LG's C Series has historically performed really well and the C3 is no exception. I compared it to competitors from Samsung, Sony, and even hiring TVs from LG itself new for 2023, and the C3 more than held its own. I'll get to those tests in a little bit but first let's talk about design. So, the first thing you'll notice when you encounter the C3 in the wild is it's really thin, really minimalist. That's part of that OLED technology, it doesn't need a backlight so it's really thin when seen from the side. The other advantage of the C Series in particular is it's really really light. This is a 65 inch model I got here and this thing only weighs about 40 pounds. It's basically feather light. That includes the stand now, the stand itself really minimalist again, really small footprint so as I said this is a 65 inch size but the C3 comes in a lot of other screen sizes much more than any other OLED series. It goes from 42, 48, 55, 65, 77 and yes an 83 inch size so plenty of different sizes there. Note that the smaller sizes this 42 and 48 inch are a little dimmer according to LG, so you want to take that into consideration.

One thing I didn't love about the design is the remote control. This is a really old school remote LG's had it for years, it's got a lot of buttons big numeric keypad just not the easiest thing to use. You can wave around the remote on the screen to get to a lot of different Smart TV functions but overall I prefer the simpler clickers from Samsung or Roku so now I'm going to talk about those menus and Smart TV and streaming. So, LG like most TVs has a built-in Smart TV system it's proprietary, they made some improvements for 2023 compared to last year but it's still pretty cluttered. I don't love this big ad at the top of the screen here, most of what I care about is buried way at the bottom with those app menus between the two of them, they're these new things called cards for stuff like games or smart home, you can delve into those features if you want but not super useful in my opinion.

Of course, you do get all the standard streaming apps on this TV including Netflix, Max and a bunch of others so really no major missing pieces there but I think in general for ease of use, you want to plug in a Roku or another Smart TV system especially on a TV this expensive now as you'd expect. On a high-end TV, the LG C3 has plenty of features around back connectivity is also excellent, there's four HDMI all of them are 2.1 so you can plug the Xbox series X or the PlayStation 5 into any of those inputs and get full bandwidth, full 4K, 120 hertz capability so that's nice to see really no missing features on this television again from a high-end TV that's pretty much what I'd expect.

The C3 is great for gaming, there's a game Optimizer setting that's a separate picture mode that gathers in all the settings that gaming nerds like me like to see in one place so it confirms whether you have variable refresh rate, that 120 hertz, 4K type setting and also you can switch between different gaming picture modes so that allows you to again fine tune the image while you're gaming specifically when you're playing a game. It also detects automatically when you plug in a console, another nice feature so all told one of the better gaming TVs out there again plenty of adjustments to make in this game Optimizer mode.

When I took the C3 into the lab its image quality was excellent, I compared it to a couple of higher end TVs from Samsung and LG, and also compared it to a Sony TV that cost pretty much the same those are 2023 models it also looks really similar to the 2022 C2 so you can save a little bit of money there if the C2 is still available now. Compared to the 2023 models I preferred the C3 a little bit over the Sony, its image quality very similar but very slight increase in brightness on the best picture modes on the LG so a winner there as you'd expect.

