LG UP7000  TV Review

The LG UP7000 looks similar to the LG UP8000 but with different feet. It's a basic-looking TV, with thicker bezels than most TVs on the market.

The stand consists of two plastic feet. There's 3.5 inches between the table and the bottom of the screen, so you can place a soundbar in front without blocking the screen. The stand supports the TV well, and there's minimal wobble.

Footprint of the 65 inch TV: 47.5" x 12.8"

The back of the LG UP7000 looks different from most LG TVs on the market. The inputs are in a box centered on the back of the TV and face to the sides. They're hard to access if you plan on wall-mounting the TV. Unfortunately, there's no cable management.

The build quality is decent. The materials used feel cheap, and the back panel flexes easily, but the feet are sturdy and support the TV well. The panel on our unit is pinched along the bottom bezel, causing uniformity issues. It's an isolated issue with our unit.

The LG UP7000 has a low contrast ratio, so blacks look gray in a dark room. Unfortunately, there's no local dimming feature to improve contrast. Note that the 50 and 70 inch models use a different panel type and have much better contrast.

Unfortunately, the LG 65UP7000PUA has poor HDR peak brightness. There's very little variation in brightness with most scenes, which is great, but small bright highlights in otherwise dark scenes are dimmed considerably by the TV's frame dimming feature. This TV isn't bright enough to deliver an impactful HDR experience, as small highlights don't stand out at all. It tracks the EOTF well, though, as most scenes are displayed close to the correct brightness level. There's a gradual roll-off near the TV's peak brightness, preserving fine details in bright scenes.

These measurements are from the 'Cinema (User)' HDR Picture Mode with Panel Brightness and Contrast at their max. If you find HDR content too dim, set Auto Dynamic Contrast to 'High'. This results in a slightly brighter image, as you can see in this EOTF, but the peak brightness of the TV is the same.

The HDR brightness in the 'Game Optimizer' Picture Mode is the same as outside of it.

This TV has just okay peak brightness in SDR. There's very little variation in peak brightness with different scenes, and it's bright enough for moderately-lit rooms. It's not bright enough to overcome glare in a bright room, though, so it's not a good choice if you have many windows without curtains or blinds.

These measurements are from after calibration in the 'Expert (Dark space, night)' Picture Mode with Panel Brightness set to its max and all other image processing disabled. If you want a brighter image at the cost of accuracy, setting Contrast to its max and Auto Dynamic Contrast to 'High' results in a slightly higher peak brightness, reaching a peak of 344 cd/m² with a 10% window.

The LG 65UP7000PUA has an okay color gamut. It has good coverage of the DCI-P3 color space used by most current HDR content. It has disappointing coverage of the wider Rec. 2020 color space, and it can't display a wide color gamut. It means that it's not very future-proof, as more and more content will eventually switch to that color space.

Unfortunately, this TV has poor color volume. It can't fill out the color gamut in HDR, and bright colors aren't as bright as pure white. Due to the low contrast ratio, it can't display dark saturated colors.

The LG UP7000 has poor out-of-the-box accuracy. Most colors, especially yellow and cyan, are inaccurate, and the white balance is extremely off, so shades of gray don't look how they should. The color gamut is colder than the 6500K target, giving the image a blue tint. Also, gamma doesn't follow the target very well, as most scenes are too dark.

The accuracy after calibration is fantastic. Except for pure blues, and remaining inaccuracies in colors and shades of gray aren't noticeable, and gamma follows the target nearly perfectly. The color temperature is still a bit cool, but not enough to be noticeable.

You can see our recommended settings here.

This TV has decent gray uniformity. The corners of the screen are significantly darker than the center, and there are some brighter patches in the center, which is distracting when watching sports. Near-dark scenes look much better, with no noticeable issues. The bright spot along the bottom bezel is caused by the pinch on our panel. It's a defect specific to the unit we bought.

Unfortunately, this TV has disappointing black uniformity. The screen looks blue due to the low contrast ratio, and there's no local dimming feature to improve it. The bright spot along the bottom bezel is caused by the pinch on our panel. It's a defect specific to the unit we bought. Note that the 50 and 70 inch models have a VA panel and much better black uniformity.

The LG UP7000 has a decent viewing angle. It's important if you have a wide seating arrangement, as it ensures that anyone watching from the sides still sees an accurate image. Colors remain accurate at a wide angle, but brightness decreases at a moderate angle, causing the image to fade and appear washed out. Note that the 50 and 70 inch models have a VA panel and a much worse viewing angle, so those sizes aren't a good choice for a wide seating arrangement.

