Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Overview LG 65UB980V: Ultra HD TV with excellent sound – Mail.Ru

     

     


     

Resolution Ultra HD is gradually moving from the category of the exotic to a more affordable level. Rulers Ultra HD-TVs significantly expand and competition continues to gain momentum – and the evolving capacities of TVs, and reduces the cost. Flagship series Ultra HD-TV LG in 2014 acquired valuable improvements: HDMI 2.0 adds support for the codec and HEVC/H.265, to keep pace with the times. This allows you to receive Ultra HD-video at 50-60 Hz, which was not available on models last year. Budding sound system was created in conjunction with the Harman / Kardon, so it is of particular interest. At the heart of LG Smart TV now is a system WebOS, which promises a more comfortable use and multitasking. As you can see, we have something to test the LG 65UB980V – and we’ll tell everything in order.


 

 

Key Features

 

  • diagonal 65 inches (165 cm)
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  • Backlight Edge LED
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  • Panel resolution: 3840 x 1920 pixels (Ultra HD)
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  • Polarization technology LG CINEMA 3D
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  • integrated sound system 4.2 with total capacity of 70 W (with Harman / Kardon)
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  • enhancement technology transfer motion Motion Clarity Index 1300
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  • Function Smart Share (built DLNA-klient/WiDi)
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  • Support for Mobile High-Definition Link (MHL) for direct connection of mobile devices to the TV
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  • Interactive LG Smart TV system based WebOS
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  • Remote Magic Remote with Motion Detection
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  • Camera and gesture control
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model was tested on LG 65UB980V.


 

design and construction

 

 Their appearance

LG 65UB980V continues the line started predecessors. Ultrathin motives finally lost the extra pretentiousness, replaced by simple and classic design. As a result, the TV does look a class above predecessors.


 

 

Judge: instead of the usual plastic eyes and then come across the metallic elements of different textures. Typical speaker grills, elegant stand, screen bezel – metal parts list, gracing television, can be long. They all fit together well, and big massive tv felt as a whole.


 

 

For 65-inch version, believe me, you need almost 40-pound TV stands firmly on the table. And if you hang it on the wall, slightly spaced from the housing dynamics create a “floating” effect due to the neat side brackets. Not a bad idea, which once came across on the other TVs.


 

 

way, desktop stand is made in the form of an arc – like solutions we’ve seen on other models. When large diagonal screen it does not take up much space, which is useful when placed on a horizontal surface.


 

interfaces, management and functionality

 

Aboard LG UB980V located 4 x HDMI, and the latest version – HDMI 2.0. Due to this, the TV got full support for Ultra HD, including scanning frequency of 50-60 Hz. This is a nice addition to the background the previous model LG LA970V, which is satisfied only HDMI 1.4. In addition, there is on board codec HEVC/H.265 – everything points to the fact that new TV UB980V much better prepared for the future.


 

 

USB connectors allow you to connect external drives and play multimedia files – photos, music, videos. Moreover, the number of playable formats traditionally high – built-in player, you can say, is omnivorous. Supports multiple options even MKV, one of the most popular containers for HD-video. TV copes effortlessly with a large list of files on the connected USB flash drive or an external HDD, but two test file HEVC/H.265 three refused to play. In our opinion, the codec HEVC still not common, to draw any conclusions, and LG certainly not one release a software update for the TV, which can improve the compatibility.


 

 

As for tuners, the LG UB980V able to accept most modern formats: DVB-T2 (digital terrestrial), DVB-C (digital cable TV), as well as satellite DVB-S2. Main attention is paid to the presence of standard DVB-T2 – it says that UB980V already ready to receive Russian digital TV.


 

 

Included LG UB980V comes a favorite we control Magic Remote with motion sensors. I must say that the Magic Remote – this is a very convenient and intuitive way to control that provides responsive navigate the TV menu, and hardly in this area you can think of something better.


 

LG Smart TV

 

Introducing a new WebOS operating system in LG TVs will be added later.

 

 

Sound

 

Sound System LG UB980V – it is an occasion for a little pride, and for good reason, it literally put to prominence. Additionally, it warms the soul, the sound system was developed in conjunction with Harman / Kardon – known American brand of audio. No “reflected” sound or shamefully hidden “gap” there is no sound guides – quite a impressive front speakers are handed to the sides and aimed directly at the viewer. Additional accompaniment creates another built-in subwoofer (rather woofer, but okay).


 

 

As a result, the viewer gets quite dynamic and punchy sound that can fill a room quite above average. Without further discounts on “Television” system provides good detail of middle and upper frequency spectrum, and pronounced stereo creates a wide sound field. Simply put, sound LG UB980V among the best performers among all the TVs that we visited on the test, and some of them are as impressive as the Sony KDL-55X9005A (speakers with ferrofluid) or Panasonic TX-PR55VT60 (good stereo). As you can see, a joint creation of LG and Harman / Kardon worthy looks and sounds even in such company.


