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8.8 / 10 Score Cnet Score CNET provides expert, unbiased reviews of products and services. When we assign a score, we use a scale of 1-10. Each product we score is evaluated by criteria specific to its category with most assessing pricing, quality, features and performance. Read more on: How we test LG G5 Series $2,272 at Best Buy $2,497 at Crutchfield $2,500 at LG Pros Highest brightness of any OLED TV yet
Stunning image quality
Best color accuracy of every TV in 2025 Cons Brightness boost not visible in all content
Remote is not as good as previous versions
Expensive
2026 LG G5 Series Buy Now
OLED TVs have consistently delivered the best picture quality in our head-to-head tests -- with the best shadow detail, contrast, color and black levels. Yet, there is one thing LCD-based TVs have always done better: sheer brightness. That is, until the 2025 LG G5 came along. Finally, OLED can reclaim its place at the top of the TV technology leader board with a model that performs brilliantly in almost every single respect. Maybe the forthcoming LG G6 will be even better?
For a roughly $600 premium on the 65-inch C5, the G5 offers nearly twice the brightness and better color saturation too. Furthermore, compared against every other 2025 TV, the LG G5 has the best color accuracy of any model I tested. The LG G5 is now the recipient of CNET's Labs Award for Best Color Accuracy.
When LG claimed its G5 had a 40% brightness increase, I was skeptical because companies make these types of announcements all the time. Furthermore, OLED has typically been an incremental technology, with small gains made every year. The year 2025 is an exception, and LG has made a major leap forward in light output. The G5 is bright. Very bright.
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