When comparing LG UJ6300 65" (65UJ6300) vs Sony A1E OLED 77" (XBR77A1E), the Slant community recommends LG UJ6300 65" (65UJ6300) for most people. In the question“What are the best TVs?” LG UJ6300 65" (65UJ6300) is ranked 136th while Sony A1E OLED 77" (XBR77A1E) is ranked 190th. The most important reason people chose LG UJ6300 65" (65UJ6300) is:
The UJ6300 runs on the webOS smart platform. It has a great ecosystem of apps, ranging from media streaming services (Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, etc.) to third-party apps. Support for these apps are also first-class with up-to-date features and good performance; for instance, the YouTube app supports 360-degree video playback.
Specs
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Pros
Pro Has an excellent smart TV platform
The UJ6300 runs on the webOS smart platform. It has a great ecosystem of apps, ranging from media streaming services (Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, etc.) to third-party apps. Support for these apps are also first-class with up-to-date features and good performance; for instance, the YouTube app supports 360-degree video playback.
Pro Handles reflections well
The UJ6300 does a decent job at lowering the intensity of glare. Reflections are kept to a minimum thanks to the panel's semi-gloss finish. In fact, only around 1.9% of total light is reflected - a feat surpassed only by a handful of higher-end TVs.
Pro Fairly good upscaling capabilities
The UJ6300 can upscale 480p, 720p, and 1080p content quite well. The majority of details will be preserved, although there might be some artifacts on the sides of an image.
Pro Compatible with current-gen consoles
The UJ6300 will run content from the PS4 Pro and Xbox One X smoothly, and its input lag stays low at ~13ms even with HDR-enhanced 4K content. You will not notice any increased delay when switching from SDR gaming mode to HDR.
Pro Good at handling dynamic content
The UJ6300 is great at handling motion, making it a good choice for displaying fast and dynamic content. Fast-moving objects don't leave any discernible trails behind them, thanks to its low motion blur of only ~17ms.
Pro Good for gaming
The UJ6300 is a decent choice for gaming thanks to its extremely low input lag, excellent response time, and full 4K 60 FPS support.
In terms of input lag, this TV outperforms almost every currently available high-end TV. The low input lag makes the TV great for fast games. The motion blur is really low at ~17ms, so fast-moving objects won't leave any trails at all.
It’s also compatible with 60 Hz 4K input which makes it suitable for high-end console gaming.
Pro Perfect TV for movies and HDR content
The Sony A1E is a 4K OLED TV with perfectly uniform blacks and infinite contrast ratio, achieved by its ability to manipulate pixels individually. This, along with its color uniformity and wide color gamut, gives it exceptional picture quality and makes it the perfect choice for movies. It also has no issues with brightness levels as the panel can reach up to ~650 nits of brightness when playing HDR content, and it handles reflections very well.
Pro Great performance in bright environments
The Sony A1E has a practical peak brightness of ~650nits for both SDR and HDR content — it can sustain this level of brightness when playing content. While the number here isn't imposing compared to some other high-end TVs, the panel of this TV offsets this by being an OLED. It can handle reflections very well and will not have any issues with fighting light in bright environments.
Pro Interface is ads-free
The user interface of modern smart TVs can include some advertisements similar to those on the internet or in a mobile app. The Sony A1E does not include any, and it also has a feature for limiting ads in third-party applications.
Pro Virtually no reflections
The Sony A1E's panel has a glossy finish that handles reflections exceptionally well.
Pro Great ecosystem of third-party apps
The Sony A1E runs on Android TV — normal Android apps from the Google Play Store (or other app stores) will work on it.
Pro Extremely low motion blur
As the Sony A1E has an OLED panel, it has near-perfect pixel response time; the motion blur is virtually non-existent at sub-1ms, which means this TV will have no issues with displaying extremely fast-moving objects — they will look smooth without any blur or lag.
Pro Excellent for dark rooms
The Sony A1E performs exceptionally well in dark environments. Its ability to produce absolute and perfect blacks means the reproduction of dark highlights and scenes in movies will look great — this is further improved when there's no light around the TV as it allows the blacks to stand out more. This makes it great for watching all sorts of movies in a cinema-like setting, particularly movies with many black highlights/scenes where this is immediately noticeable even to undiscerning viewers (e.g. Interstellar).
