Same as the last deal for the 65N7 if you missed out on that. Haven't seen the OLED55B7T under $1900 since December last year, so not sure if we will see those prices again. Although it says 5 available for the LG TV, the seller has been adding more stock whenever this has been sold according to the revision history.
Shipping is free to most metro postcodes, otherwise there may be an additional delivery charge of $104.
They said the starting price will be around 2500USD. Still expensive! :p
Good time to buy the previous model …
Not really. Good time will be in May.
good deals with great postage - good deals on postage sweeten the deal
Thanks OP.
I purchased mine back in Dec for $1699 GG deal.
I would advise to wait IMO. When the B8/C8 are released next month, I reckon it will drop further. If not less than what I paid for it.
If you can't wait then still a great price.
I have this TV and I can say it's awesome!
The newer B8/C8 will be a little brighter in HDR, faster, but I reckon @ the $2.5K mark for the 55". It is worth the $700 extra from the B7? I reckon Nope!
Cheers
Crazy good price, I also bought it during that sale and was second guessing myself as I didn't really need one but thought screw it thats a good price haha. That deal and the DJI Mavic Pro drone fly more combo for $999 are my 2 best deals so far on this website oh and $150 5TB hdd.
Yeah. You can't go wrong with that price.
Awesome TV!
Cheers
Dam that’s a good deal on the pro. I just paid $1709 for the platinum and am still happy.
Yeah they sold 400 drones in like 15 minutes easy 400k :P
i wasnt into droning then, but managed to snag a phantom 3 advance with bad and extra battery for $600, now im getting the phantom plat with dji gogles, im pretty happy paying that for what im getting.
It is worth the $700 extra from the B7?
I would say yes if it has HDMI v2.1 (which allows adaptive refresh which you will want if you play games).
The B8 will be HDMI 2.0b and not HDMI 2.1
Delivery is +$44 for 55" and +$68 for the 65" to Sydney metro and most other places, as is the norm for Appliance Central.
Not too sure how many people and places actually qualify for free delivery.
Free delivery for the Hisense 65 here (inner suburb of Brisbane)
I wanted an OLED 65" but ended up getting an LCD. I didn't think the extra $$$$ was worth it. PQ on OLED is amazing and 55" price point looks like where the value is. I will have to wait a few generations, will be interesting to see how OLED compares with MicroLED.
Same here. The LCD I ended up with (X900E) is amazing and gets higher peak brightness than the B7 OLED which makes for really nice HDR.
That's what we got! I was quite surprised out good the picture looked. In store it looked quite ordinary and I wasn't quite sure why it reviewed so well.
It isn't so much about the brightness on OLEDs as it is the blacks. It is in dark scenes the OLEDs really shine.
But bigger is also good for immersive!
@serpserpserp: yeah the blacks are normally great on the X900E except for when HDR is in full force with peak brightness light sources in dark scenes but it’s mostly ok. Mounting a cheap LED strip as bias lighting worked wonders.
Will definitely get an OLED next upgrade!
I was also concerned about image retention and burn in. Upgraded from a THX certified 1080p Panasonic Plasma which is still going strong after all these years.
Blacks on the 9000e are quite good and the problem with comparing in stores and reading review is you get caught up in thinking you will notice all the tiny things but I am happy with our purchase. I think in terms of brightness, colours and resolution we would have been happy with a Hisense N7 as well.
@serpserpserp: my panasonic oled is very bright on bright scenes as well, almost hurts my eyes. For me it's awesome in a dark room.
@Izefyre: Awesome!
I know what you mean, I watched Annihilation on Netflix with HDR last night and the shift from a dark scene to a bright scene was almost painful! love it.
How would X900E compared to 65N7?
The X9000E will totally annihilate the N7
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Maybe but it looked good in the store when I was trying to make a decision. Difference in price is $1000 from the N7 to 9000E and then another $1500 to and OLED!
Don't get me wrong. The N7 is really nice however comparing both is a different story.
