When comparing LG SJ9500 65" (65SJ9500) vs Samsung NU8500 55" (UN55NU8500), the Slant community recommends Samsung NU8500 55" (UN55NU8500) for most people. In the question“What are the best TVs?” Samsung NU8500 55" (UN55NU8500) is ranked 38th while LG SJ9500 65" (65SJ9500) is ranked 72nd. The most important reason people chose Samsung NU8500 55" (UN55NU8500) is:
This TV makes it feel like the panel is actually surrounding you because of its curvature, which makes you experience the content more immersively. Additionally, the TV's curvature improves the overall uniformity of the corners of the NU8500.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Good for gaming
The LG SJ9500 makes an excellent for every current-generation gaming console because of it's excellent motion handling capabilities and high responsiveness.
The motion appears smooth and blur-free thanks to the TV's fast full pixel response time that measures at around 15.6 milliseconds. Because of that, the pixel color change happens fast, and no artificial motion blur is introduced.
Pro Good for watching with a crowd
This TV works very well in rooms where people sit on the side of the TV and view it at an angle because of the wide viewing angles of the LG SJ9500. The colors and brightness levels of the TV start to shift only when the viewing angle reaches 30 degrees, which is a by far better result than what the majority of LED TVs in this price range offer.
Pro Immersive experience
This TV makes it feel like the panel is actually surrounding you because of its curvature, which makes you experience the content more immersively. Additionally, the TV's curvature improves the overall uniformity of the corners of the NU8500.
Pro Good picture quality
The Samsung NU8500 offers decent picture quality in both HDR and SDR modes. The TV performs on par with the best mid-range options available on the market. The NU8500 can reproduce crisp and colorful bright scenes as well as some inky blacks.
Colors pop and look realistic thanks to the TV's high peak brightness, wide color gamut, and decent color accuracy. In the standard mode, the TV's peak brightness reaches 560 nits which makes the colors look live and vivid. Only a couple of TVs present in this price range can achieve such high peak brightness. The colors are accurate. You'll not be able to spot color inaccuracies as the TV's average color inaccuracy dE measures at just 2.5 - which is too small to be seen by a human eye. It's also worth noting that the NU8500 is capable of reproducing the entire standard color gamut.
The Samsung NU8500 does a reasonably good job when it comes to dark scenes thanks to its high native contrast ratio and good black uniformity. The TV's native contrast ratio measures ar 4478:1, which is a good result for a mid-range TV. That allows the NU8500 to display scenes that have both bright highlights and inky shadows that don't look washed-out thanks to the TV's black uniformity of 1.2% .
Cons
Con Can't produce inky blacks
The LG SJ9500 is not the best option for those looking for a home theater TV because of its sub-par blacks that look washed-out when the TV is placed in a dark room. The TV's overall black uniformity measures at the standard deviation of around 2%; this is a weak result considering that some of the current-generation competitors offer up to four times more uniform, blacks.
Con Doesn't look good from an angle
The NU8500 is not the best option for those who like to watch with a crowd because of it's narrow viewing angles. Only those who sit right in front of the panel will experience true colors and shadows of the NU8500.