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LG 55SM8600PUA (USA version)
Highlights
- 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) NanoCell Display
- HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG support
- NanoCell Color
- Wide Viewing Angle
- α7 Gen2 Intelligent Processor
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
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Content
Overview
LG 55SM8600PUA was introduced in 2019. It has a NanoCell screen with 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution and 100 Hz/120 Hz refresh rate. The TV is HDR compatible. It supports HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG and Advanced HDR by Technicolor®. Its powerful α7 Gen2 Intelligent Processor picture processor guarantees a high quality upscaling of any low resolution source to 4K UHD (3840 x 2160).
We give LG 55SM8600PUA TV 93 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 55SM8600PUA.
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® |
4K HFR |
2K HFR |
α7 Gen2 Intelligent Processor |
Dolby Atmos |
DTS Digital Surround |
AI Sound |
WiSA Ready |
Bluetooth Audio Playback |
Wi-Fi |
Wi-Fi Direct |
Bluetooth |
Works with Alexa |
New HDMI 2.1 |
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 VRR |
No NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) |
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 55SM8600PUA 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 55SM8600PUA 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 55SM8600PUA.
BASICS | |
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Brand | LG |
Series | SM86 |
Model | 55SM8600PUA |
Size | 55" |
Country | USA |
Release Year | 2019 |
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 | 8 bits + FRC |
Color Depth | 1.07 Billion |
Minimum Response Time | 5 ms |
VIDEO | |
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3D Capability | |
HDR10 | |
HDR10+ | |
Dolby Vision | |
Dolby Vision IQ | |
HLG | |
Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | |
IMAX Enhanced | |
4K HDR | 4K Cinema HDR |
HDR Effect | |
AMD Freesync™ | |
NVidia G-Sync | |
4K HFR | 4K HFR via HDMI will be updated |
2K HFR | |
VRR | |
HGIG Compatibility | |
Picture Processor | α7 Gen2 Intelligent Processor |
Upscaling | 4K Upscaling |
Frame Interploation Technique | TruMotion 240 |
Frame Interpolation Frequency | 240 Hz |
Filmmaker Mode | |
Auto Low Latency Mode | |
Depth Enhancement | Object Depth Enhancer |
AI Picture | |
Auto Genre Selection | |
Face Enhancing | |
Image Enhancing | |
Color Enhancer | Advanced Color Enhancer |
Noise Reduction | Quad Step NR |
Deep Learning AI Picture | |
AI Brightness | |
True Color Accuracy | |
Ultra Luminance | |
Sharpness | Frequency based Sharpness Enhancer |
Dynamic Tone Mapping | Dynamic Tone Mapping Pro |
AUDIO | |
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Speaker Channels | 2.0 Channel |
Speaker Poer 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 |
WiSA Ready | Separate Dongle Purchase Required |
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 | 5.0 |
Mobile Connectivity | |
Apple Airplay | Airplay 2 |
LG TV Plus App | |
Smart ThinQ App | |
Chromecast | |
Google Home | Google Home device sold separately |
Virtual Assistant | Google Assistant |
Works with Alexa | Built-In |
HDMI Inputs | 4 |
HDMI Version | 2.1 |
HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) | ARC (HDMI 2) |
HDCP Version | 2.2 |
HDMI-CEC | SIMPLINK |
USB Inputs | 3 |
USB 3.0 Ports | |
RF (Terrestrial / Cable ) Inputs | 1 |
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 | 1 (Mini Jack) |
DLNA |
OTHER | |
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CPU Cores | 4 |
GPU Cores | 2 |
RAM | 2 GB |
Storage | 8 GB |
Operating System | webOS |
Internet Browser | Full Web Browser |
Parental Control (V-Chip) | |
Application Store | LG Content Store |
Teletext | |
PVR Function | |
LG AI ThinQ® | |
Speech to Text | |
LG Voice Search | |
Amazon Echo Compatible | |
AI UX | |
AI Home | |
AI Recommendation | Default: off |
Intelligent Edit | |
Home Dashboard | |
Auto Device Detection | |
Apple HomePod | |
Voice Recognition | Intelligent Voice Recognition |
Magic Link | Default: off |
Audio Guidance (Text To Speech) | |
Gallery Mode | |
Multi-view | |
DIAL | |
Music Player | |
360 VR | |
Mobile TV On | |
Wi-Fi TV On | |
Bluetooth Low Energy On | |
Instant Game Response | ALLM |
Hotel Mode | |
Screen Share | |
Time Shift | |
Auto Calibration | |
Time Machine (DVR) | |
Analog DVR |
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 | NTSC-M |
NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) | |
Digital Terrestrial TV System | ATSC |
Digital Cable TV System | Clear QAM |
Color system | PAL / SECAM / NTSC |
GENERAL | |
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Power Supply | AC 120 V, 50/60 Hz |
Power Consumption (Typical) | 68.1 W |
Power Consumption (In Standby) | 0.5 W |
Dimension Without Stand (W x H x D) | 48.5" x 28.2" x 2.5" |
Dimension With Stand (W x H x D) | 48.5" x 30.9" x 10.4" |
Stand Size | 33.1" |
Dimension of Package (W x H x D) | 53.5" x 34.6" x 6.9" |
One Connect Box | |
VESA Wall Mount | |
VESA Hole Pitch (W x H) | 300 mm x 300 mm |
Weight Without Stand | 37.9 lbs |
Weight With Stand | 41.2 lbs |
Weight of Package (Gross) | 52.2 lbs |
Warranty | 1 Year Parts & Labor |
ACCESSORIES | |
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Remote | Magic Remote Control - AN-MR19 |
Universal Control Capability for remote | |
Magic Remote Control Compatible |
Successor
The 2019 SM86 series has a successor - 2020 NANO86 series. Let us now display the changes that the successor brought.
UPGRADES | LG 55NANO86UNA | vs | LG 55SM8600PUA |
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LED Type | Direct LED | vs | Edge LED |
Color | NanoCell Color | vs | NanoCell Color |
Dolby Vision IQ | vs | ||
AMD Freesync™ | May not be available at the time of purchase of this product | vs | |
VRR | vs | ||
HGIG Compatibility | vs | ||
More Powerful Picture Processor | α7 Gen3 AI Processor 4K | vs | α7 Gen2 Intelligent Processor |
Filmmaker Mode | vs | ||
Auto Low Latency Mode | vs | ||
AI Picture | AI Picture | vs | |
Auto Genre Selection | Dolby HDR only | vs | |
Face Enhancing | vs | ||
Image Enhancing | vs | ||
HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) | eARC (HDMI 3) | vs | ARC (HDMI 2) |
AVI | vs | ||
AC4 | vs | ||
MP2 | vs |
DOWNGRADES | LG 55NANO86UNA | vs | LG 55SM8600PUA |
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Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | vs | ||
Depth Enhancement | vs | Object Depth Enhancer | |
Noise Reduction | Double Step Noise Reduction | vs | Quad Step NR |
Dynamic Tone Mapping | HDR Dynamic Tone Mapping | vs | Dynamic Tone Mapping Pro |
DTS Digital Surround | vs | DTS-HD | |
OGG | vs | ||
RealAudio | vs |
For this comparison we chose 55" version of the successor - model 55NANO86UNA. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit LG 55SM8600PUA vs LG 55NANO86UNA where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.