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LG 65SM9010PLA (UK version)
Highlights
- 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) NanoCell Display
- HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG support
- Full Array Local Dimming
- NanoCell Color Pro
- Wide Viewing Angle
- α7 Gen2 Intelligent Processor
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
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Content
Overview
LG 65SM9010PLA 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 65SM9010PLA 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 65SM9010PLA.
| PROS |
|---|
| High Resolution |
| High Refresh Rate: 100 Hz/120 Hz |
| Slim Direct LED |
| Full Array Local Dimming |
| 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 |
|---|
| No HDR10+ |
| No IMAX Enhanced |
| No AMD Freesync™ |
| No NVidia G-Sync |
| 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 65SM9010PLA 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.
Full-Array Local Dimming
The TV has Full-Array Local Dimming technology with multiple zones throughout the display. Individual zones of LEDs can light up independently which enhances black levels, shadow details and decreases level of light bleed in dark parts of the image. This gives higher contrast with increased picture quality which is very important for HDR reproduction. Higher number of zones gives better control over local dimming and less blooming around the bright objects and subtitles.
HDR10
LG 65SM9010PLA 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 65SM9010PLA.
| BASICS | |
|---|---|
| Brand | LG |
| Series | SM90 |
| Model | 65SM9010PLA |
| Size | 65" |
| Country | UK |
| Release Year | 2019 |
| Smart TV | |
| DISPLAY | |
|---|---|
| Display Type | NanoCell |
| Actual Size (Diagonal) | 64.5" |
| Resolution | 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) |
| Refresh Rate | 100 Hz/120 Hz |
| Screen Design | Flat |
| Panel Type | IPS |
| LED Type | Slim Direct LED |
| Backlight Dimming | Full Array Local Dimming |
| Dimming Name | Full Array Dimming Pro |
| Color | NanoCell Color Pro |
| Viewing Angle | Wide Viewing Angle |
| Panel Bit Depth | 10 bits |
| Color Depth | 1.07 Billion |
| Minimum Response Time | 5 ms |
| Picture Quality Index | 3800 |
| VIDEO | |
|---|---|
| 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 200 |
| Frame Interpolation Frequency | 200 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 | Pro |
| Sharpness | Frequency based Sharpness Enhancer |
| Dynamic Tone Mapping | Dynamic Tone Mapping Pro |
| AUDIO | |
|---|---|
| Speaker Channels | 2.2 Channel |
| Speaker Power Rating | 40W (WF: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 | |
| Bluetooth Audio Playback | |
| LG Sound Sync | |
| Smart Speaker Compatible | |
| LG Smart Speaker | |
| CONNECTIVITY | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Virtual Assistant | Google Assistant |
| Works with Alexa | 19.5 MR |
| HDMI Inputs | 4 |
| HDMI Version | 2.1 |
| HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) | eARC (HDMI 2) |
| HDCP Version | 2.2 |
| HDMI-CEC | SIMPLINK |
| USB Inputs | 3 |
| USB 3.0 Ports | |
| RF (Terrestrial / Cable ) Inputs | 3 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| CPU Cores | 4 |
| GPU Cores | 2 |
| RAM | 3 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB |
| Operating System | webOS |
| Internet Browser | |
| Electronic Program Guide (EPG) | 8 days |
| Parental Control (V-Chip) | |
| Application Store | LG Content Store |
| Teletext | Flof |
| Teletext Page | 2000 page |
| Closed Captions | Subtitle |
| 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 | 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 |
| Live Plus (ACR-based Bilateral Service) | with Samba TV App |
| Hotel Mode | |
| Screen Share | |
| Digital Recording | |
| Time Shift | |
| Watch & Record | |
| Auto Calibration | |
| Time Machine (DVR) | |
| Analog DVR | |
| HEVC | |
| VIDEO FORMATS | |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| AAC | |
| AC4 | |
| AIFF | |
| ALAC | |
| APE | |
| aptX | |
| eAAC+ | |
| EAC3 | |
| FLAC | |
| HE-AAC | |
| LPCM | |
| M4A | |
| MIDI | |
| MP2 | |
| MP3 | |
| OGG | |
| RealAudio | |
| WMA | |
| WAV | |
| IMAGE FORMATS | |
|---|---|
| BMP | |
| GIF | |
| JPEG | |
| JPS | |
| MPO | |
| PNG | |
| TUNER | |
|---|---|
| Digital Tuner | 2 |
| 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 | |
|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | A |
| Power Supply | AC 100-240 V, 50/60 Hz |
| Power Consumption (In Standby) | 0.5 W |
| Dimension Without Stand (W x H x D) | 1452 mm x 833 mm x 62.5 mm |
| Dimension With Stand (W x H x D) | 1452 mm x 806 mm x 315 mm |
| Dimension of Package (W x H x D) | 1600 mm x 970 mm x 190 mm |
| One Connect Box | |
| VESA Wall Mount | |
| VESA Hole Pitch (W x H) | 300 mm x 300 mm |
| Weight Without Stand | 27.0 kg |
| Weight With Stand | 28.8 kg |
| Weight of Package (Gross) | 35.1 kg |
| ACCESSORIES | |
|---|---|
| Remote | Magic Remote Control - AN-MR19 |
| Universal Control Capability for remote | |
| Magic Remote Control Compatible | |
Successor
The 2019 SM90 series has a successor - 2020 NANO90 series. Let us now display the changes that the successor brought.
| UPGRADES | LG 65NANO906NA | vs | LG 65SM9010PLA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| HDCP Version | 2.3 | vs | 2.2 |
| AVI | vs | ||
| AC4 | vs | ||
| MP2 | vs | ||
| Higher Energy Efficiency Class | A+ | vs | A |
| DOWNGRADES | LG 65NANO906NA | vs | LG 65SM9010PLA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Panel Bit Depth | 8 bits + FRC | vs | 10 bits |
| Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | vs | ||
| Depth Enhancement | vs | Object Depth Enhancer | |
| Noise Reduction | Double Step Noise Reduction | vs | Quad Step NR |
| Ultra Luminance | vs | Pro | |
| Dynamic Tone Mapping | HDR Dynamic Tone Mapping | vs | Dynamic Tone Mapping Pro |
| Less Speaker Channels | 2.0 Channel | vs | 2.2 Channel |
| Loer Speaker Power Rating | 20W | vs | 40W (WF:20W) |
| DTS Digital Surround | vs | DTS-HD | |
| Less RF (Terrestrial/Cable) Connection Inputs | 2 | vs | 3 |
| Composite Inputs | vs | 1 via A/V 3.5mm Jack | |
| OGG | vs | ||
| RealAudio | vs | ||
| Less Tuners (Terrestrial/Cable) | 1 | vs | 2 |
For this comparison we chose 65" version of the successor - model 65NANO906NA. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit LG 65SM9010PLA vs LG 65NANO906NA where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.