These OLED TV's have always been a risky deal to post on HUKD due to the high price and unfamiliarity with the technology.
However, with recent drops to £1,499, and then £1,399, the deals seem to be getting progressively hotter.
Perhaps £1,299 is far enough for most people or, maybe, we'll need them to fall to the sub-£1,000 bracket.
All I know is that this is an excellent deal for the successor to the 55EC930V, which would have set you back £2,999 in Currys last year.
Some people have been successful with price matches against this company with JL - others, not so much. It seems to be hit-and-miss these days.
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marathonic to hotuklols
22 Dec 1518#14
A 1080p OLED TV is a very long term investment if it's a 55 inch you're going for. The quality of the picture will be immense and you'll find it difficult to notice a difference at normal viewing distances.
Besides, 1080p is out many years now and Sky still aren't broadcasting at the quality one would see in a Blu-Ray. I don't know why people seem to think that all their broadcasts are going to become 4K over the next 3-4 years.
Desk to Gollywood
23 Dec 156#55
It's a totally new type of TV - after CRT, plasma and LCD.
To try and put it simply, an LCD/LED TV works by lighting up the back of the screen, and then lots of tiny filters try to control that light as it emerges through to the front. However, it's very difficult to block the light and achieve satisfying blacks, because of that constant general illumination.
With an OLED TV, each individual pixel is self illuminating. This means you can have the brightest whites right next to pixels that are truly as black as they can possibly be, offering amazing levels of contrast. You also get other bonuses such as superfast response rates and better motion.
Desk
stuellis to Danze1984
22 Dec 155#7
Easily, having seen OLED side by side at a demo LG had in Bluewater the difference between OLED and an ordinary backlit TV is far more impressive than the 4k v 1080p. Also it seems to get a 4k TV that can display 1080p well rules out the cheap 4k TV's and we are still years from 4k being mainstream
marathonic
22 Dec 154#29
Probably being asked by owners of 4K screens who can't understand why your image quality is so great.
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nightyard
22 Dec 15#1
I think sub £1000 for real heat; I am hopeful that this boxing day we will see OLED sub £1k.
Think I shall hold back for another year or two though before committing to OLED.
poisondwarf to nightyard
25 Dec 15#124
If that happens i ll seriously consider the buy button.
jonspurs
22 Dec 154#2
Heat given.
The only upgrade to my plasma I'd consider is a 4K OLED TV...waiting for that price to drop...!
mad2477
22 Dec 15#3
Yes yes more
cannibalwombat
22 Dec 152#4
Oh man I'd love an OLED TV. Have to say though, as such a hefty investment, I'd probably prefer 4K future-proofing!
Jaybeam
22 Dec 15#5
Game on! Been waiting for oleds to come down. Shame it's curved and 1080p but great price, good find OP
Danze1984
22 Dec 152#6
For this price, how can anybody justify not going for 4k?
stuellis to Danze1984
22 Dec 155#7
Easily, having seen OLED side by side at a demo LG had in Bluewater the difference between OLED and an ordinary backlit TV is far more impressive than the 4k v 1080p. Also it seems to get a 4k TV that can display 1080p well rules out the cheap 4k TV's and we are still years from 4k being mainstream
voodooboard to Danze1984
22 Dec 152#32
4K and HDR are gimmicks cooked up by LCD manufacturers. Instead of fixing the weaknesses in LCD panels (black level, viewing angles, uniformity motion, colour saturation) they are going for the absolute easiest and least necessary 'improvements' in order to sucker uninformed consumers. 4K in a 50" panel is technically easy and totally unnecessary.
Whereas OLED panel manufacturers are legitimately trying to improve in these much needed areas.
Think about this before you buy a 4K LCD set: the biggest and most expensive blockbusters this year - Jurassic Park, Star Wars - have 2K DIs. The digital master copy of the finished movie is barely more than 1080p (~10% higher res). They have all these millions of dollars to shoot the movie and they have decided that 2K is enough on a gigantic cinema screen. And you think you need it in your living room? Nope.
Dragon32
22 Dec 15#8
I'm hanging out for the OLED to go down to under £500 for a 42" as I think they are the way to go.
mcormack to Dragon32
22 Dec 15#10
Yeh they got rose tinted glasses on sale at Harrods this week!
add23 to Dragon32
22 Dec 152#28
hahaha best joke I have heard all year. ;-)
pops1975
22 Dec 15#9
You've surely got a wait on your hands?
spannerzone to pops1975
22 Dec 151#11
Probably a couple of years max, 4K was expensive and now they're cheap as chips, £300+ chips that is.but still dirt cheap. OLED will be the same once they've got the initial bleeding edge customers buying them now to recoup some of the massive investment made into OLED
Dragon32 to pops1975
23 Dec 15#81
Yes - I'm in no rush as the 42" 720p Hitachi LCD TV my friend gave me 6+ years ago is still going strong.
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Opening post
However, with recent drops to £1,499, and then £1,399, the deals seem to be getting progressively hotter.
Perhaps £1,299 is far enough for most people or, maybe, we'll need them to fall to the sub-£1,000 bracket.
All I know is that this is an excellent deal for the successor to the 55EC930V, which would have set you back £2,999 in Currys last year.
Some people have been successful with price matches against this company with JL - others, not so much. It seems to be hit-and-miss these days.
Top comments
Besides, 1080p is out many years now and Sky still aren't broadcasting at the quality one would see in a Blu-Ray. I don't know why people seem to think that all their broadcasts are going to become 4K over the next 3-4 years.
To try and put it simply, an LCD/LED TV works by lighting up the back of the screen, and then lots of tiny filters try to control that light as it emerges through to the front. However, it's very difficult to block the light and achieve satisfying blacks, because of that constant general illumination.
With an OLED TV, each individual pixel is self illuminating. This means you can have the brightest whites right next to pixels that are truly as black as they can possibly be, offering amazing levels of contrast. You also get other bonuses such as superfast response rates and better motion.
Desk
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Think I shall hold back for another year or two though before committing to OLED.
The only upgrade to my plasma I'd consider is a 4K OLED TV...waiting for that price to drop...!
Whereas OLED panel manufacturers are legitimately trying to improve in these much needed areas.
Think about this before you buy a 4K LCD set: the biggest and most expensive blockbusters this year - Jurassic Park, Star Wars - have 2K DIs. The digital master copy of the finished movie is barely more than 1080p (~10% higher res). They have all these millions of dollars to shoot the movie and they have decided that 2K is enough on a gigantic cinema screen. And you think you need it in your living room? Nope.