LG QNED85 Review (55QNED85UQA, 65QNED85UQA, 75QNED85UQA, 86QNED85UQA) (2024)

Curved No

The LG QNED85 has a simple design that doesn't look very premium, but it doesn't look cheap, either. The bezels are thin, but there's a bit of dead space between the bezels and the first pixels.

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Uniformity Pictures N/A

This TV isn't part of our 100 TV accelerated longevity test.

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Wall Mount VESA 400x400

The back of the TV is very plain and is mainly made of a single large metal panel. There are clips on the back for cable management that help guide cables to tracks in the feet. Most of the inputs face to the side and are close to the edge of the TV, so they're easy to access even if you wall-mount the TV.

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Borders 0.37" (1.0 cm)

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Max Thickness 1.78" (4.5 cm)

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The LG 65QNED85 is excellent build quality. The materials used feel premium, with many metal components that feel well-built, including the back panel, borders, and feet. It's sturdy, but the feet wobble a bit. There's some flex to the back panel, but it's not too bad.

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Contrast

Native Contrast

The LG QNED85 has excellent contrast. The native contrast of the panel is low, so if you choose to disable local dimming dark areas of the screen will look washed out. With local dimming enabled, however, real content looks excellent.

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There's a bit of blooming around bright highlights in dark scenes, but it's decent overall. It's a bit more noticeable around subtitles.

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Local Dimming

Backlight

Dimming Zones Count Of Tested TV

Zone transitions are decent overall, but it's a bit distracting with fast-moving content. The algorithms that control the dimming zones can't quite keep up with bright highlights that move across the screen. The zones are slow to turn on and off, causing the leading edge of moving objects to be a bit darker than it should be and leaving a halo behind them.

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Switching to 'Game' mode doesn't result in any noticeable difference in dark scene performance.

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Hallway Lights (~1950 cd/m²)

Yellow Skyscraper (~700 cd/m²)

Landscape Pool (~300 cd/m²)

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Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL)

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Hallway Lights (~1950 cd/m²)

Yellow Skyscraper (~700 cd/m²)

Landscape Pool (~300 cd/m²)

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600 Nit Tracking Delta

1000 Nit Tracking Delta

4000 Nit Tracking Delta

The TV has excellent PQ EOTF tracking. Shadow details and near-black scenes are displayed well. Oddly, there's a significant difference in the way the TV tone maps content at different brightness levels. Content mastered at 600 nits is a bit too bright in midtones, whereas content mastered at 1,000 or 4,000 nits is a bit too dark. Bright scenes are also handled differently, as content mastered at 4,000 nits has a much smoothing roll-off, ensuring bright details are better preserved. In short, all of this means that the level of fine details you'll see in bright scenes will vary depending on the content.

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Real Scene Peak Brightness

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Wide Color Gamut

DCI P3 xy

DCI P3 uv

Rec 2020 xy

Rec 2020 uv

This TV has an impressive HDR color gamut. It has nearly perfect coverage of the DCI-P3 color space, but the tone mapping is off in bright scenes, so colors aren't as bright. It has just alright coverage of the wider Rec. 2020 color space, though, which is a bit disappointing.

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1,000 cd/m² DCI P3 Coverage ITP

10,000 cd/m² Rec 2020 Coverage ITP

White Luminance

Red Luminance

Green Luminance

Blue Luminance

Cyan Luminance

Magenta Luminance

Yellow Luminance

The LG QNED85 has just decent color volume. Dark saturated colors are displayed well, thanks to its excellent contrast ratio.

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White Balance dE

Color dE

Gamma

Color Temperature

Picture Mode

Color Temp Setting

Gamma Setting

Before calibration, the LG QNED85 has amazing accuracy in SDR. The white balance is great, with no significant issues, and the color accuracy is nearly perfect. Except for saturated blues, which are a bit off, most colors are displayed well. The color temperature is a bit cool, giving everything a slightly blue tint. Gamma is nearly flat, but it's a bit lower than our target, so most scenes are slightly too bright.

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White Balance dE

Color dE

Gamma

Color Temperature

White Balance Calibration

Color Calibration

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50% Std. Dev.

50% DSE

5% Std. Dev.

5% DSE

The gray uniformity is very good. The corners of the screen are a bit darker than the center, but it's not too bad. There's some dirty screen effect in the center of the screen that's distracting when watching sports. Dark scenes look much better, though, and there are no significant issues.

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Std. Dev.

