Voted cold, screen size not specified.

Plus because it's organic presumably it needs watering, and sunshine, so not suitable for most people.

really doubt it's organic as it's curved, gmo for sure...

I have the first release of this with carbon fibre back, my Panasonic Vt65 plasma pic quality looks much better imho. Wouldn't touch a 4K lcd though, I'm waiting on the 4K Oleds to drop :smiley:

​not true at all there has been flat oleds before curved so stop talking nonsense

Simply the best TV ever, astonishing picture.

By the way if you live in the North East, I just saw this exact model of TV in Fenwicks in Newcastle for £1249 and they do 12 months 0% finance if anyone is interested but doesn't have the grand to drop straight away. I am still sitting wondering whether to go back and get one <3

£1k+ for a telly - something I will never understand.... :neutral_face:

Already owned ,got JL to price match marks electrical who had it for 1229 at the time.The curve is very slight to be honest .I returned a Samsung ue55 ju6510 4 k due to lack of content and poor smart features .Its a stunning looking TV with a little or no bezel but after owning a 4k decent brand v oled non 4k I have to be honest and say the OLED doesn't match the Samsung 4k picture quality

Agree; without OLED I don't see how issues with the black light can be overcome in order to produce an image even close to what OLED can achieve.

Should one purchase a good quality 4K or OLED? Looking for a curved television 55 plus inch however do not really have 4K and it is surplus to my requirement.

OLED has made me a happy man. After ditching 2 expensive LCD with the light bleed and clouding on dark scenes it had to be done guys you will never look back.

you may be right. time will tell. 4k from what I understand has sold pretty damn well despite the poor levels of available media. The lower pricing of 4k is mainly down to competition. 3d is a whole other kettle of fish, it flopped because people hate wearing the glasses and the feature doesn't translate to a better movie experience than normal 2d. LG as the only OLED game in town may keep the prices higher, but I suspect they will want to get market share, and for that they will have to price more similarly to the competitors, despite the OLED tech being superior. LG need to make their r&D outlay back, and that needs volume. Niche high pricing won't cut it long term. Only time will tell, and I have no idea where the optimal price is, but I suspect it's the £1k mark. This is the threshold other manufacturers start the bottom of their 'premium' line if tvs.

Got one of these awesome tv . Really deep blacks and very thin tv . Speakers are poor for a tv this expensive you will defo need soundbar

It certainly was expensive, compared to TV's today. I paid £1800. But I can say that I've never regretted the outlay.

You might be right but my guess is different. 3D TV's were a flop, 4k is struggling to take hold and has some challenges with production and distribution around cost. OLED is the next premium product with not much in the pipeline after it. I suspect OLED will hold its price far longer than 3D or 4k but this is a guess.

Bought the 55ec980w nearly 2 years ago. Best tv ever owned or seen since. I often walk thru the likes of JL or Currys and whilst it is matched by modern oleds nothing surpasses a properly calibrated 980w oled with a decent image source.

I'd bet money the price point for a 49 oled. 4k will drop under £1000 mark in the next 12 months.... assuming the pound doesn't get screwed by brexit.... This is judging by lg pricing strategy leading to Xmas each year...

Quality TV for that price, the picture on this tv is top notch, a bit off topic just wanted to ask got a panny tv my self few years ago, can't seem to find the remote, is it something i can claim on the 5 yr warranty or would have to buy a replacement from Panasonic, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Input Lag = 39ms Review here
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Very interesting comment re the darker and detail areas. Makes me wonder if OLED still has some maturing to do or maybe Lg are reserving the best performance for higher end models.

A HDR TV that isn't OLED. Recently the radeon technology group said that most people prefer HDR + 1080p over no HDR and 4k.

A friend was at GDC this year and demo'd dolby vision, he said it really is a game changer. Of course they were obviously using material that will show HDR video at its best, but still it really seems like something you want on a purchase of this size.

The new blu-ray format does indeed support HDR, but it is not mandatory. There is some HDR content on Amazon Prime too.

The last time I looked at OLED 4K TVs they were stunning on HD/4K/BluRay sources and woeful on SD sources - so has that changed? We still watch some SD material... Wheeler Dealers for example...

I was comparing the VT to my 55ea9800, if you have a look the prices on that were near 8k on release :wink:

It's not just about the blacks, and theirs not that much in it :smiley: plus the VT can do shadow detail/dark areas a lot better than my Oled.

