Server Version#: latest
Player Version#:latest
I’m using tv only for Plex and YouTube. I have LG-webos currently and I’m quite happy with it, but I’m looking for new bigger one to buy.
Technical specs and prices between Samsung and LG are similar, but how it looks on usability on daily basis? Which one you prefer and which one will give me best Plex experience?
Samsung’s works pretty good. But i would not recommend them after they removed DTS support even though i have one myself. (An older Tizen 8-series).
They work good for gaming also.
My 2 cents: Don’t select your TV based on its “smart” capabilities. These will age rapidly and fall out of service at the same speed as your manufacturer warranty.
Look for a good picture and plenty of connectivity.
Then get an external player like an Apple TV or the nVidia Shield Pro as your player for all things “smart”.
What Otto says.
The Plex apps on LG & Samsung look the same and have similar limitations. Also, neither TV manufacturer currently supports dts audio(*).
rtings.com has good reviews. They test both picture quality and connectivity.
(*) If playing media with dts audio in the Plex app on either set, the audio will be transcoded by Plex Media Server to a supported format, whether using TV speakers or HDMI-ARC/eARC attached audio equipment. Furthermore, LG sets no longer passthrough dts audio formats from HDMI attached devices (as noted in their rtings.com reviews).
LG uses cheap hardware (100 Mbit/s ethernet, slow CPU and RAM and IO, etc.). So the app (every app actually) lags. So if you want quality and responsiveness of iOS, don’t go for LG. I don’t have any experience with Samsung.
You just described every TV on the planet.
Specifically, WRT the Ethernet port, I’ve yet to see a TV with a 1 Gbps wired port. They all use 100 Mbps ports.
TVs, like most consumer electronics, are driven by profit margin, which is very, very small, and number of units sold, which is hopefully very, very large. If the manufacturers can lower cost of goods sold by $0.01 USD and not impact sales, then they will do so.
The TV manufacturers look at it this way: “I’m going to sell potentially millions of units. The number of those TVs that will use a wired 1 Gbps Ethernet port, DTS audio, or TrueHD audio is exceedingly small. Why pay the cost for every set for any of that when I can sell just as many sets without doing so?”
I’ve a ~10 year old F7100 Samsung and a ~5 year old B7 LG OLED. Do I wish they had more/better/faster CPU/RAM/Ethernet/etc? Of course. Do I understand why they do not? Of course.
Buy a TV for the picture quality. Everything else if gravy.
I’m 100% with you, but the OP asked for opinion about the software or plex support on these.
So, get the TV with the better picture quality (take a look here http://rtings.com/) and if the software lacks something, get a plex player (nvidia shield, amazon fire stick, apple tv, or whatever).
Same. Love the picture on my B7 OLED. But use a Nvidia Shield, not the webOS app, due to TV set limitations.
Just ranting a bit, because a) it’s late in my timezone; b) I’ve had a few “adult beverages”; and c) I’m in the 0.001% that would use DTS/TrueHD/1 Gbps Ethernet/etc on my TV.
I don’t want to contradict you, but the only way to watch “my own legally ripped 4K blurays” via Plex is to use WiFi on my LG-OLED65C7D. The 100Mbit/s connection is not enough.
No contradiction.
TV is on WiFi, due to 100 Mbps Ethernet port. 4K HDR Blu-ray rips buffer when TV is on wired Ethernet.
Disagree, the best way is via HDMI 2 using a client like Apple TV or NIVIDA Shield pro.
I own a LG OLED65B8 and love it. 
LG magic remote beats everything …
This topic was automatically closed 90 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.
