LG C3: Great TV! Can it Replace a Monitor?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 พ.ค. 2024
- One of the best TV's out there, but how will it fair as a work monitor?
My one week experience with the LG C3 as a main monitor.
PRICE CLARIFICATION: Currently down from $1,150 to $900 new at Best Buy and Amazon, $1,500 was a typo
TEXT FRINGING! Something I forgot to talk about in the video, because well, it was pretty much non-existent. Not once did I notice it, to the point I even forgot to bring it up. If you do run into this issue, windows "ClearType" should clean things up for you.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro
0:49 - Day 1 (Specs)
2:45 - Day 2 (Fancy Zones)
5:00 - Day 3 (Accessories)
7:33 - Day 4 (Gaming)
8:42 - Day 5 (Burn In)
10:55 - Day 6/7 (Final Thoughts) - วิทยาศาสตร์และเทคโนโลยี
Just bought my 42" LG C3, comes Saturday. Can't wait.
Enjoy! 3 months later and I'm still loving it
@@chettystudios nice!! Do you use it as your everyday monitor as well?
@@RoyalBoyle78 Yeah I would say I'm probably 90% work 10% gaming
@@chettystudios Awesome, that would Ill be doing as well as I work remotely
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Love the format for the video and your graphics, talking points, and editing is top notch! Just picked up the 42" LG C2 to use as a work monitor during the day and then gaming pc monitor at night. This is coming from a 7 year old 24" monitor and couldn't be happier!
Thanks and glad you like it! That sounds like a major upgrade!
Been using a 48" C1 for gaming and productivity is now at about 6000 hours and no sign of burn in.
Same here , 48 inch C1 used for pc gaming and media , zero burn in
What precautions you are using?
@@PREDATEURLT Nothing besides no permanent task bar and a screen saver after a minute and display turns off after 5 .
@@k995100lol that’s such a “nothing” Hiding taskbar = you’re not productive enough
48" have bigger pixels, have more resources and will last longer than 42"
The youtube algorithm recommended me this and, while I'm not shopping for an OLED TV, I appreciated the 7 day format which kept things interesting throughout the video.
Side note: your hair look amazing, they are glowing
Thank you!
Your video editing quality is inspiring!
Thank you!
Man, don’t ask me why but I love the plant going through your PC next to the GPU
I bought the 48" for color grading for my room, combined my office workspace with my gaming workspace
Just to offer some more context for the burn-in discussion. I’ve used both my 77” G1 and a 55” Sony A80J for the past year, both running a PC/Mac for productivity and media consumption, as well as heavy PC gaming. The Sony has always suffered from temporary image retention (not the same as burn-in), but outside of that neither display show any signs of burn-in. I’m one of those gamers that plays only a few games, but play them for long hours, so I would be the perfect candidate for IR and never had a single issue with either display.
As an aside, I own the equipment to calibrate my own displays as I do color critical work full time. I use both CalMan and ColourSpace and have to say that the LGs have been some of the best out of the box for color accuracy of any display on the market, including some of my higher-end factory calibrated monitors. I made one quick adjustment to my G1 to calibrate to D65 via the service menu and that was it. < 1 dE nearly out of the box. The Sony was nearly there as well, but the LG could’ve been used for reference work within margins of error and been suitable for a professional workflow. Rock solid.
Glad to hear that! Was planning on picking up a colorometer somewhere down the line but since my work isn't super color critical I'm not stressing it. Compared to my Samsung I could immediately tell out of the box they were pretty damn close to accurate
I've been running a C2 42 4-8 hours a day avg for the last almost 2 years. I have dont have any oled care features turned on and I have absolutely no sings of burn in. My only measures are no desktop icons, no wallpaper and task bar is hidden away with a program called Rounded TB. I was thinking recently to get a G9 oled but I saw a lot of hassle with connection issues, flickers and many many other problems all over reddit
Yeah tbh I much prefer the C3 over my G9 OLED, only reason I have the G9 now is playing competitive games at 240hz but pretty much everything else I use the C3 so I wouldn't say it's worth the hassle unless you really want that 240hz but even then, there may be some new OLED monitors out this year that will perform better than the G9
great video. love the setup mate 👍
Appreciate it!
Awesome review. I have the LG C2 and I got around the ABL by setting HDMI input to PC and choose either the isf modes and/or game mode.
Under there the dark isf mode is set to 63 OLED pixel brightness, contrast to 80, gamma to BT.1886, color dept under Color to 55 and sharpness to 0, which also helps in some games.
light isf is set to 93 OLED pixel brightness, contrast to 80, gamma to 2.2, color dept to 55 and sharpness to 0.
This way, you still have your warrenty.
I hope it works for you too.
