--- description: Find out why LG C1 is one of the best inventions of 2021 title: LG C1: The 100 Best Inventions of 2021 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bbb3669765af298/698a1e89096a943d286abd6d/best-inventions-2021-LG-83-inch-C1-4K-OLED-TV-83C1-01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 10, 2021 # Award-Winning Television LG C1 by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Sea view living room of luxury summer beach house with TV stand and wooden cabinet. Empty rough white concrete wall background in vacation home or holiday villa. Hotel interior 3d illustration.; Shutterstock ID 1110620126; Purchase Order: - Sea view living room of luxury summer beach house with TV stand and wooden cabinet. Empty rough white concrete wall background in vacation home or holiday villa. Hotel interior 3d illustration.; Shutterstock ID 1110620126; Purchase Order: -Shutterstock / terng99 If you want to know what the best of the best of the best feels like, sit in front of an [LG C1](http://lg.com "undefined") for an hour. The 4K OLED television’s display ditches LCD TVs’ traditional backlit design, opting instead for pixels that create their own light, resulting in gorgeous colors, crisp images and striking contrasts, even in low-light scenes. The C1 series (from $1,099) also offers a high-speed 120 Hz refresh rate and support for gamer-friendly features like AMD FreeSync and NVIDIA G-SYNC, making it one of the best options for pairing with the new Xbox Series X or PlayStation 5 consoles. No wonder it was the year’s best-selling premium TV—the C1 series even won a Technical and Engineering Emmy in January, as they’re often used as reference monitors for movie production and optimization. _—Patrick Lucas Austin_ **Buy Now:** [LG C1](https://amzn.to/2ZIB4Wj "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112666/lg-83-inch-4k-oled-tv/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112666/lg-83-inch-4k-oled-tv/"},"headline":"Award-Winning Television","datePublished":"2021-11-10T11:15:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:56:37.335Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112666/lg-83-inch-4k-oled-tv/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2021"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bbb3669765af298/698a1e89096a943d286abd6d/best-inventions-2021-LG-83-inch-C1-4K-OLED-TV-83C1-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bbb3669765af298/698a1e89096a943d286abd6d/best-inventions-2021-LG-83-inch-C1-4K-OLED-TV-83C1-01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2021/6112666/lg-83-inch-4k-oled-tv/","name":"Award-Winning Television"}}]}] ```