buys OLED, uses the worst quality media he can for it.

well done. why dont you spend £10,000 on a speaker setup then play magnetic tape through them?

no hdr
no 4k
no deal

This wont get hot because people think that they need 4k, but this is a fantastic TV!

Well worth every penny in my opinion. These LG OLED's make even the most expensive last gen Panasonic Plasmas look like a joke.

I have gone round the houses with 3 x 4k Televisions - 2 x Android TV (1 x Sony Bravia KD55X85 - hated the OS - slow - buffy - kept resetting itself etc...) 1 x Philips 55PUT6400 55 Inch 4K UltraHD Smart Android TV - slow again - motion control awful - picture rubbish) - and finally Buy Samsung UE55JU6800 - the best of the initial 3 - but not great with my cinema receiver - arc not working properly and motion control not the best.


Then spent a bit more to get this - I was a skeptic of the curved screen on paper - but in my house I can see no reflections and picture is awesome all sitting angles and the picture might be only Full HD - but - way better that the 3 4k TV's I tried, and I know from photography that resolution is not always the most important thing, so for my money - its a winner - until the 4K oled's come into price range........

There's currently not much available on Amazon and a lot of the films are not included in the Prime subscription. Sky Q is expensive as it's just released but to be fair it is a big change up from the standard Sky system and is quite promising even not including the upcoming 4K content. Even standard Sky packages are expensive at full price.
I think 4K Blu Ray may be the game changer as not overly wowed by the current 4k streaming on Netflix so far

Amazon prime is 79 quid a year and includes 4k and HDR streaming.

I wonder how much of that 4k content will just be 1080p upscaled just like a lot of HD channels showed upscaled SD content.

​2 curves like a wave effect on the screen

I'm really struggling too weighing up the 1080p v 4K

If you can wait they will be below 1k very soon, everything is going 4k now, this time next year the same tv will be this price but in 4k. Yes, i know it's only my opinion. :P

Quote from another website re sky 4k streaming service ;
Customers who already have Sky Broadband or Sky Sports or Sky Movies packages in place can get their hands on the basic 8-tuner Sky Q set-top box with 4K streaming for a £99 one-time installation cost and subsequent monthly payments of £42 for the subscription.

So £500 p/yr for 4k streaming .. hhmmm.. let me think about it for considerably less than a nano second.. the answer is no....nadda... not happening..

Could be a number of years before 4k is available at a low cost...

All these people moaning about no 4k, 75% of people don't even view 1080p sources on their TVs still.

There isn't even a 4k home media standard yet for gods sake!

Not to mention the fact you have to sit closer to the screen than most people will be comfortable with just to appreciate the extra detail over 1080p

I love 4k, it looks awesome but for most consumers it isn't the same quantum leap that 1080p was over SD. The majority of people will never be close enough to the tv to appreciate the advantage.

It's 4k with HDR that may be a substantial leap up from 1080p but it's still early days and like others have said 1080p hasn't really been fully implemented across broadcasters. 1080p has been implemented in TVs for over 10 years now

no hdr
no 4k
no deal

in currys they have stand for OLED TV - and there was LG 55EC930V "1080p & LG 55EF950V 4k
So I have chance to look the difference Same video file on the tvs
default settings/same setting in menu :
1 difference in Gama - the 4k was more brighter but same gama 2.2 white balance on for 4k was more pleasant where 930V was more warm white + these extra pixel video look little more sharper on 4k
2 Clarity " I know 4k will be better it is not about this - the video l was 1080p and on 4k oled some way sharper more details image how they done this ? "
3 Motion clarity looks like 4k handle better

TV price difference in half - basically you can buy x 2 OLED 1080 vs one 4k

Decision

Hot. 1080p sets are more than a viable option for years to come. The image on this will look more than acceptable and better than LCDs showing full HD. And on a set this size, 4K isn't going to be the jump between digital SD and HD. Well worth serious consideration IMO if buying a 55" set.

I wasn't talking about the technology, I was stating that 4k resolution on a 55 inch TV is noticeable when compared to a 1080p resolution, and therefore should be taken into consideration when purchasing a TV of this size.

Unfortunately its only the marketing people who are laughing at this one....only stopping briefly to think of their next gimmick to get the gullible general public to buy a new tv...

Hows that the worst quality media? Kodi isn't a media it's just basically a file manager.

Any idea on how it performs on input lag for gaming?

Yeah I know they're meant to be good I've got the last plasma that Samsung released which is the next best thing to OLED. I want 4K but can't afford an OLED so I'd end up with LED ,I'm probably not going to bother ans stick with my plasma

I've narrowed it down to this tv (£1300) vs Samsung UE55JS9000 at an extra £350

Any thoughts?

my fault I put an expiry date in the post, thanks for the good info and making it even more difficult choice between 1080p oled or Hisense 65 720 must buy before F1 starts .

Why is this expired?????

A 1080p OLED set has a much better picture than any 4k non-OLED, let alone at this price.

In what world is Kodi low quality?
Depending on the hardware, it'll play 4k 60fps. Or 10bit 1080p (good luck getting 10bit from blu ray).
Even a Raspberry Pi will play a full 50GB blu ray rip in Kodi.

