The immersion of the real thing — brought home with LG OLED.
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For David Wilkins, a screen has never just been something to watch. Over more than two decades working as a cameraman, he has always been the person closest to the image — the one who knows, better than most, what a scene actually looks like when it’s captured well. The subtle way light shifts colour.
The sharpness of a subject in motion. The texture of a space, and the way sound fills it. His standard has always been simple: as close to being there as possible.
'Which is why, every time he came home and sat on the sofa to watch TV, something nagged at him. The depth of colour he knew from location. The clarity that held up under fast movement. The immersive quality of sound that made a space feel physical. None of it translated completely to a screen at home. For most people, the difference is hard to articulate. For David, it was impossible to overlook.
With the big match season approaching, he decided to close that gap. The answer was the LG OLED evo AI C5 77" 4K Smart TV paired with the LG Soundbar S60TR. In his Wandsworth flat — walls painted a near-black shade he had chosen and repainted many times before settling on — a new screen took its place at the centre of the living room
When David switched the screen on for the first time, his instincts as a cameraman kicked in. His eyes moved across the image the way they would across a monitor on set — scanning, assessing, looking for what wasn’t quite right.
This time, they stopped. Something in the picture held his attention in a way he hadn’t expected.
The texture of the grass. The contrast between light and deep shadow under the floodlights. The outline of a player moving at full speed, holding its shape instead of blurring at the edges.
These were the details his eye was trained to look for. What stood out most were the scenes that tend to expose a screen’s limits — fast movement and ambient light. Even as the late afternoon sun crept through the window, the picture held its detail rather than washing out.
The OLED evo panel’s Perfect Black meant the shadows never crushed, and the Brightness Booster kept highlights alive — without the glare that tends to undermine lesser screens in the same conditions.
His eye, trained over more than twenty years across all kinds of locations and productions, recognised the difference immediately. Not from reading a specification, but from looking. He knows the standard that goes into making a good image — the camera, the lighting, the work done in post.
By that standard, this screen didn’t just pass; it quietly moved the bar. Part of what makes that possible is the α9 AI Processor Gen8 working underneath — analysing and upscaling every frame in real time, the kind of behind-the-scenes precision that a cameraman tends to notice even when he isn’t looking for it.
“What I noticed first was the black — it’s genuinely deep, not just dark. And there’s almost no reflection at all. The colour is amazing, especially once you’ve adjusted the settings to match what you’re watching. That’s when it really comes into its own.”
David Wilkins
David’s living room is a space that has been carefully put together over time. The near-black walls are the result of many rounds of deliberation — and, by David’s count, around ten coats of paint. The obsessive care that went into a single colour is really an extension of habits built behind the camera: the instinct to keep working at an image until it reads right. A shade chosen slowly, reconsidered, and eventually committed to. Against that dark backdrop, colour on the screen reads differently. More vivid. More present. This is where the day ends for this family, and where most of the good parts of it happen.
“Lily comes through after finishing her homework and settles onto the sofa.”
On weekday evenings, the family filters in without any announcement. Lily comes through after finishing her homework and settles onto the sofa. Georgina follows with something to eat. Bella and Iris, the cats, have usually already claimed their corners. Nobody organises it. It just happens — three people finding themselves in the same place, in front of the same screen, without anyone having to ask. That is the most familiar and comfortable version of an evening for David. On weekends, the family picks a film together, or Lily and David race each other on Mario Kart, or sometimes they simply sit side by side in silence and watch whatever is on.
Why the best seat is always
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Our living room is where we spend time together as a family. We eat together, watch TV — sometimes we put music on and dance around. We spent a lot of time getting the look right. And I think this place really reflects who we are as a family.
The tradition of watching football together has a specific beginning. On the night Lily came home from the hospital for the first time, England happened to be playing. David and Georgina sat together that evening with their newborn daughter and watched the match. That was the start of it. Since then, whenever England play, the three of them naturally end up in the same place.
When a match is about to start, the living room shifts. David dims the lights and turns the volume up. The screen’s light fills the space. The sound of the crowd spreads through the room via the soundbar. At that point, the flat in Wandsworth is something else.
The S60TR's 300W 3.1-channel system — with its AI Sound Pro automatically tuning itself to the live sport on screen, and the wireless subwoofer placing itself wherever the room needs it — delivers a rich, immersive audio experience throughout the space.
WOW Orchestra blends the soundbar and TV speakers into a single, room-wide sound field. The stadium sound he has stood behind at countless live broadcasts now fills his own living room. Lily leans forward on the sofa. Georgina puts down whatever she was holding and fixes on the screen. And when a goal goes in, it is usually David who reacts first — up off the sofa, shouting, the energy of it spilling out and filling the whole room.
“We couldn’t watch a film without surround sound now. Football especially. The crowd noise I used to stand inside of with a camera on my shoulder — that same density is right there in the room. When it fills the space, it genuinely feels like being back on location.”
Football matches don’t always end the way you want them to. But the result was never really the point. What matters for this family is the ritual — being on the same sofa, watching the same screen, reacting to the same moments, and settling back into the cushions when it’s all over. All of it, taken together, is what an evening looks like in this house.
It’s just a much better experience.
David doesn’t overstate things. When asked how watching at home has changed since the new screen arrived, that was his answer. A sharper picture, a richer sound, and the same people beside him on the sofa. For David, that is enough.
OLED for football — does the picture hold up during fast movement?
Fast movement and ambient light are exactly the conditions that expose a screen's limits. Perfect Black means shadows never crush, and the Brightness Booster keeps highlights alive without glare. The α9 AI Processor Gen8 upscales every frame in real time, so players moving at full speed hold their shape instead of blurring at the edges.
Does the soundbar actually make a difference for live sport?
The LG S60TR system with AI Sound Pro automatically tunes to whatever is on screen, while the wireless subwoofer can be placed wherever the room needs it. WOW Orchestra blends the soundbar and TV speakers into a single room-wide sound field — bringing stadium-level density right into your living room.
Does a dark room affect the viewing experience?
It works in the screen's favour. Against a dark backdrop, colour reads more vividly and contrast feels cleaner. The OLED panel's genuine blacks — not just dark greys — mean the image pops without washing out, making it ideal for evening viewing with the lights dimmed.
Any football-specific features beyond Sports Mode?
The α9 AI Processor Gen8 detects sports content automatically and optimises the picture in real time — sharpening motion, boosting colour accuracy, and reducing blur without any manual adjustment. AI Sound Pro does the same for audio, enhancing crowd atmosphere and commentary clarity simultaneously.
Are major streaming services available for watching matches?
Yes. webOS 25 gives you direct access to all major streaming platforms from the home screen — no switching inputs, no extra devices needed. Whether it's a live broadcast or a replay, everything is accessible in one place.
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