LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV Reviews

LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV review

Our Overall Score:

9.0/10

Thanks for checking out our LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV review. We’re here to give you the best reviews of this product and hopefully leave you confident in whether LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV is the right product for you, or if there’s perhaps a better alternative out there for a product in the Televisions category.

Latest price search at John Lewis & Partners: £699

The most important part of buying online can be to read reviews and that’s why you’re here. We’ve scanned the internet to find as many LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV reviews as we can, regardless if they’re good or bad as we want to give you the most truthful and realistic overview of just how good LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV is. In finding reviews, we discovered that the best and most informative reviews were from customers over at John Lewis & Partners, to read these review just tap on the View Reviews button now.

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When it comes to buying products online, whether that’s a TV, clothes, Televisions or even a something like a sofa, there are a general set of guidance or advice that you can follow to help you get the best product for your needs and also the best for your budget. As you can imagine there are tons of different options in the Televisions category and even loads of options of products from LG so it’s important to take the time to find the right one for you. The four areas that we want to delve in to a little more are the quality, the price of the product, what the reviews are saying about it and then finally we’ll look at an overall score which takes into account the other factors.


Quality of LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV

LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV scored an incredible 9.6/10 for quality.

As you’d expect with a lot of products, quality is a very important factor for choosing products in the “Televisions” category. But it’s even more important to consider and get a feel for quality when you’re buying online because you aren’t given the benefit of being able to see and try the item for yourself.

This is of course why we can’t stress enough the importance of reading lots of reviews, as it will really help you to get a good feel for how good the quality is. A top tip when reading the reviews is to use the search function on your browser and search for the word “quality” in the reviews that way you can skip straight to customers that have mentioned about the quality of LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV.

Once you’ve had a good look over the reviews you’ll have a pretty good indication of how good the quality of LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV is, but we also have the following factors that you should consider to get an idea of the quality of the product you’re looking at.

  • Price: It probably sounds obvious, but there are links to the price you pay and the quality of a product. Try and set your expectations for the quality based on your budget. You wouldn’t expect a Rolls-Royce for the price of a Fiesta so bear this in mind when shopping.
  • Specification: It’s a really good idea to look over the product description and specification section of the website, for LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV you can read the full details on the John Lewis & Partners website where it will give you all the detail you need. It’s useful as you’ll probably already have a good idea of the sort of specs that make good Televisions. Also compare these specs to other similar products that are in the same price bracket.
  • Brand: LG are obviously a strong and recognisable brand for making great Televisions, so you’d expect LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV to deliver to these expectations. But always consider the brand when you’re thinking about the quality of the product you’re going to buy, and where quality is an important factor to you, look only at those well known brands (of course only if your budget allows).
  • Your experience with Televisions: You’ll no doubt have some history with buying Televisions, and you may have even bought products from the same brand, LG, use this information to your advantage. You’ll probably have a good idea of how good the quality of the product was and any faults or floors you remember from it.

Price analysis of LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV

LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV scored highly with 8.4/10 for price in our review.

Price, a hugely important part of any purchase. Price becomes even more of a consideration when we’re shopping online because it’s so amazingly simple to compare the price of several retailers in literally just a few clicks. In fact you don’t even need to do that, we’ve run price comparisons for you in order to find the best price. The lowest price we’ve managed to find LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV for is just £699 over at John Lewis & Partners.

There’s a lot of geeky analysis to be done on price, but what we find most effective and informative is to look at 3 different figures when comparing products and that is the average price, the most expensive and the cheapest. This gives you a really good feel for what the normal product would cost but also giving you an idea of just how cheap you can find it or the opposite, just how expensive some are. It’s also useful to look at the average of the products that fit in the same category as well as products from the same brand. So we’re going to look in more detail now at the price of LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV.

Prices of products in the Televisions category

We thought it would be useful to spend a bit of time exploring the price of LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV and seeing how it compares to other similar products. And also seeing how much variance there are in prices of products in the Televisions category. To do this we looked at all of the products over at John Lewis & Partners, there were a total of 117 products in the Televisions, and of these 117 products the average price was £1310.38, making LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV below average at £699. We also looked at the cheapest option in the same category which was just £139.00 whilst the most expensive was £9999.00. So you can see there’s a huge variance in the price of products in this category, as an indication there were 149 products less expensive and 83 more expensive than LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV in this category. So we thought it would be worth going into a bit more detail and looking at the prices of products from LG.

Prices of products from LG

So the average price of the 99 products available from LG was £965.24, making £699 below average against the other products from the same brand. With the most expensive product from them coming in at £6299.00 and the cheapest at £50.00. We thought a good next step would be to look more specifically at products from LG that fit in to the category of Televisions rather than looking at all their products.

Of the 25 products from LG in the Televisions category, the average price is £1425.40 making LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV below average at £699. Again we looked at how much price can vary and found that the cheapest product to fit this criteria was £299.00 and the most expensive was £6299.00 so there are again a lot of varying prices with the products. In fact to be precise we found 18 products from LG that were more expensive and 21 that were cheaper.


Reviews of LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV

LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV scores 9.1/10 for customer reviews.

Reviews are really the most valuable part of your online shopping, they’re giving you the next best thing to being able to actually try the product for yourself. You’re not relying on a manufacturers sales description telling you just how good their product is, you’re getting genuine feedback from actual users of the product. We can’t stress enough how important it is that you spend some time reading the reviews of LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV over at John Lewis & Partners, click on the “view reviews” button now to read them.

