Ordered three

Thats been out for about a month now:

65EF950V

Aside from being flat, it also has the latest HDMI chip so will support HDR over HDMI aswell as streaming.

If you want curved (not sure why you would) there is also a newer version of this set, the 65EG960V. I don't think that will support HDR over HDMI, but it definitely does over streaming.

Additionally there have been improvements in panels since this set came out. This was an excellent price, Costco have had it at this for a while. But recently LG dropped the prices on the newer sets by £1000. With Currys 10% off TV vouchers you could effectively get both the newer sets for the same price, so I'd suggest anyone interested try to get one of those.

This now needs to drop in price further to be worthwhile.

Just took the plunge and bought the flat version.
Being delivered next Saturday.
The way I see it, I don't drink or smoke which can cost upwards of £20 per week.
I'm 40 with a 9 year old son and stay in to watch T.V most nights/weekends as entertainment.
I've had our last T.V 10 years.
10 years of smoking and drinking = £10,400
10 years of 65" OLED T.V ownership = £3,599
Easy decision for me!

Not a great fan of What HiFI to be honest. Recommending expensive HDMI cables/etc, I feel they are often more akin to those infomercials you see on TV :disappointed:

https://www.avforums.com/review/lg-65ef950v-ef950-ef9500-ultra-hd-4k-oled-tv-review.12014

AVForums have also reviewed it and I put much more stock in their reviews.

Just took the plunge and bought the flat version.
Being delivered next Saturday.
The way I see it, I don't drink or smoke which can cost upwards of £20 per week.
I'm 40 with a 9 year old son and stay in to watch T.V most nights/weekends as entertainment.
I've had our last T.V 10 years.
10 years of smoking and drinking = £10,400
10 years of 65" OLED T.V ownership = £3,599
Easy decision for me!

Why is that ?

There is suppose to be a flat panel version of this coming that also has better HDR support.

For this price i would want 4OD and ITV player.

i prefer curved, flat looks very business like.
oled tvs are amazing, shame about price.
think i will foget 4k and go for cheap 1080p oled

Bargain.

Looks like Currys have a new 10% code (LSTV10A) on the 950v (still out of stock though, but you can probably order in store) and the 960v (newer version of this 970V).

That brings both down to the same price as this deal, for then newer models. Therefore I think anyone considering this TV would be better off going for one of those.

Don't forget to TCB/Quidco, O2 Priority and if you work for the NHS or another affiliated company you can probably get discount on vouchers to knock another 5-8% off. Although I suspect in that case you'd lose CCA protection (if like me you like to make big purchases on credit card), since they'd likely say they cover the gift card purchase not the subsequent purchase using the gift cards.

Desperately waiting for the 65" flat to come down a bit more in price. It's staggeringly good :smiley:

Just to point out that I've used topcashback with success with reserve and collect orders.

The 55" inch was £2499, with the currys code £2249.

I then used o2 priority code when collecting to take it down to £2199.

I then have a currys gift card scheme through work that gets a 7% discount on a gift card. This ment that I paid £2045.07 plus an extra 1.57% possible topcashback.

Actually I wasn't. With the sole exception of 4k netflix, the web browser plus Media Player Classic experience on any PC with a reasonable processor (not just dedicated HTPC and especially not Kodi) is superior to built in apps. Granted you need a mouse, but that's it. On screen keyboard is way more efficient than any remote. We've 'coped' with no freesat and no freeview for years, having transitioned from live TV to all time on demand. Still pay TV licence mind you.

Having clarified that, i could not agree with you more. For me, I am buying a display and I want all my money invested in producing the best possible picture quality rather than marketing and producing remote friendly apps. That's why this TV owns any 65 inch Samsung out there.

Looks like Currys have a new 10% voucher code TVAD10%, but its only on the 930.

However, if you add both the 930 and the 960, the discount gets applied to both. Guess you could be cheeky and cancel the 930 afterwards. Unfortunately no 65" 950's, so can't use the trick for those :/

I think you have to consider that for a cheap box that is the core function. Moreover they only have one or two versions of hardware to support.

TV manufacturers have dozens of different hardware versions out in the wild. Moreove,r on each of those the onboard processor may be used for other functions as well. It's actually a very expensive business maintaining decent software, as it requires an expensive resource, skilled homo sapiens. Silicon, even the latest and greatest is relatively cheap by comparison.

They are of course missing a trick. If they made decent, well integrated software across their product line, they could lock people into their brand. Who really wants to be messing with several different UI's, getting things working together, etc. If say for example you bought everything Sony and it worked perfectly out of the box with each other. Had a consistent UI. Gave you killer functions, say streaming between your TV's around the house (i.e. TV A can stream to TV B), streaming to your Sony mobile of your sources at home, etc. But I guess they are in a chicken and egg situation. Do they invest in this first, or do they wait for the customers to be willing to pay for it :/

I have several HTPCs and while Kodi/Mediaportal/Plex are excellent jukeboxes and pretty good PVRs, the on demand TV experience sucks.
I have FreeSat/View for anything 'live', but I've not found SKY/Virgin necessary for a long time now, with netflix/amazon being a much better offering.

