The LG B5 delivers excellent picture quality and is superb for gaming. But it's hard to ignore how similar it is to its predecessor, the LG B4, and while its brightness hasn't progressed and its sound quality is just average, it's still an undeniably good TV that offers serious bang for your buck.

Unfortunately, the set isn't bright enough and doesn't have the reflection handling needed to tame a sun-drenched room, so it's best suited for a moderately lit environment.

Perfect black levels and excellent shadow detail add up to great contrast. Precise and accurate colors out of the box. Fantastic screen uniformity. Good picture processing for 4K and HD upscaling. AirPlay and Google Cast. Loads of gaming features, including four HDMI 2.1 inputs.

Although relatively affordable for an LG OLED TV, the B5 is hampered by a couple of missteps that prevent it from being a slam-dunk lower-range OLED buy.