LG vs. Sony 65” OLED

@stereosanctity Sony TV sets of old……

Yes l agree with your assessment of the Sony (Bravia?) processing. Years ago it was right up there with Panasonic Viera sets from memory. In fact the Bravia processor was amongst the quickest on some TVs and were favoured by gamers for the quick refresh rates. The set up menus are brilliant and the TVs work best when most of the settings “in settings” are actually set to off. Talking to TV engineers this is the broad concensous with all TVs, the more processing you can eliminate the purer the picture. The Sony Bravia motion processing in most cases does not even have to be set to “high” for optimal performance. Take my advice, turn off as many of the settings as possible that have been preset by ANY manufacturer. The set you have just purchased has probably been optimised for the retailers showroom which under bright ambient lighting is just the opposite to your living space.

l have had 3 Sony TVs over the last 20 years and still have two (one over 15 years old slumbering in a bedroom). I had originally bought an LG 32” for that bedroom but it went gizzzzzz with the sound one day, like a siren going off that you couldn’t stop without pulling the plug. Richer Sounds exchanged the set instantly. It was a common fault apparently. When l fine tuned and adjusted the TV back lighting for mainly in the dark viewing, it developed another fault. During dark background titles at the end of films when there were not “many bright titles” the TV would shut down, turn itself off… not detecting a picture. So that one went back to exchange. A year later l sold it half price to my sister. In short order it developed another fault on a part of the set l never used… the headphone socket she used to feed her sound system. It went back for repair under warranty and a month after the warranty finished the sound went completely.

So that’s pretty much underlined my opinion on LG. I will never buy one ever again. All of the Sony TVs l have owned never caused concern. lt amazes my son that l am still using a 12 year old (not a 4K) set in my cinema room with “an old” Cambridge Audio Universal 752BD. 
 

l will say it again …. Turn as many menu settings to “off” as you can!

@mylogic Yes!  It’s a must to turn off all that nonsense you mentioned. It’s the equivalent of listening to a Best Buy stereo with a large V curve so it sounds the deepest and loudest on the showroom floor. 

@stereosanctity ” Yes …. turn off all that nonsense….”

We are on the same page due to experience. Needless to say, turning off “all that nonsense” also applies to DVD and Blu-ray players…… Optimise, optimise costs nothing.

l wonder how many people actually never bother to do anything to improve their expensive buys…. A non-brainer. Why accept what someone else thinks you should see?

I have the LG OLED and love it, except for the software. I found it way too much for my needs. Wants to do everything and be a media hub, when all I want it to do is be an output device.Used to use a Roku, plus a set top box from Novus, our local provider, but they upgraded me to fibre optic and 5G streaming and now everything is beautifully simple. Something I really appreciate as I get older. Lol. Picture is fantastic.

Don't know what your taste in shows is, but these are some of my recommendations at the moment.

Widow's Bay

Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

Silo

Slow Horses

Spider Noir

The Buroughs

Fallout

Severance

House of Dragons

Hijack

I often wonder about Sky “broadcasts” (if that’s the right word) in that they appear, at least to me, to being over-processed, and not unlike how TV screens look in dealer showrooms. Everything colour-wise just screams at you. In a dimly lit room it can be unbearable.

At my girlfriend’s house, she often switches to terrestrial for a more naturally satisfying picture if available on the same channel, so it’s not “just me”. Yes l reset her TV menus. Thinking now, l never have looked to see if the Sky Box can be manually adjusted…. Time to investigate!