2015 1st OLED generation set with all the bugs and baggage. -No HDR and poor sound. All the manufacturers have dropped Curved sets (apart from Samsung) and even LG admit they got it wrong with curved.

For this price range, go for a top end LED 2016 set with HDR and Ultra UHD Premium credentials

This is not a 1st generation set and the reviews on this set speak for them self.

​Utter rubbish. I paid £1200 for the 930v and I've not seen any LED come close to it's picture quality. I don't even miss the 4K on Netflix because just the HD picture is stunning. Give me OLED any day over LED where it just cannot match the blacks of OLED. Also so many LED screens suffer horibble backlight bleed. Just read reviews of OLED and you'll get the picture.

2015 1st OLED generation set with all the bugs and baggage. -No HDR and poor sound. All the manufacturers have dropped Curved sets (apart from Samsung) and even LG admit they got it wrong with curved.

For this price range, go for a top end LED 2016 set with HDR and Ultra UHD Premium credentials

Heated

2016 sets look the biz, but at a considerable premium.....

HDTV Test

Mmmmm, Dolby Vision goodness.

Nope your wrong, check out the LG 2016 signature range, their built-in sound is full 10-bit HDR dolby and has had musicians and movie bods drooling with envy...

So, the fact you fail to mention the banding issues, poor colour accuracy and motion blur/jagged edges, the god awful upscaling of SD content..... It's ok, naturally you're going to try and justify your poor choice. :sunglasses:

What would you recommend for sub-£2000?

Worth waiting or splashing out for 2016 models. I've been waiting for an OLED too. http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/oled-sweep-201604064274.htm

​http://www.trustedreviews.com/lg-55ec930v-review

£1200 bargain and I have not found one fault with it yet. you talk garbage.

I still can't decide on one of these. It's either this or the Sony 9305 which is getting decent reviews.

Reviewed: 04 December 2014............ Yes, you stick with your prehistoric TV :smile:

Haha, read ur own link: http://www.trustedreviews.com/lg-55ec930v-review - reviewed in Dec 2014

LOL, yes the reviews were amazing in 2014 :smile:

Oh and I suggest you read up on HDR..... a tv from 2014 doesn't just magically update to HDR with a firmware upgrade.
Can't believe how many uninformed people there is like you.

​That's right and still knocks the pants off the 2015 plastic cheap build backlight bleeding Samsung LED.
Best thing I ever did was get this prehistoric OLED.

I bought this TV last November. Staggeringly brilliant picture and a bargain at that price. Sound quality is not an issue as I use a sound base, but that is the only minor criticism I can give this excellent TV.

As far as I'm aware you need one with a later ZD build code which is HDR compatible.

Yeah but that's basically a sound bar attached to the tv so not a fair comparison, i could stick a sound bar on any tv and then say it's got good sound

Currys and PC World are also selling the same model for the same price, with the 5 year guarantee.
However, they are also offering the Cash for Goals on top, where you get £10 cashback for every goal scored by your chosen UK or ROI team in the European Championships.
Also 1.5%/1.57% Quidco/Topcashback.

nick, the reason they are holding their price is because no other manufacturer is doing LED at this price and LG actually raised the prices of their older OLEDs (like this one) for that very reason.

Price does not = quality in this case, its simply because have the monopoly of OLED right now.
These are last years models, there is no HDR. Only the 2016 LGs have HDR etc.

I'm slating them because people like you are vomiting misinformation on these 2015 LG OLEDs

Does this include watching sky HD? With their awful bitrate and compression.

As pointed out by a reviewer, if you get the model ending ZD you get HDR.

This TV scored 9 - 9.5 out of 10 on all the review sites I have looked at, please tell me a better TV you can get for this price? The newer models are going to cost you a lot more.

Also long term use of these TVs has yet to be realised and there are reports of colour fading after as little as 3 years. So 5 year warranty is a must!

Good price yes but it would be crazy to buy something now without HDR

10 Bit HDR is the picture, not sound. Anyway, if you can drop 2K on a TV, why the heck would you use inbuilt speakers?!

​Whatever I watch on this TV through virgin media I'm totally satisfied with. I Had an expensive LED and it was pants against this. I buy a tv for picture quality not sound. Couldn't give a stuff about HDR. Right here right now OLED is the **** and totally satisfied with my purchase.

