LG’s Cheapest OLED Struggles to Keep Up With the Pack
One win for the B6 is blacks and grays, which have great texture and clarity, a surprise given how many midrange televisions make dark, shadowy scenes look washed out. Scenes from Awake and The Creator, very dark movies, were clear and detailed, after tweaking a few picture quality settings (namely changing to Vivid mode).
Contrast and brightness are more of a mixed bag. I watched House of the Dragon and Game of Thrones (yes, the infamously dark season eight, episode three) to stress test these specs, and the B6 struggled. On better TVs (and home theater projectors), you can see trees in the background of a scene where a character emerges on a frozen lake. On the B6, they are completely black—e.g., a contrast problem.
Color saturation and luminance could be better too, especially compared to RGB TVs I’ve tested recently. The Super Mario Galaxy Movie, with...
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