Best LG TVs for shadow detail

#1

Nuanced dark-to-light gradations remain visible, preserving texture even where HDR highlights fall short.

#2

Dark-scene texture is often excellent and preserved without raising blacks. A few firmware versions and challenging scenes showed mild crush or required a small Near Black adjustment.

#3

Dark scenes usually retain fine textures and background objects, though a few units showed black crush or slightly raised near-black tones that benefited from adjustment.

#4

Dark scenes retain pleasing depth and detail, although some processing lifts blacks or comes out of them a little slowly.

#5

Dark detail is generally strong, but occasional black crush and inaccurate shadow rendering can hide fine textures.

#6

Gradual shading in dark material can look clean, but raised blacks can flatten shadow depth. Dark scenes lack the dimensionality of higher-contrast TVs.

#7

Many dark scenes reveal satisfying texture, but difficult low-light material can become muddy or over-darkened. Picture modes and scenes make a meaningful difference.

#8

Shadow detail is often well defined, but one tester saw blocked-out background objects and another lost detail while adjusting blacks.

#9

Deep backgrounds can lose subtle detail, especially in moderately lit rooms, making dark scenes less convincing than on OLED.

#10

Poor native contrast loses depth in dark scenes, though one assessment finds subtle shadow gradations surprisingly well preserved.

#11

Dark scenes can obscure subtle details, leaving shadowed subjects harder to distinguish.