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LG OLED65B8PUA (USA version)
Highlights
- 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) OLED Display
- HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG support
- Perfect Color
- Perfect Viewing Angle
- α7 Intelligent Processor
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
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Content
Overview
LG OLED65B8PUA was introduced in 2018. It has a OLED 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 Intelligent Processor picture processor guarantees a high quality upscaling of any low resolution source to 4K UHD (3840 x 2160).
We give LG OLED65B8PUA TV 91 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 OLED65B8PUA.
| PROS |
|---|
| High Resolution |
| High Refresh Rate: 100 Hz/120 Hz |
| Pixel Level Dimming |
| Perfect 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 |
|---|
| No HDR10+ |
| No IMAX Enhanced |
| No AMD Freesync™ |
| No NVidia G-Sync |
| No 4K HFR |
| No 2K HFR |
| No VRR |
| No NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) |
Predecessor
A predecessor of 2018 B8 series is 2017 B7 series. In this section we show their comparison.
| UPGRADES | LG OLED65B8PUA | vs | LG OLED65B7P |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher DCI P3 Color Space Coverage | 99% | vs | 96% |
| Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | vs | ||
| Black Frame Insertion | vs | ||
| True Color Accuracy | Pro | vs | |
| Ultra Luminance | Pro | vs | |
| Simultaneous Audio Output | vs | ||
| Clear Voice | Clear Voice III | vs | |
| Google Home | Google Home device sold separately | vs | |
| Virtual Assistant | Google Assistant | vs | |
| Works with Alexa | Amazon Alexa device sold separately | vs | |
| HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) | HDMI 2 | vs | |
| LG AI ThinQ® | vs | ||
| Audio Guidance (Text To Speech) | vs | ||
| Gallery Mode | vs | ||
| Multi-view | vs | ||
| DIAL | vs | ||
| Time Shift | vs | ||
| Watch & Record | vs | ||
| Auto Calibration | vs |
| DOWNGRADES | LG OLED65B8PUA | vs | LG OLED65B7P |
|---|---|---|---|
| USB 3.0 Ports | vs | 1 |
For this comparison we chose 65" version of the predecessor - model OLED65B7P. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit LG OLED65B8PUA vs LG OLED65B7P where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.
Selected Features
OLED Display
LG OLED65B8PUA has an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. This is a self-emissive display which can completely turn off individual pixels leading to the ideal black levels and better contrast during HDR compared to any LCD displays. This makes them to be the best choice for dark rooms. OLED enables a simpler internal structure than conventional displays. With just a few layers, OLED TVs are very lightweight and thin. OLED displays also have better viewing angles. However, they are not able to achieve such high brightness as modern LCD displays which makes them less suitable in bright rooms.
HDR10
LG OLED65B8PUA 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 OLED65B8PUA.
| BASICS | |
|---|---|
| Brand | LG |
| Series | B8 |
| Model | OLED65B8PUA |
| Size | 65" |
| Country | USA |
| Release Year | 2018 |
| Smart TV | |
| DISPLAY | |
|---|---|
| Display Type | OLED |
| Actual Size (Diagonal) | 64.5" |
| Resolution | 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) |
| Refresh Rate | 100 Hz/120 Hz |
| Screen Design | Flat |
| Panel Type | WRGB |
| Backlight Dimming | Pixel Level Dimming |
| Backlight Name | Self-luminous pixels (no backlight) |
| Contrast | Infinite Contrast |
| Color | Perfect Color |
| Viewing Angle | Perfect Viewing Angle |
| Panel Bit Depth | 10 bits |
| Color Depth | 1.07 Billion |
| DCI P3 Color Space Coverage | 99% |
| Contrast Ratio | ∞ |
| Input Lag | 21 ms |
| VIDEO | |
|---|---|
| 3D Capability | |
| HDR10 | |
| HDR10+ | |
| Dolby Vision | |
| Dolby Vision IQ | |
| HLG | |
| Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | |
| IMAX Enhanced | |
| HDR Effect | |
| AMD Freesync™ | |
| NVidia G-Sync | |
| 4K HFR | |
| 2K HFR | |
| VRR | |
| HGIG Compatibility | |
| Picture Processor | α7 Intelligent Processor |
| Upscaling | 4K Upscaling |
| Black Frame Insertion | |
| Filmmaker Mode | |
| Auto Low Latency Mode | |
| Depth Enhancement | Active Depth Enhancer |
| AI Picture | |
| Auto Genre Selection | |
| Face Enhancing | |
| Image Enhancing | |
| Color Enhancer | Adaptive Color Enhancer |
| Deep Learning AI Picture | |
| AI Brightness | |
| True Color Accuracy | Pro |
| Ultra Luminance | Pro |
| AUDIO | |
|---|---|
| Speaker Channels | 2.2 Channel |
| Speaker Power Rating | 4 x 10 W |
| Dolby Atmos | |
| DTS Digital Surround | DTS-HD |
| Simultaneous Audio Output | |
| AI Sound | |
| Surround Mode | Dolby Surround / OLED 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 | 4.2 |
| Apple Airplay | |
| LG TV Plus App | |
| Smart ThinQ App | |
| Chromecast | |
| Google Home | Google Home device sold separately |
| Virtual Assistant | Google Assistant |
| Works with Alexa | Amazon Alexa device sold separately |
| 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 | 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 | |
|---|---|
| CPU Cores | 4 |
| GPU Cores | 2 |
| RAM | 3 GB |
| Storage | 8 GB |
| Operating System | webOS |
| Internet Browser | Full Web Browser |
| Electronic Program Guide (EPG) | |
| Application Store | LG Content Store |
| PVR Function | |
| LG AI ThinQ® | |
| Speech to Text | |
| LG Voice Search | |
| Amazon Echo Compatible | |
| AI UX | |
| AI Home | |
| AI Recommendation | |
| Intelligent Edit | |
| Home Dashboard | |
| Auto Device Detection | |
| Apple HomePod | |
| Voice Recognition | |
| Magic Link | |
| 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 | |
| Live Plus (ACR-based Bilateral Service) | |
| Hotel Mode | |
| Channel Plus | |
| Screen Share | |
| Content Share | |
| Time Shift | |
| Watch & Record | |
| Auto Calibration | |
| Time Machine (DVR) | |
| Analog DVR | |
| IP Control | |
| 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 (In Standby) | 0.5 W |
| Dimension Without Stand (W x H x D) | 57.0" x 32.7" x 1.8" |
| Dimension With Stand (W x H x D) | 57.0" x 34.5" x 8.7" |
| Dimension of Package (W x H x D) | 66.0" x 37.4" x 8.1" |
| VESA Wall Mount | |
| VESA Hole Pitch (W x H) | 300 mm x 200 mm |
| Weight Without Stand | 46.3 lbs |
| Weight With Stand | 49.6 lbs |
| Weight of Package (Gross) | 65.7 lbs |
| Warranty | 1 Year Parts & Labor |
| ACCESSORIES | |
|---|---|
| Remote | Magic Remote Control - AN-MR18BA.AUS |
| Universal Control Capability for remote | |
| Magic Remote Control Compatible | |
Successor
The 2018 B8 series has a successor - 2019 B9 series. Let us now display the changes that the successor brought.
| UPGRADES | LG OLED65B9PUA | vs | LG OLED65B8PUA |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4K HFR | 4K HFR via HDMI will be updated | vs | |
| 2K HFR | vs | ||
| Auto Low Latency Mode | vs | ||
| Deep Learning AI Picture | vs | ||
| AI Brightness | vs | ||
| More Speaker Channels | 4.2 Channel | vs | 2.2 Channel |
| Higher Speaker Power Rating | 60W (WF:20W, 10W per Channel) | vs | 4 x 10 W |
| AI Sound | vs | ||
| WiSA Ready | Separate Dongle Purchase Required | 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 | ||
| HDMI Version | 2.1 | vs | 2.0b |
| Amazon Echo Compatible | vs | ||
| AI UX | vs | ||
| AI Home | vs | ||
| AI Recommendation | Default: off | vs | |
| Intelligent Edit | vs | ||
| Home Dashboard | vs | ||
| Auto Device Detection | 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 | ||
| Hotel Mode | vs | ||
| Time Machine (DVR) | vs | ||
| Analog DVR | vs |
For this comparison we chose 65" version of the successor - model OLED65B9PUA. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit LG OLED65B8PUA vs LG OLED65B9PUA where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.