As mentioned previously, you are wrong. The ZD builds of this tv have HDR. Its the older ZA builds that do not.

ZA has HDR via streaming but not HDMI. ZD is both. The 960 does not have Dolby vision HDR which the 2016 models have. A lot of misinformation in this thread. Those with ZA boards have been getting free upgrades to the ZD board via LG which is commendable.

There is .... there are

3 hdmi inputs is a strange choice. When 4 is the norm :confused:

Soundbar? I went 7.1 and amp and 500w sub to do the picture justice. This tv is a movie/gaming dream.

I had my heart set on OLED when it first arrived to buy. Later with research and instore test found curved screen rubbish, fine for above 55" models but brain cant accept it. Bought Samsung UE75000, satisfied with it so far but looking forward to hdr+suhd+oled infuture.

Surely better off getting the flat EF950V from Currys for the same price, improved panel and no worries about whether it's HDR compatible (it is btw)

Recently purchased the ef950 now that is untouchable as a TV!

3 is a strange choice. Which Sony was it out of interest. I've still got a hx853 55" coming up to 5 years old that has 4.

Just read the hdtv test reviews on the original 930 and this one in the thread. And after reading it all it just seems that this technology as far as TVs are concerned are in their infancy. And a few of the things that lcd led had are still prominent. Too be honest I'd want a near perfect set for this type of money. Motion and streaks and uniformity are all still issues. One thing my w829 bedroom TV excels at for a fraction of the cost. I'll be waiting a few years for improvements and content when there will be more competition and better pricing. Those deep blacks are nice though. And without doubt i will be on board eventually. Just not yet!

It was a KDL-46X3000 linky here

No wonder then, it's nearly 10 years old. So they thought 3 was needed then. But with fire sticks chrome cast, Arc, bluray, consoles etc still 3? Strange.

If my budget stretched to it, this would be a contender, we're looking to replace the ancient Sony in the lounge.
TV shopping = headache. So many buzzwords floating about, but unsure if they're worth paying more for. OLED looks great in-store FWIW.

There's no such thing as a perfect tv. Every technology has its linitations/problems. Even the E6 has its problems... although a great improvement over previous flagship models.

Some people see issues, others don't. Dont get so caught up in looking for issues.

http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/55eg960v-201504224046.htm pretty decent and glowing review of it here.

do not buy LG tv's... they use there own **** apps which are useless, also the 60" 4k one I have won't let you have sound out the speakers and fiber-optic so I have to **** about with the sound settings so I can enable the sound bar to watch a movie the user interface is buggy and is a pain to navigate, also they have no av out so CCTV systems and old PCs will not work, and with only 3 hdmi's it's a joke

all i can say is boys and their TOYS

Shouldn't have to buy a soundbar on a 2 grand TV.

my point is turn down TV turn on sound bar, but that is a pain as I need to access sound setting on the TV, change from TV speakers to optical out and save it, then come out of the menu and then turn on the sound bar, then once I watched the film I need to turn off sou d bar then access setting, sound output then select speakers from the TV. and I changed from a 60" Sony bravia android TV because I wanted a better res when watching films played from the 4k action cam we have.. wish I never did tbh as it feels like a huge let down and not worth the £1200 I spent

Electrostatic speakers are very thin (flat membrane) and can sound amazing. There are also high end low profile traditional cone speakers by the likes of KEF for AV use. It's driven by economics more than the lack of available technology.

When people talk about good sound quality, they often mean with greater than the average bass presence. Electrostatic speakers tend not to have great bass presence, simply because to produce bass, you need a large amount of air moved to great large pressures. B&O have employed many low profile subs in cars such as Audis, and while they're good, they can't match the depth of sound produced for high excursion equivalents.

'Set'? Are you a 70 year old in the 1970's?

Don't know what world you live on but a monitor is made for viewing only. A TV is for displaying pictures AND sound.
If you have been hoodwinked into buying a superthin TV which has no audiovisual benefit over a wider set with proper speakers and potentially also subwoofer built in then more fool on you, suppose your last set was edge lit.
Would have thought that you would have noticed recent sets getting wider to accomodate proper speakers or newer sets being bundled with integrated soundbars.
I've over 4 grand of AVR and 7.1 speaker looking at me now but am not going to turn them on for the wife to watch Corrie...but if you spend 2k on a TV with cack sound and puny 10 watt speakers then good for you. My missus is happy enough with her 40 watts of TV speaker on from a TV which is half this price to watch her soaps.