 

As seen (and heard) in this trend, Audio, older models again began to pay attention. In the previous model LG fancy checking out sanudbar used in new models – the front speakers. Apparently, the competition has spurred manufacturers to use more advanced solutions. TV sound is usually unremarkable, but it’s nice to see such exceptions as LG UB980V, which does not cause the desire to press the Mute button and built-in sound muffling, run for the external system.


 

Image

 

As usual, we focus on the main TV functions – creating impressive images that would meet all quality standards. To objectively evaluate the image, we use the best video tests and benchmarks, as well as pay attention to the calibration of TVs that you can compare them in fair conditions with optimal settings.


 

factory settings

 

LG UB980V traditionally offers the following display modes: “Vivid”, “Standard”, “eco”, “Cinema”, “Games” and two modes «ISF Expert”, intended for professional calibration.

 

 

«Bright” and “standard” in nature rather fit for the store. Image is very bright, and the overall tone is too cold, which adversely affects the color rendition. In addition, excessive processing circuits leads to many artefacts in the image.


 

 

Much better for home use mode “Cinema”, which, as the name implies, is designed for watching movies or television. Preferences here perceptibly closer to optimum.


 

 

adequate brightness level, and gamma in the “Movies” are just a few understated and is 2.06 instead of 2.2 optimal. Therefore, the image lightens slightly relative to the original.


 

 

average color temperature is close to the reference value of 6500K, the image does not contain explicit impurities.

 

 

color balance is very smooth, some scatter component is only in the deepest shadows. Errors on the gray scale, expressed in terms of chromatic aberration Delta E, commendably low: an average of about 0.87 units. Similar quality settings can be found on LG TVs with a certified image mode THX, but in front of us – the most common mode option “Cinema»!


 

 

color gamut UB980V c accurately complies with Rec. 709 (HDTV). As you can see, no question about Rec. 2020 still is not – yet no one is prepared to implement the latest standard with a huge gamut. Let’s see how things are going with intermediate gradations.


 

 

Score colors at 0-75% saturation shows that in these intervals rendition contains no critical or serious distortion. Selected intervals slightly above the desired error threshold «Delta E = 3″, but the rest – the order.


 

 

Score 24 color patterns ColorChecker also gives very acceptable results: average error Delta E – 2,35, and the maximum – 3.87 units. This means that natural colors are distorted here is minimal, and, in general, are close enough to their standards.


 

As seen, color rendition in the “Movies” went fairly accurate when it comes to the factory setting. Of course, there is also more accurate (the last series of Sony TVs consistently encouraging in this regard), but LG UB980V can be criticized unless understated and not too flat range, which is why the image looks slightly overexposed. The rest distortion hardly show up naked eye.


 

Calibration

 

particular interest are the modes «ISF Expert”. In addition to adequate brightness and good basic setup, they have enhanced image calibration, which we have used to maximize color reproduction.


 Habitually

for LG, tv has white balance adjustment on the 2nd or 20 points, as well as color management system (CMS), which can be fully customized settings such as saturation, hue and brightness of each of the main ( RGB) and secondary colors (CMY). That should be more than enough to achieve the desired results. Color balance is initially set well enough, so a 2-point white balance does not take much effort. It remained only a little “smooth out” the gray scale with 20-point adjustment, as well as some “pull” range to finally defeat the small flaws factory settings.


 

 

Average gamma after calibration – 2.19, but adjust it using the 20-point settings – not a trivial task. Therefore, differences remained light, which, however, is clearly out of sight.


 

Grayscale significantly easier to tune, and there’s nothing worth to achieve ideal results. The main thing – remember that TV behaves strangely on embedded patterns, so it is best to use an external source. Additional complexity is the fact that television is changing a little brightness and color balance mode when directly set the white balance. Come back every time you go out and check the settings back the results. But if patience, color balance built into the desired order.


 

 

Average Delta E error on grayscale after calibration – only 0.49 units. All intervals satisfy «Delta E <1", which means a great image of neutrality. Moreover, the bold use of regulators, this time did not lead to posterization and stratification gradients, as on the previous model LA970V.


 

color management system did not require major corrections: mainly needed to align the brightness of colors. This is enough to get a very accurate and reliable display of colors across the entire range.


 

 All intervals

saturation steel contain condition «Delta E <3" how something critical deviations are gone. Moreover, the main errors occur in the extreme points.


 

 

But all natural colors lend themselves tend to be less deep saturation. Check for 24 ColorChecker templates gave the following result: the average color error Delta E – 1,51. The most important and natural colors are quite accurate.


 

Despite decent quality factory setting at LG UB980V there is potential for further calibration. No wonder that there are expert ISF modes with detailed user preferences. We have achieved impressive color accuracy and absolutely neutral image tone, giving the screen image for maximum realism and good quality, and it is certainly a positive effect on the overall assessment.


 

Contrast

 Depth

black – this is one of the most important characteristics of the image. And it is not that some people like to watch black fill the screen.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
       
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
     
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
         

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