- LG’s new Gallery TV is a mini LED model with a picture frame design
- Access to the same Gallery+ service as other LG TVs
- 55 and 65-inch models that use mini-LED technology
LG has announced the LG Gallery TV AI, a lifestyle TV with a gallery mode that turns it into a massive picture frame – just like Samsung’s The Frame and similar art TVs. But while the TV itself looks impressive, it lacks the one thing that LG is consistently good at: an OLED panel. LG has gone with mini-LED instead, where it has had much less successful results.
The big advantage of mini-LED over OLED is a reduced chance of burn-in if you show the same image there for a long time (although burn-in isn’t the biggest reliability concern with TVs in general these days). But as we’ve been saying for some time now, while LG excels at making ever-better OLED TVs, LG’s mini-LED models aren’t all that impressive. At the time of writing, we do not have a single LG mini-LED in our guide to the best mini-LED TVs.
It’s disappointing, because the design and specification of the new Gallery TV is decent: it’s an attractive TV with some good customization options.
LG Gallery TV AI: key features
The LG Gallery TV has an anti-glare screen that LG says automatically adjusts picture quality as ambient light changes, and it has a gallery mode for displaying artwork that optimizes color and brightness “to reproduce the visual texture of original masterpieces.” It is available in two sizes: 55 and 65 inches.
The processor is LG’s alpha 7 AI processor and it is teamed with LG AI Sound Pro for virtual 9.1.2 sound.
The big draw here is the combination of the optimized screen with the LG Gallery+ service, which offers a collection of over 4,500 works and monthly updates. It’s not just art. It also includes “movie scenes, gameplay footage and animations”. You can also use your own photos in Gallery mode, and there’s the inevitable generative AI option to create a limited number of new photos each month.
Gallery+ is not unique to this TV: it has been rolled out across webOS TVs. And while the full collection is massive, the free tier is much more limited: around 100 images and no generative AI. It’s unclear whether Gallery TV comes with a free trial of the full service: the press release simply says that “LG Gallery+ offers a free light version on LG TVs, while the full version requires a monthly subscription via webOS Pay.”
We don’t yet know what the price of the LG Gallery TV will be; it will be revealed next week. But it will be up against some impressive competition from the likes of TCL and of course Samsung, so competitive pricing will be key here. We’re making a beeline for this TV at CES to find out all the details, including that price tag.
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