LG‘s new M3 OLED evo TV solves a very specific problem. Don’t you hate it when you spend tens of thousands of rands on a new high-end TV to go in your professionally designed living room only for the unsightly cables running out the back to ruin the feng shui?
We can only imagine how awful that must be. Thankfully, this terrible plight is easily solved with the new 77in LG M3 wireless OLED evo TV — all it takes is a big enough wall and R130,000.
LG M3 OLED TV wins cable hide-and-seek
The LG M3 OLED evo is billed as “the world’s first completely wireless OLED television,” although you’ll still need to provide it with power. That’s the only cable you’ll find running into or out of this TV. Everything else is handled by the Zero Connect Box.
This isn’t the world’s first TV to move its ports from the TV to an external box, some TVs could do that already. But those lesser TVs still require you to plug that external box into the TV somehow. The M3 removes that requirement, transmitting the audio and video signal between the two wirelessly without losing any quality.
Any decoders, game consoles, or AV receivers you would normally plug into the TV now plug into the Zero Connect Box’s three available HDMI 2.1 ports — one of which supports eARC. It also houses an Ethernet port, a place to plug in a satellite or TV aerial, two USB-A ports, and an optical audio jack.
The wireless tech has a few limitations — its technology, not magic. While the box can be placed anywhere in the room up to 10m away thanks to its adjustable antenna, it still requires line-of-sight to the TV for the best results. You might get away with sticking it in a cabinet below the TV but that’s not guaranteed.
The other bits of the M3 OLED evo, like the usual smart TV features, jaw-dropping picture quality and colour accuracy, and webOS interface stick around. The M3 is based on the already impressive G3 OLED evo, so it also benefits from a boost in brightness thanks to LG’s use of MLA (Multi Lens Array) tech powered by the Alpha 9 Gen 6 processor.
This TV isn’t going to be for everyone. Some people might like their TV cables sticking out, who are we to judge? Then there’s the price. R130,000 is what the smallest 77in model costs. It’s also available globally in 83in and 97in sizes. You might be able to convince LG to bring one in for you but they’ll obviously cost more.