LG QNED90T TV Review

The LG QNED90T has a very similar design to the LG QNED90. It has thin bezels on three sides, which are barely noticeable when watching TV, and a thicker bottom bezel. It's not quite as nice looking as LG's OLED TVs, but it still looks premium overall.

The TV comes with two metal feet that can be adjusted into two different positions. The narrow position (pictured above) brings the feet close together, which is great if you have limited space on your table for the TV. The wide position has more stability and works well if you need to fit a soundbar in between the two feet. The feet lift the TV about 3.35 inches above the table, so pretty much any soundbar fits underneath without blocking the screen.

Footprint of the 65-inch stand in the narrow position: 16.6" x 11.77".

Footprint of the 65-inch stand in the wide position: 45.9" x 11.77".

The back of the TV is mostly made of metal. Most of the inputs are on the far left side of the TV when facing the front, so they're accessible if you have the TV wall-mounted. There are plastic clips on each side of the back, and the feet each have a slot that can be used to help with cable management. Unfortunately, the top of the back of our unit is warped near the VESA mounting points.

The LG QNED90T is well-built overall. It's mostly made of metal materials that feel solid, and the two feet hold the TV well with minimal wobble when pushed on. Unfortunately, the back of our unit is warped near the top VESA mounting points.

The LG QNED90T has fantastic contrast. Its native contrast is very good, but with local dimming enabled, the TV displays very deep blacks that mostly stay deep when brighter highlights are also on screen.

The contrast and brightness of the TV are affected by which setting you use for local dimming. For HDR content, the default setting is 'Low' in the accurate picture modes since it tracks the PQ EOTF the best. However, with SDR content, setting local dimming on 'Low' results in a dimmer image than when it is on 'High.' The 'Medium' setting is essentially just a compromise between the other two options. Our results are with local dimming on 'High,' but you can see the contrast ratio with different settings below.

• Low: 89378:1
• Medium: 114971:1

The TV has only okay blooming performance. Unfortunately, there's visible blooming around bright highlights or text when they're against a black background, making blacks look less deep. The blooming performance is different depending on the local dimming setting and the picture mode. You can see the results below.

• Expert (Dark Space, night): LD set to 'Low'
• Expert (Dark Space, night): LD set to 'Medium'
• Game Optimizer: LD set to 'Low'
• Game Optimizer: LD set to 'Medium'
• Game Optimizer: LD set to 'High'

If you want a TV with no blooming at all, check out an OLED like the Panasonic Z85A OLED.

The TV has decent overall lighting zone transitions, but it struggles with fast-moving content. There's noticeable haloing, and the leading edge of bright, quick-moving objects is visibly dimmer. The TV performs differently depending on the local dimming setting and the picture mode. You can see the results below.

• Expert (Dark Space, night): LD set to 'Low'
• Expert (Dark Space, night): LD set to 'Medium'
• Game Optimizer: LD set to 'Low'
• Game Optimizer: LD set to 'Medium'
• Game Optimizer: LD set to 'High'
• Game Optimizer (VRR): LD set to 'Low'
• Game Optimizer (VRR): LD set to 'Medium'
• Game Optimizer (VRR): LD set to 'High'

There's a bit more blooming when the TV is set to Game Optimizer, but outside of that, there's no visible difference in dark scene performance.

The LG QNED90T has very good HDR brightness, so highlights stand out well during darker scenes. Combined with its fantastic contrast, this TV provides an impactful HDR viewing experience.

These measurements are after calibrating the HDR white point with the following settings:

• HDR Picture Mode: FILMMAKER Mode
• Local Dimming: Low
• Brightness: 100
• Contrast: 100
• Color Temperature: Warm 50

Results with local dimming on 'Medium':

• Hallway Lights: 506 cd/m²
• Yellow Skyscraper: 299 cd/m²
• Landscape Pool: 182 cd/m²

Results with local dimming on 'High':

• Hallway Lights: 512 cd/m²
• Yellow Skyscraper: 216 cd/m²
• Landscape Pool: 169 cd/m²

The TV is dimmer in Game Optimizer, but it's still bright enough for an impactful HDR gaming experience.

