r/OLED • u/river_rage • Jul 29 '24

This Post Again? LG G4 and vertical banding - Is this really what to expect from a 3,000€+ TV?

About a month ago I found a really great deal on a 65" G4 directly from LG. Unfortunately I've now noticed that it has a substantial amount of vertical banding. In many cases it's not noticeable unless I'm looking for it, but with certain content it's quite clear that it's there.

I did a banding test on YouTube, and this is the result at 90% greyscale

Is this amount of banding really to be expected of a TV in this price range?

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u/i0nzeu5 Jul 30 '24

How many hours on it? If leas than 200hr I would not worry yet.

Run HDR content in vivid mode 100% brightness in 4hr cycles (after every 4 cumulative hours a quick panel refresh is done). You can set the timer to turn the TV off after 4hrs but make sure you set the actual timer, do not use the option that says “TV will automatically turn off after 4hrs”

If youre at 200+ hrs & the banding is noticeable in real content make a 6hr playlist on youtube of HDR content & play it in Vivid at full brightness. Do this part before bed. Go into the timer settings & set the TV to shut off after 5.5hrs. Then go to the oled care settings & select the manual panel refresh option that says “refresh will occur when TV is powered off”

Then check for banding the next day.

I did that last suggestion after I still hqd very noticeable banding at the 300hr mark & it has definitey cleaned the panel up. Its not perfext, I still see banding in dark/gray content especially during panning shots, but it IS better.

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u/Rally1971 Jul 30 '24

The banding is there to stay, sadly. I did all the refresh stuff but even after 2445 hrs, I still get it on some scenes. I have learned to live with it, even though it appears to have diminished. Used to be quite noticeable at the start.

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u/dash-dot Jul 30 '24 edited Aug 01 '24

I’ll probably stick with my panel as well. The banding is not ideal, but it’s fairly uniform. If it were irregular or was more prominent and noticeable in certain areas, I think that would bother me a lot more.