Lg oled65g2

[fatez]

Hello everyone,

I need to ask you for a little help with the purchase of my next TV set.
I was thinking of buying the latest LG OLED65G2 model.

I wanted to ask you :

• does anyone know if the ethernet card is blocked 100mb instead of 1GB ?
• can anyone tell me if PLEX runs natively on web-os 2022 with all audio codecs ?

I currently have my plex server installed on Synolgy and wanted to stream via ethernet directly to the TV.

I thought I read that with the native WebOS application there were problems with some audio/video codecs, is this known to you?

thank you very much for your help.

[FordGuy61]

LG OLED have a great picture, but the TV and Plex client have limitations.

Connectivity
Ethernet is 100 Mbps. Some media, such as 4K HDR Blu-ray rips, will burst over 100 Mbps. When this happens, you may (will) experience buffering during playback.

The TV WiFi will handle traffic above 100 Mbps when using WiFi 5 or 6 (WiFi 5 = 802.11ac on 5 GHz, WiFi 6 = 802.11ax).

I’ve a B7 OLED. Movies that buffer when connected via Ethernet do not do so when using WiFi.

Audio Codecs
Using the Plex app on the TV, Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus, including Atmos, and AAC direct play. They can also be passed to audio equipment via HDMI-ARC/-eARC.

TrueHD and all DTS formats will be transcoded by Plex Media Server. They cannot be passed to audio equipment via HDMI-ARC/eARC.

LG also blocks DTS passthrough for devices connected to HDMI inputs on the TV.

Subtitles
If the media is direct streaming (vs direct playing), enabling any subtitle results in a video transcode and Plex Media Server burning the subtitles into the video stream.

Enabling PGS or VOBSUB subtitles results in a video transcode so Plex Media Server can burn the subtitles into the video stream.

SRT subtitles direct play. However, if the audio is transcoding, enabling SRT subtitles results in a video transcode and subtitle burning (since media will be direct streaming)

If Burn Subtitles = Automatic, enabling ASS subtitles results in a video transcode and subtitle burning.

If Burn Subtitles = Image Formats Only, ASS subtitles direct play, but are treated as text subtitles. Formatting such as color and position are ignored.

Synology
Most Synology NAS struggle with subtitle burning, unless they have an Intel Xeon CPU.

On Linux based systems, subtitle burning uses the CPU, even when the video is using hardware accelerated transcoding. Furthermore, the process is single threaded, using only one of the CPU cores.

Low power CPUs, such as the Celeron, simply are not strong enough to burn subtitles in real time in higher bit rate media such as 1080p Blu-ray rips.

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LG G2 OLED Reviews

flatpanels.com ← confirm 100 Mbps Ethernet port, see comments section of review.

rtings.com ← confirm no DTS support.

[fatez]

So should I still get a shield and run the audio and video signal on the denon to the TV?

[FordGuy61]

If you want to direct play everything, then a Shield is the way to go.

My setup: 2015 Shield Pro <–HDMI–> Denon 4300 <–HDMI-ARC–> LG B7 OLED

My Shield doesn’t support Dolby Vision (new ones do support DV), but everything else I throw at it direct plays. HLG video would probably transcode too, but I’ve none in my libraries.

You can always start with the webOS app and add the Shield later. Just avoid any situation that transcodes video and you’ll be OK (basically, be careful w/ subtitles).

The Shield is a very good client, but it has its own quirks. ASS subtitles force a video transcode (Plex is working on adding support). Also, there’s a weird bug where TrueHD audio can noticeably lose sync with the video. It doesn’t happen all the time, but when it does appear, it is usually on extended release versions of a movie. From what I’ve read, both Google & Nvidia have to fix some things before Plex can tell if they have to fix anything.

I wouldn’t let those keep me from getting a Shield, but wanted to let you know about them.

If you do get a Shield, get the Pro model. The non-pro “tube” model has problems handling high bit rate media such as 4K HDR rips. The audio frequently drops out.