropriate.The Sony A80L is the TV surprise of the year. ![]() High frame rate: OLED TVs can run games and movies at 120 frames per second – the new high frame rate standard.Dolby Atmos® TVs: LG OLED TVs recreate the moving sound cinema experience of Dolby Atmos in your home.Dolby Vision™: LG OLED TVs are compatible with HDR formats including Dolby Vision, which enhances your picture frame by frame.Netflix-approved: LG OLED achieved Netflix Recommended TV status in 20 for its fast and user-friendly experience.Experience four times the detail of a Full HD TV and see Netflix, Prime Video and Sky* at their best. Zero blur: The fastest video games stay smooth, as OLED TVs reduce motion blur by processing frames more than 1,000 times faster than LED TVs.Perfect black: With no light passing through the pixels, unprecedented levels of black can be realised.Pioneering pixels: Self-lighting pixels automatically switch on and off without the need for a backlight.Stream 4K HDR content from Netflix, Sky or Prime Video. OLED TV brings breath-taking clarity and detail to your living room. ![]()
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