Below is a video we found for LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV over on YouTube.


Overall score

LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV got an amazing overall score of 9.0/10 in our review.

This figure takes into account the various criteria that we’ve covered above, the price, the quality and the customer reviews, in order to give you an overall score. This overall score of 9.0/10 then gives you a really easy figure to use for comparison purposes if you’re then going on to read any of our other reviews of Televisions.

As you’ve already seen in the pricing section there are absolutely loads of different options from LG so take your time to read the reviews, do your homework on setting a budget and seeing how the price of LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV stacks up against your budget and make sure you also set yourself a list of “must-haves” so you know that this product ticks all your boxes.


More info: LG 55SM8600PLA (2019) LED HDR NanoCell 4K Ultra HD Smart TV

  • Brand: LG
  • Model Number: 55SM8600
  • EAN: 8806098383740
  • Description: LG’s SM86 TV delivers visceral visuals with NanoCell technology. A 4K Local Dimming screen combines with Dolby Atmos sound and Dolby Vision HDR for a cinematic experience. Its state-of-the art intelligent processor analyses every scene with advanced audiovisual AI tuning, so it’s always a superb picture. Use LG’s award-winning webOS Smart platform to stream shows from such apps as Netflix*, and navigate with the intuitive Magic Remote. With this Thinq AI TV you can interact by voice, with the Google Assistant and Alexa built in. 4K Cinema HDR with Dolby Vision HDR deepens your view and shows shades previously unseen in home entertainment. Expanding light, dark and every colour in between to extraordinary new levels, this model’s picture gets closer to real life. LG’s 4K Cinema HDR supports multiple HDR formats including Dolby Vision, Advanced HDR by Technicolor and HDR10 Pro. 4K Ultra High Definition This 55‚Äù screen has four times the number of pixels than 1080p Full HD TVs, delivering stunning realism, natural motion and incredible detail. Features : NanoCell Display : LG’s NanoCell technology means each individual pixel is only one nanometre apart for impeccable colour precision and volume, for outstanding picture quality, viewed from any angle. Local Dimming for ULTRA Luminance : Dimming zones independently throughout the screen expands the contrast range. It gives brighter whites, darker blacks, and enhances detail in the deepest shadows. Alpha 7 Gen 2 Processor : The second generation intelligent processor is optimised for LG’s NanoCell screen, for a premium LED picture of exceptional clarity and brightness, whatever you’re watching. Dolby Atmos Sound : immersive Dolby Atmos places sound within three dimensions for an enveloping soundscape, with you at the centre. Coupled with Dolby Vision HDR, it’s a fully cinematic experience. Thinq AI : bringing the intelligence and convenience of voice interaction to the living room, this Thinq AI TV can listen, think and respond to your questions. 4K High Frame Rate via HDMI : With full HDMI 2.1 compatibility, this LG TV can handle High Frame Rates for smoother motion, so even the most frantic sporting action is crisp and blur-free. webOS Smart Platform LG’s award-winning webOS platform revolutionises how you experience your entertainment. With simple and intuitive content discovery and switching, there’s more entertainment available than ever before. You can stream Sky Movies or Sports through NOW TV, 4K UHD content through Netflix or Amazon Prime Video, the latest movies and TV from Google Play and TalkTalk TV stores, and music from Spotify or YouTube.* Advanced Voice Control & Smart Compatibility This Thinq AI TV has the Google Assistant and Alexa built in, so you can get answers to questions while you’re watching TV. You can also control compatible smart devices, and check your Google photos or Google Calendar on the TV screen (Google sign-in required). It’s also compatible with Apple Airplay 2 and Homekit devices. Freeview Play This LG TV features Freeview Play. Combining catch-up TV, on-demand services and live television, watching what you want, when you want, is now easier than ever. It’s free from subscription and is compatible with existing broadband services too. Services such as BBC iPlayer, ITV Hub, All 4 and My5 are also available without having to open specific applications. This gives effortless scroll back so you never miss a second of your favourite shows. Cinema Screen Design Finished with an elegant crescent stand, the harmonious design of this TV’s Nano Bezel maximises the viewing area and enhances the TV watching experience. Perfect partners With TVs getting slimmer and built-in speakers getting smaller, choosing the right sound system is more important than ever. Soundbars enhance your TV’s sound quality and add that extra audio punch to all your movies, games and TV programmes. More affordable and easier to set up than a full size speaker system, they don’t compromise on quality either. Take a look at our full range of soundbars. Don’t forget… If you want to connect your TV to a blu-ray player, games console, soundbar or soundbase then you’ll need a HDMI cable. View our collection of cables & connections And if you’re looking to elevate your viewing experience with cable management, then why not take a look at our wall mounts and TV stands . *Some services may require subscription (sold separately) A Smart TV is a platform that can run 3rd party Apps. 3rd party content providers may remove Apps from the Smart TV platform or stop supporting them at any time, and we cannot guarantee an App’s availability. When new Smart TV products are launched, there may also be a delay before certain Apps become available. Availability of Apps is not included within the terms of the manufacturer’s warranty, or the John Lewis 2-year Guarantee for audio visual products, or the 5-year Guarantee for TVs. Delivery information: If you buy a sound bar or DVD/Blu-ray player along with this TV, please note that they’ll be delivered separately.
  • Product ID: 23875313911
  • Category: Electricals > Televisions > View All TVs
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