- LG reveals high-end OLED TV models for 2025: LG G5 and LG M5
- LG M5 has a more flexible wireless video streaming box
- The new OLED panels will be the brightest yet, with 165 Hz support
LG has revealed its 2025 OLED TV lineup at CES 2025, featuring a brighter LG G5 OLED TV and an updated LG M5 OLED TV. The latter will have greater flexibility in the placement of its Zero Connect Box, while both will have a brighter screen and a new AI-focused interface for its webOS smart TV platform.
For OLED, the LG OLED M5, successor to the LG M4, will continue to use the Zero Connect wireless box for its wired connections and will support 4K 144Hz with VRR, including certified Nvidia G-Sync and AMD FreeSync for gaming. The M5 will also be the world’s first ‘True Wireless’ TV, meaning there will be no loss of picture or sound quality through wireless transmission, meaning your Zero Connect box can be placed further away and in more areas. locations than the M4 (but the TV will still need a power cable, so ‘True Wireless’ is perhaps a little ambitious).
Both the LG M5 and the LG G5, which is the successor to one of the best OLED TVs of 2024, the LG G4, will feature an Alpha 11 AI processor, which comes with Brightness Booster Ultimate technology, which LG says will make the G5 be three. times brighter than LG’s B series, its entry-level OLED TV. The LG G5 will also support a refresh rate of up to 165Hz, outperforming many of the best gaming TVs available.
The LG Evo OLED will also have a Filmmaker mode with a new function called Ambient Light Compensation. This feature is applicable to models with a light sensor that analyzes the viewing environment and then aims to display the image on the screen “as the director intended” for that lighting level. This new Filmmaker Mode was created in conjunction with the creative community.
Several updates are coming for LG’s webOS smart TV platform, which all LG OLEDs will have built in, and focus heavily on AI. These new AI features include AI picture and sound profiles, as well as AI recommendations linked to specific user profiles, AI search (so far only available in the US and Korea), plus AI Chatbot updates that They allow you to make picture mode and sound mode recommendations.
Finally, LG’s Magic Remote has been redesigned for a slimmer look. The numbered buttons have been replaced with an AI button to access AI features, and an Accessibility button provides easy access to accessibility features.
LG M5 OLED
The LG M5 will be available in 65, 77, 83 and 97-inch sizes and will have the same Zero Connect capabilities as its M4 predecessor, receiving a wireless signal from LG’s Zero Connect box, which has all the processing and HDMI connections built in. . The Zero Connect Box is now said to be “True Wireless”, meaning it can be placed at a greater variety of angles and distances while still transmitting the same high-quality, latency-free signal.
The LG M5 uses the new Alpha 11 AI Gen2 processor, which has been enhanced with AI Super Upscaling (for lower resolution content), Dynamic Tone Mapping Pro and Object Enhancing by Visual Perception. It will also support Virtual AI 11.1.2 surround sound.
LG G5 OLED
The LG G5 will be available in 55, 65, 77 and 83-inch sizes and will feature a micro-lens-array (MLA) OLED panel and the same Alpha 11 AI Gen2 processor as the LG M5. The G5’s biggest upgrade over the G4 is the Brightness Booster Ultimate technology, which will see the G5’s maximum brightness levels three times that of the B-series.
Another major advancement on the LG G5 will be support for a 165Hz refresh rate for PC gaming – a step up from the G4’s maximum 144Hz refresh rate. The G5 will also support AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync gaming, HGiG, and Dolby Vision. It’s worth noting that Dolby Vision will not support 165Hz.
TechRadar will cover this year’s edition extensively CESand will bring you all the important announcements as they happen. Go to our CES 2025 News page for the latest stories and our hands-on verdicts on everything from 8K TVs and foldable screens to new phones, laptops, smart home devices and the latest in artificial intelligence.
And don’t forget follow us on tiktok and WhatsApp To find out the latest from the CES fair!
