It’s also loaded with important performance- and gaming-related features, just like its predecessors.
The G5 is poised to lead the OLED pack this year, but it’s facing some tough competition.
LG kicked off its appearance atCES 2025with a hotel suite full of shiny new toys.
Included in the showcase was its OLED evo TV lineup for 2025, led by the top-of-the-line LG G5.
It’s the follow-up to theLG G4 OLED, one of thebest OLED TVsof 2024.
Most importantly, can the G5 really outshine last year’s G4withoutthe hardware that made its predecessor so impressive?
Let’s get into it.
We also don’t know anything about the pricing of the G5 series as of this writing.
All sizes in the G5 series feature LG’s Brightness Booster Ultimateexceptthe 48- and 97-inch models.
We’ll need to test these models properly to figure that out.
That’s a bit of a bummer, as I appreciated the flexibility that the G4 offered.
But I shouldn’t have been.
Frankly, it was hard to tear myself away from the thing.
It was hard to tear myself away from the LG G5.
This does not seem to be the case with the G5 after initial viewing.
One neat gaming-related update is an increase in native refresh rate.
The G5 sports a 165Hz refresh rate, up from 144Hz last year.
We’ll know more when we’re finally able to put the G5 through its paces later this Spring.