I thought that not even blu-ray provides an HDR signal; isn't there a new version coming out that will? Wonder how long it will be before Ultra HD programmes / HDR format get broadcast? and how much will it cost to subscribe to such services?

So what would you rather have an OLED TV or a HDR TV without OLED? If money is no object we would all buy the very best.

HDR and then 8K.... the TV industry has great ways of making people upgrade..

So what would you rather have an OLED TV or a HDR TV without OLED? If money is no object we would all buy the very best.

as far as I know Panasonic currently cannot manufactur OLED,so those OLED pannels are probably sourced by LG.I know Samsung used to make some OLED tvs but they stopped,due to cost /yeald issues at the time,which is a shame as their OLED screens in S7/Note 5 phobes are the best in business.however they said they are going to resume OLED production after LGs success and sorting out the issues.which is great news as I think Samsung will be the best,I always prefer Samsung to LG.just higher quality and superior technology..I currently own a Panasonic ST30 Plasma and like it quite alot,however I think Panasonic is done,will no longer buy their tvs since they stopped making plasmas and also they started rebadging some of their LCD TVs.Sony also is left behind..will be looking forward to Samsung OLEDs at the £1000 mark..probably next years? Or two?

Exactly. It is not the same thing at all.

So what if OLED is bright? If the set can't handle a HDR source then it doesn't matter.

HDR for photography and tech such as dolby vision is not the same.

I have this. I think it's amazing and worth every penny. Everyone who visits the house says it looks like it's in 3D when it's on a normal HD channel. The only gripe I have is it loses its internet connection when using apps like Now TV - I have to go into network settings which is a bit annoying. Third world problems and that.... :wink:

There are still no 4K channels so I don't see the point in a 4K TV (yet). OLED is an amazing picture NOW. But I can totally see why the price puts many off. I spend a lot of time sitting on my **** watching TV so it's worth the investment to me.

LG have just figured out how to do these flat (the curve is a technical limitation, NOT a feature) so expect usable versions of these lovely screens within the next year or two. Until then, look after your plasmas :smiley:

It's got nothing todo with HDR from photography, so you don't know. HDR is a new colour gamut standard used from the recording equipment, editing suite, Storage media and finally the TV. There's no "apparently" about it, because the whole industry will use it from start to end you physically get more colours than you would have before.

Have this too and would highly recommend. Not a huge fan of LG tv's but the picture on this still amazes me at times and picture seems to improve even more after a month or two of usage as it is running itself in.

Yes but its a telly!? With age eye sight only gets worse whats the point in all this high resolution in tiny boxes.. is there nothing else to do like just sit for hours and watch into this box... I think I am too old to understand...
Spend loads on a car and have fun yes, spend loads on a house yes, spend loads on holidays yes, telly no....Actually if I would be wiling to spend more than £1k to watch movies then my choice would be projector :wink: Bigger screen, reasonable resolution, no need to strain eyes or have glasses on, more options and easily hidden taking less space.

I have this telly. Worth every single penny. Hot from me.

And panny OLED is made by LG lol!

There is no question,OLED TVs beat ANY other TV.
heat,not a fan of LG,but currently appear to be the only company that makes OLED tvs.
samsung,panasonic and sony are going to start/ restart OLED tv production from nex year.

NOT HDR!!!

I have the first release of this with carbon fibre back, my Panasonic Vt65 plasma pic quality looks much better imho. Wouldn't touch a 4K lcd though, I'm waiting on the 4K Oleds to drop :smiley:

Prices will drop but then something new will be about. If it goes for around £1k then prob buy it...

The fact that people spend so much money on a tv still baffles me. Mind you I would love to have the spare cash to do this.

Ditto for you and OLED; I understand HDR from photography.

HDR is primarily a way to give LCD screens an apparently better picture without using expensive / OLED screens. It seems to be a 'feature' to get people to buy Ultra HD TVs.

I think an OLED screen will give a more realistic picture than an HDR one.

I had a Samsung curved 48" UE48JU6510 which is in another room now. I thought that was a nice tv, wanted a bigger screen and went for the tv the op posted and never looked back. You cant beat the blacks you get of oled, it really does stand out.

