- This is LGS flagship TV, the absolutely stunning Z10 OLED, and it costs $30,000. But why is it so expensive? It's not just because it's 8K,
that doesn't account for it. It's not because it's OLED either. It's not even just that
it's 88 inches diagonally. It's because it's all
of these things at once. So let's play a game. Let's pretend you're in the market for a unicorn TV like this one, and you've stacked up
enough benjis to afford it. Is it amazing enough to pull the trigger or should you just wait for something just about as good to be available for a fraction of the
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the stuff you already have, or you have deep enough pockets
to just go buy new stuff to go with your new TV. Anecdotally, I do know of some companies that have successfully
wall-mounted this monstrosity, but it required some custom metalwork and ripping out the power cables that LG has routed through the stand. So you would have to be prepared for that. It also means that the TV's forward firing integrated speakers will be shooting downwards since LG relies on this dinky reflector to make their 80 watt 4.2 channel audio solution sound its best. Losing that is a real deal breaker. I'm kidding. Although the built-in
speakers actually sound okay for a flat screen TV, please, for the love of all that is holy, do not spend $30,000 on this thing and then not use real speakers, please. On that subject, let's
talk about the kind of room this TV makes sense in. For most Netflix and chillers, 88 inches is a pretty punkin big TV, but for the home theater crowd, it's actually on the small side. That market typically
uses Longfield projectors to get screen sizes of 120,
130, even up to 150 inches. Of course, it's not really about the physical size of the image, but rather about how much
of your field of view that the image occupies from your seat, which is why it's
perfectly acceptable for a cinematic experience to just
put your phone right here. I was kidding about too. Now, most regular people
tend to be comfortable with about a 30 degree viewing angle. But in a home theater you want
more like 40 to 46 degrees occupied by the screen
for better immersiveness. That would put your main viewing position less than nine feet away from the Z10 88. That's pretty reasonable. But if that were the case, I probably wouldn't want to
be in the second row of seats. That's often recommended to be about six feet behind the front
rows so people can recline without feeling uncle
Bo's breath on their neck. (whispering indistinctly) Although I did hear they
have great water bottles. Unfortunately, that second row
seat nets you a field of view that's smaller than THX is
bare minimum recommended figure of 26 degrees. So why then would anyone
spend $30,000 on an OLED TV when they could get a high-end projector and a fantastic screen, not to mention some comfortable
seating for half the price? Well, a big part of the answer
has to do with light control. OLEDs are well-known for
their amazing blacks. Not only is it impossible for projectors to equal the black levels of an OLED, they can't even approach
them unless you have complete light control
in your theater room. This means you need a windowless
or perfectly draped room, and even the walls and ceiling of the room need to be painted as close to black as your spousal unit will allow so that the light from the
brightest parts of the image, doesn't reflect around the room and wash out the darker parts. And while does Z10 isn't
as bright as some LCDs, it is bright enough to use all day long, even in a white-walled, sun-drenched room while also having
unrivaled picture quality. But forgive us for this video not feeling as much like a review as you might expect. The fact is that there's
just not much for us to say because the OLED panel in
the Z10 is very similar to what we've seen in all LG OLEDs going back to at least 2017. Just bigger, brighter, and of course, 8K. Now, you might initially
dismiss the 8K-ness as a non feature given that there's no 8K movies or TV to watch. I mean, heck even the Olympics, which were going to be broadcast in 8K, well, at least in Japan,
have been postponed, making a huge part of this TV is cost basically a deferred
investment into the future. But that's not completely the case. For starters, the Z10's
Alpha 9 Gen 3 processor claims to be able to
upscale any content to 8K. Although I really wasn't
able to see much difference. And anyway, more importantly,
gamers should note that the RTX 3090 is 8K-capable today, and in my experience, it's pretty sweet. This is without a doubt, the highest fidelity gaming
I have ever experienced. Just bear in mind that I had to sit much closer to the screen
than most people would to appreciate the difference
in image sharpness and the capableness of even
the fastest gaming system in the world is going to vary
drastically from game to game. Doom Eternal happens to be both beautiful and incredibly well-optimized. And of course, you'll be