These measurements are after calibrating the HDR white point with the following settings:

• HDR Picture Mode: Game Optimizer
• Local Dimming: Low
• Brightness: 100
• Contrast: 100
• Color Temperature: Warm 50

The LG QNED90T has great PQ EOTF tracking. With content mastered at 600 and 1000 nits, some shadows are darker than intended, and some mid-tones and highlights are brighter than intended. With content mastered at 4000 nits, the highlights are more accurate, and there's a gradual roll-off to maintain detail in highlights that are brighter than what the TV is capable of.

The LG QNED90T has excellent SDR brightness, and it overcomes glare in bright rooms.

These measurements are after calibration with the following settings:

• Picture Mode: Expert (Dark Space, night)
• Brightness: 100
• Contrast: 80
• Local Dimming: High
• Color Temperature: Warm 50

The LG QNED90T has an impressive HDR color gamut. It has fantastic coverage of the commonly used DCI-P3 color space, but vibrant colors are undersaturated. The TV has decent coverage of the wider Rec. 2020 color space, but very vibrant colors are undersaturated and inaccurate.

The LG QNED90T has impressive color volume. Dark saturated colors are displayed well due to the TV's amazing contrast. It also displays a wide range of colors at high luminance levels.

The LG QNED90T has excellent pre-calibration SDR accuracy. Blues are underrepresented in darker shades of gray. Gamma is close to 2.2, but very dark and very bright scenes are displayed brighter than intended. The color temperature is very close to 6500K, and colors are mostly accurate across the board, with only some minor inaccuracies with reds, cyans, and whites.

The TV has fantastic SDR accuracy after calibration, and it's easy to calibrate. Gamma, white balance, and color temperature are now all essentially perfect. Color accuracy is outstanding, but there are still some very minor inaccuracies with heavily saturated reds.

You can see our full calibration settings here.

The TV has satisfactory gray uniformity, but there's some dirty screen effect towards the center of the screen and vignetting in the corners. On a very dark or near-black screen, the sides of the screen are lighter than the center.

The TV has outstanding black uniformity. With local dimming disabled, blacks are a bit cloudy and blueish. With local dimming enabled, blacks are deep and uniform across the screen, with only a bit of blooming around bright objects on a dark background.

The LG QNED90T has an inadequate viewing angle, so it's not suitable for a wide seating arrangement. As you move off-center, there's significant gamma shifting, color shifting, and brightness loss, and colors look increasingly washed out as you move further away to the sides.

The LG QNED90T has good reflection handling. Its semi-gloss screen finish reduces the intensity of indirect reflections, like when glare from a ceiling light isn't directly facing the screen. Unfortunately, the TV's handling of direct reflections is only decent, so reflections caused by something like a lamp positioned in front of the screen are distracting.

The LG QNED90T has great HDR native gradient handling. There's no banding in brighter reds, and all other colors have very minimal banding that's only noticeable if you're specifically looking for it.

The TV's low-quality content smoothing is okay. It does a good job at preserving detail, but there's still noticeable artifacts in dark scenes.

The TV does a good job at upscaling low-resolution content like DVDs or lower-resolution streams. Details are clear enough, but finer details are hard to make out.

Sharpness processing was calibrated with no over-sharpening for low-resolution content, with the following settings:

• Sharpness: 16
• Super Resolution: High

The TV uses a BGR (Blue-Green-Red) subpixel layout instead of the traditional RGB layout. This doesn't cause any issues for video or gaming content, but it can be a problem for PC monitor use as it impacts the text clarity, although not everyone will notice this.

Note that the 86-inch model uses an IPS panel with an RGB subpixel layout.

The TV uses quantum dot color converters to produce red and green light, as confirmed by the TV's spectral power distribution (SPD).

The LG QNED90T has a very good response time, but there's still some noticeable blur behind fast-moving objects. Unfortunately, it's slower when coming out of dark states, so there's some black smearing in dark scene transitions.

The TV uses pulse width modulation (PWM) to dim its backlight, which introduces flicker that can bother people who are sensitive to it. The amount of flicker depends on the picture mode the TV is set to. In 'FILMMAKER' and 'Expert (Dark Space, night)' modes, the TV flickers at a fast 960Hz with the brightness set below maximum, but it flickers at 120Hz in those modes with local dimming on 'High.' All other picture modes flicker at 120Hz below maximum brightness. Fortunately, the TV is flicker-free in all picture modes, with the brightness set to maximum.

