LG NANO81 vs NANO85 TV comparison 2021/04

Like all televisions with IPSIn-Plane Switching, type of LCD Panel panel, the NANO81 has a wide viewing angle with a quite respectable picture quality in bright surroundings. However, the picture quality gets worse the brighter the surroundings are, which is due to the low contrast ratio of 1400:1 and the shallow black. Its local dimming feature does not really enhance the performance as it is only Edge Lit local dimming, which causes problems like blooming or noticeable dimming zones – that can be quite annoying in dark scenes.
Since the NANO81 is the entry level model in the NanoCell series, LG has saved some of the equipment for the more expensive models. Therefore, not much has been integrated besides an Auto Low Latency Mode and a well-done Smart Operating System.
Due to the response time of 6ms the motion handling of the 60Hz panel is rather average, which is not necessarily bad in this price range. With fast movements a certain degree of motion blur can be seen.

The NANO85 has a quite similar performance in bright and dark surroundings, but can clearly display HDRHigh Dynamic Range – image/video with more dynamic range (contrast range) content better due to the wider color gamut and Dolby Vision IQDynamic HDR-format with a color depth of up to 12 Bits and Mastering of up to 10,000 Nits, which can adapt to the ambient brightness, even if it cannot be displayed very impressively. Unfortunately, also the Nano86 does not get very bright, which is not really helpful for HDR content, because bright highlights cannot stand out.
The biggest difference can be found in the equipment. The NANO85 has been equipped with an 120Hz display and also has an HDMI 2.1 interface with VRRVariable Refresh Rate – synchronizes the display’s refresh rate with the output refresh rate of the graphics card and ALLMAuto Low Latency Mode – Automatically detects connected consoles and keeps input lag as low as possible.. So it is perfectly prepared for the upcoming Next Gen consoles and can already use them to full capacity with 4K@120Hz – at least for SDRStandard Dynamic Range – image/video with a conventional gamma curve (opposite: HDR) – “normal” videos content.
In addition there is a HDMI eARC, which supports uncompressed Dolby AtmosObject-based surround sound format with 3D-Sound from any direction via Dolby True HD.