I mean that if you have smart features and they stop working, you can add the extenal box then. But its better to have them in the first place than not at all...

Agreed about picture quality, but don't believe that a 3K+ TV can't get the features that a 'cheap box' gets right.

I think he means a dedicated HTPC, not plug your desktop into it :smiley: A HTPC will be functionally far superior then any of the integrated offerings, both in terms of breadth of features and longevity.


Well unless you only watch using the built in receivers (terrestrial in this case, as I don't believe it has Freesat), you're going to be dealing with other remotes and UI's regardless. And I suspect people spending this sort of money will likely have other sources. For example I have a PS3/BD player, SKY HD, HTPC, Squeezebox, another Sat box. I just have a decent programmable multi function remote to at least resolve the remote issue.

We have Panasonic, Samsung and LG "smart" TV's in our household. We don't use any of the smart features. Precisely because its a hassle having to deal with each manufacturers take on Smart TV. And then find that they drop support a year or two down the line. Even if you stick to one manufacturer they are prone to make radical changes from generation to generation.

So I find it strange that you mention disjointed UI as an issue, yet describe lack of historic ongoing support as merely a criticism (have a check on AVForums and you'll see complaints of lack of support for even the most expensive TV's, for example Apps that disappear).

Using external boxes actually resolves the disjointed UI issue. As regardless of the set you choose to buy, the UI's remain consistent as your sources are external. Until there's more consistency and longevity of support I have little or no interest in built in smart features.

My priority is picture quality. As unlike Smart features, thats one thing you can't plug in an external source to remedy. And these OLEDs shine in that department.

You are being pedantic.
You are being condescending.
You don't use full stops.
The picture on this is truly incredible.
This is a fantastic deal.
Heat from me.

Up until yesterday both the 65EF950V and 65EG960V were the same price, including the TVS10% code at Currys.

Looks like that code expired yesterday (and they have no stock of the 950 online), so they are back upto £4k. Some people on AVForums have said certain independents matched that price. Also others said after the 950 went out of stock they got their local store to place the order and also give the 10% discount.

Before last week this was an excellent price. But since LG dropped the price and Currys offered the 10% off, I don't think it is any longer.

Not a great fan of What HiFI to be honest. Recommending expensive HDMI cables/etc, I feel they are often more akin to those infomercials you see on TV :disappointed:

https://www.avforums.com/review/lg-65ef950v-ef950-ef9500-ultra-hd-4k-oled-tv-review.12014

AVForums have also reviewed it and I put much more stock in their reviews.

JUST REVIEWED IN WHAT HIIFI
http://www.whathifi.com/lg/65ef950v/review

point us in the direction of an alternative OLED this size or bigger for this price or less.

Link to a better deal ?

This is the creme dela creme of large screen tv's, i have the 55" 1080p OLED and that is an amazing panel, this must be jaw dropping. heat added from me the 55" 1080p was only a grand cheaper on release

will probably be half price within 6 months.

Well a PC is pretty much useless for on demand TV, unless you plan to operate a Web browser with a keyboard and mouse from your sofa...


I guess you can add an external box (and the remote and disjointed UI that comes with it) for 4od and itv player, but why should you have to?

Samsung have been shipping the big players as apps for ages, panasonic have had Freetime or freeview play since 2013, Sony were lacking but are now shipping youview.

Lack of updates is a criciticsm, not a reason not to do it. I'd expect 3 grands worth of TV to get a decent lifetime of software updates...

Good deal, Haet

Well for that kind of cash for a tv, i would expect them to have alot more, yes there are easy and probably better alternatives but it's nice to have anyway.

Is 3d still being pushed? I thought it was a flop in real terms.

Nice deal but not right for me yet , voted hot

Yep, countless cheap alternatives to add smart features. And in fact many of them will fare much better, as TV manufacturers tend to drop support quite quickly, compared to dedicated boxes.

However, there is sod all you can do to make an LCD set produce PQ equivalent to an OLED.

Looks like they may have removed the 10% discount code from the OLEDs LTSTV10%. Also the 65" is out of stock now. However, some people on AVFroums have said you can order it in store, they may also apply the code still.

Awesome, just what I've been looking for, will look great in my bedroom

i had an 4k LG and yeah it doesn't have as many apps as my samsung..

Flat model: 4K for £4k at Currys.

nice to see OLED prices coming down, especially for 65", wish it was flat though, needing one for home cinema in near future, but still quite a bit out of my price range, especially when compared to other 65" LED TVs.

I'm not a fan of these curved TV's and would still prefer a flat panel. A report online says that to get the full benefit of "curved TV" the screen size needs to be 70 inches plus. Nevertheless this is a great TV, or would be if it were flat!

Currys have flatscreen at £3999 for 65 inch and 55 inch for £2499

No freesat hd?

Blinkbox , is that still going? I thought it was dead

Comes out at £65900 for me by the time i have built an extention large enough to warrant a tv that size, wish i had the money, would love a tv like that.

Ordered three

Gorgeous TV good price but out of my price range