Board 8 > Is that LG C1 still pretty good?

(+) Yeah! (+)

A year later it's in my price range now

my current TV (Samsung KS8000 series) is only 6 years old and works just fine, but doesn't really take advantage of most of the newer features of current gaming consoles outside of the basic 4K and HDR support. No 120 hz, VRR, ALLM or whatever else.

Feels like it's time to upgrade, but I remember this being the best gaming TV from last year. Just wondering if anyone else here has that TV or a more recent TV just to get a sense of how much better they are than what I'm currently using.

It has some software aspects that annoy the hell out of me. Maybe other people just put up with them.

Specifics:
-Remote isn't great. It's got this IR pointer thing that works well enough for what it is, but the enter button is a scroll wheel you click, and it's hard to not accidentally scroll. Better to use a universal remote.
-Automated HDMI switching. Of course I want the TV to switch to an active HDMI channel when a device is turned on. Unfortunately, that feature is tied to the reverse: switching to an HDMI channel turns on the connected device. And if you turn off the TV after turning off a console, then later switch the TV on, it turns on the console.
-"Automated" settings. I cannot stop the TV from arbitrarily setting the sound on each channel back to Game Optimizer. You know how Game Optimizer audio sounds? Broken. I've read that Game Optimizer video also causes extreme lag instead of preventing it, but I'm not touching it.

Also there are so many settings for picture and audio, it's simply incomprehensible. These screens look different at different angles or under different lighting conditions. Trying to set it to my liking was frustrating until I just settled on something and got used to it.

paperwarior posted...

-Automated HDMI switching. Of course I want the TV to switch to an active HDMI channel when a device is turned on. Unfortunately, that feature is tied to the reverse: switching to an HDMI channel turns on the connected device. And if you turn off the TV after turning off a console, then later switch the TV on, it turns on the console.

Not sure you know this, but these settings are usually in the consoles, not the TV. You can enable/disable them on your Switch/Playstation/etc.

I have that feature on when using my PS5 and Switch because I like them

MacArrowny posted...

Not sure you know this, but these settings are usually in the consoles, not the TV. You can enable/disable them on your Switch/Playstation/etc.

I looked for a solution and tried a bunch of different settings on both the consoles and TV, and it seems like your only other option is to disable all CEC-type functionality for that system. Someone described it as a problem LG and console makers still blame on each other instead of fixing.

Hmm. Is the issue not there with TVs of other brands?

I turned off the functionality because I'm not a fan and using a Samsung TV.

I don't really know about current TVs of other brands as I got this one to replace one that was in use for at least several years, and not an OLED, but that TV didn't have any of these issues.