4K (Ultra HD) OLED finally hits Australia

tomwood on 15/07/2015 - 05:29
Last edited 17/07/2015 - 06:40

LG 55" Curved - 55EG960T (RRP $5999)
LG 65" Curved - 65EG960T (RRP $9999)

Initially only available at select Harvey Norman stores - 55" 65"

Review (http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015/07/lg-eg960t-ultra-hd-oled-tv…)

Plasma TV is dead. (I’m still getting over this.) With plasma gone, there was a difficult couple of months where if you wanted a TV with excellent contrast — perfectly deep blacks, bright whites, beautiful colour — you had to buy an extremely expensive, top of the line LCD. Then OLED came along at a reasonable price, late last year, and we rejoiced. Now we’re finally seeing OLED TVs that support Ultra HD start to hit store shelves, and that’s a very good thing — this $9999 Ultra HD OLED screen is almost the perfect TV.

Another review - http://www.cybershack.com.au/review/australian-review-lg-55e…

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Comments

  • Evil-Elmo on 15/07/2015 - 09:17
    +2

    A good start - but why no flat OLEDs? I don't know that I could afford one anyway, but the whole curved thing doesn't really interest me.

  • plmko on 15/07/2015 - 09:40

    A flat (and even more expensive) LG OLED TV should be coming out soon.

    But I don't think it's worth considering the LG range unless black levels are your no.1 priority and you love staring at dark pictures. The trade-off compared to competing LCD tvs now is that it isn't as bright (not a good sign for future HDR content), colours are shonky in true LG fashion, processing that judders and a horrendous latency time that clocks in at ~49ms even in Game mode.

    • tomwood on 15/07/2015 - 14:11

      are you sure these latest models are like that?

      • plmko on 15/07/2015 - 18:10

        That's my opinion, but do read the reviews. There's a reason only LG is playing with OLED and not Samsung or Sony.

  • tomwood on 20/03/2016 - 01:45

    And thankfully, flat models have finally been released. The curved models have come down in price too.

    55" Flat - 55EF950T (RRP $5499 - currently selling from around $4499)
    65" Flat - 65EF950T (RRP $8999 - selling from $7750)

    Australian reviews:
    http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/03/lg-ef950t-flat-4k-oled-tv-…
    http://www.cybershack.com.au/review/australian-review-lg-65e… (65")

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