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ballrev
20
May 10, 2017
For everyone who bought this TV, you should know that this is not a true 4K TV. This TV uses a RGBW panel instead of traditional RGB/VA panel found in legit 4K TV's. What this means is that LG is doing software & lighting tricks to make you think that it is 4K but not really. Because it is not truly 4K, is does not meet the CEA & DE global requirements so it will not have the proper 4K logo on the box/packaging.
"Only TVs that meet the strict UHD definition and requirements are allowed to use a 4K UHD logo from CEA and DE on all marketing materials including packaging. As a result, RGBW TVs cannot qualify for a logo, as they do not satisfy the definitions of 4K UHD." https://news.samsung.com/global/what-is-rgbw-tv
"All of these points have their validity but the fact remains that these TVs are being marketed as 4K models and in reality they don’t actually produce 4K levels of picture sharpness. Those red, green and blue pixels are crucial to sharp details of content on the TV and the replacement of a full quarter of them with generic white pixels creates exactly the effect you’d get from native 3K resolution (2.8K to be exact). Even if the white pixels are scattered around with no two white pixels ever being next to each other vertically or horizontally the maximum RGB-created color saturation and even resolution of these TVs is ¾ of what it is in a full RGB 4K TV set."
http://4k.com/news/lthree-of-lgs-4k-tvs-offer-pseudo-uhd-and-a-raw-deal-for-consumers-uh6400-uh6100-uf6800-16649/

There is no information on the Massdrop details showing that it is a RGBW panel and not a true 4K, which is misleading to the buyer.
R1Jones
0
Jun 14, 2017
ballrevIf you read the description, it says it has a 4k upscaler. Now most people will read that and only see the "4k" part so it is somewhat misleading. But it does "technically" say it is not true 4k...
Ibuyara
62
Jul 7, 2017
ballrevLG has defended the RGB/W design officially, but I'm not sure what they said about it to defend it. There are some images that will be difficult to produce on this tv vs an RGB 4K display but mostly those are test images, and real world video content or games will not be greatly affected, especially on a 49" screen. I have a 55" LG OLED model from 2016 and besides the perfect blacks and better contrast overall my games to not appear to be losing pixelsfrom where I sit on the 7700. For the feature set and price point I think it's a solid choice; my OLED was $1,500 on sale. It's not really a scheme from LG since theTV looks great and is priced really well, but a bullet stating it is RGB/W might be nice from Massdrop.
Ibuyara
62
Jul 7, 2017
IbuyaraOh and it does in fact have 4K horizontal and 2K vertical pixels so it is a 4K display. Like your article states about one quarter are white only but that doesn't mean they do nothing at all. edit: grammar
whiteninjazx6r
30
Oct 9, 2017
IbuyaraThe resolution is still 4K, albeit, a different approach. Reviews state that it has a great picture, so i think for the price, people will be fine...
WalnutGuy
0
Oct 9, 2017
R1JonesA 4K upscaler is just software that makes lower resolution video into higher resolution video so it fits the screen instead of taking up a smaller portion of it. All 4K TVs need upscalers because not everyone broadcasts 4K video, and therefor not all content viewed on 4K TVs is 4K quality.
Sugar_Free
365
Oct 9, 2017
ballrevHuh... I know this sounds stupid and I know many will argue against it, but I think there should be a monitor with this gimmick to get the performance of 1080p gaming but with "4k" visuals. Probably would look better too since 1080p scales so well in Windows 10.