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48" LG OLED48A2PUA A2 Series OLED 4K UHD Smart TV (2022 Model) Expired

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Best Buy has 48" LG A2 Series OLED 4K UHD Smart TV (OLED48A2PUA; 2022 Model) on sale for $549.99. Shipping is free, otherwise, select free curbside pickup as an alternative option.

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Specs/Key Features:
  • Resolution: 3840x2160 (4K UHD)
  • Refresh Rate: 60Hz
  • Dolby Vision/HDR 10/Hybrid Log Gamma
  • Magic/Voice Control Remote
  • Wi-Fi w/ Bluetooth 5.0
  • VESA Mount: 300x200mm
  • Dolby Atmos
  • Google Assistant/Amazon Alexa Voice Assistant Built-In
  • webOS Smart Platform
    • Inputs
      • 3x HDMI
      • 2x USB 2.0

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Best Buy [bestbuy.com] has 48" LG A2 Series OLED 4K UHD Smart TV (OLED48A2PUA; 2022 Model) on sale for $549.99. Shipping is free, otherwise, select free curbside pickup as an alternative option.
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Model: LG - 48" Class A2 Series OLED 4K UHD Smart webOS TV

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Lol. No. You do not. I have no idea where you're getting that info. For uncompressed Atmos, you need eARC. You absolutely get Atmos through plain ARC, without HDMI 2.1, albeit compressed. Stop spouting misinformation. Atmos has been around since before HDMI 2.1. Are you saying no one got Atmos for the first 5 years that it existed? The vast majority of TVs don't even have 2.1 or eARC. You're saying hardly anyone can get Atmos, which is completely false. Before I had my LG C2, I had a crappy LG LED 4K TV, with an Atmos soundbar system that only had ARC, not eARC, and I got Atmos through it. It was compressed, so it didn't sound as good, but it was still Atmos. You're basically telling me that all of the overhead sounds that I heard weren't actually there. Lol. A lot of low to mid tier Atmos soundbar systems don't have eARC. You're either making stuff up as you go along, or you've been very misinformed. Either way, you're straight up wrong, and I'm not wasting anymore time with you. I just hope other people don't listen to you. You have no idea what you're talking about.
This tv is regularly priced at 550, not really a screaming deal but still a solid price for a 60 hz OLED
You don't need 2.1 for Dolby Digital Plus or Atmos. Lol. 2.1 is needed for 120hz gaming, but this TV is only 60hz anyways. Whatever sound system you get just has to have support for Atmos and Digital Plus, and then you just use the regular HDMI Arc port, and you'll get both. It's optical that can't support Atmos or Digital Plus.

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12-10-2023 at 02:35 AM.
12-10-2023 at 02:35 AM.
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I'm going back and forth between this and the Sony X85K. With this LG you get the OLED quality picture, but only 60hz and the risk of OLED burn-in. With the Sony you get the 120hz and little risk of burn-in, but it's still LED where black is just a dark grey. I don't know. I could go either way. There's really only about 5 or 6 games with meaningful 120fps modes.

Sorry. I forgot I already replied to you, and I could've just added this to that. Anyways, save up a little longer (if you need to) and get an LG C2 or higher. The A2 is honestly really more of a nice bedroom TV.

Aside from even gaming at 120hz, which like you said has very few games that can do it, the C series also has VRR, which this does not. VRR smoothes out gameplay big time. Anytime a game has an inconsistent framerate, the TV will adjust its own framerate to match it (as long as it doesn't drop below 48fps), so that it's not all choppy looking.

The C TVs also have 4 HDMI ports, instead of 2 and they're much brighter than this. They also have Dolby Precision Detail for Dolby Vision content, which further enhances dark scenes. Precision Detail is only available on LG OLEDs, and even then it's only on the C2/G2 & I'm assuming the C3/G3.

For anyone who hasn't heard of Dolby Precision Detail (even Rtings never mentioned it), it is only on two of the picture settings: Cinema Home and Vivid (don't use Vivid). It only works with Dolby Vision content, not regular HDR. It's at the bottom of the Clarity settings when you're on Cinema Home.
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12-10-2023 at 03:35 AM.
12-10-2023 at 03:35 AM.
Quote from Shake-N-Bake :
Sorry. I forgot I already replied to you, and I could've just added this to that. Anyways, save up a little longer (if you need to) and get an LG C2 or higher. The A2 is honestly really more of a nice bedroom TV.

Aside from even gaming at 120hz, which like you said has very few games that can do it, the C series also has VRR, which this does not. VRR smoothes out gameplay big time. Anytime a game has an inconsistent framerate, the TV will adjust its own framerate to match it (as long as it doesn't drop below 48fps), so that it's not all choppy looking.

The C TVs also have 4 HDMI ports, instead of 2 and they're much brighter than this. They also have Dolby Precision Detail for Dolby Vision content, which further enhances dark scenes. Precision Detail is only available on LG OLEDs, and even then it's only on the C2/G2 & I'm assuming the C3/G3.

