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SET MAKERS may argue otherwise, but improvements to the two dominant TV technologies—OLED and LCD—come gradually. Each year, the new sets that get rolled out incorporate wrinkles that will result (it’s hoped!) in a better picture and more advanced features. Following that pattern, LG for 2019 continues to build on its already impressive OLED TV credentials with the OLED65E9PUA.
FEATURES AND SETUP
LG’s 65E9, like all OLEDs, has an almost impossibly thin screen, widened at the rear bottom only because the needed electronics have to go somewhere. The trim at the bottom inch or so below the screen is clear glass. In the right environment, this might make the screen appear to be floating, though in my setup it didn’t quite pull off that illusion.
The 65E9’s stand is a welcome departure from some other TV stands we’ve seen recently in that it’s located at center screen and thus won’t require an extra wide surface for a table installation. To satisfy an increased demand for stability, the stand alone is a boat anchor at 23.5 pounds.
All of the 65E9’s four HDMI inputs are 2.1, a version that was developed to meet future requirements, including 8K throughput. While that’s of no concern for a 4K set like this, some 2.1 features might be of interest to gamers. These include ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode—the set will switch automatically to Game or HDR Game mode when it sees an ALLM signal) and VRR (Variable Refresh Rate from 40p to