Oh and you can install a service on your PC, which can turn on and off the monitor ;-)
You can also connect headsets through bluetooth directly to the TV. So no matter what input source you use, you can use the headset 🙂
Appreciate it I'll check it out!@@kenneth_jensen
My CX had burn-in in less than one year. What burned in was the bookmark icons bar on my browser. I've learned lots of new tricks and am now using a C2.
How do you prevent burn-in on the c2
Is the burn in a big deal? I plan on buying c3 42 inch and running it the whole day
Excellent review hopefully when I get my job this week/weekend I will be saving up for this bad boy. :)
Thanks!
FYI, there's only one e-ARC port, which is for ATMOS, I believe there's two HDMI 2.1 ports that are not e-ARC ports.
Been using my CX 65 as a monitor for years now. nearly 9000 hours. 0 burn.
I love this TV, been using it for more than five months. Do you use any streaming devices for DV or inbuilt webOS? Ive paired it with ATV and its a significant upgrade from webOS (also infuse for movies is a great experience). I just need to get a high end pc built to complete mysetup. I'm still running on 4k60hz 8bit ycbcr 422 sdr for nonhdr content ofcourse thats my pc limitation. But I'm sure you get 4k120hz 12bit depth on your pc.
I don't really watch movies on it that much so haven't really messed around with it, mainly use it for work and gaming but I'll keep that in mind and look into an ATV for sure! Gaming has been crazy though, even at lower refresh rates with the PS5 it looks stunning.
Great video ☺️ I've been debating whether I should get this or the new Alienware 32" 4k oled monitor for my gaming pc! Whst chair are you using for the gaming segment by the way?:) thanks!
Thank you! I’m really happy with the 42” but if I hadn’t already bought this and gotten used to the size, the new 32” 4k from asus has been standing out to me as well. The chair is called Poang from IKEA
I had a 49inch samsung ultra wide monitor , adjusting the settings to not have bad screen tearing and stuttering took a while on my pc, i got most of the kinks worked out but iv only gamed on it for a day. Hopefully i dont regret this purchase
It should also support UltraWide 21:9 mode btw, like the LG C2. Useless for consoles, but useful for PC gamers, I believe it is 3840x1600 38" UW in that mode. I think overall if you want a gaming monitor with TV improvements for movies and whatnot, the best to do right now is to wait for the 2024 models.
yes it does support Ultrawide 21:9 on both c2 and c3 and it works great HOWEVER if you mainly run it at 21:9 and only everynow and then display 16:9 you run the risk of uneven pixel derogation on the top and bottom so that would have to be a personal choice if you take that path
@@virtuaconker85 Has that been backed up? This is what I'm planning to do.
You can set the tv to turn on and off with the lg thinq app.. there is some set up but it works. Powers on with pc
I'll check it out thanks!
Is 120hz enough, I am upgrading from 60hz so I don’t know how good it is vs 165 or even 240hz. Enyways I really liked your video and will be subscribing ❤
? Going the oled way but which desk top tower from best buy do u recommend that can handle or out put 4k not I to gaming but will use it for work and school.
I'm not too familiar with the pre-built stuff but it really depends on the type of work you do. If it's just simple word processing/internet browsing then a lower/midrange should be fine but if you plan on doing any 3d rendering or video editing your probably looking at something on the higher end
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BURNIN: I started with LG CX 55 TV 2020 as a monitor. After owning a Samsung Note 8 with OLED SCREEN and seeing the burnin issues on this phone with one particular app, I was worried about burnin. But OLEDs seems to come a long way since then. I now own the Samsung S21 Ultra for 3 years and that same app has no burnin issues on this phone and I now use the app more often. My LG CX TV shows no sign of burin issues (TV/PC monitor first two years, second two years monitor only with daily use). I have now added a LG C2 55" (16 months ago), and LG C3 to my office. The LG CX is now back in the family room where it started (TV/Monitor) and looking very good. I am looking very hard at all the TVs and Phone for burnin issues and have yet been able to see any. I am retired IT and mainly do Flight Simulator, F1 racing (Racing cockpit / Flight Yokes with Bravo Quadrant) and Music. So lots of static screens. I do have the screen OLED refresh and quarterly manually run OLED refresh my self on all devices. I also changed my browser from a standard white theme to dark.
Super reassuring thanks for sharing!
FYI I have had an LG 55" oled for around 4 years, I use it for gaming, I am not aware of any burn in.
Super re-assuring thanks!
Also, I notice that you have a curve TV on the back. Which one would you recommend for productivity and gaming, flat or curve?
I would only go curved if you sit close to the screen and it's more than 32".
Anything smaller than that there's no need for a curve, and anything larger the curve can be beneficial if you play games on keyboard and mouse or sit close to the screen since it fills in your peripheral vision with screen and can make things more readable without having to move your head and games more immersive
@@chettystudios The covered monitor is not very suitable for console gaming based on my observations. I believe the LG C3 would be a better choice.
