LG has this week unveiled the company’s full lineup of TVs, sound bars and other fancy stuff for 2025. The things that caught my eye in this announcement were the new and improved G5 OLED Evo TV, the improved C5 OLED Evo TV, and the new Magic Remote.
Having now seen the range in person, I can confirm that the new and improved LG G5 OLED Evo TV is a big step up from last year’s already excellent G4, one of the best TVs money can buy. The colours are more accurate, particularly with the reds looking redder and the blues significantly deeper. The brightness is also significantly higher. Overall, it’s just a really beautiful TV. It gets its new prettiness from the Alpha 11 AI Processor, which uses AI to upscale, tone map, reduce noise, and recognise objects.
The LG C5 OLED eco TV is a step up from last year’s C4, though not as significant a jump as the leap from G4 to G5. It’s got the Alpha 9 Gen 8 Processor and is a good sweet spot for people who want almost all the bells and whistles at a reasonable(ish) price. It’s available in 42, 48, 55, 65, 77 and 83-inch screen sizes, and has a lot of the premium features people use like HDMI 2.1, variable refresh rate, auto low latency mode, and AI features.
Want an AI chatbot with your TV?
One of the biggest advancements for the LG Evo TVs this year is that viewers can now use an AI chatbot to change their settings. If you tell the TV you want it to be sharper or brighter, it will give you two options to see if they suit your needs.
One might argue that this is a canny way to get away with not improving the menu system to make it more user-friendly. LG’s likely rebuttal would be that the complex menus are better suited for advanced users and that the chatbot is for casual users.
Side-stepping UI by putting an AI chatbot in the middle likely means that now fewer people will know how to customise their own settings to their liking. But does mean that more people will be able to make AI-suggested adjustments on the fly without interrupting their show, which is something.
Magic Remotes and transparent TVs
What will change the experience the most for LG TV upgraders is the new Magic Remote. The previous LG Magic Remote was an ergonomic dream, covered in lots of buttons. It was the last holdout of the mainstream remotes to still include all the number buttons for people who still watch free-to-air TV.
Alas, the new remote is now back to being an unergonomic rectangle shape, and lacks the number buttons. It still has a bunch of shortcut buttons to whichever streaming services have paid LG to be on the remote (there still aren’t any user-programmable buttons). Plus there’s a new AI button for Evo TVs. It still looks like a very nice remote, and I look forward to testing it out.
Looking to the future, the most exciting thing I saw during the demo was the LG OLED T model, the transparent OLED TV that was unveiled at CES. Retailing for around $80,000, this is unlikely to show up in many (or any) homes for a few years, but it looked so much better in person than I’d hoped. The pixels are still a bit chunky, but the pictures showed beautifully, and if I ever get my hands on one, I think I will spend all my time putting the contrast screen up and down (the contrast screen is a retractable black backdrop for serious movie nights).
LG 2025 TV range price and release date
If you want to know when you can get your hands on one of these TVs, check the release dates and prices below. We will have reviews of the key models for you soon.
LG OLED Evo M5: May
- 65-inch: $5,999
- 77-inch: $8,699
- 83-inch: $10,699
- 97-inch: $39,999
LG OLED Evo G5: 19 March
- 55-inch: $4,199
- 65-inch: $5,299
- 77-inch: $7,999
- 83-inch: $9,999
- 97-inch: $37,999 (May)
LG OLED Evo C5: 19 March
- 42-inch: $2,199
- 48-inch: $2,499
- 55-inch: $3,299
- 65-inch: $4,299
- 77-inch: $5,999
- 83-inch: $7,999 (April)
LG OLED B5: 19 March
- 48-inch: $1,999
- 55-inch: $2,499
- 65-inch: $3,299
LG Evo QNED93A: May
- 65-inch: $2,799
- 75-inch: $3,599
- 85-inch: $4,999
LG Evo QNED86A: 19 March
- 55-inch: $1,799
- 65-inch: $2,199
- 75-inch: $2,999
- 86-inch: $4,299
- 100-inch: $8,999 (May)
LG QNED81A: 19 March
- 43-inch: $1,099
- 50-inch: $1,299
- 55-inch: $1,499
- 65-inch: $1,899
- 75-inch: $2,499
- 86-inch: $3,699
LG NANO80A: 19 March
- 43-inch: $749
- 50-inch: $899
- 55-inch: $999
- 65-inch: $1,299
- 75-inch: $1,899
- 86-inch: $2,899
LG also confirmed the release of several other models, including its UltraGear gaming monitor. Check out the details below and more information on LG’s website:
| Range | Model | Price | Release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| LG SIGNATURE OLED T | OLED77T4 | TBA | 2H |
| LG StanbyME | 27ART10AKPL | $1,999 | Available now |
| LG StanbyME Go | 27LX5QKNA | $1,999 | Available now |
| Sound Bar S80TR | S80TR | $1,299 | May |
| LG UltraGear OLED | 45GX950A | $3299 | Pre-order from 10 April |
| 32G810SA-W | $999 | 27 March | |
| 27GX790A-B | $1599 | Available now |
As always, the premium TVs look great. What’s equally impressive is that even the cheaper LG TVs got some love this year.
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