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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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cleeds
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Sony has the latest NTSC over the air tuner if you choose to use an over the air antenna ... That is only of consequence if you have local HD/4K broadcasts in your area.

You probably mean it has an ATSC tuner. The NTSC analog standard has been dead in the US for more than a decade.

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oddiofyl
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I have a 65" LG b5  and it's been great.  It has over 15,000 hours on it and still looks great.

My Dad has a 77" LG OLED , it's about 6 years old.  I was doing the FW on it recently and it has over 16,000 hours on it.   That's almost 8 hours a day for 6 years.   

I purchased the LG 65" OLED C6 for my son about 6 months ago and the picture is phenomenal.    It was the best picture in the store.  

I just retired my bedroom LG 43"    I put that at my girlfriend's place and replaced it with a 48" OLED  b5 and it is great.     

bottomzone
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LGs are very reliable. I've had my LG LCD TV for at least 15 years and will get an LG EVO OLED when I replace it this year.

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richardbrand
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I have a 65" LG OLED and my partner has a Sony Bravia 65" OLED.  We mainly watch over-the-air TV in Australia plus silver disks up to 4K.  We don't use the internal speakers, but if we did Sony would win hands down.

I slightly prefer the picture quality of the Sony, but the biggest difference is the operating systems and remote controllers.  Here I again prefer the Sony,  When I switch the LG on, I have to point and search to find free-to-air in a very confusing screen mélange, which changes quite frequently with software updates.

We both use WiFi rather than hardwired Ethernet.  By the way, there is no comparison between the quality of streamed 4K and disk-based 4K.  Get the disks every time!

This is my second LG 65" OLED.  The first developed a vertical line after about 5 years.  After a bit of a hassle, LG offered a complete refund and I bought its replacement model for about half what the original cost me.  I later found out that LG had been through the mill with our Australian Consumer Law and just mentioning it worked wonders!

South Korean conglomerate LG has been the only manufacturer of OLED TV screens for around a decade.  Sony has ceded control of its home entertainment to Chinese TCL, which worries me more than somewhat.  How the mighty has fallen

shooter41
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Agreed that the LG OS is not the best. Luckily, I have an AppleTV 4K on that TV so I only have to mess with it when I do FW updates (which is fairly often). 

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