LGOLED evo C3 48" 4K Smart TV, 2023

I was looking for a 48 inch OLED TV for my lounge, and having read many reviews online settled for the LG model.My lounge is approximately 16 x 10 feet and I wanted a TV that would fit in the corner without dominating the room. The LG 48 inch is the perfect size for this, big enough to feel like your part of the action but not so big that it becomes the focal point of the room.The item arrived in a large cardboard box and was well protected with polystyrene inserts ensuring it survived the journey to my home. Unpacking was not as easy as some TV's I've owned. Sony's packaging 'falls away' from the TV after removing a few plastic clips. The LG however had to be carefully lifted out of its box. The screen was covered in a plastic wrap so this did at least prevent figure prints getting planted all over it.Once unpacked it was relatively easy to mount the TV on my Spectral stand. One note of caution though is that the power cable does not detach from the TV. This was frustrating because the Spectral stand has a central column where cables can be fed through and hidden from sight. To do this with the LG TV, I'd have to chop the plug off, feed the cable through, and then refit the plug. To avoid invalidating the warranty (and any potential electrical risks) I decided to leave things as they were and plug the TV directly into the wall socket. This means that the cable is visible but it's a small compromise.Setting up and tuning the TV is straight forward and you can do this with the supplied remote control or by using an app on your mobile phone. I used my phone and it was pretty effortless. Within minutes I had all the Freeview station tuned in and a half-dozen streaming apps set up.Picture quality is amazing! Blacks are deep with no shading or digital artefacts and colours pop from the screen. Watch any recent animated film in 4K and you will be astonished.Navigating the webOS interface takes a bit of getting used to, but within a couple of days I found it quite intuitive.I can't comment on the quality of the sound from the built-in speakers as I'm using a Sonos Beam soundbar. On this note, it's disappointing that when the TV is off you can't use the remote control to turn the volume up and down when listening to music through the Sonos Beam. After a bit of online research, I discovered this is because LG's magic remote uses Bluetooth rather than Infrared, so the Sonos Beam cannot respond to it. It's not a deal-breaker as you can use the Spotify or Sonos app on your mobile phone to control music volume. That aside, when using the Sonos Beam for watching TV, it perfectly integrates with the LG and volume can be controlled using the up/down buttons on remote.Speaking of the remote, I've never used a magic remote control before and now I wouldn't turn back. It effectively allows you to use the remote like a cursor on your laptop. So when you want to click on something on the TV screen, you point towards it and click as opposed to using the four-way direction control. It doesn't sound like a big deal, but once you've used it you'll never want to go back!Overall, I'm really pleased with this purchase. The picture quality is brilliant, it's easy to use and the build quality feels like it will last a good few years.

It is a 4.7 star, rather than 5. Still pretty good.Picture is very good, lots of settings, still finding my way around them, with the power saving mode reducing the brightness by default.Sound is great, when you first power up.As I had a Sonos soundbar, I still prefer to listen with that.There is an option to get audio from the TV speaker and the soundbar at the same time, however, there isn't a way to control the audio of TV and Soundbar together, in that case (only TV speaker can be controlled by the TV remote, so you would need to set the volume level of the soundbar and then play with the volume level of the TV to go with the level setup with the soundbar - a bit too clunky - this might be because the Sonos soundbar does not support LG sound sync).Last, but not the least, in fact it was an important feature for me, is the fact that I can run Kodi from within WebOS.However, I also found a couple of headaches there - Kodi needs to be installed via a backdoor developer mode, sending an IPK file over SSH from a pc in the same network of the TV.Also, the sound of the media which I play in the KODI under WebOS (Kodi 21Beta3) is not always in sync with the lips of the speakers in the films. There are way around that issue too, and hopefully the final version of Kodi 21 for WebOS will solve this problem, as well as the one where I cannot install more than 2-3 skins for Kodi (this is not related to the TV).Overall, I thought it was a good purchase.All smart features (iPlayer, Netflix, YouTube, Freeview, LG channels,... work better than expected) and the real plus is the embedded Kodi, which I already talked about.That is a real plus for me.

Arrived very quickly but with no instructions but found controls and help online. Base stand was a little difficult to assemble, the screws were very tight and difficult to fully tighten.Tv picture amazing and despite being very thin the sound quality is so much better than my old TVs. Better than my old sound bar.

I'm really happy to buy this tv ,very good quality picture & sound,easy to install,it took 30 minutes to set all channels and register,there is no guide booklet but when you turn it on you can follow the tv Instructions step by step,very good looking,with 100 Hz refresh rate, bring a very nice picture quality, the only reason I gave four star because the remote is small and some time you can get confused and press the wrong button,and I payed nearly 25 pounds extra for delivery to Amozon to bring the tv to my room, but the driver refused to that,and finally we sorted it out,so make sure they do your order correctly,overall I'm very pleased with this tv and I recommend. Good luck

It just the best picture i’ve ever seen - and i already had an OLED. Fantastic!

Purchased end of year 2023.Im really pleased with the overall quality.Sound is loud and crisp.I prefer to watch with the lights out as this just enhances the everything.Took me a long time to make a decision on this purchase as I was looking to buy the next model up but was out of my price range.My personal opinion of this tv is if you not too technically minded and just want 4k oled at a decent price,then honestly you won't go far wrong.Ps.This is not a fake review.This is just my opinion .Put it this way compared to my old sony bravara which was 14yrs old I was well impressed.Hope this helps

Fantastic TV, brilliant picture and amazing all around sound quality - plus it looks stylish - it is so thin! We are more than very happy with this wonderful TV and it’s very easy to set up on your own! Highly recommend this to anyone as a superb acquisition.

Good all round quality tv, easy to navigate and good sound and picture quality