Over the years, we have used a variety of adjectives to describe excellent black-level performance, ranging from “deep” and “inky” to “rich” and “hypnotic”, with the superlative of superlatives usually being reserved for the best plasmas like the Pioneer Kuro line and this year’s Panasonic ZT and VT series. But after auditioning Samsung’s and now LG’s 55-inch curved OLED TVs, we clearly need an adjective of even higher intensity, and the most apt we’ve come up with is – don’t laugh – “black” black.
The LG 55EA980W is the second OLED TV we’ve tested, and like the first,
it delivers a picture that blows away any LED LCD television, and eclipses even the best-performing plasmas, owing largely to its ability to render true blacks.
The unrivalled black-level response also has a beneficial effect on the television’s colour palette, allowing colours to “pop” with such vibrancy while still maintaining an aura of authenticity – we like to think of true blacks as the ideal canvas for colours to shine. The 55EA980W’s awesome contrast performance was truly intoxicating, making us want to revisit all the films we’ve watched before to see them in a new light.
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