I found Lg 55ec930v refurbished by LG for 899 pounds.Picture quality should be similar. LG 55ec930v

I'd prefer TVs didn't have speakers at all, tweeted this to LG and they said they would pass comment on to design team... fingers crossed :smiley:

I'd tend to agree that it's pointless to fit speakers that are so cheap that everything sounds flat or tinny, especially to supposed high end TV's as you just turn them off. But there are plenty of makers that can do TV sound right ( although they tend not to be ultra-thin). Running out and buying a soundbar seems to reward the makers shortcomings.

Surely 3 HDMI's is more than enough, most people will input into their AV reciever that has say 8 ports and pass through to a single HDMI on the TV..

I've only ever used 1 HDMI... as you say, the AV has more than enough

I'd have expected folk dropping so much on a TV would all have a seperate sound system, I've had surround sound since around 1993 and couldn't live without it!

For example, Currys are selling the new E6 version for £3799.

£4K on AVR equipment alone? Surely this is madness

Good price for a very good oled tv. Depending on viewing distance this tops a 4k panel all day long. I'm tempted by the 930 that can be had for £1199 from richer sounds. I was going to go 4k but since I'll be sitting 10ft away and the max size I can get is 55" then it's a no brainer to go oled if you have the funds.

Picked up the LG 55EG920V from Costco yesterday for £1440. Stunning TV, strangely enough the best compliment I can pay it is it just about beats the Panasonic Plasma it is replacing.....

that's what I will be replacing, so it needs to be a hell of a TV to beat a Panny Plasma!

I googled the model number and no results found.. did you do a typo?

Yes I did it's the LG 55EG920V.

As far as I'm aware the 960V and the 920V are very very similar, albeit the 920V is better as the HDMI ports are 2.0a so can do HDR through them, the 960v can't do HDR via HDMI. Both models can do HDR streamed content.

By no means a comparison in lab conditions, I have taken a few photos comparing a Panasonic Viera 50' Plasma from late 2012 with the new 55' OLED, iPhone 6 used. During the day I've always found the Plasma to be washed out, compared to the OLED it really is, colors are shocking in the day mainly due to reflective nature of the Plasma. When you get to dark viewing then it is a different story, the Plasma shines, you do see less detail than the OLED but I'm finding the Plasma is more natural at colour reproduction. I also must admit I do prefer Plasma for Standard Def. content, for gaming OLED wins completely hands down, Ratchet & Clank looks sublime.

I tested by hooking up 2 Apple TV 4's and streaming Avengers from Netflix, both streams are 1080p over a fibre connection and at the same time, same HDMI brand. Not scientific in the slightest but it's 'normal' conditions for me.

Plasma at the front, OLED on the stand behind.

After 2 days of 'testing' out the new OLED I still think I've a way to go with settings, I'm not sure whether OLED is intrinsically brighter or can get more natural tones out of it. One thing it makes me think is how good Plasma is in dark conditions!

Evening Viewing:





Day Viewing:

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cheers dude, most of my movie watching is done in a room lit by a single point of light, so I think that the OLED looks the biz for that and I'm surprised that it looks so bright for the dark environment, but like you say, nothing that a tinker with the settings probably wouldn't sort out

cheers again, even though you're a Leeds fan!
see you next season #NUFC

​this is the eg960 2015 Jan 2016 updated hdmi ports not the 2014 ec930

Lg 910 oled is a good purchase right now with current discount codes and TCB at 5.5%

Works out at £1230 then cash for goals on top could fetch it below £1200

​No you are miss informed, infact the 55 oled 4k curved eg960v did receive a firmware upgrade to update the network side to HDR but not the Hdmi ports, but if users wish to have there hdmi upgraded to 2.0a then lg are offering a free swap out board to the latest zd motherboard giving hdr over all ports and also dolby atmos support, I can't speak for other models, this I know to be fact as I had my board replaced last week and my tv was 13 months old, regarding your comments on the picture quality, most of the things you mentioned is due to poor setup and someone sitting in front of a TV for 30mins to do a review well that says it all as like any new tech it takes time to get used to all the settings and for me nothing comes even close to the picture that the oled produces on all formats, most led TVs need Hdr to bring the picture up in quality in an attempt to try and match the picture quality of oled and even then it doesn't even come close to the 12bit panel of the oled