LG Electronics OLED65B7A 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD Smart OLED TV (2017 Model)

We received this TV a few days ago and I'm trying not to be overly excited about it, but I really can't help it. It's the most amazing picture I've ever seen on a TV, including any TV I've seen in a store. I ordered this based on reviews on Rtings.com and Wirecutter.com. I had never seen the actual TV in a store so it was a bit of a gamble, especially because we have never spent this amount of money on a television. However, we had outgrown our Costco-purchased, 10 year old, Phillips HDTV. We figured that this TV would also last a decade so we wanted a really good one and so far, the LG B7A has far exceeded expectations. The TV arrived while I was at work but my wife received it. She said the delivery people from Amazon were great and profesional. They took the TV out of the box, and set it up on our media console. They plugged it in and tested it and then left. They will not wall mount it or set up your cable to it or set up anything else. Amazon discloses all this in a delivery email they send to you before the LG arrives. I got home and immediately plugged in the cable and turned on the TV. The setup is easy. It probably takes about 10 minutes to set up everything, connect to your wifi network and update the Amazon Prime Video and Netflix apps. Again, all fairly intuitive and easy but it would have really helped if LG provided some sort of quick setup guide instead of some flimsy piece of paper with drawings. I looked up the LG manual online to make sure I was doing things correctly. I haven't hooked up our Boston Acoustics soundbar yet but it should be okay, I think. One warning: you will have to adjust the the picture and audio settings. Sometimes, the audio wouldn't work properly. It was muffling some sounds while overplaying some background noises from whatever show is on. Again, you will need to play around with the settings a bit. The same is true for the picture. We ended up selecting the "Bright Room" mode and configuring the brightness, contrast, tint, etc to what we liked. I'm not a TV guy, so I don't know about all the advanced settings and stuff. I'm sure you can get it to be highly optimized (the settings on Rtings.com were not really that helpful). Once you've configured it, watch out! It's an amazing picture. Last night we watched the movie, "Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets". I was very curious how such a colorful movie would play on this TV and it blew us away. As I said before, it's the most dazzling picture I've ever seen on any TV. We've also watched our usual comedy favorites on the network channels and its great. This content, as far as I can tell, is NOT 4k UHD content. It's just regular HD content from our Spectrum (Time Warner Cable), Netflix, and Amazon Prime accounts. Again, it blew us all away. Some of the programing, like sports, are okay. It doesn't look that much better than HD. ESPN HD programing looked a bit grainy to me, but I was just quickly flipping through to see who it would handle sports. I'll be curious as how this displays network NFL games, which I watch a lot. Overall, the LG OLED 65 inch B7A has far exceeded my expectations and I had fairly high expectations based on the cost. Was it worth the price? I'm not sure yet, but I think so. I've never paid more than $800 for a TV (and that was a decade ago). As more and more 4k content comes online, I suspect this will be an excellent investment. I highly recommend this TV.

So let me start off by saying the picture quality of this TV is incredible, not much else compares to it. Unfortunately, after about 15 months of average use these 3 dark spots appeared on the bottom right of the screen. The TV comes with a one year warranty, but since I didn't buy the extended warranty, LG refused to do anything about it after calling several times and arguing with their tech support service. I can understand that they shouldn't have to do anything for me IF the spots appeared from physical damage, or burn in from something left on the screen a long time, but this was not the case. I was very careful about keeping the brightness down and not leaving any images up. In my case, it was just a bad panel which I had diagnosed by a reputable TV repair shop, therefore, the TV should have been recalled whether it was out of warranty or not. This is LG's flagship television and they refused to stand by their product which is completely unacceptable. After researching more on the internet, it appears this is becoming a common problem with others as well. Paying $2300 and now being stuck with these horrible, distracting dark spots and LG refusing to do anything about it, I highly recommend for everyone to avoid buying this and wait until the technology is improved because its just not worth the risk for the amount of money they cost.

