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LG 55SK8100PLA (UK version)
Highlights
- 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) NanoCell Display
- HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG support
- NanoCell Color
- Wide Viewing Angle
- α7 Intelligent Processor
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
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Content
Overview
LG 55SK8100PLA was introduced in 2018. It has a NanoCell screen with 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution and 100 Hz/120 Hz refresh rate. The TV is HDR compatible and can reach 550 nits of peak brightness. It supports HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG and Advanced HDR by Technicolor®. Its powerful α7 Intelligent Processor picture processor guarantees a high quality upscaling of any low resolution source to 4K UHD (3840 x 2160).
We give LG 55SK8100PLA TV 89 overall score out of 100. Our ranking system is based on the display specifications, video, audio and other features, connectivity and format support.
Pros and Cons
In this section we highlight pros and cons of LG 55SK8100PLA.
PROS |
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High Resolution |
High Refresh Rate: 100 Hz/120 Hz |
Wide Viewing Angle |
Color Depth |
HDR10 |
Dolby Vision |
HLG |
Advanced HDR by Technicolor® |
Dolby Atmos |
DTS Digital Surround |
Bluetooth Audio Playback |
Wi-Fi |
Wi-Fi Direct |
Bluetooth |
Works with Alexa |
CONS |
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Edge LED |
No Full-Array Local Dimming |
No HDR10+ |
No IMAX Enhanced |
No AMD Freesync™ |
No NVidia G-Sync |
No 4K HFR |
No 2K HFR |
No VRR |
Selected Features
Nano Cell Technology
LG Nano Cell technology uses particles to absorb unwanted light wavelengths and enhance the purity of the red and green colors displayed on the screen. In addition, they create subtler, more accurate colors that stay true, even at wide viewing angles. So, even if the whole family is gathered around the TV, everyone has the best seat in the house, whether they’re front and center, or across the room and off to the side.
IPS Panel
LG 55SK8100PLA has an in-plane switching (IPS) panel which is not commonly used in LCD TVs as they suffer from light leakage which lead to the lower contrast and poor HDR experience. However, this type of panel can provide better viewing angle and color accuracy compared to the VA panel.
HDR10
LG 55SK8100PLA supports HDR10 which was announced on August 27, 2015, by the Consumer Technology Association and uses the wide-gamut Rec. 2020 color space. It is not backward compatible with SDR. It sends static metadata via video stream to the TV which calibrates its screen brightness and color according to that. HDR10 is technically limited to a maximum of 10,000 nits of brightness and uses 10-bit color which corresponds to 1024 shades of the primary RGB colors.
Dolby Vision
This TV also supports Dolby Vision which is an update to HDR10 by adding dynamic metadata that can be used to more accurately adjust brightness levels up to 10,000 nits maximum brightness on a scene-by-scene or frame-by-frame basis and support up to 12-bit color depth (4096 shades of RGB) and 8K resolution.
Specifications
In this section we present all the features and specifications available for LG 55SK8100PLA.
BASICS | |
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Brand | LG |
Series | SK81 |
Model | 55SK8100PLA |
Size | 55" |
Country | UK |
Release Year | 2018 |
Smart TV |
DISPLAY | |
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Display Type | NanoCell |
Actual Size (Diagonal) | 54.6" |
Resolution | 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) |
Refresh Rate | 100 Hz/120 Hz |
Screen Design | Flat |
Panel Type | IPS |
LED Type | Edge LED |
Backlight Dimming | Local Dimming |
Color | NanoCell Color |