This TV has decent reflection handling. Its semi-gloss screen coating helps reduce the intensity of direct reflections a bit, but it can't overcome glare from bright lights or windows opposite the TV.

The LG UP7000 has an ADS panel, which is very similar to IPS panels. The subpixels are arranged in an RGB layout, which is important for clear text when you're using the TV as a PC monitor. Note that the 50 inch and 70 models use a VA panel with a BGR subpixel layout, which negatively affects the way text renders when using the TV as a PC monitor. You can read more about it here.

This TV has an okay response time. Transitions from a dark pixel to a bright one are very slow, and there's some overshoot in bright transitions, which causes white trails behind fast-moving objects. There's also noticeable image duplication due to the permanent low-frequency flicker.

Unfortunately, this TV has uses pulse width modulation to dim the backlight. The backlight flickers at a very low frequency at all brightness levels and in all picture modes. The low flicker frequency can cause headaches and eye strain in people sensitive to flicker, and it causes noticeable image duplication in motion.

This TV doesn't have an optional backlight strobing feature, commonly known as black frame insertion (BFI). It always flickers at a low frequency, though, which is similar to a BFI feature; it just can't be disabled. Note that the scoring is based on the flicker frequencies supported and doesn't represent how effective the backlight flicker is at improving the appearance of motion.

The LG UP7000 has a motion interpolation feature. It can interpolate 30fps content up to 60fps. There are visible artifacts in busy scenes with the settings at 'Max', and it doesn't look very good.

Due to the slower response time, there's not much stutter with lower-frame rate content like movies.

The LG UP7000 can remove judder from native 24p sources, like a Blu-ray player or a streaming source with the 'Match Frame Rate' feature. Unlike the LG UP8000, it can't remove judder from 60p/60i sources, like a cable box.

The LG UP7000 is a simple 60Hz TV without any variable refresh rate support.

This TV has an incredibly low input lag, which is great for gaming, as long as the TV is in 'Game Optimizer' Picture Mode.

The LG UP7000 supports all common resolutions up to 60Hz. It accepts 1080p and 1440p signals at 120Hz, but they skip frames. Chroma 4:4:4 signals display properly at any of its supported resolutions, which is needed for clear text, but only if you label the input you're using to 'PC' in the Home Dashboard.

This TV only supports 4k signals up to 60Hz from either the PS5 or Xbox Series X, as it lacks any HDMI 2.1 bandwidth ports. It has an Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) that automatically switches the TV into Game Mode when a game from a compatible device launches.

The LG UP7000 only supports HDR10 and not any more advanced HDR formats.

Sadly, the LG UP7000 only has two HDMI inputs, which is quite disappointing if you need to connect multiple devices.

The TV supports eARC on HDMI, allowing you to pass uncompressed Dolby Atmos via TrueHD audio to a compatible receiver through a single HDMI connection. Sadly, it doesn't support any DTS formats, which is disappointing, as many UHD Blu-rays use DTS for their lossless audio tracks.

The frequency response is okay. Dialogue sounds clear, and it gets fairly loud, but it doesn't produce much bass. There's an option for a digital room correction feature, but you can only use it with the LG Magic Remote, which this TV doesn't come with.

The distortion performance is decent. There's very little distortion at moderate listening levels in the vocal range, where it's more likely to be noticeable. It increases a bit at max volume, but it's not noticeable unless you have a well-trained ear.

The LG UP7000 comes with the same LG webOS smart interface as higher-end models. It was redesigned in 2021 with a full home page instead of the banner at the bottom from the past years. It's easy-to-use, and the menus are smooth and easy to navigate.

Like most smart TVs on the market, there are ads and suggested content on the home screen and within the app store. There's no way to disable them.

LG's app store has many apps available, and they run smoothly for the most part.

Unlike the LG UP8000, this TV doesn't come with the Magic Remote and comes with a basic remote instead. You still get shortcut buttons to popular streaming services, but there's no voice control. Also, neither the LG TV Plus or the LG ThinQ apps can connect with the TV, so you can't control it from your smartphone. It doesn't have a mic for voice control, and if you prefer a TV with it, then look into the Toshiba C350 Fire TV 2021.

There's a single button underneath the center branding to turn the TV On/Off, switch inputs, or adjust the volume and channels.

• Power cable (not shown)
• Remote control (with batteries)
• User guides