Disclaimer: LG sent me the product to review, however my thoughts are entirely my own and based on my experience with the product.
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Some of you may have seen my post a couple of months ago from LG’s Sydney showcase about new MRGB tech, and the massive 100” TV they were packaging it in. Having spent some initial time with the MRGB96 in my own studio over the last week, I thought I’d give my first impressions and how it’s been working with this frankly monolithic screen.

Colour / Brightness
It would be remiss of me to not speak firstly about the brightness of the panel. Turning it on for the first time, with my main overhead worklights on, it was still searingly bright. My studio is semi-darkened so the panel on 40 brightness is plenty. (also went straight to FILMMAKER mode)
As I noted in my impressions earlier this year, primary colours are the hero of this TV. While at the showcase my brain initially went to sports, I actually realised I was overlooking its capabilities in movie watching, testing it with the visual-spectacular that is Cat In The Hat. Despite being such a green-heavy film, the watching experience doesn’t feel like it’s too pop-y or overly saturated - it’s very naturalistic
Keeping the Mike Myers theme, Austin Powers: Goldmember also looked surprisingly good - particularly across the skin tones.
I did throw on the Dune: Part 1 UHD BluRay, as well as the new Dune Part 3 trailer. Both of these looked fantastic, particularly as I had only seen these in IMAX before.

Having been used to OLED for many years, the one thing that continues to catch me is the blooming. It’s far less obvious once the panel isn’t blasting you at 100 brightness, and I must say the only times I noticed it were on menus - not in the content.

Use Case - Edit Studio
I feel like where this TV stood out the most was how immersive and encapsulating it felt, due to the quality across the ultra-large size, not either of those factors separately. Everyone who has sat in my studio and watched something on it has commented how all-encompassing it is. So comparing it to the 55” C2 that sat in its place prior, I think it’s strength lies in its ability to provide the nearest quality to OLED we’ve seen, in such a large and bright panel. 
It means that I’m able to replicate a near-cinema immersiveness for the director who I’m editing for, which is highly valuable. 

My gripes
My main issue remains from my original post - this TV retails in Australia at AUD $17,999 (USD$12,500). I champion cinematic experiences at every chance - it’s why I do what I do - however it’s still a frankly eye-watering amount for a television. In the US it retails far cheaper at USD $7,999 (roughly AUD$11,500), which probably steers the conversation a little differently. I’m not going to sit here and try convince you this is better tech than OLED - it’s not, and I don’t think LG are trying to convince us of that either, but knowing the G6 97” retails at just shy of AUD$30k (USD$21k), the MRGB96 does pose a real viable alternative for a brilliant picture quality at an ultra-large size.

My other issue was delivery - when someone at the Sydney showcase asked “why 100 inch?”, the rep replied “because if we made them any bigger, they’d have to start making larger doorways”. In film, this is a narrative device we like to call ‘foreshadowing’. 
The LG/DHL delivery team, who had never delivered one of these units before, said on arrival they’d be unable to take it up the stairs to my studio on the 1st floor due to the weight. Understandably - it was delivered on a pallet and weighed 107kg. This was supposed to be an install with packaging removal, and I think it needs to be communicated that the delivery is too heavy to be taken up stairs. I’d hope LG smooths out this delivery process but it’s early days so I’ll cut some slack. 

I commend LG for putting their money where their mouth is, and sending me a unit despite my criticism and skepticism. I don’t think this is going to be the answer for a lot of people, but if you’re in the market for a top end TV, and size plus quality are both factors you don’t want to compromise on, this is going to be a serious consideration and I’m excited to see where the MRGB tech evolves into more affordable price-points. 

Loved the cobalt inside and features that were appealing. However, the vent for the oven is right underneath the digital board you have to use to start and stop this oven. 40 minutes into baking at 400° the oven shut itself off. It obviously got the digital panel so hot it shut itself off . Great safety feature for the digital board, not for what you have in the oven !!!! The digital display would not work for around 10 to 15 minutes until it cooled down. All of the steam venting up leaves all kinds of moisture dots on your stainless steel as well. First time I used the oven.!! Add to that the raised Surface that is supposed to be anti-scratch, scratched the first time I used it with the same pan I used on my last LG stove for 13 years. This product should be recalled!!!

I have four M7 speakers and one W7 speaker connected to the H7 soundbar. Last week, DH7 soundbar and three of the M7 speakers did the July firmware update when I turned on the TV automatically.

Today, when I'm looking at the firmware, one of the M7 speakers and the subwoofer is still on 2605071 firmware. I cannot find anywhere inside the H7 or M7 speaker settings to look for a firmware update and the W7 speaker I can only see through the H7 in the subwoofer section.

It has been a week and they have not automatically updated, so how am I supposed to keep everything current?

A separate question on the my button settings, if I want to use an app other than Spotify, how do I get it to show up so I can select it? I have title and Apple Music that I would rather be able to use, and I'm not signing up for a Spotify account.

This is what happens when I turn on my LG TV model 55UR9000PUA

if the longer video uploads, you can see that part of the screen is illuminated and if i depress the arrow keys (you're so FAT arrow keys!) the illumination moves as though I'm selecting an option on the screen. THEN I push the power button, see shorter video, I get the flash of hope for a second or two before the screen turns off. I've done the hard reset, unplugged and tried a couple different plugs, tried with an extension cord to a farther away plug (also moved TV to far away plug) and this is what happens no matter where I mosey. Is this TV shot? Is it fixable? is it fixable BY ME? is it cost effective to try and fix or should i go all 'office space' on this motha fucka?

(NM, it won't let me upload a second video...I'm really bad at reddit so I hope this is OK to post here)

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bought a new lg tv (65inch Qned) and the holes on the bottoms for the screws don’t appear to have tread and the screws are virtually impossible to screw in - is this normal and should i try to force them in or should i contact customer support? I have waited a month for tv to arrive and live in a regional area so sending it back would be a pain