The more expensive Samsung and LG G3 models were better but that's because they're brighter about 60 percent brighter according my measurements now that brightness sounds like a lot but when you see it side by side sure those do definitely have more pop but taken out of that comparison lineup I still think the C3 has excellent picture quality and most people will rather save the money especially because the price difference between the C3 and those step up models pretty steep.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey everyone this is the LG C3 OLED TV it has excellent picture quality plenty of features and yeah it's expensive but the price doesn't completely break the bank let's take a look so in my test OLED TVs have the best picture quality better than any LCD or qled TV LG's C Series has historically performed really well and the C3 is no exception I compared it to competitors from Samsung Sony and yes even hiring TVs from LG itself new for 2023 and the C3 more than held its own I'll get to those tests in a little bit but first let's talk about design so the first thing you'll notice when you encounter the C3 in the wild is it's really thin really minimalist that's part of that OLED technology it doesn't need a backlight so it's really thin when seen from the side the other advantage of the C Series in particular is it's really really light this is a 65 inch model I got here and this thing only weighs about 40 pounds it's basically feather light that includes the stand now the stand itself really minimalist again really small footprint so as I said this is a 65 inch size but the C3 comes in a lot of other screen sizes much more than any other OLED series it goes from 42 48 55 65 77 and yes an 83 inch size so plenty of different sizes there note that the smaller sizes this 42 and 48 inch are a little dimmer according to LG so you want to take that into consideration one thing I didn't love about the design is the remote control this is a really old school remote LG's had it for years it's got a lot of buttons big numeric keypad just not the easiest thing to use you can wave around the remote on the screen to get to a lot of different Smart TV functions but overall I prefer the simpler clickers from Samsung or Roku so now I'm going to talk about those menus Smart TV and streaming so LG like most TVs has a built-in Smart TV system it's proprietary they made some improvements for 2023 compared to last year but it's still pretty cluttered I don't love this big ad at the top of the screen here most of what I care about is buried way at the bottom with those app menus between the two of them they're these new things called cards for stuff like games or smart home you can delve into those features if you want but not super useful in my opinion of course you do get all the standard streaming apps on this TV including Netflix Max and a bunch of others so really no major missing pieces there but I think in general for ease of use you want to plug in a Roku or another Smart TV system especially on a TV this expensive now as you'd expect on a high-end TV the LG C3 has plenty of features around back connectivity is also excellent there's four HDMI all of them are 2.1 so you can plug the Xbox series X or the PlayStation 5 into any of those inputs and get full bandwidth full 4K 120 hertz capability so that's nice to see really no missing features on this television again from a high-end TV that's pretty much what I'd expect so the C3 is great for gaming there's a game Optimizer setting that's a separate picture mode that gathers in all the settings that gaming nerds like me like to see in one place so it confirms whether you have variable refresh rate that 120 hertz 4K type setting and also you can switch between different gaming picture modes so that allows you to again fine tune the image while you're gaming specifically when you're playing a game of course it also detects automatically when you plug in a console another nice feature so all told one of the better gaming TVs out there again plenty of adjustments to make in this game Optimizer mode so when I took the C3 into the lab its image quality was excellent I compared it to a couple of higher end TVs from Samsung and LG and I also compared it to a Sony TV that cost pretty much the same those are 2023 models it also looks really similar to the 2022 C2 so you can save a little bit of money there if the C2 is still available now compared to the 2023 models I preferred the C3 a little bit over the Sony it's image quality very similar but very slight increase in brightness on the best picture modes on the LG so a winner there as you'd expect the more expensive Samsung and LG G3 models were better but that's because they're brighter about 60 percent brighter according my measurements now that brightness sounds like a lot but when you see it side by side sure those do definitely have more pop but taken out of that comparison lineup I still think the C3 has excellent picture quality and most people will rather save the money especially because the price difference between the C3 and those step up models pretty steep so that's a quick look at LG C3 OLED TV I'm David from CNET if you like what you saw leave a comment be sure to check out the links below for more detailshey everyone this is the LG C3 OLED TV it has excellent picture quality plenty of features and yeah it's expensive but the price doesn't completely break the bank let's take a look so in my test OLED TVs have the best picture quality better than any LCD or qled TV LG's C Series has historically performed really well and the C3 is no exception I compared it to competitors from Samsung Sony and yes even hiring TVs from LG itself new for 2023 and the C3 more than held its own I'll get to those tests in a little bit but first let's talk about design so the first thing you'll notice when you encounter the C3 in the wild is it's really thin really minimalist that's part of that OLED technology it doesn't need a backlight so it's really thin when seen from the side the other advantage of the C Series in particular is it's really really light this is a 65 inch model I got here and this thing only weighs about 40 pounds it's basically feather light that includes the stand now the stand itself really minimalist again really small footprint so as I said this is a 65 inch size but the C3 comes in a lot of other screen sizes much more than any other OLED series it goes from 42 48 55 65 77 and yes an 83 inch size so plenty of different sizes there note that the smaller sizes this 42 and 48 inch are a little dimmer according to LG so you want to take that into consideration one thing I didn't love about the design is the remote control this is a really old school remote LG's had it for years it's got a lot of buttons big numeric keypad just not the easiest thing to use you can wave around the remote on the screen to get to a lot of different Smart TV functions but overall I prefer the simpler clickers from Samsung or Roku so now I'm going to talk about those menus Smart TV and streaming so LG like most TVs has a built-in Smart TV system it's proprietary they made some improvements for 2023 compared to last year but it's still pretty cluttered I don't love this big ad at the top of the screen here most of what I care about is buried way at the bottom with those app menus between the two of them they're these new things called cards for stuff like games or smart home you can delve into those features if you want but not super useful in my opinion of course you do get all the standard streaming apps on this TV including Netflix Max and a bunch of others so really no major missing pieces there but I think in general for ease of use you want to plug in a Roku or another Smart TV system especially on a TV this expensive now as you'd expect on a high-end TV the LG C3 has plenty of features around back connectivity is also excellent there's four HDMI all of them are 2.1 so you can plug the Xbox series X or the PlayStation 5 into any of those inputs and get full bandwidth full 4K 120 hertz capability so that's nice to see really no missing features on this television again from a high-end TV that's pretty much what I'd expect so the C3 is great for gaming there's a game Optimizer setting that's a separate picture mode that gathers in all the settings that gaming nerds like me like to see in one place so it confirms whether you have variable refresh rate that 120 hertz 4K type setting and also you can switch between different gaming picture modes so that allows you to again fine tune the image while you're gaming specifically when you're playing a game of course it also detects automatically when you plug in a console another nice feature so all told one of the better gaming TVs out there again plenty of adjustments to make in this game Optimizer mode so when I took the C3 into the lab its image quality was excellent I compared it to a couple of higher end TVs from Samsung and LG and I also compared it to a Sony TV that cost pretty much the same those are 2023 models it also looks really similar to the 2022 C2 so you can save a little bit of money there if the C2 is still available now compared to the 2023 models I preferred the C3 a little bit over the Sony it's image quality very similar but very slight increase in brightness on the best picture modes on the LG so a winner there as you'd expect the more expensive Samsung and LG G3 models were better but that's because they're brighter about 60 percent brighter according my measurements now that brightness sounds like a lot but when you see it side by side sure those do definitely have more pop but taken out of that comparison lineup I still think the C3 has excellent picture quality and most people will rather save the money especially because the price difference between the C3 and those step up models pretty steep so that's a quick look at LG C3 OLED TV I'm David from CNET if you like what you saw leave a comment be sure to check out the links below for more details\n"