Tbh, if the cost is the deciding factor then the N7 is a great choice.
Cheers
In the end for me the 9000e won! Very happy with it for the 1 week we have had it. Now looking at a sound bar that does virtual 5.1 surround.
Ugh I've been sitting here quietly waiting for a decent deal on a 65" OLED to replace my now 7yo 55" LCD. The temptation to just grab another LCD is killing me (especially after just having upgraded to a PS4 pro) but I'm staying steadfast! Cmoooon sub $2300 65" LG OLED!!
It would be cheaper to get this 55" oled then sit close to it. :) you won't regret the upgrade
Anything is an upgrade on a 7yo tech even if it was the best tech at the time.
I was thinking we might see sub $3k for 65" OLED and I think Panasonic might have briefly got under a month back? You may have to wait a few more years I think.
Good luck!!! I am sure another member would happily babysit your PS4 Pro while you wait :)
I'm thinking I may just ditch the size increase now tbh. Don't want to part with anything around 3k but am sold on getting an OLED. Will see what the Gen 8 LG does to prices in a few weeks time I guess!
You'll be waiting a long long time. If you're going to enjoy it, why not just buy it when it's on sale? I got it for $3500 in December and love it.
$2300 is an absurd price point to wait for.
Just be mindful that the LG OLED is RGBW (with white subpixel) not RGB. Only Sony A1 has true RGB pixels.
Doesn’t that make it better… not worse?
“LG's OLED TVs, in which each pixel includes a white sub-pixel in addition to red, green, blue“
That makes it better not worse than RGB. 4 subpixels per pixel = 33,177,600 subpixels in an OLED LG TV which is better than 24,883,200 subpixels in a Sony.
@auna: if each pixel contains an additional subpixel, it makes the pixels bigger and the resolution lower. Which is why it's worse. If you check the link and have a look at the examples, you can clearly see the difference it makes. The last Sony OLEDs are true RGB, therefore true 4k. Happy to be proven wrong if I am.
RGB: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/imagehosting/7553095570ce1c7b9…
RGBW: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/imagehosting/7553095570ce1c921…
This quote directly from the link in my previous post:
"Unlike LG's OLED TVs, in which each pixel includes a white sub-pixel in addition to red, green, blue, its RGBW LCDs are based on a scheme where every fourth sub-pixel in a row is white, which means that each white sub-pixel is shared by adjacent pixels. This arrangement requires the panel to jump through some hoops in order to render 3840x2160 UHD video.
"Because of their peculiar sub-pixel arrangement, RGBW LCDs cannot achieve full UHD resolution in color, they can only pull it off with monochromatic resolution test patterns. LG does not deny this; rather, the company argues that achieving UHD resolution is really only important for the luma channel (brightness). However, when I recently checked out an LG RGBW UHDTV, my findings called into question how effectively it can render monochromatic UHD resolution."
@lasterato: It doesn’t apply to the OLED. It’s a square pixel let’s say .1mm each. On LG OLED it would have four, each being .025mm. On the Sony it would be three instead each being 0.333mm.
Your post keeps mentioning LG LCD TV’s but that’s not what we are talking about. I have seen them in JB Hifi and my god they were bad.
@auna: it mentiones both. The OLED uses RGBW, the LCD uses RBGW with a shared subpixel (every 4th pixel i believe) which would indeed look worse. That said, the OLEDs are still RBGW.
How does it make white then?
R + G + B = White
The RGBW are only present in lower end LG 4K tvs and not their OLED series
It includes their OLED series: https://hdguru.com/lg-4k-lcd-tvs-continue-controversial-rgbw…
Bonus link: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/166-lcd-flat-panel-displays/23…
Sorry when someone mentions LG and RGBW I think of the every 4th pixel white RGBW only
Why no c7??
The new LG 8 Series OLED launch in April according to LG Australia with the new Alpha 9 processor (on the C8 and above model). Though obviously I doubt they will be under $1900 from the get go.