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LG 4K Oled55c6p Owners Thread!

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Where are the owners, where are the reviews? Don't be shy!
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I'll be soon an owner as soon crutchfield gets them in stock.
I thought to make this thread for the owners to share their thoughts and feelings about this tv and inform people that plan to buy this TV/Monitor.
 
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$4k for this, probably not worth it for me. I don't even watch TV.
Crutchfield has it for $2,999 and you should be able to pricematch it with bestbuy and amazon when they get it on stock.
I will not be using it as a TV and i read it has low enough input lag to be used as a pc monitor.

Only thing that worries me is recent rumors about a white flash issue many report in other forums.
 
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Ok got this tv setup and running last night but... not ready for Star Citizen just yet.
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First this tv doesn't include an hdmi cable so i had to run to radioshack and get a crappy hdmi cable that at least gets the job done.
I'm experiencing the same problems callsignvega did when he first got this tv and i haven't solved them all just yet.

This tv at 4:4:4 60hz loses signal from time to time and i think on one occasion i lost signal even at 4:4:4 59hz.
Callsignvega recommended to change the refresh rate at the edid info of the tv which i have yet to figure out how to access that edid in this tv.
First time using a tv by the way after 16 years, i was dealing with pc monitors all that time so excuse me for being unable to find the edid.
 
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Do you like it? What is your viewing distance?
 
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Do you like it? What is your viewing distance?
After i upgraded my desk and attached to it a 28" wide keyboard tray underneath, my viewing distance can be from 2 feet up to 5 feet! I think 3 feet is the sweet spot.
This tv so far is much better than the crossover 44k i was using prior to it. In the beginning the mouse movement felt slow but after putting the tv to game mode the mouse movement felt as fast as on the crossover.
Needless to say the picture quality blows the crossover out of the water plus i had to deal with some horizontal banding issues in the crossover monitor that dont exist in this tv, even when many people reported vertical banding on this oled tv mine came banding and dead pixel free!

I will watch some movies tonight and play some games tomorrow when i get my new hdmi calbe in the mail and finally solve the 4:4:4 60hz losing signal glitch and report back here my experience.
 
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Man, to use OLED as a monitor.... I'd be afraid of the burn in.
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Man, to use OLED as a monitor.... I'd be afraid of the burn in.
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It's almost impossible to get burn in on this tv. It has pixel shifting technology, compensation cycles etc that make it near to impossible to get burn in.
There are people who left this tv on for more than 9 hours straight displaying the same image and the image retention was cured by the compensation cycle soon after.
 
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Originally Posted by gavros777 View Post

It's almost impossible to get burn in on this tv. It has pixel shifting technology, compensation cycles etc that make it near to impossible to get burn in.
There are people who left this tv on for more than 9 hours straight displaying the same image and the image retention was cured by the compensation cycle soon after.
I hope it's more than just a selling feature. That'd be awesome.
 
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Originally Posted by Shiftstealth View Post

I hope it's more than just a selling feature. That'd be awesome.
Check this link
http://televisions.reviewed.com/features/what-to-know-about-oled-screen-burn-in-problems-causes-image-retention
An excerpt from above link

"To start, we booted up the title menu of a Blu-ray (The Fifth Element) and let it run on the LG 55EG9100 (a full-HD OLED) for about 20 hours straight.

Was it a bit risky? Sure. But we love you, and science demands sacrifices.

The Fifth Element is a good test case because the main menu has several high-contrast features-such as a checkerboard pattern-that stand out when burnt into a screen. And sure enough, after 20 hours of run time you could still see/read the menu items (Play Movie, Languages, etc.) and that big checkerboard, even after changing to a blank gray screen.

After turning the TV off for 10 minutes, we turned it back on, and discovered that a healthy portion of the Blu-ray menu image retention was cleared up. It seemed like it was all gone, and wasn't noticeable when watching other kinds of content. On closer inspection, however, it was evident that there was still some minor image retention left over.
(Continuing to use the EG9100 cleared up serious IR much faster than leaving it off for extended periods of time.)"
 
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Just played some gta 5 on the oled55c6p and the game started at night time, i couldn't believe my eyes, what kind of darkness was that!
It felt like i was playing a different game! I'm so gonna enjoy star citizen on this tv, travelling the vastness of darkness/space lol.
 
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Originally Posted by CallsignVega View Post

Yes, the OLED55C6P is the best gaming display out there. The picture quality and immersion is just ridiculous.
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I'm so glad to see you here CallsignVega!
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Do you still have your tv at 59hz?
I tried putting mine at 59hz on nvidia control panel and still experience loss of signal when in 4:4:4 chroma everytime i turn the tv off and then back on using the remote.
Reading your posts it looks i have to change the refresh rate on the edid info of the tv but don't know how to access that. Is this the service menu?

By the way at 4:4:4 so far i'm only losing signal when turning the tv off and then on using the remote. I was playing gta5 at 4:4:4 and 60hz with no problems.

Another question i would like to ask, have you calibrated your tv?
Did you do it on game mode or standard mode?
Can you share your settings?
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Nope, no calibration. I just keep saturation at 70 (I like game colors that pop), contrast at 100, and use brightness 50, oled light stages at 0, 30 and 100 presets depending on room brightness.