I'd have to expect 4k for that amount of money

4k isn't a concern for the size of the screen. If you're gonna go bigger then 4k is a viable option but still very limited content available right now and there's the cost of upgrading internet, Blu Ray, Sky Q etc to consider

Friendly Fire, thanks for taking time to advise and clarify on this thread. Much appreciated. It's not like we are considering purchasing a £10 piece of meat, this is, even by hot deals standards, a big purchase

Would be good if other manufacturers did get on board a bit. The Panasonic looks incredible using the LG panel but a bit out of my price range. Just don't get all this need for curved screens

Must admit, I considered this TV about 12 months ago but just couldn't justify the spend. This is seriously seriously tempting now.

I guess my only concern is the non4k but saying that, the pictures I've seen this display in john Lewis was nothing sort of sensational!!

I don't see oled going any where unles they come up with a better newer cheaper tech. Samsung will be in oled screens by next year along with Sony aswell. Then they will battle for our cash and prices will drop. This is the reason why a monopoly is never a good thing. At the moment lg has the monopoly but not for too much longer.

Great price for the tv but for me it's more about these oled dropping in price very fast. With Panasonic now entering the oled market and no doubt other high end manufacturers next year these sets will plumet. Heat added

I have one of these it's a fantastic set. Gaming on it is excellent!!!

can you possibly share your calibrated settings?

Also because this model has been superseded it's likely that the stock in stores will begin to run out soon. Later made panels also seem to be having much less of the issues during earlier production like pink/yellow tint. Plus John Lewis have a pretty good guarantee plus there's the 90 day return thing if not completely happy.

^ friendly fire, can the television calibration be done at home by oneself or does it need a professional to do it?

This is a great TV, does need some calibration/tweaking to get the best picture as the settings out of the box aren't great. The motion issues seem to have disappeared via recent software updates as i'm noticing hardly any issues with it now. Looks amazing with Blu Ray or decent HD material and the 3D isn't bad either. Standard def broadcasts don't look good.
The newer version of this, the 910 is more expensive but I think looks cheaper due to the plastic stand and white back plate. Also has one less HDMI and less powerful internal speakers. But it does benefit from a better processor for the WebOS and of course is the latest model so may have more future support/updates.

Bought this TV about 8 months ago for £1800, a couple of friends have since bought top end 4k sets, Samsung and Sony, I wouldn't swap my Oled for either. Great tv, great price. Heat.

We still don't have full HD broadcasts yet via Sky which is also a joke.

No 4k? What a joke.

Stunning price - this is the real deal. Great post OP

Heat added for all you geeks. :smile:
We have some real tv geeks here, I love it. I have a Plasma and no way would I swap it for this Oled.

This is why I am reluctant to even bother buying a 4K HDTV at the moment. You'll pay £1k for a good one (not this cheap tat that a good 1080p panel can match) and there is hardly any content that will improve the fidelity over 1080p.

Plus in 5 years time when we do have a wealth of 4k content, 4k OLED will likely be totally dominant in everything from £500 up and make even the best multi £k LCD 4k TVs of today look like turd. These OLED LG's are bloody amazeballs when you see them in person.

Been hunting for a 40" oled, anyone know if any on the horizon?

We fully researched curved TV's unless they are at least 70" they are not worth buying.

I still have a Panasonic 50" v20 plasma TV that is 6 years old and cost £1400 in 2010. Been looking at a new TV but honestly the picture isn't any better than my current Tv.

Magnetic Tape! not heard of them. Can you recommend one of their albums? :smiley:

I bought one of these for Kodi. Horrible banding and colour cast, but the blacks are great.

This is a great price!

Technology is evolving so quickly at the moment, UHD and 4k will be the standard in 2 - 3 years. Buy a cheaper set now and in 3 years spend the big bucks

I have one of these and the picture is fantastic. Constantly wowed by hd material. Sorry but the 4K and HDR is just a marketing to get you to part with hard earned cash. Where is the content. One or two shows on Amazon and Netflix. You are not likely to see any difference at the 55 end of the screen size. When I bought this it was next to the 4K oled, I could not tell the difference. Motion handling and colour accuracy are great compared to LCD. Sure they are all over blown when in Store Mode stick on cinema or expert 1 setting and you get a fantastic more realistic picture. For those that liked Plasma this is the one for you.

The motion resolution of this LG OLED is the same as for typical LCDs (including high end models). This is what you would expect given that both displays use "sample and hold" i.e. display one image in freeze frame until the next frame comes along. Without interpolation you get 300 lines of resolution. With interpolation that doubles to 600 lines.

Plasma didn't have sample and hold because it is inherently a flashing display technology. (For much of the tim e a plasma screen is actually black but retinal persistence makes it look like a constant image.) Some LCDs (Sony and Samsung) mimic this with Black Frame Insertion (BFI) - it improves the motion but reduces the brigness of the display.

Plasmas could get up to 1080 lines of motion resolution. Plasmas such as the last two generations from Panasonic and the last generation from Samsung could achieve motion resolution of 1080 - as could Sony and Samsung LCDs with BFI.

You can buy one atm for £2200
Do you really think it will take 5 years to go down to £1300
This LG 55EC930V was around £2000 not so long ago.

Just my opinion, these just look much nicer physically, you don't get infinite blacks with Plasmas and lets not forget Plasma TV's weren't exactly niggle free themselves. I've seen a few of these on test and I've not noticed any motion handling issues.

Well worth every penny in my opinion. These LG OLED's make even the most expensive last gen Panasonic Plasmas look like a joke.

Same in Richer Sounds but with 6 year guarantee (although have to go in store). The picture quality is excellent on, the only things that put me off are the colour accuracy and poor motion handling.

This wont get hot because people think that they need 4k, but this is a fantastic TV!

Still waiting for <£1,000