Viewing Angle | Wide Viewing Angle |
Panel Bit Depth | 10 bits |
Color Depth | 1.07 Billion |
DCI P3 Color Space Coverage | 90% |
Brightness | 320 nits |
Peak Brightness | 550 nits |
Contrast Ratio | 1400∶1 |
Minimum Response Time | 5 ms |
Input Lag | 14 ms |
VIDEO | |
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3D Capability | |
HDR10 | |
HDR10+ | |
Dolby Vision | |
Dolby Vision IQ | |
HLG | |
Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | |
IMAX Enhanced | |
HDR Effect | |
Technicolor Expert Mode | |
AMD Freesync™ | |
NVidia G-Sync | |
4K HFR | |
2K HFR | |
VRR | |
HGIG Compatibility | |
Picture Processor | α7 Intelligent Processor |
Upscaling | 4K Upscaling |
Blacks | NanoCell Black |
Frame Interploation Technique | TruMotion 200 |
Frame Interpolation Frequency | 200 Hz |
Filmmaker Mode | |
Auto Low Latency Mode | |
Depth Enhancement | Active Depth Enhancer |
AI Picture | |
Auto Genre Selection | |
Face Enhancing | |
Image Enhancing | |
Color Enhancer | Dynamic Color |
Noise Reduction | NR |
Deep Learning AI Picture | |
AI Brightness | |
Professional Game TV | |
Enhanced Motion Picture Response Time | |
True Color Accuracy | |
Ultra Luminance | |
Sharpness | |
Dynamic Tone Mapping | Enhanced Dynamic Tone Mapping |
AUDIO | |
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Speaker Channels | 2.0 Channel |
Speaker Type | Down Firing |
Speaker Power Rating | 20W |
Dolby Atmos | |
DTS Digital Surround | DTS-HD |
Simultaneous Audio Output | |
AI Sound | |
Surround Mode | Dolby Surround / ULTRA Surround |
Clear Voice | Clear Voice III |
Sound Tuning | One Touch Sound Tuning |
Adaptive Sound Control | |
WiSA Ready | |
Bluetooth Audio Playback | |
LG Sound Sync | |
Smart Speaker Compatible | |
LG Smart Speaker |
CONNECTIVITY | |
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Ethernet Input | |
Wi-Fi | |
Wi-Fi Direct | |
Wi-Fi Frequency | 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz |
Wi-Fi Protocol | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac |
Bluetooth | |
Bluetooth Version | 4.2 |
Apple Airplay | |
LG TV Plus App | |
Smart ThinQ App | |
Chromecast | |
Google Home | Google Home device sold separately (This feature is not available in Republic of Ireland) |
Virtual Assistant | Google Assistant Built-in Google Assistant features require software update (This feature is not available in Republic of Ireland) |
Works with Alexa | Amazon Alexa device sold separately (This feature is not available in Republic of Ireland) |
HDMI Inputs | 4 |
HDMI Version | 2.0b |
HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) | HDMI 2 |
HDCP Version | 2.2 |
HDMI-CEC | SIMPLINK |
USB Inputs | 3 |
USB 3.0 Ports | |
RF (Terrestrial / Cable ) Inputs | 2 |
Component Inputs | |
Composite Inputs | 1 via A/V 3.5mm Jack |
RCA Audio Outputs | |
3.5mm headphone Audio Output | |
Optical Audio Output | |
RS-232C Remote | |
DLNA |
OTHER | |
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CPU Cores | 4 |
GPU Cores | 2 |
RAM | 2 GB |
Storage | 4 GB |
Operating System | webOS |
Internet Browser | |
Electronic Program Guide (EPG) | 8 days |
Parental Control (V-Chip) | |
Application Store | LG Content Store |
PVR Function | |
On-Screen Display Languages | 36 |
LG AI ThinQ® | |
Speech to Text | |
LG Voice Search | |
Amazon Echo Compatible | |
AI UX | |
AI Home | |
AI Recommendation | |
Intelligent Edit | |
Home Dashboard | |
Apple HomePod | |
Voice Recognition | Intelligent Voice Recognition |
Magic Link | |
Focus Zoom | |
Live Zoom | |
Audio Guidance (Text To Speech) | |
Gallery Mode | |
Multi-view | |
Freeview Play | |
DIAL | |
Music Player | |
360 VR | |
Mobile TV On | |
Wi-Fi TV On | |
Bluetooth Low Energy On | |
Instant Game Response | |
Live Plus (ACR-based Bilateral Service) | |
Hotel Mode | |
My Content | |
My Channels | |
Channel Advisor | |
Channel Plus | |
Screen Share | |
