The smallest C5 for much less.

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LG's smallest 42-inch OLED is a versatile customer that is equally adept as as telly in a smaller room, or as a oversized computer monitor. As the impending release date of the C6 approaches, it means last year's C5 has been discounted quite heavily to make it quite a bargain. At the moment, you can take advantage of a clever double discount that makes this 42-inch model just $719 from LG directly.

Firstly, on the store page for the 42-inch C5, select 'Outlet Pricing' a little further down the page. This is a brand new TV, as LG describes, but for some reason, it's $100 cheaper as a 'limited time discount'. Then, if you use code COWBOYS10, you can snag another 10%, making it $720 without any hoop jumping or signups needed.

There isn't too much in the way of wholesale changes with the mid-range C5 model over its predecessor. There's a new processor inside, which allows for stronger 4K upscaling, plus webOS 25 that provides small quality of life changes, such as the ability to hide pre-installed apps and added support for 1440p/120Hz gaming. This panel also gets slightly brighter than the older model, too, for an even more vivid experience. The design is virtually the same in its entirety as the previous C4 with this new model.

It retains the same full 4K/144Hz support that we saw introduced with the C4 with its four included HDMI 2.1 ports, as well as full Nvidia G-Sync certification alongside AMD FreeSync in terms of variable refresh rate support. The four HDMI 2.1 ports also have ALLM support for the most responsive gaming experience possible, continuing LG's prevalance in our ranking of the best gaming TVs out there.

Underneath the small improvements and optimisations that this C5 series has brought, it is worth still remembering that this is an LG OLED, meaning you're getting the deep, inky blacks we've come to expect, as well as virtually infinite contrast and supremely accurate colours that make viewing everything from games to movies an absolute joy. Strong HDR support is retained with HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision, although there's still no HDR10+.

If you want to grab a truly excellent small OLED telly, this 42-inch LG C5 is $720 with a clever double discount.