LG OLED B5 OLED55B5PUA.AUSZ 55"

Near-flagship gaming performance with true OLED blacks at a mid-range price, but the unkillable pointer remote will test your patience daily. Buy it for the panel, just budget for a universal remote.

Gaming is where this thing shines. A 0.1ms response time, 120Hz refresh rate, and support for both NVIDIA G-Sync and AMD FreeSync Premium means you're covered whether you run a PC, PS5, or Xbox Series X. Four HDMI 2.1 ports is more than most people will ever need, and everything loads fast. Owners consistently report snappy boot times and quick app switching, which isn't always a given on smart TVs. The α8 AI processor does solid work with upscaling, but the AI features themselves seem to annoy as many people as they impress. And here's the honest part: this isn't a brightness monster. If you're putting it in a sun-drenched living room, it's going to struggle compared to a mini-LED set.

The B5's natural rival is the Sony BRAVIA 5 K75XR50, which trades gaming features for better out-of-the-box color accuracy and motion handling. If you're a movie purist, Sony might win you over. But if gaming matters, the LG's 120Hz, VRR, and 0.1ms response time leave the Sony looking pedestrian. The TCL QM6K and Hisense U8 are the value disruptors here. Both are mini-LED TVs that get significantly brighter than the B5 and cost less, but they can't touch OLED's per-pixel contrast. It really comes down to brightness versus black levels. For mixed use in a dark-ish room, the LG wins. For a bright family room, those TCL and Hisense options make more sense.

At MXN 31,290, this is a strong deal for an OLED with this gaming feature set. You're giving up peak brightness and some picture processing refinement compared to the C-series, but you're also saving a meaningful chunk of cash. If gaming is your priority and you watch in a room where you can control the light, this is excellent value. If you're mostly a daytime sports watcher, save your money and look at a bright mini-LED instead.

The LG B5 is an OLED TV that nails the fundamentals: perfect blacks, gorgeous color, and gaming chops that put it near the top of the charts. Our database puts it in the 97th percentile for gaming performance, which is about as good as it gets without spending flagship money. The picture quality story is a bit more complicated. The panel itself is classic LG OLED, but it sits in the middle of the pack for overall display metrics at the 50th percentile. That's not a knock on OLED, it's a reminder that this is LG's more budget-conscious series compared to the C and G lines. For the price, you're getting the core OLED experience without all the brightness tricks.

If your TV lives in a bright living room with big windows, skip this. The B5 just doesn't have the brightness to fight sunlight, and you'll be squinting at dark scenes by 2pm. Go grab a TCL QM6K or Hisense U8 instead, both get significantly brighter for less money. And if you have no patience for quirky software behavior, the unkillable pointer remote might be a dealbreaker on its own.

The LG B5 is a great gaming TV and a very good everything-else TV. The 97th percentile gaming score is the headline, and it's backed by a genuinely impressive feature set: four HDMI 2.1 ports, G-Sync, FreeSync, VRR, and that instant response time. The picture is gorgeous in the right lighting. But the remote situation is a real problem. A pointer remote that can't be disabled is the kind of quirk that sounds minor in a spec sheet and becomes infuriating in daily use. Multiple owners have complained about it, and LG's customer service doesn't seem interested in fixing it. If you can live with a quirky remote, this TV is an easy recommendation for gamers and movie fans in moderate lighting.