Content Share | |
Digital Recording | |
Time Shift | |
Watch & Record | |
Auto Calibration | |
Time Machine (DVR) | |
Analog DVR | |
HEVC |
VIDEO FORMATS | |
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3GPP | |
AV1 | |
AVI | |
ASF | |
DivX | |
Flash Video | |
H.263 | |
H.264 | |
H.265 | |
MKV | |
M2TS | |
MP4 | |
MPEG-4 | |
QuickTime | |
RealVideo | |
TS | |
VC-1 | |
VP7 | |
VP8 | |
VP9 | |
VOB | |
VRO | |
WebM | |
WMV | |
Xvid |
AUDIO FORMATS | |
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AAC | |
AC4 | |
AIFF | |
ALAC | |
APE | |
aptX | |
eAAC+ | |
EAC3 | |
FLAC | |
HE-AAC | |
LPCM | |
M4A | |
MIDI | |
MP2 | |
MP3 | |
OGG | |
RealAudio | |
WMA | |
WAV |
IMAGE FORMATS | |
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BMP | |
GIF | |
JPEG | |
JPS | |
MPO | |
PNG |
TUNER | |
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Digital Tuner | 1 |
SAT Tuner | |
Analog Tuner | PAL/SECAM, B/G, D/K, I, SECAM L |
Digital Terrestrial TV System | DVB-T/T2 |
Digital Cable TV System | DVB-C |
Digital SAT TV System | DVB-S/S2 |
Color system | PAL / SECAM / NTSC |
CI+ | CI+ 1.4 |
GENERAL | |
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Energy Efficiency | A+ |
Power Supply | AC 100-240 V, 50/60 Hz |
Power Consumption (Typical) | 88 W |
Power Consumption (In Standby) | 0.5 W |
Dimension Without Stand (W x H x D) | 1237 mm x 721 mm x 64 mm |
Dimension With Stand (W x H x D) | 1237 mm x 794 mm x 248 mm |
Dimension of Package (W x H x D) | 1360 mm x 880 mm x 175 mm |
One Connect Box | |
VESA Wall Mount | |
VESA Hole Pitch (W x H) | 300 mm x 300 mm |
Weight Without Stand | 16.1 kg |
Weight With Stand | 17.6 kg |
Weight of Package (Gross) | 22.8 kg |
Warranty | 1 Year Parts & Labor |
ACCESSORIES | |
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Remote | Magic Remote Control - AN-MR18 |
Universal Control Capability for remote | |
Magic Remote Control Compatible |
Successor
An indirect successor of the 2018 SK81 series can be considered a 2019 SM82 series. Let us now display the changes that the successor brought.
UPGRADES | LG 55SM8200PLA | vs | LG 55SK8100PLA |
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2K HFR | vs | ||
AI Sound | vs | ||
Smart Speaker Compatible | vs | ||
LG Smart Speaker | vs | ||
Newer Bluetooth Version | 5.0 | vs | 4.2 |
Apple Airplay | Airplay 2 | vs | |
LG TV Plus App | vs | ||
Smart ThinQ App | vs | ||
Component Inputs | 1 via A/V 3.5mm Jack | vs | |
More Storage | 8 GB | vs | 4 GB |
Amazon Echo Compatible | vs | ||
AI UX | vs | ||
AI Home | vs | ||
AI Recommendation | Default: off | vs | |
Intelligent Edit | vs | ||
Home Dashboard | vs | ||
Apple HomePod | vs | ||
Magic Link | Default: off | vs | |
360 VR | vs | ||
Mobile TV On | vs | ||
Wi-Fi TV On | vs | ||
Bluetooth Low Energy On | vs | ||
Instant Game Response | ALLM | vs | |
Live Plus (ACR-based Bilateral Service) | with Samba TV App | vs | |
Hotel Mode | vs | ||
Time Machine (DVR) | vs | ||
Analog DVR | vs |
DOWNGRADES | LG 55SM8200PLA | vs | LG 55SK8100PLA |
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Lower Refresh Rate | 50 Hz/60 Hz | vs | 100 Hz/120 Hz |
Lower Panel Bit Depth | 8 bits + FRC | vs | 10 bits |
Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | vs | ||
Technicolor Expert Mode | vs | ||
Less Powerful Picture Processor | Quad Core Processor | vs | α7 Intelligent Processor |
Lower Frame Interpolation Frequency | 100 Hz | vs | 200 Hz |
Depth Enhancement | vs | Active Depth Enhancer | |
Dolby Atmos | vs | ||
Less USB Inputs | 2 | vs | 3 |
Gallery Mode | vs | ||
Multi-view | vs | ||
Auto Calibration | vs | ||
Lower Energy Efficiency Class | A | vs | A+ |
For this comparison we chose 55" version of the successor - model 55SM8200PLA. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit LG 55SK8100PLA vs LG 55SM8200PLA where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.