Pro Decent sound quality
The sound quality of the Sony A1E is surprisingly good for a TV (which isn't known for having excellent sound). The speakers can get really loud without much distortion happening, and its frequency response is perhaps one of the best measured in a TV's speakers. While an external audio set-up will be better, the built-in speakers should suffice for most users that don't wish to spend additional money on an audio set-up.
Pro Dark scenes are perfectly reproduced
The Sony A1E can handle dark scenes very well thanks to its OLED panel which gives it infinite contrast ratios — it can reproduce dark scenes perfectly because of this.
Pro Wide viewing angle
The picture quality of the Sony A1E does not suffer from much deterioration when viewed from other angles. The brightness will decrease with deviations in viewing angles, but the black levels seem to be maintained perfectly.
Pro Decent for gaming
Input lag is one of the most important factors when considering a TV for gaming — it's representative of how fast the TV can display the image after receiving the input. The Sony A1E has ~30-40ms of input lag, which is decent enough for most gamers, but competitive gamers might find this lacking.
Pro Excellent for watching sports
The Sony A1E's versatility is top-notch. The motion blur along with great overall color uniformity makes it an excellent choice for sports.
Pro Great color reproduction
The color gamut of a TV refers to the range of colors the display can reproduce — the wider the color gamut, the more colors it can display, and the better the overall picture quality will be. This is extremely important for HDR content because it requires a much broader color gamut than SDR content. The Sony A1E has no issues with accurately reproducing the colors necessary for true HDR.
Cons
Con Some artifacts might occur
Because of the TV’s specific RGBW pixel structure, some unwanted artifacts might occur while the TV is displaying 4K content. The problem with the RGBW pixel structure is that only 75% of the total panel's pixels can produce colors, which results in lower quality and less detailed picture.
Con The remote looks outdated
Apart from some tiny details, it seems like LG adapted their old remote from 2016 to the UJ6300. The remote is as basic as it can get. It does not have any smart functions that can be found on higher-tier LG TVs. In fact, it is very disappointing that this TV does not have LG’s new Magic Remote.
Con Suffers from minor image retention
The UJ6300 suffers from minor image retention issues. If a static image is on the screen for more than 10 minutes, it gets burned in and you'll be able to see it retained on the screen faintly, which is really unpleasant. Fortunately, this does not cause permanent pixel damage and disappears in around 5 minutes.
Con Can't handle intense glare
The UJ6300 can’t fight glare well in really bright environments because of the panel’s low peak brightness level. The brightness peaks at only ~170 nits for SDR, which is really low. Even cheaper and lower-tier TVs are usually brighter.
Con Dark scenes look bad
The UJ6300 fails to reproduce deep and uniform blacks. Its dark images look smoky and grey-ish, which makes many dark scenes look awful. Furthermore, the panel’s low contrast ratio of only 1314:1 makes the blacks look distorted and flat.
Con Suffers from image retention issues
The main drawback of OLED panels are image retention issues with static images — pixels on the panel gets burned in when the picture doesn't change for extended periods of time. Noteworthily, the static image doesn't have to be whole like a full wallpaper on the TV; it can happen with content that has a static image anywhere on the screen.
As the Sony A1E has an OLED panel, it, unfortunately, suffers from this problem. There might be some retainment of artifacts for ~10 minutes when this happens, and it usually goes away after watching other content without static images. It's worth noting that while this issue is present, the Sony A1E reportedly handles this pretty well — most users report the artifacts going away only ~5minutes of playing traditional content.
Con Might be hard to access inputs when mounted to a wall
The Sony A1E is extremely thin, and it has a reflective finish on the back. After mounting it to a wall, the inputs might be hard to access, and because of the reflective finish, it can pick up fingerprints/smudges when attempting to access the inputs (which also becomes hard to clean because of how thin it is).
Con Lacks support for Dolby Vision
The Sony A1E can currently only play HDR10 content. It does not support Dolby Vision.