LG 65-Inch Class OLED evo AI 4K C5 Series Smart TV w/Dolby Atmos, Dolby Vision, HDR10, AI Super Upscaling 4K, Filmmaker Mode, Wow Orchestra, Alexa Built-in (OLED65C5PUA, 2025)

I purchased this TV to replace an older LG model that was accidentally broken, and the difference is incredible. The picture quality, colors, controls, and overall ease of use are a major upgrade from my previous TV. Everything feels faster, smoother, and more user-friendly. While the price was higher than my older model, it was well worth it — and I found the best price with free shipping, which made the purchase even better. I’m extremely happy with this TV and would definitely recommend it.

Great picture, cats love watching YouTube on it. Sound is just ok but paired with Sonos it’s a tv on par with high end ones. Remote being like a mouse is awful. Difficult to just switch inputs.

Very nice tv and very thin ! The quality is amazingggg! The only thing I didn’t like too much was the instructions for the tv stand …kind of hard to understand the pictures..words with pictures would have helped so much more & labeling the bags of nails (a &b) as I had had a hard time figuring out which was which. Another suggestion make the remote buttons glow in the dark or light up for people who enjoy watching tv at night time. Other than that The tv itself is Awesome nothing to complain about there .. we LOVE it!

I really wanted a home theatre and this is the staple. Its picture quality is INCREDIBLE. super easy to setup and very good for gaming. it has a very thin build and doesnt stick off the wall too far.

I upgraded from a plasma TV to this and I'm astounded! It takes a lot to impress me but this TV is fantastic! The color levels the brightness the contrast everything is just stunning. I picked this up on prime Day and I got a heck of a deal and it's worth every penny. The reason I chose this over its main competitor was due to the Dolby vision. My source uses it where the competitor won't license this for some reason now so that was simple. I'm sure the picture would have been pretty dang good even though they don't license it but.. regardless this was still $300 or $400 cheaper during the prime deal. Not LG's top tier but I'm sure glad I want this route..The reason it only gets four stars are two things.. The first thing is it was a pain in the you know what to get set up. I'm pretty tech savvy but trying to get this to marry with my Yamaha receiver that's a few years old was a bit of a challenge. It is now perfect but it was frustrating at first. Second, the damn remote sucks! It's not ergonomically friendly.. The pointer sucks and the input button wheel is terrible. After using the remote and messing with it for about a week now, it's become a little easier but wow they really went backwards with this. I kind of see what they're trying to do but it's terrible. LG if you read this stuff get rid of this remote and start over! That sounds stupid to take it down a star for the remote but that's the main reason. Now that I have all the settings and everything where I want I may look at getting a universal remote so I don't have to deal with it. Honestly if it wasn't for the remote and I keep dwelling on this it would have got five stars even with the difficulty in setting this up. But don't let the remote hold you back this is a fantastic TV especially at this price now!

This is an amazing TV for the price. Picture quality is great, brightness is good, sound is good too. Switching inputs is annoying initially, but you get used to it.

I think I'd actually rate this at 4.8 stars, but that's not an option. This TV is replacing an LG OLED C9, which I bought in 2018 or so. The C9 finally suffered from either burn-in or worn-out pixels, not sure which. Got some blue tint near the bottom of the screen and the color distortion spread up about a fourth of the way in the middle. Not terrible. I watched it for a few months with this and it didn't bother me a great deal. For the price you pay for this 2025 set in 2026? The C5 is more than worth it. Chose a picture mode, but then found I couldn't adjust tint and color in that mode. Went to the "standard" mode and then I could. I found I had to lesson the color and adjust the tint to get the color on facial images right. Keep in mind that different sources may need different settings. The remote, though fairly intuitive, takes some getting used to, but it didn't take all that long to figure out how to make the adjustments with it. Had to go online to figure out why "color" was grayed out in other modes. As for sound, I have my TV hooked up to my audio system with HDMI. I only like listening to the audio system (7.1 surround) when listening to music or watching a movie. Otherwise, I prefer the TV sound. You can choose the TV sound you like, but be aware that different choices limit the volume range. I tried them all, but found that the one that worked best for me was the "sports" mode. Simply allowed me to get the volume and clarity I need for voices. The TV sound is more than adequate and considering the TV is only 1.8 inches at its widest, the speakers are pretty decent. Final comments? The colors pop a little more than on the older LG, but, truthfully, I wouldn't have replaced the older TV if I hadn't had the color distortion. I don't notice any difference in resolution. OLED technology simply produces the best picture in my opinion and picture quality has remained pretty much the same over the years.