I just wish it was at least 6k. 4K at that size is pretty pixel poor.
Screen dimming is actually good to me, very bright whites just hurt cause massive eye strain.
Really nifty feature! For the most part I barely even notice when it's happening in a game or watching content, really only when I have two things open at once and one triggers the entire screen to dim. Like editing a photo on half the screen and watching a YT video on the other half, when the YT video gets bright and triggers ABL, now my photo is also dimmed. Not a huge deal though, I think the pros outweigh the cons
Do you have a link for the tv backlight you use?
I cant find the govee light in that 40-50 tv size anywhere on the website
@@joshuamatlak3554 amzn.to/3U2FRKL here's the link to the ones I used in the video, looks like they're around $16 with a coupon right now just keep in mind they don't really hit white perfectly but other than that I haven't had any issues with them
bro when sdr gaming do you use fabric settings
I have no idea what that is I'll check it out though
did you color callibrated it? and does the factory colors get the job for color accuracy done
I didn’t so there’s really no way to tell how close to accurate it is without using a calibration tool. But for what it’s worth, out of all the monitors I’ve owned and noticed immediately something was off out of the box, this was the only one I didn’t feel that way about
@@chettystudios oke thanky you ya I saw some other videos where people callibrate this using some Harmon software and also used some color callibrator bt that whole kit was expensive itself like 1000+ dollars
10:56 Have you tried headphones on this tv,no one talks about that...I see DT 770 there,I have DT990 and some others..?
I haven't tried plugging them directly into the TV I typically use them connected via my PC or PlayStation. My main concern, especially with something with high impedance, would be if the TV has enough power to drive them properly so I just stick with using an amp
Thanks...I have amp and low impedance headphones just wondering about the sound...My old laptop can drive DT990 250ohm just fine(50% volume),so I'm guessing TV should too...@@chettystudios
i have the LG C2 42" and its worth it 100% but i regret not buying it on black friday sell @ lowest price $799, i got it for $899 and i still love it game changer 😄😄😄
Just bought a new 48 LG C3 for $835
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Congrats! Nice, thats a steal price and welcome to the LG OLED club lol
@@razafutbolera7719
Congratz! welcome to the LG C series oled club
Hi
You prefer samsung odyssey oled g9 or lg c3 ? Which one is better for pc gaming?
Overall picture quality the C3 since it's 4k, but It really depends on the games you play and how far away you sit. If you play on keyboard and mouse the TV has a bit too much verticality, but if you play on controller, sit back a bit, and don't push over 120fps its a solid option.
As for the G9, although its 1440p I like it much better for fast paced games due to the 240hz refresh rate and the screen height is perfect for sitting close playing keyboard and mouse without it towering over you.
Definitely plan on making a comparison video sometime in the future, but essentially when talking gaming, they're two different displays for two different types of people. C3 for controller players that don't need over 120hz and G9 for people who enjoy the 32:9 aspect ratio, sit closer to the screen, and value a high refresh rate over 120hz
@@chettystudios thank you so much ♥️
No problem! Love the Kratos profile pic btw@@witchermiro2602
I have a Macbook Air & can't get more that 30hz refresh rate using the C3 as an external.
faulty or just crappy hdmi to usb-C cable converter.
In your country, do you get all your money back if you decide to return that item after 7 days?
The use of this TV as a monitor is going to heavily depend on the height of the user themselves. I am 5ft 7 inches and after about 11 months of use of the 42C2, I sold it, since it was too tall and the upper corners where way to far out.
Height is a factor but maybe more important is distance and placement. Anything will be too big if you sit close enough. Since the video I got a 30" deep desk and centered the TV at eye level and it helped a lot with being able to see the whole screen without moving my head
If your playstation is in another room of the house this connectivity has value. This is where I found value in it.
Hm ... why does turning on the PS5 also turn on the C3, but not turning on the PC?
It's a software setting built into the PS5, but not Windows. I've been told there's a software you can download so it will turn on with PC but I haven't tried it yet myself.
I prefer multile 27 inch displays
I prefer 1 49” tv monitor and 2 vertical 32” computer monitors on the side.
@@kristophermiller6160 the problem is the curve of the 49, I need FLAT displays to edit photo, video.
No offense but this video isnt going to help anyone make a purchasinf decision. Youre scared of burn whole video
Hey no offense taken I’m always looking for some constructive criticism to try and make these better!
This wasn’t really meant to “sell” or discourage anybody from buying the monitor, just a simple rundown of some notable features and my experience using it so far. I do however plan to do a long term review in the near future now that I’ve been using it for quite some time, and in that video I plan to talk about who the TV is and isn’t for and if it’s a solid purchase or not.
These “7 days in 7 minutes” aren’t served for the purpose of a buying guide but rather an unboxing and first look and the “buying guide” style will come after I’ve had some more hands on time.
show the products more, show yourself less.