55" OLED or 65" LED TV...

[anonymous-user]

swisstoni said:

Think I read where OLED will eventually be used architecturally. For instance you could have a glass office wall that could be made opaque at the press of a button.

Well you can do that already with smart/switchable glass. Would OLED offer any advantages over that?

[jmorgan]

Yeah but you can have screen saver images or advertising or many other applications.

[anonymous-user]

jmorgan said:

Yeah but you can have screen saver images or advertising or many other applications.

Oh I can see that as a great potential use, I was commenting on the post about simply using it to provide clear/opaque.

[jmorgan]

Ah, mis understood. To make it worse, I know of the panels you mention.

However, Blue Planet II coming to 4K Bluray......

Damnit, cannot find the news article.

[legzr1]

jmorgan said:

Ah, mis understood. To make it worse, I know of the panels you mention.

However, Blue Planet II coming to 4K Bluray......

Damnit, cannot find the news article.

Think it was Whathifi? that did a small article on its release from the mastering studio handling the transfer to disc.

Going to be a demo favourite I expect - broadcast 1080i looked great , 4K HDR should be spectacular.


ETA found it:

http://www.whathifi.com/news/planet-earth-ii-comin...

Edited by legzr1 on Monday 20th February 12:36

[jmorgan]

Dribbling in anticipation.

[jmorgan]

Pre ordered on Amazon. It is the real deal.
http://realorfake4k.com/my-product/planet-earth-ii...

[knight]

I've just seen that you can get a free LG SH7 sound bar when buying a B6 for £1999.

Has anyone got one and is it as good a deal as it looks?

[PoisonJam]

I'm in exactly the same situation as the OP (was?).

51" Samsung plasma currently and I'd like a 65" screen. My head says wait for OLED prices to drop and don't compromise, but every time I see a deal on a 65" LED TV I'm sorely tempted.

I'm wondering how long it'll take for 65" OLEDs to drop below the £2k mark (the most I could ever justify spending on a TV). Hopefully all the new competition will make prices more competitive, but aren't the Sony and Panasonic models just using LG panels anyway? Not to mention more 'premium' brands.

[varsas]

The new '7 series (B7,C6,G7,W7 etc) OLED TV's come out soon, so prices on last years '6 series may come down a bit more, though they won't suddenly be half price. I'd expect 55 inch B6 to come down to £1,800 or so like the EF950V did about this time last year. This is also true for samsung, their new 2017 'QLED' TV's will be arriving soon, so again last years 'SUHD' TV's will probably get cheaper.

Yes, all consumer OLED TV's use LG panels. This is no different to LCD's, no one makes their own panels, even Samsung use LG LCD panels (I think).

https://www.avforums.com/threads/list-of-lcd-panel...

[Digitalize]

To be fair the 55B6 was £1800 around Christmas time, due to a good deal I paid £1600 for mine.

I'm not sure how much B6 stock will be left over, as I assume LG will just stop producing them, but I think some manufacturers will be using 2016 OLED panels in their 2017 models. So there might be the possibility of lower end OLEDs helping bring the price down.

[lenny007]

I paid £1554 for mine back in January and it was one of the best purchases i've ever made.

It's some TV.

[leemanning]

It seems the retailers have put the pricing back up to about £1999 for a 55B6 in anticipation of the new models. Then they can drop the price again by £300 as a 'sale' when the new ones land

[anonymous-user]

leemanning said:

It seems the retailers have put the pricing back up to about £1999 for a 55B6 in anticipation of the new models. Then they can drop the price again by £300 as a 'sale' when the new ones land

John Lewis put the price back up a few weeks ago.

[jmorgan]

They all play the game. I was keeping my eye on a small independent that did not.

[LocoBlade]

Yeh I'll be in the market for a 55B6 when our extension is finished in about 6-8 weeks, I was watching the prices drop to ~£1700 after Christmas so had a casual look the other day expecting them to be around £1600 or lower only to find they're back up at £2k! Hopefully they'll drop again in the Easter sales by which time I should be ready to buy

[bodhi]

If it helps we've had our 65 inch Sony LED for around a month now, and at no point have I missed not having an OLED screen.

[Digitalize]

bodhi said:

If it helps we've had our 65 inch Sony LED for around a month now, and at no point have I missed not having an OLED screen.

I've never missed heroin but I imagine I'd not feel the same after having some.

[bodhi]

Digitalize said:

I've never missed heroin but I imagine I'd not feel the same after having some.

O...K.

Although I did demo the LG OLED against the Sony. Upscaling and HDR were far more impressive on the Sony, so I bought that.

[Funk]

bodhi said:

Digitalize said:

I've never missed heroin but I imagine I'd not feel the same after having some.

O...K.

Although I did demo the LG OLED against the Sony. Upscaling and HDR were far more impressive on the Sony, so I bought that.

I also bought a Sony ( XD93 55") after comparing it with the LG B6. The LG's blacks were something to behold but I also agree that the Sony's upscaling was better and the colours more natural. The HDR is deeply impressive on both. The smart interface was better/slicker on the LG and I say that as an Android die-hard.

I couldn't quite justify the extra £500+ on the LG (I paid £1250 for the Sony). The LG is a fine screen though and I think I'd have been happy with either ultimately.

Edited by Funk on Wednesday 1st March 01:24