LG GX + Stage is here, some initial feedback

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Firstly, photo to follow. Not quite fully set it all up yet.

LG GX 55" + Stage + BeoRemote arrived Saturday. First impressions? Picture quality is simply stunning, especially for 4K-sourced movies and content. HD looks good, too.

Surprisingly the TV has a fairly decent speaker. Indeed, it's so decent sometimes I can't tell if the Stage is on or the TV speaker when watching something like the news and other regular TV.

Apps are good. So good I've realised I won't need the Apple TV. You get the Apple TV app, Netflix, Prime Video and other apps I use.

But, some less good news...

- Stage sometimes doesn't turn on with the TV. Anyone have any ideas on this? Very frustrating.

- BeoRemote, as expected, doesn't work with the TV yet. No access to the B&O app on the LG Appstore.

- No UK catch-up apps! No iPlayer, no All 4, ITV Hub, nothing. Incredible.


All in all though, thoroughly recommended.

I dont think any of the 2020 LG's have the Uk catch up streaming apps.

Its and LG thing (obvs) - something has happened between them and the Freeview alliance (or whatever it is called).

It will get sorted though - but may take a search of LG forums to get an idea of timeframe,

 

Sandyb wrote:

I dont think any of the 2020 LG's have the Uk catch up streaming apps.

I'm more worried/annoyed that the Stage doesn't turn on with the TV, to be fair.

I have one with a C9 panel and have no issues, also the C9 has those apps available. Don’t know why it’s any different for the CX

Mikipidia wrote:
I have one with a C9 panel and have no issues, also the C9 has those apps available. Don’t know why it’s any different for the CX

I think the GX hasn't had full B&O implementation so far. You can't access the B&O LG store app, the TV requires a firmware upgrade (due mid-July), so it's not quite fully integrated....yet. Same with the CX.

Still, the picture quality is unbelievably good. I used to bang on about my BV12-65, but this about 10 levels higher. So good. It's almost embarrassingly good in 4K.

With the latter parts with the apps I meant the freeview and itv/channel4 aps and the like too. They seem to all be working fine on the C9 panel, so maybe it’s the same for those too. As in not fully validated by lg for their content store just yet?

Mikipidia wrote:
With the latter parts with the apps I meant the freeview and itv/channel4 aps and the like too. They seem to all be working fine on the C9 panel, so maybe it’s the same for those too. As in not fully validated by lg for their content store just yet?

As Sandyb mentioned earlier, LG lost the agreement to supply those apps for 2020, so any new TV shipped this year won't now include those apps (at least until they sort out the agreement).

Won't be a big issue for me as my Sky Q box should be installed Friday.

Nice! 

Did the flat mounting wall bracket for the GX work well? Think that is a very clever solution.

Look forward to pictures.

 

 

Location: Sweden

My B&O Icons:

Beovision-11.png Beovision-11.png
Beosound-Emerge.png Beosound-Emerge.png
Beoremote-One.png Beoremote-One.png
Beoplay-M5.png Beoplay-M5.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-Earset.png Beoplay-Earset.png
Beoplay-Beosound1.png Beoplay-Beosound1.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png

The Apple TV plugged into an HDMI port will give you all the UK catch up apps.

moxxey wrote:

Still, the picture quality is unbelievably good. I used to bang on about my BV12-65, but this about 10 levels higher. So good. It's almost embarrassingly good in 4K.

Yea I remember, Welcome to the world of OLED 😁

 

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