LG OLED G1 Series 77” Alexa Built-in 4k Smart OLED

Hey, guys welcome to the relatedtechnology1311 blog - this completely over-the-top TV that we are going to review is the 77-inch LG G1.

Perfect for your PS5, your series X, or even your gaming PC. So we'll dive into the G1 specifically in just a second, but what actually makes it a great gaming TV? What should you be looking for? Well, there are five things really you want ‘4K HDR 120 hertz, HDMI 2.1, support for Variable Refresh Rates ( whether it's through the HDMI g-sync or free sync), also low latency modes or ALLM, and finally low response times, and low input lag.

I'll explain what all that means, but really most mid to high end 2021 TVs should have most of those now. And of course, also last year's flagships will have those features, but obviously, because they're a year old they'll be a little bit discounted. So that's worth looking at. But I'd say a good thumb rule is, if the TV has at least one HDMI 2.1 port then it's probably got all the other features as well and you're all set. But what about 8K, yes I mean that technology will be more future-proof and these next-Gen Consoles do support it. Right now at least, I think unless you have money to burn, 8k it's still a bit of a waste of time for gaming. At least because you will see some upscaling in picture quality for TV and movies but not with games. So really unless you're hooking up your gaming PC with a 3080Ti or a 3090Ti, and then playing games on medium or low with DLSS if it supports it, it's just a bit of a waste of time. I would put your money into either getting a bigger TV or one with a fancy OLED or Q-LED panel, that will make a much bigger difference. And I actually have an 8k LG Nano cell TV and also a 4K OLED and 99% of time I would take the 4k OLED. You just don't really need 8k right now, maybe in three or four years!!

But let's get back to the G1 I've had this for a little over a month now, and I love this thing. I've been playing a whole bunch of ‘Ratchet and Clank, Resident Evil, Mass Effect’ there's quite a lot to play. Especially with all the next-Gen updates for games, like the brand new FF7 remake, which just looks so good on this. Now the benefit of this G series, the G1 over the more popular C series. Like the C1 is  2 fold actually, firstly we get zero-a gap wall mount, which’s A part of their gallery design that means you can wall-mount the TV and it's flush against the wall, which looks great. Exclusive to this and their super crazy expensive Z series is this OLED Evo Panel, which in my tests is between 10 and 20 brighter across the whole screen versus the C1 or last year's TVs. And as you guys know the biggest sort of limiting factor to OLED TVs still is the brightness, at least compared to the QLED competition. With a peak of a little under 700 nits as I say, this still doesn't come close to the two-three even four thousand nits, you can get on some of the super high-end QLED competition. I've been talking about this whole OLED versus QLED thing for years. There's been this ongoing debate of which is better well this isn't that review is about, but in my experience it comes down to how bright is your room? If you have a really bright room you can't control the lighting, then I would go with a QLED. Which is brighter and in the case of Samsung TVs you get a much better anti-reflective Coating, so that gives you a better experience. But if you can have a proper movie or game night in darker settings, then personally I would always take an OLED over anything else, because you just can't compete with that near-infinite, contrast. Those deep inky colors and of course that lack of blooming compared to traditional LED or even mini LED TVs.

And having just played through Resident Evil Village, with all the tunnels and dark areas that game was made for OLED, it just looks incredible. But let's talk about money, and for this 77 inch G1 you're looking at paying about 1000 dollars more over the C1 with a 500 Dollar difference at 65 inches. But crucially in terms of gaming, besides the slight improvement to brightness, which is occasionally noticeable. But sometimes I think I'm just convincing myself and it's a placebo effect. They are virtually identical and to be honest, I would probably just save the cache and go with the C1 because both have pretty much instant 2.3 milliseconds response times, even beating Samsung's latest mini LED Neo QLEDs by a few milliseconds. So we get minimal motion blur and inputs feel instantaneous, however, whichever TV you're using, whichever brand, if you have a game mode make sure you're using it. Because this turns off a lot of the background TV processing and gives you the fastest response times. But then we have VRR or Variable Refresh Rates and this is where things get a little bit more complicated, but again you don't really need to worry about it! It all happens behind the scenes, it'll automatically be turned on, although some TVs do have these game optimizer menus where you can check. VRR essentially allows the TV, to adjust its refresh rate in real-time to the frame rate, that's being output by your console. PC gamers are pretty familiar with this and it helps to reduce screen tearing and smooth out your frame rate. Unfortunately, right now the PS5 doesn't support any kind of variable refresh, but it is expected to in the future. The Xbox works with free sync and if you're PC gaming on this, then you can take advantage of either free sync or G-sync, lots of fancy tech working mostly behind the scenes just to give you a smoother and better gaming experience.

But when it comes to thinking about what the best gaming TV is, we actually have to go beyond the TV itself. Because just as important or at least almost as important as a great picture, is great sound!! So I would highly suggest you pair your new gaming TV with a proper speaker system or a soundbar. Because I can tell you from personal experience, going from the built-in speakers of the G1 to a Sonos Arc and then adding a couple of Sl1 surrounds and eventually a sub because I've moved house and it's now detached. So I’m not pissing off my neighbors and it just gives you that extra oomph of firing a gun or blowing something up in games, that even the best TVs just can't match. Internally so with all that said, I know exactly what you're thinking you are thinking!! That sounds great but not everyone has a spare four grand or so to drop in an LG G1 77 inch!!! And you are absolutely right, this is completely excessive and well beyond the budgets of 99.9% of us so everyone's budget and setup is different but my top buy right now for a properly future-proof all-singing all-dancing gaming TV would be the 48-inch LG C1, which costs about $1250 dollars or so right. Still not exactly cheap but this review is all about the best gaming TVs, although I would also highly recommend looking at last year's models or even waiting until November and black Friday because new TVs come down in Price an awful lot, but it's all relative and a Basic 4K HDR TV is more than good enough for most of us. But if you are a keen gamer and have some pretty deep pockets then something like LG C1, LG G1, Sony A90J, Samsung's QN90A or Similar are all incredible gaming TVs.