Native Std. Dev.

The LG QNED85 has mediocre black uniformity. With local dimming disabled, the entire screen looks blue and patchy due to the low native contrast ratio. Enabling local dimming significantly reduces the black levels across most of the screen, so it doesn't look blue anymore, but there's some distracting blooming around the center cross.

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Color Washout

Color Shift

Brightness Loss

Black Level Raise

Gamma Shift

The LG QNED85 has a great viewing angle, making it a good choice for a wide seating arrangement, as the image remains consistent when viewed from the sides. Colors hardly shift, but the image fades a bit at a wide angle.

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Screen Finish

Total Reflections

Indirect Reflections

Calculated Direct Reflections

This TV has just decent reflection handling. The coating helps reduce the intensity of direct reflections a bit, but they're still distracting. Since it can get very bright, you can always just increase the brightness to overcome glare, so it's an okay choice for a bright room.

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100% Black to 50% Gray

50% Gray to 100% White

100% Black to 50% Red

50% Red to 100% Red

100% Black to 50% Green

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100% Black to 50% Blue

50% Blue to 100% Blue

Gradients in HDR on the LG QNED85 are just okay. There's significant banding in darker shades, especially in greens and grays, but there's noticeable banding in dark blues and reds as well.

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Smoothing

Detail Preservation

The LG QNED85 handles low-quality content well. There's still some pixelation in the dark gradients, and sadly, there's some loss of fine details, but it's good overall.

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480p content, like DVDs, is upscaled well and displayed properly by the TV.

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Subpixel Layout

Type LED

Sub-Type

This TV has an RGB subpixel layout, which is better for PC use than BGR panels because it improves the text clarity, which you can read about here.

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80% Response Time

100% Response Time

The LG QNED85 has a very good response time, so motion looks clean and crisp for the most part. There's some noticeable overshoot, which causes some inverse ghosting, like the orange tint to the left of the moving logo photo above, but it's not too distracting.

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Flicker-Free

PWM Dimming Frequency

The LG QNED85 is nearly flicker-free. At max brightness, there's no flicker, but if you decrease the brightness setting, it flickers at a very high frequency that usually isn't noticeable.

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Optional BFI

Min Flicker For 60 fps

60Hz For 60 fps

120Hz For 120 fps

Min Flicker for 60 fps in Game Mode

This TV has an optional backlight strobing feature, commonly known as black frame insertion (BFI). It's extremely effective at clearing up the appearance of motion, but there's still some slight inverse ghosting noticeable due to the response time overshoot.

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Motion Interpolation (30 fps)

Motion Interpolation (60 fps)

This TV has an optional motion interpolation feature to improve the appearance of motion. It looks good with slower scenes but struggles with busier action, causing more artifacts and haloing.

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Frame Hold Time @ 24 fps

Frame Hold Time @ 60 fps

Unfortunately, there's a bit of stutter when watching low frame-rate content like movies. It's especially noticeable in slow panning shots.

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Judder-Free 24p

Judder-Free 24p via 60p

Judder-Free 24p via 60i

Judder-Free 24p via Native Apps

This TV automatically removes judder from any source, ensuring a smooth movie-watching experience.

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Native Refresh Rate

Variable Refresh Rate

HDMI Forum VRR

FreeSync

G-SYNC Compatible

4k VRR Maximum

4k VRR Minimum

1080p VRR Maximum

1080p VRR Minimum

1440p VRR Maximum

1440p VRR Minimum

VRR + Local Dimming Yes

The LG QNED85 has a fast refresh rate and supports variable refresh rate technology (VRR) to reduce screen tearing. VRR works across a wide range of refresh rates, and thanks to Low Framerate Compensation, it remains nearly tear-free even if the frame rate drops low or if you're playing a game that's locked at a low frame rate.

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1080p @ 60Hz

1080p @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode

1080p @ 120Hz

1080p @ 144Hz

1440p @ 60Hz

1440p @ 120Hz

1440p @ 144Hz

4k @ 60Hz

4k @ 60Hz + 10-Bit HDR

4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4

4k @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode

4k @ 60Hz With Interpolation

4k @ 120Hz

4k @ 144Hz

8k @ 60Hz

The LG QNED85 has fantastic low input lag in 'Game' and 'PC' mode, ensuring a responsive gaming and desktop experience. There's almost no difference in input lag with different resolutions, and when gaming at 120Hz, the input lag is incredibly low. Switching to the 'PC' input icon for chroma 4:4:4 support doesn't increase input lag, which is great.