Comparison: My new LG 4K Smart OLED TV (OLED55C5PUA, 2025) vs my old LG 4K Smart OLED TV (OLED55CXPUA, 2020) Sources Used: Sony UBP-X700 4K Ultra HD Player (October 2024) and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray discs. Connectors: Zeskit Maya 8K 48Gbps Certified Ultra High-Speed HDMI Cable 16ft CL3 In-Wall Rated Remote Control Solution: As others rightly indicate, the new remote that comes with this TV is not up to the tasks required. I ended up using the remote that came with the previous version of this TV - the "LG Remote Magic Remote Control" (AKB75855501) - which is available on Amazon. LG TV's UNIQUE STANDOUTS SUMMARY - "Nightmare Alley" (2021, 4K, Guillermo del Toro) joins perfect details and colors to allow the genre's nihilism free rein. - "Pinocchio" (2022, 4K, Guillermo del Toro), a brilliantly filmed, very dark stop-motion animated film that hits every button (Note: not for young children). - "TRON: Legacy" (2010, 2K upscaled to 4K, Joseph Kosinski) is everything a gorgeous Sci-Fi drama - with stellar soundtrack - should be thanks to LG and Disney. (DETAILED EVALUATIONS BELOW) Preface: All my viewing was in HDR mode for 4k. I used the movies listed below, all of which benefitted from excellent motion smoothing, without awful sheen/glow, when rendered using moderate level of this TV's Black Frame Insertion (BFI) in Game Mode and a touch of extra brightness. Bright or dark room did not matter. (See bottom of page for comments on 2K SDR/Regular Blu-ray.) THE HOBBIT - THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG (48fps): If you hated the 48fps of The Hobbit, your troubles are over! Watch this movie with correct BFI and generally accepted parameters for Game Mode on this TV. Then the natural appearance of everything in this movie will bowl you over. Faces are normal. The spiders of Mirkwood show markings that are easier to see and have colors that make sense on those horrid creatures. Seeing the etching on Smaug's hide (without the sheen) is worth every penny. STAR WARS (2020 UHD Release)(24fps): The movie is fun and impressive to watch given how old it is. The color and lighting are very good. Its sheen was tamed very well on this TV, and scenes filmed outdoors were very natural. (When I watched this movie on my previous LG TV - the OLED55CXPUA, 2020 - I was distracted by the less manageable sheen/glow.) DUNE, PARTS 1 and 2: - (Dune1, 24fps) The abundance of sand colors and sunlight make the DUNE movies bright overall. Beautiful browns in their various shades are a treat. In the midst of all that brown, you should notice subtle dark shades of green on clothing, and quilt-like stitching on the jackets. Facial features are beautifully rendered. The Bene Gesserit ship passing through and out of The Spacing Guild's Heighliner (at 20m:50s) and the Worm Spotter aircraft's flight (at 1h:01m:50s) should not break up in their movements across the screen. In the battle scenes when the Harkonnen invade, you should see no tearing or empty space in the rolling flames. - (Dune2, 24fps/48fps) It took almost the entire movie for me to register that there was no lag or choppiness in Dune Part 2 at all... none (at least with BFI engaged). Turns out Dune Part 2 occasionally used 48fps in some places instead of 24fps only, an approach that worked almost magically. It now takes 1st place as the best all-around film in my collection. BLADE RUNNER 2049 (24fps): The BFI nailed the surrounding colors and movement of K's police vehicle as it passed behind buildings. The vehicle's movement was smooth and the snow/rain contrails moving over and past the back of the vehicle were easy to pick out. Colors were incredibly detailed and vibrant at every turn. 1917 (24fps): This movie benefits enormously from BFI and reduces the number of "jittery" scenes to two: 1) the stuttering movement as the camera views an embankment and pans left to right just after the two soldiers narrowly escape the collapsing tunnels, and 2) the panning left to right as the two soldiers are in a barn looking through wood slats at a plane in the distance. OBLIVION (24fps): I've watched this movie many times and this LG TV brought out colors better than the previous LG. The motions were very smooth and details abounded. Things to look for are Vicca's tears running down her face and off her nose as she betrays Jack, and the flickering lights when Julia and the hapless people are in the sights of the drone programmed to kill them (the flickering lights should not tear or have holes). FORD v FERRARI (24fps): The most interesting and exciting (and perpetual) visual experience I had with this movie was the heightened detail seen on clothing I don't recall seeing on the previous TV. But most of all the colors of red and brown in their various shades were able to make me fall further into the movie as everything seemed so very natural. THE PRESTIGE (24fps): This is a very detailed movie where the differing shades of brown are everywhere. Especially look for the brown variants (and other colors) in the weave of the tweed coats, especially prominent near the end of the movie. GEMINI MAN (60fps): I know what you're thinking: this movie is intolerable for its irremediable sheen/glow. You're right. It's also too intimate: it's as close to "being there" than I could tolerate... feels creepy, like eavesdropping. I played this all the way through again but came away with no changed opinions, except for very slightly better colors all 'round. HOWEVER, the climax near the end of the movie is visceral in how it renders the minigun being used to shred the store where the heroes are sheltering. TECHNICALLY SPEAKING, I must say that one of the most impressive demonstrations of BFI motion smoothing is how, in the opening scene, the filmmaker was able to sweep the camera across the ribbed structure above the train station and not induce seizures. (On the other hand, you might want seizure medicine handy if you try to view that panned ribbed structure with no BFI enabled.) On the whole, its motion smoothing and details are absolutely amazing. Regarding 2K SDR (i.e., regular Blu-ray), my results were either very good or very poor. For instance, the original releases of Avatar, Total Recall (2012), and The Imitation Game rendered outstanding results. On the other hand, The Last Samurai and Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows were a disappointment. While the upscaling and motion smoothing were excellent on all these 2K movies, the Last Samurai and Sherlock Holmes renderings were too dark or dull, foggy, and wispy. The previous model of this same TV (OLED55CXPUA, 2020) did not have such challenges and disparities. As I write this, I notice the screen's gradual dimmer is working very well to ensure no image burn-in occurs when I stop typing for a while. (At the moment, I am using the TV's input connected to my computer.) Even though the dimming feature is not good for watching movies, it is a must for anything else. Thankfully, when using the 4k input for movies, and Game Mode is enabled, the TV will not dim on its own.