I am going to break this TV down for you guys starting off with a simple Pros/Cons list, then I will dive deeper into it: Pros Perfectly uniform blacks thanks to infinite contrast Great picture even from an angle Low input lag for gaming Cons Static images can get "stuck" temporarily Screen brightness varies with content being displayed (ABL) Design: 9.5 The design of the LG B7 OLED is excellent. The TV looks impressive, with a very thin screen and thin borders. It doesn't have the front-facing soundbar of the E7, and instead, sits on a stand similar to the B6. Some of the rear-facing inputs may be difficult if placed close to a wall, but the two HDMI and two USB ports on the side are easily accessible. The TV can be wall mounted via a Vesa 300x200 mount on the bottom of the rear of the unit. The boarders are thin and look great. The edges of the TV are metal and feel well-built. The max thickness of the TV is 1.97", as the top of half of the TV is only as thick as the OLED screen and backing. The bottom half of the TV houses the components and is thicker, but still will stick close to a wall if mounted.The build quality of the B7A is great, and all of the parts feel premium and well constructed. The only gripe is that the top half of the screen feels a bit too thin and may flex slightly when it is being moved. Picture Quality: 8.6 The LG B7A OLED TV has a remarkable picture quality. When set in a dark room, the amazing contrast ratio and the excellent black uniformity makes for a great home cinema experience, where dark scenes are well reproduced, with deep blacks. When set in the brighter room, its very good SDR peak brightness and excellent capacity to deal with reflection mean the B7A can also be a very good option to watch TV shows and movies during the day. The B7A is a good TV for people with a large living room since it has a very good viewing angle and picture quality remain good no matter where you will be sitting. The B7A is also a good TV for the sport's amateur, as the gray uniformity is great and dirty screen effect is not really a problem. Finally, when it comes to HDR, the B7A is excellent, as the mix of perfect blacks and good HDR peak brightness produces strong specular highlights, and when you add the wide color gamut, you can really experience a great HDR experience. As with other LG OLED TVs, the B7A has a perfect contrast ratio. As a result, it makes for a perfect TV for a dark home theater. Motion: 9.6 Motion looks excellent on the B7A OLED. It has near-instant pixel response time, flicker-free lighting, judder-free 24p playback from almost any source, and 120 fps motion interpolation. The only thing it's missing is black frame insertion, which would've only been useful for gaming or when using motion interpolation. Inputs: 9.2 The B7A OLED can properly display almost all content, including HDR. It also has excellent low input lag, which should please all but the most competitive gamers. Sound Quality: 6.5 The LG B7A features the same "Magic Sound Tuning" room correction feature found on other high-end LG TVs, but it's less powerful set of speakers means its performance is still only average. It's not bad, but a good sound bar will provide a significant upgrade to the sound quality. Smart Features: 8.2 The B7A uses LG's WebOS smart platform, which is fast to navigate, has lots of apps and has a great remote. The interface is split into three sections; apps, settings and inputs; each with its own button on the remote, quick menu and full menu. This makes the interface fast to navigate, but may be confusing for first-time users. The included LG Magic Remote is one of the best and makes a cursor on screen follow the remote's movement, much like a Nintendo Wii remote, which saves time when browsing the TV. Conclusion: 8.6 The LG B7A is a great TV for a mixed usage. Its picture quality is remarkable, and it features a large set of powerful features that make it a well-rounded set fit for almost any usage.

The first one I bought I had to return because I thought it defective. I called LG about the sync issues with my TV and they were. It helpful. After he second TV arrived I was still having issues. However as I was going crazy with the TV they updated he firmware. The first firmware update fixed the Audio sync issue with my Apple TV and Verizon FiOS cable. A couple days later they released a second firmware and now that is causing me to have to switch inputs whenever I go to use my Apple TV I have to go to Xbox One first in order to get the audio to work on the Apple TV. If I change form cable to Apple TV the audio does not work. Great product (visually) but I spend more time frustrated rather than enjoying it. It has been better since the first firmware update. I wish LG told me this was a known issue and a fix was coming, it would have saved me a lot of time.

This could easily be a 5 star rating, but there are some serious flaws with the software (and perhaps hardware) of the television. For reference, I've owned this set for nearly 5 months now. First, I am not a tech expert, but I know a few things: I've built my own computer twice, I built my own home theater system, I've owned a couple high end TVs. I can't calibrate the picture on my own, but I can certainly recognize excellent picture quality when I see it. That being said, the physical design and picture quality of this TV are second to none. I own a Panasonic VT60 (top of the line plasma a couple years ago), and this easily beats the color quality and black levels of that set. However... The wireless modem on this set is garbage. If you plan on relying on wireless to get your content, prepare for headaches and heartburn. For some reason, the wireless modem after a period of about 3 weeks, the modem gets bogged down, and the bandwidth that the modem can handle shrinks to about 1 Mbps. A quick internet search will corroborate this statement. The "fix" is to unplug the TV whenever this happens, which probably resets the modem cache (again, I'm no expert) and restores the bandwidth to ~250 Mbps. This is a huge pain if you plan on streaming 4K HDR content (which you will because it looks PHENOMENAL). Of course, this can be overcome if you hardwire (i.e., use an Ethernet cable), but not all homes are wired up like that (and what's the point of wireless if you can't enjoy the convenience of it). I have troubleshot this issue until I was blue in the face: I conducted multiple bandwidth tests using multiple devices on the wireless network (I have an ASUS RT-AC88U router, one of the fastest and top of the line routers), and I came to the same conclusion as others: the problem is the TV modem. Second major flaw: the TV has trouble handling 4K content at the framerate level. Frames are very choppy and stutter pretty badly at 30 fps or so, and the only solution is to turn on the TruMotion feature (i.e., the synthetic soap opera effect) and customize it "to your liking." Even then, this doesn't truly fix the problem, scenes with a lot of motion in 4K still show up as very stutter-y. I shouldn't have to do this at all: my VT60 handles all framerates of different resolutions just fine, and I keep the soap opera effects completely off. The set can handle 720p and 1080p frames without choppiness just fine, but not 4K. Again, 4K HDR looks absolutely gorgeous on this set, but there are some serious issues with frame processing that just are too big to ignore. Paying $2500 for this TV, I would expect that basic hardware and software issues like these would be ironed out before the set is released for sale. I haven't personally contacted LG for a couple reasons: 1) they are probably going to suggest "fixes" that I've already tried, and 2) apparently, they are "working on" more permanent fixes. This set could easily have a 5 star rating, but these basic flaws seriously detract from the overall quality. (Final note: if I can post pictures of the wireless issues, I will try in the future.) Edit: I've added pictures with date stamps proving what I was talking about with the wireless internet speeds. The speed test screenshots are wireless bandwidth tests from my phone showing 300+ Mbps. The other pictures are from the LG Netflix app speed test taken from the same day as the phone speed test. The first Netflix speed test shows a speed of 200+ Mbps, the second one shows a speed of 20x slower (11 Mbps, not enough to stream 4K). I have changed nothing on the TV at all and there is no issue with my wireless router; there is some issue with the wireless receiver built into the TV. Another update: bandwidth/speed is down to 2 Mbps while wireless speed on my phone is showing 200+ Mbps. Again, this is a very annoying problem, especially when trying to stream 4K.