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Resolution 4k

480p @ 59.94Hz (Widescreen)

720p @ 59.94Hz

1080p @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4

1080p @ 120Hz

1080p @ 144Hz

1440p @ 60Hz

1440p @ 120Hz

1440p @ 144Hz

4k @ 60Hz

4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4

4k @ 120Hz

4k @ 120Hz @ 4:4:4

4k @ 144Hz

8k @ 30Hz or 24Hz

8k @ 60Hz

Most common resolutions are accepted and displayed properly.

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Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM)

4k @ 120Hz

1440p @ 120Hz

1080p @ 120Hz

HDR

VRR

The LG QNED85 is fully compatible with everything the PS5 offers, but only on HDMI ports 3 and 4. Ports 1 and 2 don't support 4k @ 120Hz gaming.

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Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM)

4k @ 120Hz

1440p @ 120Hz

1080p @ 120Hz

HDR

VRR

This TV is fully compatible with everything the Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X offer, but only on HDMI ports 3 and 4. Ports 1 and 2 don't support 4k @ 120Hz gaming.

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HDR10

HDR10+

Dolby Vision

HLG

HDMI 2.0 Full Bandwidth

HDMI 2.1 Class Bandwidth

CEC Yes

HDCP 2.2 Yes (HDMI 1,2,3,4)

ATSC Tuner

USB 3.0

Variable Analog Audio Out No

Wi-Fi Support Yes (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz)

HDMI ports 3 and 4 support HDMI 2.1 bandwidth. Unfortunately, it doesn't support ATSC 3.0, so over-the-air broadcasts are limited to 1080p.

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HDMI 4

USB 2

Digital Optical Audio Out 1

Analog Audio Out 3.5mm 0

Analog Audio Out RCA 0

Component In 0

Composite In 0

Tuner (Cable/Ant) 1

Ethernet 1

DisplayPort 0

IR In 0

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ARC/eARC Port

eARC: Dolby Atmos Over Dolby Digital Plus

eARC: Dolby Digital Plus 7.1

eARC: LPCM 7.1 Over Dolby MAT

eARC: Dolby TrueHD 7.1

eARC: DTS:X Over DTS-HD MA

eARC: DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1

eARC: LPCM Channels (Bitstream)

ARC: Dolby Digital 5.1

ARC: DTS 5.1

Optical: Dolby Digital 5.1

Optical: DTS 5.1

The LG QNED85 doesn't support any DTS formats, which is disappointing as DTS is often used as the main audio track on Blu-ray movies.

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Low-Frequency Extension

Std. Dev. @ 70

Std. Dev. @ 80

Std. Dev. @ Max

Max

Dynamic Range Compression

The LG QNED85 has a decent frequency response. Like most TVs, it has very little bass, but above the low-frequency extension, the sound profile is well-balanced, so dialogue is clear and easy to understand. It gets fairly loud, but there's some noticeable compression at high levels.

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Weighted THD @ 80

Weighted THD @ Max

IMD @ 80

IMD @ Max

This TV has decent distortion performance. There's very little noticeable distortion in the vocal range at moderate listening levels, but it's noticeably worse at max volume.

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Smart OS webOS

Version 22

Ease of Use

Smoothness

Time Taken to Select YouTube

Time Taken to Change Backlight

Advanced Options

The LG QNED85 comes with the 2022 version of the webOS smart platform. It's easy to use and has a few more features compared to past models, like the support of user profiles, so each household member can customize their profile how they want.

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Ads

Opt-out

Suggested Content in Home

Opt-out of Suggested Content

Like most smart platforms, there are ads throughout the interface, and there's no way to disable them.

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App Selection

App Smoothness

Cast Capable

USB Drive Playback

USB Drive HDR Playback

HDR in Netflix

HDR in YouTube

The app store has a ton of apps you can download, so you're sure to find your favorite content.

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Size

Voice Control

CEC Menu Control

Other Smart Features

Remote App LG ThinQ

The included Magic Remote has a point-and-press feature that makes it easier to navigate through the menu. Unfortunately, although it also has a built-in mic, it doesn't process voice queries properly and usually just searches the web for whatever you ask it to do, even for things like "Open Netflix".

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There's a single button underneath the middle of the TV to turn it On/Off, change inputs, adjust the volume, or switch channels.

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Power Consumption 70 W

Power Consumption (Max) 157 W

Firmware 03.30.14

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