Bought an LG OLED 65" 4K at Best Buy in 2025 because of the price (around $1000). The picture looked great at the store, and it looks even better in my house. I had no idea how much of a difference it would make. Best TV purchase I've ever made.
LG vs. Sony 65” OLED
I’m moving and about to buy one of these TVs in the $1300 range and wondering if either is strongly favored for any reasons? Sounds like the LG might be brighter/better for HDR but Sony may have better blacks/color and may be a little smoother/more film like with better upsampling and possibly better sound (I’ll be using my HT speakers for movies so not a huge deal there) but I dunno. I won’t have an overly bright room (although glare could possibly be an issue so that could be important if one is better there) nor will I be doing much gaming so this is mainly for TV/movies, which kinda points me marginally to the Sony but love to hear thoughts. My other main concern is reliability where both seem good but LG seems to have the edge there, which is not a small thing.
Also, I’ll be using the Ethernet connection from my router (that I’m buying separately rather than renting the crap from the cable company) instead of Wi-Fi so if anyone has found an Ethernet cable that’s made a significant improvement in the <$200 price range I’d be very interested in that as well. Thanks!
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@soix FWIW our Sony TV's have been stone cold reliable for years. However they are not OLED if that matters. |
I’ve had both LG G and C models for the past twelve years, which have been rock solid with ink-like blacks. In between, we had a Sony XBR LED which had poor blacks and a user interface that seemed dated compared to LG’s. I’ve heard great things about some of Sony OLED models, but at the time of research two years ago LG seemed to be more consistent with performance across their lineup per RTINGS.com. Again, I think it really depends on the model and whether you’ll be using something like the AppleTV (highly recommended) or the televisions apps. |
LG. Latest is slightly better and price wise as wuch LG has been a class leader for awhile now with thier mini pixel technologies and bigger processors , you have to watch Sony at the stores , my friend is a manager there. If you try to bring your own blu ray to compare normally no. for Sony pays a advertising contract in the U.S and many times partially calibrated and a super high Rez bluray demo is used .. please remember All tv sets are not close to optimal at the store they just throw up the color temp and contrast . myself spent the $400 and have my Set professionally calibrated it takes 3-4 hours but we’ll worth it do it it 3-4 years , buy a good blu ray player like the Panasonic for $1k , and optical cable I bought a AQ vodka and gives nice picture ,and use the hdmi out into your tv for sound . |
I have both brands. If you have a "light-challenged" room I would tend to favor LG over Sony. If not, picture quality will be so close I would choose based on aesthetics and price. Current models have so many adjustment options there is extreme overlap between major name brands. I also believe both brands readily mirror images if that's important to you. |
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