LG OLED G6 Series Review: Top-End TV Net Gain for Picture Quality

8.7 / 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 OLED G6 Series $3,400 at Best Buy Pros Excellent contrast

Improved antireflective coating

Brightness is great for gaming Cons Green tinge on off-axis viewing

Not as color accurate as the LG G5

For the past two years, OLED technology has kept up with LCD in one of the most crucial components of picture quality: brightness. OLED already had contrast and color in the bag, but it took LG to start sandwiching multiple OLED panels together to complete the trio. The new G6 OLED TV features the latest version of this "tandem" upgrade, which boasts up to a 20% brighter screen and improvements to its color system.

In comparing head-to-head, I found the G6 to be demonstrably better than the G5 in terms of shadow detail, antireflectivity and brightness in games. Yet, on the downside, the 2026 TV doesn't have its predecessor's knack for color -- something I singled the G5 out for with its own Lab Award for Color Accuracy. By comparison, the G6's extra punchiness comes at the expense of some accuracy in the brighter colors and muted colors when viewing off-axis.

Overall, the G6 is a really good TV and well-suited to anyone who wants to step up from LED technology, in particular. The LG isn't the first, or last, word in value -- and value isn't really any of the words you can use to describe the ultraspendy G6. Yet, this new TV manages to maintain the manufacturer's hefty OLED legacy, and that's worth it for the right buyer. The LG is just the first TV I've formally reviewed for 2026, though, and there's a host more to come, including the G6's main rival, the Samsung S95H.