LG ONED93

LG finally proves that it's not only good at OLED

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Understanding why this is not just LG's best LCD TV ever, but a great TV by any LCD TV standards, requires a brief history lesson.

LG has traditionally used an LCD panel technology known as IPS for its big-screen TVs. But last year the company switched to the alternative VA type of panel technology for the 65QNED91; and the new 65QNED93 continues this trend.

This detail matters because, while IPS tech can deliver wider viewing angles than regular VA technology, it struggles more than VA to control how much light each LED lets through, meaning it usually comes up short with both contrast and backlight uniformity - most home entertainment fans' two favourite things.

The 65QNED93 is not cheap. It earns its premium status by virtue of its use of Mini LED lighting, premium Dynamic QNED colour technology, and a larger number of local dimming zones than any of LG's more affordable LCD TVs for 2025.

Its VA panel is arguably the 65in model's single most important feature, given how it sets this screen size apart from LG's usual IPS approach. LG has backed this up with not just Mini LED lighting but also a very promising 486 separate local dimming zones, in a 27x18 configuration. This is a really significant increase on the dimming zone count of its predecessor.

The QNED93 intriguingly switches its colour system from the proprietary LG Nanocell technology used on QNED models for generations now to a Dynamic QNED Pro Colour system. This apparently replaces the old Quantum Dot-based technology with new fluorescent elements and the ability to absorb more 'stray' colour, resulting in supposedly purer colour reproduction and coverage of more of the HDR DCI-P3 colour spectrum.