The picture quality can be amazing. Or not. That's really dependent on the resolution of the content. Comcast only provides 720p and even then the quality varies. Close ups are generally superior across the board though. Especially in football the close ups can be great but the normal view of the plays isn't much if any better than my old tv. I get the best picture quality streaming on Netflix or Amazon Prime Video even at 1080p but especially at the currently limited 4K content. The 4K content didn't look any better than the 1080p with my 5 mbps internet. I read you should probably have a minimum of 25 mbps to appreciate it. I upgraded to 150 mbps (just because it was Comcast's best value) and can see the difference. The features are everything you would expect or more in such a high priced tv. The only feature it lacks than the higher priced LG C7 is Dolby Atmos 2.2 Ch 40W (20W Woofer) that saves a couple hundred dollars. The only issue I have is regarding the built in apps for Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. Initially they worked as well as my Roku 2. After an LG software upgrade they don't, not even after the internet speed upgrade. You would think these apps would be a priority with a 4K tv. To take advantage of the higher internet speed and the available even if limited 4K content I purchased a Roku Premiere+. I initially had some buyer's reservations given the price. But it's about one and one half times larger than my previous tv, is future proof and I'll have it as long as it lasts. I already appreciated the upgrade in tv size and picture quality but with the internet speed upgrade and the Roku Premiere+ addition I'm especially happy I bought it.

I rarely write reviews and even more return things. I had saved up for this TV And when it hit in 2200 range for a Black Friday deal I was in. I always wanted an OLED TV and this felt like the best bang for the buck. When the TV Arrived I was so impressed the colors were impressed and I am a huge sports fan and it looked fantastic (I got the 65inch one). About a month later I had a purple bar running up and down the TV that seemed pixelated when I turned off the TV it still illuminated the bar. I am far from TV expert and I researched online and I couldn't really seem this to be a problem normally associated with the tv. I was right on the 30 day mark maybe a day over and called Amazon and told me to go through LG as this was a warranty issue. LG is an absolute disaster dealing with. They made me download an APP to see the problem then were going to send out a technician to see if it was actually covered by warranty or if I did something. THE problem is they could not find anyone to come and service TV and claimed they had 30 days to find someone so I had another month of dealing with a purple bar running throughout the TV I had paid 2200-2300 dollars for. It just was a terrible experience and they could care less LG. I finally called Amazon again and asked for a supervisor and they said no problem they were sending out a new TV And taking the bad one back. Thank god I bought through Amazon. The LG supervisor promised to call me back in a day and I haven't heard from them in a week. I Dont know if this a co moon problem and maybe some people who know kore about TV's could add more insight as im clueless with this stuff but im just so glad I domino have to deal with LG anymore. All said and down I wish I went and got a Samsung QLED I will never buy a LG product again after this crappy experience. I saved up a lot of money to buy this TV it is very frustrating on buying such a nice TV and being treated like a piece of garbage with LG.

Do not like the 'mouse pointer' remote. The one reaaaaaallly annoying thing is that when an input is not active when you turn on the set it is not smart enough to select the input when it becomes active. My Samsung handles this issue beautifully. The picture is very nice in low ambient light! One of the best pictures available.

this is simply the best i ever purchase. It has an amazing picture quality, but of course, this tv is really thin so buy a soundbar or a home cinema because the sound is not great at all. I give 5 stars because all the new tv is thin so the sound will not be good with all the newest tv on the market not only with the lg oled tv

Extremely expensive but I love this TV. The picture quality is second to none the audio is great and it was very easy to set up. The inclusion of apps like Netflix, Amazon and Google Play make my TV watching experience very smooth and easy. If you have the money to spare and are looking for a TV I could not recommend this enough.

Wonderful TV! Very happy with this, the most outstanding thing about this set is the colours! As a negative, the set arrives in an energy saving mode which effects the image. I defeated this mode selecting 'Standard' and have never looked back. Highly recommend!

deliver as described