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LG 75SM9970PUA (USA version)
Highlights
- 8K UHD (7680 x 4320) NanoCell Display
- HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG support
- Full Array Local Dimming
- NanoCell Color Pro
- Wide Viewing Angle
- α9 Gen2 Intelligent Processor 8K
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
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Content
Overview
LG 75SM9970PUA was introduced in 2019. It has a NanoCell screen with 8K UHD (7680 x 4320) resolution and 100 Hz/120 Hz refresh rate. The TV is HDR compatible and can reach 1000 nits of peak brightness. It supports HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG and Advanced HDR by Technicolor®. Its powerful α9 Gen2 Intelligent Processor 8K picture processor guarantees a high quality upscaling of any low resolution source to 8K UHD (7680 x 4320).
We give LG 75SM9970PUA 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 75SM9970PUA.
| PROS |
|---|
| High Resolution |
| High Refresh Rate: 100 Hz/120 Hz |
| Slim Direct LED |
| Full Array Local Dimming |
| High Number of Local Dimming Zones: 120 |
| Wide Viewing Angle |
| Color Depth |
| HDR10 |
| Dolby Vision |
| HLG |
| Advanced HDR by Technicolor® |
| 4K HFR |
| 2K HFR |
| α9 Gen2 Intelligent Processor 8K |
| 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 |
| 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 75SM9970PUA 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. This particular model has 120 zones.
HDR10
LG 75SM9970PUA 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 75SM9970PUA.
| BASICS | |
|---|---|
| Brand | LG |
| Series | SM99 |
| Model | 75SM9970PUA |
| Size | 75" |
| Country | USA |
| Release Year | 2019 |
| Smart TV | |
| DISPLAY | |
|---|---|
| Display Type | NanoCell |
| Actual Size (Diagonal) | 74.5" |
| Resolution | 8K UHD (7680 x 4320) |
| 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 |
| Number of Local Dimming Zones | 120 |
| Color | NanoCell Color Pro |
| Viewing Angle | Wide Viewing Angle |
| Panel Bit Depth | 10 bits |
| Color Depth | 1.07 Billion |
| DCI P3 Color Space Coverage | 88% |
| Peak Brightness | 1000 nits |
| Contrast Ratio | 1400∶1 |
| VIDEO | |
|---|---|
| 3D Capability | |
| HDR10 | |
| HDR10+ | |
| Dolby Vision | |
| Dolby Vision IQ | |
| HLG | |
| Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | |
| IMAX Enhanced | |
| 4K HDR | 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 | α9 Gen2 Intelligent Processor 8K |
| Upscaling | 8K Upscaling |
| Frame Interploation Technique | TruMotion 240 |
| Frame Interpolation Frequency | 240 Hz |
| Black Frame Insertion | Motion Pro |
| 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 | Hexa Step NR |
| Deep Learning AI Picture | |
| AI Brightness | |
| True Color Accuracy | Pro |
| Ultra Luminance | Pro |
| Sharpness | Frequency based Sharpness Enhancer |
| Dynamic Tone Mapping | HDR Dynamic Tone Mapping |
| AUDIO | |
|---|---|
| Speaker Channels | 2.2 Channel |
| Speaker Type | Down Firing |
| 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 | Separate Dongle Purchase Required |
| 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 | Google Home device sold separately |
| 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 | 1 |
| Component Inputs | |
| Composite Inputs | |
| RCA Audio Outputs | |
| 3.5mm headphone Audio Output | |
| Optical Audio Output | |
| RS-232C Remote | 1 (Mini Jack) |
| DLNA | |
| OTHER | |
|---|---|
| CPU Cores | 4 |
| Operating System | webOS |
| Internet Browser | |
| Application Store | LG Content Store |
| Teletext | |
| Closed Captions | Subtitle |
| 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 | |
| 360 VR | |
| Mobile TV On | |
| Wi-Fi TV On | |
| Bluetooth Low Energy On | |
| Instant Game Response | ALLM |
| Screen Share | |
| Time Shift | |
| Auto Calibration | |
| Time Machine (DVR) | |
| 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 | 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 | |
|---|---|
| Power Supply | AC 120 V, 50/60 Hz |
| Power Consumption (Typical) | 214 W |
| Power Consumption (In Standby) | 0.5 W |
| Dimension Without Stand (W x H x D) | 1677 mm x 966 mm x 69.9 mm/66" x 38" x 2.8" |
| Dimension With Stand (W x H x D) | 1677 mm x 1037 mm x 384 mm/66" x 40.8" x 15.1" |
| Stand Size | 895 mm/35.2" |
| Dimension of Package (W x H x D) | 1839 mm x 1165 mm x 231 mm/72.4" x 45.9" x 9.1" |
| One Connect Box | |
| VESA Wall Mount | |
| VESA Hole Pitch (W x H) | 600 mm x 400 mm |
| Weight Without Stand | 31.7 kg/69.9 lbs |
| Weight With Stand | 38.8 kg/85.5 lbs |
| Weight of Package (Gross) | 52.9 kg/116.6 lbs |
| Warranty | 1 Year Parts & Labor |
| ACCESSORIES | |
|---|---|
| Remote | Magic Remote Control - AN-MR19 |
| Universal Control Capability for remote | |
| Magic Remote Control Compatible | |
Successor
The 2019 SM99 series has a successor - 2020 NANO99 series. Let us now display the changes that the successor brought.
| UPGRADES | LG 75NANO99UNA | vs | LG 75SM9970PUA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dolby Vision IQ | vs | ||
| VRR | vs | ||
| HGIG Compatibility | vs | ||
| More Powerful Picture Processor | α9 Gen3 AI Processor 8K | vs | α9 Gen2 Intelligent Processor 8K |
| Filmmaker Mode | vs | ||
| AI Picture | AI Picture Pro | vs | |
| Auto Genre Selection | SDR/HDR/Dolby HDR | vs | |
| Face Enhancing | AI Picture Pro - Face Enhancing | vs | |
| Image Enhancing | Image Enhancing on SQM | vs | |
| More Speaker Channels | 4.2 Channel | vs | 2.2 Channel |
| Higher Speaker Power Rating | 60W (WF:20W, 10W per Channel) | vs | 40W (WF:20W) |
| AI Sound | AI Sound Pro | vs | |
| Clear Voice | Clear Voice IV | vs | Clear Voice III |
| AVI | vs | ||
| AC4 | vs | ||
| MP2 | vs |
| DOWNGRADES | LG 75NANO99UNA | vs | LG 75SM9970PUA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | vs | ||
| Depth Enhancement | vs | Object Depth Enhancer | |
| Noise Reduction | Quad Step Noise Reduction | vs | Hexa Step NR |
| DTS Digital Surround | vs | DTS-HD | |
| OGG | vs | ||
| RealAudio | vs |
For this comparison we chose 75" version of the successor - model 75NANO99UNA. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit LG 75SM9970PUA vs LG 75NANO99UNA where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.