Is it possible to play on the TV in the most serious way?That is, not only from a console in 30 or maximum 60 frames per second, but from a top PC to high and frequent resolutions like 120Hz!In principle not too much ... until now!Because the TV as a football field I just tested is 4K at 120Hz and has a response time of 5 milliseconds.Ok, you will not play CS: Go at the competitive level, but I have tried a few triple titles on this diagonal of 164 cm and it looks ... as I have never seen!
LG 65SM9800PLA is a television as large as it is the name of.It has a diagonal of 164cm or 65 ″, with Nano Cell panel, and, being LCD, it is exempted from some problems related to the OLED panels, even if in terms of colors it does not reach the values on the OLED models of the same manufacturer..But it brings new functions, an excellent response time, and as I said before it can be used in a big way for gaming.But we will discuss this function in detail later in this review.
4K, HDR, brightness and good contrast
The TV has 4K resolution and obviously supports HDR Cinema, an important function for those who watch a lot of video content and want to squeeze everything you can from a recently made movie or you can use it even in the games that have support for HDR.The panel has local dimming, so it offers increased contrast and deeper black shades.The movie tracking experience is a very good one.Because I no longer believe anyone on the word we started to make a measurement with a colorimeter and then confront the data passed by LG in specifications.
Pam Pam!The panel is doing well in the reproduction of colors, and the brightness measured by us was almost 500 nits, as much as they said on the specifications.But ... the native contrast measured with our calibrator is even greater than the declared one, so Bravo LG!We have a successful panel, which although not appeared for a long time, does a very good job.All the measurements made by us have confirmed, if necessary, the correctness of the excellent specifications of this TV: rich space, 100% SRGB, for displaying pictures, movies properly, ie we have natural, beautiful, rich colors, without exaggeration and without artificial overload.
Webos, Internet connection and ergonomic remote control
The TV is Smart, so we have the latest webos option, which works well and has no lag, and applications like Netflix, Amazon with buttons directly on the remote.To connect to the Internet you can use a LAN cable or connect via WiFi.The LG remote control is one that we always liked, that is, we refer to this model that supports gestures and you can control the screen cursor very easily.In addition we have on it vocal commands that are started by pressing a button, ie they are not always on, this is probably to prevent the paranoid of the television that listens to us.
Gaming on TV?A real pleasure!(PC + console)
And we finally came to what we are most interested in gaming.We raised our sleeves and connected a PC with RTX 2080 ti to see what this can do in gaming.In addition, the TV also has a dedicated way for gaming that reduces any image processing effect, so that we have a reduced lag input.As I said and at first the panel is native to 120Hz, yes, exactly as a gaming panel, and although it does not compare to a 144Hz or 240Hz monitor, these 120Hz and a low lag are enough to play at youanother level.Where do you put that in reality the perceptible difference with the naked eye between a 120Hz image and one at 144Hz is ... ... non -existent for most users.
One problem was that there is no video card with HDMI 2 at this time.1 to support 4K at 120Hz, but we decreased the resolution to 2160 × 1440 pixels, just to "taste" a little from the refresh gaming on such a diagonal.Although the resolution is lower than 4K, the images looked sensational, especially since I gave all the settings to the maximum, Ludicrous Level, and I also broke the raytracing on 2080ti.Anyway, as a mention, we also tested in 4K with the maximized settings and we came to the conclusion that we do not currently have video cards prepared for a similar detail level, in such a resolution capable of running the games at a minimum of 60fps., being necessary to reduce from visual effects to get more than 35-40fps.However, we were impressed by the fact that he has no trace of lag or blur in the games with a lot of action.In the games that support HDR, it automatically activated on the TV, so I had a very pleasant experience.
Si… am incercat Shadow of the Tomb Raider atat in 1440p dar si in 4K, cu toate setarile maximizate, am incercat Metro in ambele variante cu RTX on, la fel si in cazul lui Battlefield 5. Senzatia, imersia iti taie complet respiratia. Toate au aratat incredibil de bine iar sunetul default, cu boxele din dotare ale televizorului contribuie si el la atmosfera. Nu am simtit lag sau tearing sau vreo forma de artefact care sa ne strice distractia. Dupa ce te joci cateva ceasuri la rand pe mai bine de un metru si jumatate de ecran, dupa ce am revenit pe monitorul meu de 32 de inch am avut senzatia ca ma joc pe telefon. Este exact senzatia aia dupa ce mergi cu peste 200Km/h pe autobahn si te opresti la benzinaria si ai tendinta sa te dai jos din masina la 80 la ora, pentru ca ti se pare ca mergi foarte incet.I obviously connected a PS 4 Pro where I tried a few games, it went as flawless as the PC, with automatic HDR, if the game had support for something, and the resolution was 4K at 60Hz.I played a bit of Gran Turismo, but also Mortal Kombat 11 in 4k 60p and the experience was great.
Less good parts?The price of 16.000 lei for this model, there are certainly smaller and cheaper, but this is the one I would like in a hobby for play and movies.Then there would be the absence of a port that will allow us 4K at 120Hz, like display port, not that it would have used us at much since it is clear that in what 4K gaming means we are not yet there.Has this HDMI 2 though.1, which makes it somewhat future-proof, unfortunately it is not supported by any current graphics card, not even by those to appear in the near future, such as the new series from AMD or Nvidia.We were interested.
Ce-ar mai fi de spus? Ca arata super-bine, asta gratie bezellurilor, marginilor foarte inguste, care te lasa sa te bucuri de suprafata ecranului in integralitatea ei, dar si constructia simpla si solida. L-am montat in cateva minute, fara bataie de cap si fara manual. Ce ar fi de retinut din aceasta experienta? Faptul ca televizoarele incep sa devina un competitor serios in piata de gaming, ca vom vedea probabil in viitorul nu prea indepartat din ce in ce mai multe modele cu frecventa inalta gandite pentru jocuri, asta poate si in perspectiva serviciilor de game streaming din acest viitor. Taguritelevizor