LG OLED C5 and G5: what they ship with and what can come off

This is the first LG page on this site, and it is worth opening with what sets it apart from every one before it: there is nothing here to disable over ADB. The C5 and the G5 run webOS 25, which is not Android. No USB debugging, no sideloading, and no list of packages to go through.

If that is what you came for, the short answer is that it does not exist. The long one is in the webOS guide: there is a function called Live Plus that ships switched on, takes four clicks to turn off, and almost nobody finds by name. That is the useful work on an LG, and it takes ten minutes.

The rest of this page is what can actually be checked with the manufacturer's own sheet in front of you: which ports, which panel, and (the interesting part) how long they promise to keep updating it.

The four HDMI ports: LG gets this one right#

I will start where other brands fall down. LG's sheet says, for the C5, "4ud (Soporta 4K 120Hz, eARC, VRR, ALLM, QMS", and its FAQ finishes the job without ambiguity: "All HDMI ports support the full HDMI 2.1 bandwidth (48Gbps)". For the G5, the same thing with QFT added.

In other words: all four ports run. There are no two fast ones and two slow ones, which is the usual trap at this end of the market. You can plug the console in wherever you like and nothing degrades quietly.

eARC lives on HDMI 2 on both models ("eARC (HDMI 2)", says the sheet) but because all four are identical, giving one up to the soundbar costs you nothing. That is the difference between this and a set where eARC eats one of only two good ports.

120 Hz native, and the 144 or 165 that are not the same thing#

The C5 sheet declares "120Hz Nativos (VRR 144Hz)" and the G5 sheet "120Hz Nativos (VRR 165Hz)". The European energy sheet, which is the regulated document, says 120 Hz for both.

So: 120 Hz is what the panel gives; 144 and 165 are ceilings reached with a variable refresh rate. LG adds small print worth reading if you game: "G5 models of 83/77/65/55 inches only reach 165Hz with compatible game or PC inputs. On Dolby Vision inputs they run up to 144Hz". And the 97-inch G5 stops at 120.

Brightness, in the manufacturer's own numbers#

Here LG does publish figures, and with the measurement window alongside, which is what makes a number mean anything.

On the C5: "50% more brightness is obtained on 3%-size screen portions with respect to LG OLED B5 models (900 Nits) in SDR. Applies to LG OLED C5 series models of 55/65/77/83" (1,500 Nits). Not applicable to the 48" and 42" models".

On the G5: "220% more brightness (…) Applies to LG OLED G5 series models of 55/65/77/83" (2,900 Nits)".

Read it twice, because two warnings are hiding in there. First: 1,500 nits for the C5 and 2,900 for the G5, measured on a 3% window and in SDR, not full screen. Second, and more important if you are buying small: the 48-inch and 42-inch C5 are excluded from that figure, and LG does not publish what they do. If you were looking at the 42, that number is not in the sheet.

HDR: there is no HDR10+, and it is not an oversight#

Both sheets say exactly the same thing in the HDR field: "Dolby Vision / HDR10 / HLG". Nothing else.

They do not support HDR10+. That has been LG's position for years and it has not changed in 2025. For most people it makes no difference, because Dolby Vision covers the same ground and is more widely used; but if your library on disc leans on HDR10+, that content will fall back to plain HDR10.

Where they actually differ#

The C5 carries the α9 Gen8 processor, 40 W of sound in 2.2 channels and a depth of 45.1 mm in the 65-inch version, with a 300 x 200 VESA pattern and 16.6 kg without the stand. The 42-inch drops to 20 W in 2.0 channels.

The G5 carries the α11 Gen2, goes up to 60 W in 4.2 channels, and slims down to 24.3 mm (almost half) with 300 x 300 VESA and 22 kg. LG sells it with an "exclusive 'Zero Gap' mount included (valued at €129)", which is the whole reason for that profile: it is meant for the wall.

Sizes separate the ranges too. The C5 exists in "83", 77", 65", 55", 48", and 42""; the G5, in Europe, in "97", 83", 77", 65" and 55"". The 48-inch G5 is sold in the United Kingdom only.

Everything else they share: webOS 25, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, three USB 2.0, optical out, a CI slot and DVB-T2/T, DVB-C and DVB-S2/S tuners. The remote is the Magic Remote MR25GA.

How long they will keep updating it#

This is the part almost nobody looks at, and the one that decides how many years you will be happy with the set.

The British sheet puts it in one line: "The security update is supported until: 31/12/2029". On both models.

Alongside that sits the webOS renewal programme, with its own small print: "webOS supports the next 4 update versions within 5 years from the launch year of the model purchased. The first update will be available 2 years after the product launch".

And a warning I am glad LG writes down, because you rarely see it: "Accepting the download of a new webOS system renewal may cause the loss of certain features present in the previous version". Translated: a webOS upgrade can take functions away from you. That is not the same as a security patch, and it is not something to accept blindly.

The European energy sheet, for its part, has to declare something else, and declares 8 years of minimum availability of software and firmware updates, of spare parts and of product support, counted from the end of placement on the market. Three different clocks, and they do not agree.

Power draw, and a surprise#

From the OLED65C54LA energy sheet: class F in SDR at 95.4 W, class G in HDR at 234 W, 0.5 W on standby and 2.0 W in networked standby.

From the OLED65G54LW: class E in SDR at 84.6 W and class G in HDR at 222 W.

Yes, you read that correctly: the G5, the brighter of the two, draws less and earns a better energy class than the C5 at the same size. Not what you would expect.

The microphone that is not in the television#

One figure from the regulated sheet that almost nobody quotes: on both models, "Voice recognition sensor available: No" and "Room presence sensor available: No".

The set itself carries neither a microphone nor a presence sensor. The microphone is in the Magic Remote, which is a handset you can leave in a drawer if it bothers you. That is not nothing next to the televisions that do have a microphone built in.

How to tell whether this page is about your set#

The real European codes look like OLED65C54LA for the C5 and OLED65G54LW for the G5, with variants by country and by batch (C55LA, C56LB, C5ELB, G55LW, G56LS). What matters is the middle: C5 or G5. It is on the sticker at the back and under Settings → Support → TV Information.

The system version is in the same place. If it says webOS 25, this is the one.

What can genuinely come off#

Little from the system itself, and a fair amount from the store. In order of what pays off:

Live Plus, which is content recognition and arrives switched on. It takes four menu levels to turn off and it also covers what comes in over HDMI and the aerial. It is walked through step by step in the webOS guide.

Personalised adverts and recommendations, spread across several screens of the privacy settings.

Whatever apps webOS lets you uninstall, which is more than Tizen or VIDAA allow. The ones that are there by commercial agreement will not go.

The gaps in this page#

LG publishes neither RAM nor internal storage for either model, not on the web sheet and not on the energy one. Nor does it publish the brightness of the 42-inch and 48-inch C5, which is precisely the one people buy for a desk.

If you have one in front of you and can check the free storage in the settings, that closes the page, and today nobody states it with a source in hand.