I like LG's cinema 3d as well so much better than the active my other Samsung tv has.
Jumped on the 4k bandwagon and its just to early in the technology, Netflix 4k is no better than current Blu-Ray due to bandwith restrictions.
More than happy with my oled purchase it will do me for 3 years or so.

There's plenty of curved organic things, I quite like these >

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEOkeAI2wgE

I had a Samsung curved 48" UE48JU6510 which is in another room now. I thought that was a nice tv, wanted a bigger screen and went for the tv the op posted and never looked back. You cant beat the blacks you get of oled, it really does stand out.

I like LG's cinema 3d as well so much better than the active my other Samsung tv has.
Jumped on the 4k bandwagon and its just to early in the technology, Netflix 4k is no better than current Blu-Ray due to bandwith restrictions.
More than happy with my oled purchase it will do me for 3 years or so.

Sorry but with a comment like that I don't think you understand what HDR is...

Oled demos in the shops are always showing a black background with flowers popping up, very impressive, but nothing like what i would watch at home.
i would not buy an oled tv, without first trying it at home in real world conditions.
do they judder on slow pan and scans, how comfortable are they to watch in low light etc etc

I'm amazed lol. The inky black of OLED trashes plasma out of the box. Both my VT mates also made the switch immediately as plasma value ain't exactly holding.

Slightly better to the eye but the VT does much better shading, the panny just has the more realistic pic and just look more pleasing to the eye.

Both are pro calibrated, I ran them side by side for a good 8/10 hours using various material but the in the end the VT has stopped where it is and the 55ea9800 is in the bedroom. I would have been very happy with the LG though if I didn't have the panny, it's a great TV.

HDR + 4K OLED at this price and I'd bite. Give it a few years I guess.

I saw the 930V in store before and they are damn near the same. I think there may have been some minor fixes in the new iteration as there was some problems on the 930V's colour output (something about it appearing slightly purple-ish when outputting whites), I personally didn't see it in store but that was what I read online at the time.
Also the whole LG ecosystem is meant to be smoother and less clunky to use (using the apps and things like netflix and amazon Prime). Again, I had no experience as I only saw the 930V in store but can say that the 910V's is very smooth and have experienced no problems with it. I got JL to price match with Crampton and Moore (which were selling it for 1399 at the time), so for 100 more seemed worth it.

I have this. Only the third and fourth gen LG oleds are superior. I've come from panny land too. If you feed this monster correctly..ie blurays the picture is astonishing. I say this because there's a major conspiracy going on with HD tv channels in this country. sky is running low bit rate trash. HBO thrones is vastly superior to sky Atlantic thrones but the bluray annihilates them both. Netflix..ymmv.

Production OLED is still in it's infancy. However for those wondering if the price will drop- LG are investing over £5bn on a massive new factory dedicated to OLED production ready for 2018, as they believe it is the future and have bet the farm on it. Prices will almost certainly start to drop rapidly in the next few years when that happens.

Been this price for the last couple of months. Got the newer model to this (55EG910v) and love it. Better than most 4k displays even at 1080p. Deepest blacks you can get, only slight thing you'll notice however is that the whites aren't as bright as you'd see on other TV's like Sammy's or Sony's. But after looking at this and then looking at Samsung's 4k, the Samsung just looks artificial.

Good deal, voted hot.
Can't justify ditching my Plasma just yet though, my ideal upgrade path is OLED 4K which I'm happy to wait for as the Plasma is a brilliant picture anyway and I've only had it a couple of years.
Here's hoping for further price drops!

Saw a demo of the 4k version of this and my jaw hit the floor. Unbelievable picture. Hopefully when they drop the curved screen and go back to flat, it will be this sort of money

I have this TV and not that impressed with mine also. Its ok, but after reading excellent reviews I expected that picture will be much better. I've tried for hours different settings, calibration, etc. and still found that my 5 years old LG led tv (Not 4k) have better picture! Maybe I am doing something wrong. :-(.

http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/lg/55ec930v/lg-55ec930v

same price + 6 year guarantee

Yes just about, had it less than a year

My plasma is on it's way out. LG have offered me a refund and I'm very keen on getting an OLED. Wondering if I should buy this now or if the price will drop much further

Standard price though now. Great TV no doubt and get you away from LCD and into those beautiful perfect blacks

Awesome TV, puts most 4k's to shame

Voted cold, screen size not specified.

Plus because it's organic presumably it needs watering, and sunshine, so not suitable for most people.