LG 42" Class 4K UHD OLED Web OS Smart TV with Dolby Vision C3 Series - OLED42C3PUA

My previous TV, a Panasonic LED, died after only 3 years, so I had to get a replacement quite quickly. I had wanted to get and LG OLED back then, but at that time they didn't make them in the size I needed. So, once I discovered LG now had a 42” OLED, it made my decision pretty easy. A lot of people have commented that the OLED screen is dim compared to regular LED with a backlight, but I have to say it doesn't look noticeably more dim than my previous TV. In fact, I needed to turn the brightness down quite a bit for my own personal comfort. My TV is in a well lit lounge area with patio doors that let in a lot of natural light and I've had no problems seeing the picture, even with the brightness turned down to my preference. The picture quality is excellent. 4K is, of course, beautiful. HD is upscaled so well, it looks almost as good as 4K, to my eyes. Even SD gets upscaled impressively, so your favourite old shows don't look quite as old as they might on less capable TVs. Also, the viewing angles are superb. Walking past the TV, the image doesn't change or fade. I can stand anywhere in the room and the picture is perfect. I've read some reviews that describe this TV as being hard to set up, but I had the opposite experience. The TV practically sets itself up. It scans for regular TV channels, it gives you QR codes to scan and link with your streaming services and you're pretty much good to go. Physically assembling the TV is also straightforward, just screw in the stand legs and plug in your cables. There is a recess on the back of the TV where all your sockets such as HDMI and Ethernet are located. This has a cover which is supposed keep all your cables neatly hidden, but the space just isn't big enough hold my two chunky HDMI cables, so I had to leave that off. There's plenty of picture settings, accessed by pressing the cog button on the remote. You should be able to find one that works for you and any changes you need to make can be found in the picture menu of settings. These are the standard settings you'd expect to find on any modern TV and are simple to change. You might find some options greyed out, and it's not obvious why. You need to go into the general section of the settings menu and go down to Energy Saving and turn off Energy Saving Step, this should make more of the greyed out settings available. The remote has come in for some criticism. The idea of navigating by pointing and moving the remote seems great, but in practice it does seem to be more of a gimmick. Fortunately the central wheel and scroll button work well and there no real need to ever use the pointer, but it's always there if you feel like using it. It can occasionally be handy when you want to select something else at the opposite side of the screen, it's much quicker to point to it than click the direction buttons, but that's the only time it's useful. I can't really comment on the sound quality as I have my TV connected to an AV receiver. Reviews suggest a pretty poor sound, but you'd expect that from a small thin TV, there's not many places to hide the speakers. Though I have often wondered why manufacturers don't build speakers into the TV stand. It might make for a bulkier stand, but it would offer better sound out of the box, and if wall mounted, the stand could operate as a basic soundbar (there's an idea for you LG, you can pay me later :-D ). Having said that, I have noticed the sound through my receiver is clearer and I haven't needed to adjust the volume much moving between apps. Even DVDs of old TV shows sound so much better, without the need to turn the volume up so high. One of the main reasons for choosing the TV was it seemed like the best option for my PS5, and the two work together beautifully. Game mode brings up a host of options to tweak until you get everything looking exactly the way you want it. I found it easier, at first, to change the setting in game mode than in other modes. I didn't expect to see much of a difference between this and my previous, relatively new TV, but picture quality and the settings available result in something truly next level. I'd say to anyone with a PS5, if this is in your budget, it's pretty much essential. Although I didn't want to have to buy a new TV, I'm now secretly glad glad my TV died so I could replace it with this beauty. I just hope it lasts a lot longer than 3 years.

I can't believe how thin my new LG ThinQ is. It was so easy to unbox and set up because of the weight. Programming the channels was easy as pie and that is saying a lot for a non-tekkie. I love the clear sharpness of the picture. I know I will enjoy this as much if not more than my LG dryer. I'm all in for LG products and now shopping for a new French door refrigerator.

Phenomenal TV. Sleek, beautiful, and stylish. Nice UI, nice features, great screen. 4k HDR content is awesome. 4k HDR gaming is awesome. The speakers are muddy per usual but thats why I have the lg st90b soundbar!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Our new C3 pretty much gives us just what we wanted in moving up to a 4K TV. It's a 65-inch but fits perfectly in same spot that our previous 55-inch was in because of the virtually bevel-less design. It's all screen, and it's a beautiful screen. The finish is very reflective of strong light when not turned on, but such reflections aren't noticeable when it's on (and we do almost all of out TV watching at night in low light anyway). The default picture settings seem about right for most content we've watched so far, so I haven't played too much with those settings yet. We pipe the audio through an excellent 5.1 home theater system so the TV speakers aren't used at all. I've read reviews saying the stand allows the set to wobble but we haven't seen that at all, even though the TV table it's standing on is against a staircase and alongside a high-traffic area. Overall -- and especially for the price -- it's a pleasure to watch.

Wow the picture is amazing! I bought this to use as a gaming monitor and it looks so much better than the Alienware ones I had and the HDR is the best I've seen. If your wondering wether to go for this as a gaming monitor over the newly coming 4k oled monitors you won't be disappointed and save yourself a few quid.

I love LG. This tv has the best picture of any tv and I don't even need my surround sound unit to get great sound for my movies and shows. I'm not real technical but if I can plug it in and be able to enjoy my apps and shows and movies it gets all the stars!!!

Didn't like the AI auto adjustments so I turned them off and manually adjusted the picture and sound. I don't have the sound bar, so the sound I couldn't get to my liking. I'm pretty sure it was meant for a sound bar. If it had a graphic equalizer it would be perfect without the sound bar. My hearing isn't quite what it used to be. I replaced an older OLED LG and was not expecting all the frills that this one has. Plain Jayne works great for me. OLED picture is great!

Very good, natural-looking picture and excellent sound, so that a sound bar is no longer a necessity. The menus system can be rather tortuous e.g. to chose between DVB or satellite inputs requires - '...' -> 'Home settings' -> 'General' -> 'Programmes' -> 'Programme Tuning & Settings' . 4k video is superb, though standard HD perhaps lacks 'bite', even with Sharpness set to maximum. Overall, a very good 4k TV and now very good value.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] DO NOT BUY THIS TV IF YOU WANT TO USE AN EXTERNAL SPEAKER! While the picture is great, the sound control (software?) will MAKE YOU NUTS!!! It randomly changes the sound output. Sometimes the external speaker will work, sometimes not. Or it will randomly switch. This happens with both HDMI ARC and Optical. No need to believe just me. Read the reviews and blogs. It is NOT just me. LG, you need to figure this stuff out!

Terrible customer service. Deliberately misleading