For anyone who hasn't heard of Dolby Precision Detail (even Rtings never mentioned it), it is only on two of the picture settings: Cinema Home and Vivid (don't use Vivid). It only works with Dolby Vision content, not regular HDR. It's at the bottom of the Clarity settings when you're on Cinema Home.
Thank you so much for the information. That's very helpful, and I will consider the C series. Hopefully I can score a c3 when the new models drop next year.
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12-10-2023 at 08:37 AM.
12-10-2023 at 08:37 AM.
I see no good reason for someone to buy this. This size was really intended for monitor usage and the 42" is better for that purpose. You'll get better quality and value at the 55" size. Unless you have some weird built in such that 48 is the best you can do. Plus, if you're going to pay the OLED tax, you might as well be getting a C(X) model.

Like buying an 80k car and skimping on the 5k package that gets you leather and heated seats and airplay. Not equal ratios I know, but the point stands.
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12-10-2023 at 10:24 AM.
12-10-2023 at 10:24 AM.
People are being very negative on this deal, but we purchased one a month or so ago and are loving it in our primary room. We moved a few years back though, and the 65" that we'd been using was a little too big for the space it was in anyway. Still, I figured this would be less immersive due to it's size. However, the excellent blacks, colors, and clear motion make this very engrossing. If you're sitting closer than 10' I think you could also be happier with this than with a 55" LCD set.
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matt110
12-10-2023 at 11:13 AM.
12-10-2023 at 11:13 AM.
Got this for the bedroom and pretty happy. No where near the picture quality and brightness of my higher end sony OLED in the living room, but pretty happy for the bedroom.

I calibrated using classy tech calibration video on youtube and was pleased with the results.

Also heads up when I unboxed it the unit had some pretty bad vertical banding issues. This is pretty common esp with this model, so be sure to run the pixel cleaning routine and run some HDR content for a couple hours (which removed it for me).
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12-10-2023 at 12:31 PM.
12-10-2023 at 12:31 PM.
450 I'll bite
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12-10-2023 at 12:33 PM.
12-10-2023 at 12:33 PM.
I have had this tv for over a year. Very happy with it
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12-10-2023 at 12:40 PM.
12-10-2023 at 12:40 PM.
Will a bright room with sunlight be an issue when viewing this TV?
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12-10-2023 at 03:13 PM.
12-10-2023 at 03:13 PM.
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Thank you so much for the information. That's very helpful, and I will consider the C series. Hopefully I can score a c3 when the new models drop next year.

No problem. This TV is still nice (it's an LG OLED after all), but a friend of mine has an A2 and he has always kind of regretted it.
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12-10-2023 at 03:20 PM.
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Will a bright room with sunlight be an issue when viewing this TV?

It won't be an issue. It's not the brightest TV, but it's still brighter than the majority of regular LED TVs. Most budget LED TVs only have a peak brightness of around 270nits - 400nits, and everyone, but the most picky viewers, has been fine with that for many years. This is over 500nits. That's a lot lower than the C2, but certainly watchable in a bright room. Most people don't know that and seem to think anything under 1,000nits is so dim you can't see it.
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12-10-2023 at 04:42 PM.
12-10-2023 at 04:42 PM.
Good TV. I use it below my 65" Sony A80J OLED . I use it to stream sports. Haven't noticed any big differences between 60hz and 120hz on the A80J. I'm using a Roku stick instead of the LG OS.
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Quote from Shake-N-Bake :
It won't be an issue. It's not the brightest TV, but it's still brighter than the majority of regular LED TVs. Most budget LED TVs only have a peak brightness of around 270nits - 400nits, and everyone, but the most picky viewers, has been fine with that for many years. This is over 500nits. That's a lot lower than the C2, but certainly watchable in a bright room. Most people don't know that and seem to think anything under 1,000nits is so dim you can't see it.
according to rtings some budget tv's do get brighter than this tv and most are brighter at this price range
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according to rtings some budget tv's do get brighter than this tv and most are brighter at this price range
Where did I say I say anything about TVs in this price range? I didn't. I said budget TVs. I even specified budget LED TVs. Not Mini LED or anything like that. The very vast majority of which are 270nits-400nits. SOME budget TVs get brighter than this, but they also have terrible picture. I was using budget regular LED TVs as an example of why this TV will be ok in a bright room, because almost all of those budget TVs are very dim, and everyone has been fine with that, and this is brighter than those ones that people have been fine with. I'm not sure how you read my comment, but you definitely misunderstood it.
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12-10-2023 at 09:15 PM.
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Will a bright room with sunlight be an issue when viewing this TV?

It's an OLED, so it's bright no matter what, and has the best viewing angles. All this talk about "not bright enough" is dumb.
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It's an OLED, so it's bright no matter what, and has the best viewing angles. All this talk about "not bright enough" is dumb.

Yeah. I'll never understand the, "OLED isn't good for bright rooms" argument that so many people spout off. They're plenty bright. In fact, QD-OLED, which is significantly brighter than regular OLED, is worse for bright rooms, because the blacks on every single QD-OLED display that is out right now turn grey when there's any amount of ambient light hitting the screen.
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