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LG C9 OLED
LG SM9000
The LG C9 OLED is a much better TV overall than the LG SM9000. The OLED looks more premium, has perfect blacks thanks to its individually backlit pixels, a higher peak brightness, much better gray and black uniformity, better viewing angles, better reflection handling, more accurate colors out-of-the-box, a wider color gamut, and much better motion handling. On the other hand, the SM9000 is an LED TV that doesn't suffer the risk of permanent burn-in when watching a lot of static content like the OLED does, though we don't expect this to be an issue for the majority of people.
LG C9 OLED
LG SM9000
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