The best, brightest OLED TV
LG’s Evo G4 was one of our favorite TVs of last year, featuring an OLED panel that showed fantastic color and put out a surprising amount of light with pixel-level precision for an incredible picture. Brightness has been one of the biggest weaknesses of OLED TVs, and the G4 managed to overcome it. Its replacement, the LG Evo G5, gets much, much brighter while showing even wider color. It’s one of the best-looking TVs we’ve tested to date, justifying its high price ($3,399.99 for the 65-inch model we tested) with absolutely stunning picture quality. Accordingly, it’s our new Editors’ Choice winner for OLED TVs. Design: Sleek and Made for Mounting
Like LG’s previous G (short for Gallery) series TVs, the G5 is designed primarily to be hung on the wall and comes with a flat, nearly flush wall mount. While smaller screen sizes of the G4 come with a table stand, the G5 only ships with a wall mount, regardless of size. LG sent a table stand with the G5 we received for testing, but you can expect to spend an extra $150 to $200 on the stand, depending on screen size.
The nearly edge-to-edge screen has no bezel, just a thin brushed metal band running along the edges. The clean lines are only broken up by a small rectangular bump in the middle of the bottom edge for the infrared sensor, far-field microphones, a tiny mic mute switch, and a single multipurpose control button.
Ports sit on the left side of the back of the TV in a reverse L-shaped recess. Two HDMI ports (one eARC) and a USB port face left, while two more HDMI ports, two more USB ports, an optical audio output, a 3.5mm IR blaster port, an Ethernet port, and an antenna/cable connector face down.
A new Magic Remote is included with the G5, replacing LG’s earlier curved and glossy remote with a slim, rectangular, matte black wand. It keeps all of the features of the previous Magic Remote, including air mouse functionality that lets you wave the remote to move a cursor on the screen and a circular navigation pad with a scroll wheel in the middle. Various menu buttons sit around and above the pad, with a pinhole microphone near the top between the power and help buttons. Volume and channel rockers reside in the center of the remote, with dedicated service buttons for Alexa, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, LG Channels, Netflix, and Sling below.Interface: WebOS With Alexa
LG’s WebOS smart TV platform drives the G5.
