AVForums and What Hi-Fi? praise the E7's deep blacks, natural colour, processing and glass design. Both find its built-in sound better than most TV speakers, but neither considers the Atmos effect a substitute for surround speakers. They question the premium over cheaper 2017 LG OLEDs with similar pictures; AVForums also notes limited HDR brightness and weak bass.
AVForums measured 670 nits on a 10% HDR window on the 65E7V; this is a review measurement, not an LG claim
Picture processing
Colour Master Engine, Active Depth Enhancer, Ultra Luminance and 4K upscaling on the UK 65E7V
Motion handling
TruMotion processing; AVForums found optional smoothing could introduce artefacts
Sizes
Sizes
55, 65″
Largest size
65″
Gaming
HDMI ports
4 (0 HDMI 2.1 at 4K 120 Hz+)
Variable refresh rate
None
HDMI detail
Four HDMI inputs with ARC on the UK 65E7V; the 2017 inputs do not support 4K 120Hz or VRR
Input lag
AVForums found low game-mode input lag on the 65E7V
Smart TV and sound
Smart TV platform
webOS
Dolby Atmos
Yes
Speaker detail
The UK OLED65E7V has 4.2-channel, 60 W speakers including a 20 W woofer. The exact German OLED55E7N instead lists 2.2-channel, 40 W sound; no single power or channel value describes both.
Audio features
Dolby Atmos decoding. LG's UK 65E7V sheet says Atmos from Blu-ray players required a software update scheduled for later in 2017.
Casting
Miracast and WiDi on the German 55E7N
Software updates
webOS 3.5 and Magic Remote; Freeview Play on the UK 65E7V. An exact first on-sale month was not established, so release uses year precision.
TV tuners
German 55E7N DVB-T2 HD, DVB-C and DVB-S2; UK 65E7V DVB-T2/C/S2 with twin satellite inputs
USB
Three USB ports on both documented models, including one USB 3.0 port
Ethernet
One Ethernet LAN port on both documented models
Optical audio out
Optical digital audio and 3.5 mm headphone outputs on both documented models
Design and power
Size
Without stand (W × H × D): German 55E7N 1237 × 767 × 56.7 mm; UK 65E7V 1461 × 877 × 62 mm
Stand
With stand (W × H × D): German 55E7N 1237 × 767 × 175 mm; UK 65E7V 1461 × 904 × 195 mm
VESA pattern
German 55E7N 400 × 200 mm; UK 65E7V 300 × 200 mm
Power use
German 55E7N 112 W typical and 0.3 W standby; UK 65E7V 0.3 W standby
In the box
Magic Remote and batteries on the documented regional models
Sizes
Size
Model
Weight without stand
55″
OLED55E7N
18.5 kg
65″
OLED65E7V
23.1 kg
Pros and cons
Pros
+OLED pixel dimming and wide viewing angles
+Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG
+Four HDMI inputs
Cons
−No variable refresh rate or 4K 120Hz HDMI input
−Speaker output differs between the documented 55 and 65-inch regional models