able to run E-sports titles, particularly the ones
that support native 8K at 60 frames per second. But anything other than that
is going to be relying on upscaling tricks, like is DLSS, just like your TV and movie content. Oh, and of course I'd be remiss if I didn't mention AMD's
new flagship graphics card, the 6,900 XT. It's not specifically
marketed as being 8K-capable, but until we try it,
we won't know for sure. So make sure you subscribe for that. It's probably pretty hard for something to look outright bad on this TV. We're just trying to say, you need to manage your
expectations for how consistently it's gonna blow you out of your seat, at least for the next
couple of years or so, while we wait for a new
generation of graphics cards or for console developers to fully leverage the series X and the PlayStation 5's
ability to output 8K. Of course, if we do get AAA games at 8K, they will probably be capped at 30 FPS. And of course, all of
the Z10's gaming features like variable refresh rate
and auto low-latency mode are enabled by it's HTMI 2.1
ports of which it has four. However, be aware they don't all have the same bandwidth
capabilities or features. Only one of the ports is
labeled E arc, that's normal. But what's not labeled and not
normal is that ports 1 and 2 support HTMI 2.1 full 48
gigabit per second bandwidth while ports 3 and 4 only
support 40 gigabit per second. Now, that's still a lot. It's the same as Thunderbolt 3. So you'll have no problem
gaming on your new console at 4k 120 Hertz with
Dolby vision HDR-enabled and no Chromo sub sampling. It's gonna glorious, but it could be a limiting
factor when you're gaming at 8K. On the lower bandwidth port, you're gonna be limited to 8K at 30 Hertz, which might be all that your
GPU or console can push anyway. But you'll also be limited
to eight-bit color, which has less than ideal for the 10-bit panel LG's OLEDs use, and less than the wide color
gamut required for HDR. Alternatively, you could do 8K, 60 with 4:2:0 sub sampling with all the fringing that that entails, but at least at 10 bit. On the 48 gigabit per
second ports, though, you should be able to get 8K, 60 with no Chroma sub sampling up to 12 bit, if Nvidia's testing is anything to go by. That's pretty darn
future-proof right about now. Bear in mind though that
at the time of rating, you can't get this configuration working on any of the Z10's ports until LG issues an upcoming firmware
update that takes advantage of display stream compression, which I'm told will be amazing. And if their quick response
to the G sync issues on the rest of the Z10
lineup is anything to go by, makes me think that maybe LG is finally starting to
clue into the importance of TV firmware support. Please keep it up, you guys. This shouldn't be like a one and done. So then should you buy this TV? Well, assuming that you're
not shocked by the price tag, the Z10 represents the
absolute cutting edge in terms of picture quality,
feature set, and size, unless you want to spend
at least five times more and get some kind of
micro led installation. But in terms of solutions that arrive to your house in a box, this
is about as easy as it gets. You don't even have to calibrate it. Just set it to ISF or
filmmaker mode and you're done. Filmmaker mode in particular is fantastic because it automatically
turns off motion interpolation and all of the "advanced AI processing" enabled by the displays
Alpha 9, Gen 3 processor, which as I mentioned already, was nowhere near as good as the upscaling that Nvidia's Shield is capable of. Though, it should be noted
that the current gen Shield can only upscale to 4K, not to 8Ks. Gerr Okay, then, how about if 30
grand is maybe manageable, but still closer to car
money than lunch money, then honestly, I'd recommend buying several 77-inch GX OLEDs
instead G10 (bleep) - [Man] You should keep that in. - I hate this. I hate it so much. Why did Apple do this to the industry? G10 OLEDs instead and put
them all over my house because the inflexible mounting and stand make it honestly more of an
art piece than an actual TV and 8K just isn't going to be that important that often
until we get into screen sizes that are, well, more like
projector screen sizes, 150 inches. In fact, actually, while you're at it, you might as well just drop down to Z10s because the only difference
is the wall Mount and the internal speakers,
which by the way, you still shouldn't use anyway. That'll give you more money
to buy an Nvidia Shield since even the Z10 still has a 100 megabit per second ethernet connection because apparently nobody
at LG has ever heard of streaming 4k Blu-rays over Plex. As for the theater use case,
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gonna pass over this in favor of continuing
to roll their projectors. That is unless of course they
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