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Looking at buying a new tv, and having looked round Curry’s really impressed with the LG oled tv’s. Anyone got an oled tv, and is it worth the extra money ? Also if you have had it for a while any problems, including screen burn ?

If you haven’t got one, not interested in opinions that they are not worth the money. Just want some feedback from those that own or have owned one. Cheers.

I love the picture quality, and that you can see from an angle so don’t have to be sat right in front of it. Mostly watch sport, nature programmes, news etc. Hardly any films.
 
I haven't tried that tech yet. We have a 70, a 55, and a 46" (diagonal), but they're all regular LED type.
(The wife, myself, and the dog all like different programming.)

I'd be interested about O LED myself, not that the Gestapo (my wife) will let my buy a new TV until one breaks.
I guess that I haven't been up to date, lately.
 
My mate has a LG OLED and he says it's the dogs ******* Not sure what model it is, think it's not the current one but the one before that. But they seem to be recommended in a lot of mags/tests. So go for it, as they say you can't take it with you.
 
My sister got an LG one from richer sounds just before Christmas, a 55" one. I have to say it is the dogs danglies, a very clear step up in picture quality from my own LG TV, now 5yrs old. We watched one of the Amazon football matches on it and it was stunning, no issues whatsoever. If you can justify the extra then pay it.
 
I looked into it a few weeks ago and apparently some OLEDs can have screen burn issues. I seem to remember that LG were the better ones and Curries had a deal on at the time ... and then I received a tax bill and dropped all research for the time being.

Current TV is a 40'' I upgraded to for the 2012 Olympics and I really want something that is compatible with a good sound bar now.
 
LG make most, if not all, the commercially available OLED panels. They supply Panasonic, Sony and Philips to name a few. Their OLED TVs are excellent, with a range and size to suit any budget. All of the aforementioned manufacturers do excellent OLEDs, the difference being the processing and what you get for your budget...the more expensive, the more picture processing gumpf you get (e.g. motion processing).

Today’s OLED are extremely unlikely to suffer screen burn, unless you are deliberately trying to do it. Some manufacturers have screen saver type functions or pixel shifting tech as a safeguard.

OLED offer best blacks and are starting to catch up mainstream LCD TVs on whites. Top end LCD TV will still surpass top end OLEDs on brightness for that HDR pop that some want. As with any TV, the TV will only be as good as the quality it receives ?.

Check that the sound from the TV is decent enough, unless you‘ve a sound bar , base or surround system via AVR.

LG also have an arrangement with Sky, in promoting their Q system.

I don’t own OLED, but have a top end Sony Master Series LCD TV and a subscriber to Home and Cinema mag.
 
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I have an LG B9 65" OLED. Absolutely fantastic set.
It's my second OLED and I've not had trouble with screenburn.
Having said that, if playing a lot of games with their static HUDS, or watching a lot of Sky TV with the incessant "ticker tape" along the bottom, maybe the technology isn't for you.
These are the two biggest things to avoid with an OLED if "screen burn" is a worry for you.
Once you watch a film set in space, the inky blackness of an OLED will blow you away. It knocks spots off of LED.
And the viewing angles of an OLED are brilliant.
 
Smiffy said:
I have an LG B9 65" OLED. Absolutely fantastic set.
It's my second OLED and I've not had trouble with screenburn.
Having said that, if playing a lot of games with their static HUDS, or watching a lot of Sky TV with the incessant "ticker tape" along the bottom, maybe the technology isn't for you.
These are the two biggest things to avoid with an OLED if "screen burn" is a worry for you.
Once you watch a film set in space, the inky blackness of an OLED will blow you away. It knocks spots off of LED.
And the viewing angles of an OLED are brilliant.
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Yes the blacks are more silky black on good OLEDs compared to LEDs. Top end LED blacks though are very good. Good LED TVs have their strength in brightness, giving star fields or flames that extra pop, especially in HDR, that you can't currently get with OLED. Next-gen TVs with micro-LEDs will mean even better contrast: better blacks, better whites.
 
If you have the money for an oled you should buy it nothing out there will compare with pic quality you can clearly see the difference side by side
 
Thanks for all the replies. (y)

I have done my homework, and watched most of the youtube videos, but was very interested in replies from those that have owned an oled tv, and any problems they have had. Lg ones do seem to be winning the awards at the moment, and the prices for 55 inch ones, B9 and C9 seem pretty good at the moment. Both looked fantastic in Currys, so think I will go that route. Just need to remember not to watch any channels with logos or ticker tapes going across the screen for too long. Would hate to end up with a sky sports logo appearing on the screen.:eek:
 
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