LG Oled - C9 or wait for CX?

[Nezquick]

With being stuck at home on lockdown i'm seriously debating treating myself to a new TV and have wanted the LG Oled C9 55" for a while now as it seems to fit the bill nicely and gets very good reviews.

But.....the CX is due to come out very soon (albeit it will be about £500 more than the C9) and I'm wondering whether to just wait for that. I can't see it being a massive step up from the C9 though but please correct me if my assumption is not correct? A faster processor and maybe a slightly better picture quality but who knows - we won't know how good it is until it's released.

And if I wait for the CX, do you think the C9 prices will come down some more?

Hmm......decisions decisions!

[lonny]

Avforums podcast today was discussing this and iirc, consensus seemed to get the c9 if you see a good price as the underlying tech seems to be plateauing.

https://www.avforums.com/threads/avforums-podcast-...

[megaphone]

I was in the same boat. I have just bought a new Panasonic OLED. I was waiting for a new 2020 model to arrive, was hoping prices of 2019 models may come down, would a new model be better? In the end I just went for it as I could be waiting months. I'm very pleased, beautiful TV , great picture. I'd say go for it.

Very pleased with the new Panny, I did look at the C9 as it was around the same price, went for the panny as I've had a Plasma for 10 years and it's been good as gold. Not a big fan of the LG menu and epeg.

Edited by megaphone on Tuesday 28th April 08:19

[Zirconia]

Just looked at the price of them, looking good. Reviews of the CX are out in a few places (not read them). What would be the step up between the two? If they all do Dolby Vision/Atmos now, HDR10, HLG (HDR10+ is a Samsung thing I think, not sure that is needed?) and HDMI2.1 hardware (future proof rather than useful). All those would tick the boxes for me.