LG80 Series 65" Alexa Built-in, 4K UHD Smart TV, 60Hz Refresh Rate, Filmmaker Mode, Game Optimizer (65UP8000, 2021)

This monitory is a very good value. The screen is fabulous. It’s bright, adjustable, and beautiful. The stand is sturdy (I get no wobble) and relatively very adjustable compared to stands like the one on the $1600 Apple Studio display. So, that’s the first big point to make because it matters a lot. $1600 vs $400.I have it connected to an M1 Mac Mini using the cable provided by LG. In that use, it does not need to power anything as the Mini and the monitor have their own power. I got a second one of these for my graphics guy who sometimes works in the office. He has an iMAC at home and I got this so he could bring his M1 MacBook Pro into the office and have a decent screen to work on in the office without dropping a lot of money for another set up as good as the one he has at home. In that use case, the LG monitor plugs into his MacBook and powers it, charges it, and connects it to the screen. And, if he wants (not his preference) he can drive the LG monitor with MacBook open and have second screen. That set up works great, too.The pros are clear.- Cost- Screen/image quality- versatilitySome Cons.- One of the reasons to consider something like the Apple Studio display if you are Mac user is that the native controls on your Mac can control screen brightness. You cannot do that with this LG. You HAVE to use it’s old style, on screen, system to move brightness up and down. That’s a hassle if you change brightness through the day as conditions change. You will end up just finding the best spot and leaving it at that. Using the little toggle stick thing LG has at bottom center of screen (underneath) is a 4 step process to change screen brightness. If LG improved that, they should allow a user selectable setting to make one of the directions of the toggle (forward, back, right left) control brightness without navigating to brightness control place. In this respect, most Dell monitor controls are better as you can get to changing brightness with two steps not 4. If that bothers you and you change brightness a lot, don’t get this monitor.- It’s 4k. I’ve only recently been tuning into (many experts describe this on YouTube) how Macs are better set up natively for 5k. That’s why their studio display is 5k. At 4k, it’s doing a little extra work scaling all the time. To me, this is not noticeable and I adjust scaling where I like and it’s great.- Sound quality is so so for speakers. But, they are otherwise, not really usable anyway on a Mac because you have to control volume with the same, limited toggle system. If you get this monitor and are using on a Mac, I’d set up a USB speaker or something else for your sound so that your keyboard can control the volume. Your keyboard on a Mac anyway cannot control ANYTHING on this monitor.In summary. Great monitor. I’m very happy with it. So it the graphics guy who works for me. But, if you want native Mac controls and more native Mac resolution (5k), that’s when you might start thinking about spending $1200 more for the Mac Studio. That’s a lot more to spend. (Or, look at the 27 inch LG UltraFine 5K Display 27MD5KL that Apple used to sell that LG still sells for $1300. I have one of those driven by another Mac Mini. It is my favorite monitor, by far, and I’ve had a lot of em.)This monitor I’m reviewing: Gorgeous screen, great value. It works.

This is an awesome smart tv especially for someone who is not electronicly smart. I was able to set it up quickly. Stream YouTube tv, Amazon. And Netflix in minutes. Then I had to set it up with a Verizon Jetpack because good old hurricane Ian has still prevented me from having conventional internet. That setup went smoothly as well. May keep the Jetpack.. x just a side note.Clear crisp picture.Easy to navigate with the controler. Gives you an option for a fee to set it up on your smart phone to use as a remote as well.I don’t have an issue with soind.Comes with some LG programs and channels.I would get another.

This is a very nice TV! Don't get me wrong. It's just that there are far too many bells and whistles on it. I never thought I'd say that but it's true.It's also likely to be indicative of TVs in general nowadays. I think they peaked with simplistic use use back in the mid-90s. It's nice to have something of a hybrid SMART TV and cable-ready, but my God! You need to have a degree in Computer Science to operate it.I'm not that old, but I can't imagine anybody over the age of 52 being able to operate all of the features that this television has. I consider myself a pretty tech savvy person in that I can usually figure out user friendly things with little to no problem. However, this TV has actually taken me for a loop several times! So much so I have turned it off and decided to try to SIMPLY WATCH TV another time because it stressed me out.

great picture

Muy buen artículo, cumple con mis expectativas, 6 meses de uso y funciona sin problemas

Had to cancel my crunchyroll subscription since lg doesn’t have the crunchyroll app on their App Store, and had to get funimation instead. The only way to get crunchyroll on lg tvs is if you buy like a roku stick or something.Other than that it looks fine, although I wish they made the remote more simplified like the roku remotes. The lg remote has 33 buttons compared to rokus 20 big and easy to remember buttons

Picture quality is very good. Sound is fair. There is a big discrepancy between loud noises and speech, and the smart sound really does very little. App selection is limited. My big gripe with this is the “magic” remote. This thing is awful. Difficult to use, not intuitive at all. Thankfully I still have a remote from a previous LG that works fine. I use the new one as a back up.

I really love the picture quality and the gaming features on this TV. My only problem is that the volume fluctuates a lot. At any given volume one application will be a perfect volume and the next will be very quiet. It even differs between commercials and a show in the same application (although less dramatically). The automatic volume adapter option barely makes a difference. It's just a minor inconvenience to me but still worth noting. Overall I think the TV is great, especially for the price.