The TV has an optional backlight strobing feature, commonly known as black frame insertion. This feature is meant to reduce persistence blur and improve the appearance of motion. It works well at both 60Hz and 120Hz, with only some minor image duplication.

This TV has an optional motion interpolation feature to improve the clarity of motion. With slower moving scenes, it works okay, with only some artifacts around characters and objects. Unfortunately, it really struggles with faster-moving scenes, and there are distracting artifacts and haloing around characters.

Due to the TV's quick response time, there's some stutter when watching movies or TV shows, and it's most apparent in slow panning shots.

The TV removes judder when watching 24p movies or TV shows when the Real Cinema setting is enabled, even from sources that can only send a 60Hz signal, like a cable box.

The TV supports FreeSync and HDMI Forum VRR. It's also G-SYNC compatible, ensuring a nearly tear-free gaming experience from any VRR-enabled source.

The LG QNED90T has exceptionally low input lag when set to Game Optimizer with 'Prevent Input Delay' set to 'Boost,' resulting in a very responsive gaming experience.

The TV supports all common formats. It displays chroma 4:4:4 properly, which is important for clear text from a PC.

There are two settings you can use to passthrough proper chroma 4:4:4. The first is to change the input label to 'PC.' The second is to enable the '4:4:4 Passthrough' setting in the 'HDMI Settings' menu. Both of these options work the same and lock you out from using the 'Noise Reduction,' 'MPEG Noise Reduction,' 'Smooth Gradation,' and 'Real Cinema' settings.

The TV is fully compatible with everything the PS5 offers, like 1440p @ 120Hz and 4k @ 120Hz, as well as HDMI Forum VRR. It also supports Auto Low Latency Mode, so you don't have to worry about switching to Game Optimizer to get the lowest input lag.

The TV is fully compatible with everything the Xbox Series X|S offers, including 1440p @ 120Hz, 4k @ 120Hz, HDMI Forum VRR, FreeSync Premium Pro, and Dolby Vision gaming. It also supports Auto Low Latency Mode, so you don't have to worry about switching to Game Optimizer to get the lowest input lag.

The LG QNED90T supports the full 48 Gbps bandwidth of HDMI 2.1 on all four HDMI ports. This allows you to take full advantage of multiple high-bandwidth devices, like if you own both current-gen consoles and a high-end gaming PC.

The TV supports eARC, which lets you pass high-quality, uncompressed audio to a compatible receiver or soundbar through an HDMI cable. It supports all major audio formats, so you don't have to worry about compatibility with external sources.

The TV has a decent frequency response. It produces a bit of bass. Dialogue is clear and easy to understand at most volume levels. Unfortunately, the sound becomes unbalanced near and at its maximum volume.

The TV's distortion performance is satisfactory. There isn't much audible distortion at moderate volume levels, but it worsens as you raise the volume.

The TV runs the 2024 version of LG's proprietary smart interface, webOS. The interface is fast and easy to use, and it supports user profiles, so you can customize the home page for different users.

Unfortunately, the TV has a bug that sometimes causes it to not properly switch out of the Game Optimizer setting, so you're locked out of settings that should be available in other picture modes. To fix this, you can turn the TV off/on or change the input label a few times. When you do this and switch to a different picture setting, everything works as it should.

There are two settings in the 'Home Settings' menu, namely the 'Home Promotion' and 'Content Recommendation' settings. These settings remove the top banner ads and suggested content from the home screen. This gives your home screen a clean look, but there's no way to remove ads from the apps page.

The LG QNED90T has a great selection of apps, so it's easy to find your favorite content. You can also cast content from your phone onto the TV or play videos from a USB stick.

The LG QNED90T has the same Magic Remote that comes with many LG models. You can use the remote as a pointer or use the traditional buttons to control the TV. The TV also supports hands-free voice control through microphones on the unit itself. You can use your voice to change inputs, open apps, search for content, adjust settings, and ask for the weather and time.

On the bottom of the TV, in the middle, is a single button you can use to turn the TV on or off, change inputs or channels, and control the volume.

• Remote (with 2x AA batteries)
• User manuals
• Stand covers