2015 LG55EG910v £500 - Should I?

[Douglas Arfempty]

I've been offered a 2015 LG 55" curved OLED for £500. Apparently this TV retailed for around £1300 new a couple of years ago.

Not knowing enough about TV tech, would this be a better second hand purchase than a 2017 model something or another for £700 ish?

Would i be able to get similar tech now brand new for the price I'm being offered this older TV for?

Thanks in advance.

[Douglas Arfempty]

Just realised I've put this in the wrong forum!

Oooops. I've asked the mods to move it.

Apologies!

[gizlaroc]

It retailed for £2100.

It is a 1080p OLED and at £500 is a bargain.

The closest you will get to it is LGs own 55B7v which retails at £2300 but can be had for around £1700 shopping around.

This is a 4k model, but is of course £1200 more.

The 910 version you have been offered usually sells for around £600ish second hand, so £500 is a good price.

I am still using the 930, which is the same panel, just a slightly faster operating system for the smart TV features. I have bought some other 4k LCD/LED displays since having this from Samsung and Sony but they still don't come close to OLED.
Throw some 4K HDR at the LCD displays and they look great, but for regular TV, even regular 4k, the 1080p OLED still looks a hell of a lot better.

Buy it now for £500, sell it in a year or two for £400 and buy a 4k OLED then for £600.

No brainer.

[gizlaroc]

Just re read your original post, I thought you said 'would another £700 on a 2017 model be worth spending' but you meant 'this oled vs a new TV for £700'.

Just buy the OLED!!!!

There is no TV under £1700 you can buy today that will be as good.

[gizlaroc]

I'm talking nonsense, the 910 is the better set, it replaced the earlier 930, not the other way round.

£500 is an absolute steal.

[varsas]

The TV you mention is an OLED, which makes it different to the more common, and cheaper, LED tech. Some people (Gizlaroc and myself included) are big fans. OLED's have fantastic contrast. Your eyes are great at picking this out, so OLED images have a real 'pop' and deepness to them. For that reason I'd go for the OLED, and agree with Gizlaroc...I'd take the OLED even if it were the same price as the new LED based TV.