Re:Google offers at least $880M to LG display for OLED inves...
by andy_ppp on Monday April 10, 2017 @06:53AM
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What are your favourite options right now?
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Re:Google offers at least $880M to LG display for OLED inves...
by martinald on Monday April 10, 2017 @08:52AM
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I've had my eye on the LG OLED55B6V for months now. I actually bought it when it hit £1500 in the UK but was cancelled because they ran out of stock. A few months later and it's now at £1750, probably because they've refixed GBP/USD on it after the brexit disaster.
If it gets down to £1500 I'm gonna pick it up. I watch a lot of dark content and the OLED is amazing at showing it properly.
Re:Google offers at least $880M to LG display for OLED inves...
by joncrocks on Monday April 10, 2017 @10:53AM
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I think the only thing of note is that the B6 apparently uses a different SOC from the more expensive models (C6/E6 upwards) and apparently this has an effect on motion (potentially subtle stuttering on content not at native frequency).
Re:Google offers at least $880M to LG display for OLED inves...
by andy_ppp on Monday April 10, 2017 @09:17AM
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I don't understand how inflation hasn't gone up by about 20% in the UK - most things seem to have had a huge increase in price with the combination of VAT at 20% (2011) and the devaluation of the pound I'd say we are already a much poorer country than we were 6-7 years ago.
Re:Google offers at least $880M to LG display for OLED inves...
by joncrocks on Monday April 10, 2017 @10:39AM
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Depends on the price range.
I'm looking at the LG E6 or Samsung KS8000 (which in the UK is the equivalent of the US KS9000) which are 2016 models, or the LG B7/C7 and Samsung Q7F series (2017 models).
One thing to note is that the OLEDs are seriously expensive. The smallest of the high-end ones run at £3k for a 55" set.
Re:Google offers at least $880M to LG display for OLED inves...
by johansch on Tuesday April 11, 2017 @12:05PM
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Really? The sweet-spot one, LG OLED65B6V (65") is about 24k SEK in Sweden (after 25% VAT). That's about 2100 GBP.
In the UK (with 20% VAT) this one seems to be about 2700 GBP:
https://pricespy.co.uk/product.php?p=3616500
I wonder what's going on here?