I still have the TV at 59 Hz, but games report it as like 59.94. I still get the signal disconnect at 4:4:4 60 Hz 4K, but only that mode. Well, that happens to be the only mode that I use. Talk to LG VIP too as I have to get them to update the firmware to fix this glitch. Right now, I have a small LCD off to the side that I simply turn on and off and it fixes the signal for the LG. I think the LG has too tight of signalling or something in the firmware. It only glitches some of the time, but enough to be annoying. Especially if I didn't have the LCD to turn on and off. I know it's not my GPU's as it's done it with the 980Ti and 1080. Worth the hassle though lol.
 
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Originally Posted by CallsignVega View Post

Nope, no calibration. I just keep saturation at 70 (I like game colors that pop), contrast at 100, and use brightness 50, oled light stages at 0, 30 and 100 presets depending on room brightness.

I still have the TV at 59 Hz, but games report it as like 59.94. I still get the signal disconnect at 4:4:4 60 Hz 4K, but only that mode. Well, that happens to be the only mode that I use. Talk to LG VIP too as I have to get them to update the firmware to fix this glitch. Right now, I have a small LCD off to the side that I simply turn on and off and it fixes the signal for the LG. I think the LG has too tight of signalling or something in the firmware. It only glitches some of the time, but enough to be annoying. Especially if I didn't have the LCD to turn on and off. I know it's not my GPU's as it's done it with the 980Ti and 1080. Worth the hassle though lol.
Thanks for the info! I ordered by the way a monster hdmi cable from amazon that has 27gbs bandwidth. I should receive it today. I hope it handles better the signal loss glitch.
So far the 4k fusion hdmi cable performs better than my previous radioshack hdmi cable and i experience the signal loss glitch a lot fewer times.
Will test the monster cable today and report back if it performs better.
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I just started using the monster hdmi cable and still experience signal loss similar to the 4k fusion cable.
It happens to me when i turn the tv off using the remote i hear a sound from my computer speakers and then when i turn it back on is a hit or miss, sometimes i will have signal and sometimes i wont.
When there's no signal turning the tv off again and back on couple times restores the signal.

I will try to call lg on monday but i think nvidia might be able to help too with their drivers.
 
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Tried a thicker/shorter cable and no difference. It also does it with my laptop, it's definitely a LG firmware issue.

LG probably doesn't know about it as the amount of people using this as a computer display is pretty small. I'm also going to call them on Monday to follow up.

The easiest way I've found to get the signal back is just turn my other monitor on and off. This resets the signals to all displays and the LG pops back to life. I've also noticed it does it much less if you set 59 Hz in NVIDIA control panel rather than 60 Hz. But they are really both 60 Hz. I wonder if LG messed up on the EDID info.
 
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I will try to contact nvidia too as i've read news articles of computer displays having problems due to nvidia's drivers.
The sound my computer does when turning the tv off (and one time my computer crashed too when i turned off the tv) remind me of similar situations i had with pc games when they first get released with bad driver support.

If i get some good advice by either lg or nvidia i'll make sure to post it here!
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#21 ·
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Originally Posted by CallsignVega View Post

Tried a thicker/shorter cable and no difference. It also does it with my laptop, it's definitely a LG firmware issue.

LG probably doesn't know about it as the amount of people using this as a computer display is pretty small. I'm also going to call them on Monday to follow up.

The easiest way I've found to get the signal back is just turn my other monitor on and off. This resets the signals to all displays and the LG pops back to life. I've also noticed it does it much less if you set 59 Hz in NVIDIA control panel rather than 60 Hz. But they are really both 60 Hz. I wonder if LG messed up on the EDID info.
why not turn the monitor itself off..?
 
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Originally Posted by gavros777 View Post

Just played some gta 5 on the oled55c6p and the game started at night time, i couldn't believe my eyes, what kind of darkness was that!
It felt like i was playing a different game! I'm so gonna enjoy star citizen on this tv, travelling the vastness of darkness/space lol.
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Originally Posted by CallsignVega View Post

Yes, the OLED55C6P is the best gaming display out there. The picture quality and immersion is just ridiculous.
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enjoy for two years, then the blues start dying/fading slightly.
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welcome to organic matter.

samsung announces leaving OLED tv business for this exact reason http://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1427704300
 
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Originally Posted by gavros777 View Post

I think lg is only using white oleds and has made a patent for it so competitors cant created oled tvs the same way and that's the reason everyone else except lg is leaving the oled tv business.
hmm, I thought that was called a monopoly and they would be required to pay a large tax to have that right... meh I don't understand how the laws work lol, well, LG OLED for me is in my future, thanks for the info man, long live the mega corps with monopolies who dont have to pay large taxes for having said monopoly, i guess, lol
 
#25 ·
Found this:
"LG is employing the patterned OLED display technology know as "Color By White", which is basically a large white only OLED with three colored sub-pixel RGB filters and one white only sub-pixel.

LG purchased the patterns from Eastman Kodak and as of today is the only methodology that can produce large screen OLED displays in high quantity with very good reliability and high yields.

No blue OLED is used so the lifespan of LG's OLED is estimated to be 30,000 hours to half life.

Hope this helps.

-Robert"
 
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Originally Posted by formula m View Post

why not turn the monitor itself off..?
Turning electronic devices on and off quickly is not good for them. I'd rather not wear out my $3K OLED electronics. I can simply turn off and on my old crappy $30 monitor that I had in the closet, which accomplishes the same signal reset and faster to boot.

As for white OLEDs, there are no longevity issues and the OLED will last the normal lifespan of a TV.
 
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