LG OLED55B7V price hikes everywhere??

Rameses · 3 Feb 2018 at 07:54

I had been looking to purchase this tv very soon, and also treating myself to the LG SJ9 Atmos soundbar at the same time...yet every major place has jumped up either £200 or £300! Pretty much the same hike for the soundbar too!

All the major sites changed their price 1st Feb if I’m not mistaken...Anyone understand why the sudden price change?

They were £1499 and £749 since well before Christmas!?

Irish_Tom · 3 Feb 2018 at 10:25

They're probably putting their prices up now so they can have an Easter sale where they drop the price back down to £1,499 and claim "£300 off".

pepp77 · 3 Feb 2018 at 10:40

The Soundbar is £699 at PRC and the TV is £1499 at Marks Electrical - so not all places have bumped the price, but yes those that have are probably planning for a spring sale.

stoofa · 3 Feb 2018 at 11:15

An item needs to be at a certain price for a certain amount of time before they are allowed to say "was/now". We usually see this just before the final push to get rid of 2017 models before the 2018 models roll in.
The difference this year is that the higher end 2017 models are still selling very well - the high end Sony LCD's and the LG OLED's, so the common thought was prices didn't need to drop - these items would simply sell out first.
A price hike now is "probably" going to be a good thing in a month or so time, but could be a bad thing as supply gets low and if you want, you'll have to pay the inflated prices.
Remember, the 2018 OLED's are going to launch around £1k higher than the current 2017 prices.

Beer_MonsterUK · 3 Feb 2018 at 13:52

I was toying with the idea of picking one up this weekend and noticed the insane price hike. It's been noted on avforums that richer sounds/John Lewis will still honour the price match when you show them the same model is still for sale at £1429 at drakes displays.

JediFragger · 3 Feb 2018 at 14:01

Beer_MonsterUK said:
I was toying with the idea of picking one up this weekend and noticed the insane price hike. It's been noted on avforums that richer sounds/John Lewis will still honour the price match when you show them the same model is still for sale at £1429 at drakes displays.

And Richer Sounds knock another £20 off too, so that's not a bad price at all

Rameses · 3 Feb 2018 at 14:06

Irish_Tom said:
They're probably putting their prices up now so they can have an Easter sale where they drop the price back down to £1,499 and claim "£300 off".

True, never thought of that, lets hope so!

pepp77 said:
The Soundbar is £699 at PRC and the TV is £1499 at Marks Electrical - so not all places have bumped the price, but yes those that have are probably planning for a spring sale.

Oh wow, thanks for that info!

stoofa said:
An item needs to be at a certain price for a certain amount of time before they are allowed to say "was/now". We usually see this just before the final push to get rid of 2017 models before the 2018 models roll in.
The difference this year is that the higher end 2017 models are still selling very well - the high end Sony LCD's and the LG OLED's, so the common thought was prices didn't need to drop - these items would simply sell out first.
A price hike now is "probably" going to be a good thing in a month or so time, but could be a bad thing as supply gets low and if you want, you'll have to pay the inflated prices.
Remember, the 2018 OLED's are going to launch around £1k higher than the current 2017 prices.

Thanks for the info!

Rameses · 3 Feb 2018 at 14:14

Beer_MonsterUK said:
I was toying with the idea of picking one up this weekend and noticed the insane price hike. It's been noted on avforums that richer sounds/John Lewis will still honour the price match when you show them the same model is still for sale at £1429 at drakes displays.

JediFragger said:
And Richer Sounds knock another £20 off too, so that's not a bad price at all

Can this be done online, guys?

Beer_MonsterUK · 3 Feb 2018 at 14:17

definatly can be done by phoning their telesales team.

Rameses · 3 Feb 2018 at 14:35

just noticed the Marks Electrical is ex display...ugh

Beer_MonsterUK · 3 Feb 2018 at 14:57

Drake Displays using SALE50 & SALE20 brings price down to £1429. Codes are still good, Might phone RS up and see if they honour the price match before going.

Rameses · 3 Feb 2018 at 15:09

Beer_MonsterUK said:
Drake Displays using SALE50 & SALE20 brings price down to £1429. Codes are still good, Might phone RS up and see if they honour the price match before going.

Thanks for that Beer, just placed order with those codes and free delivery for £1429.

JediFragger · 3 Feb 2018 at 18:27

Rameses said:
Thanks for that Beer, just placed order with those codes and free delivery for £1429.

Nice one. You'll love it!

thecremeegg · 3 Feb 2018 at 22:38

I bought my C7 last month... Stunning TV, you won't be disappointed!

Nexus18 · 3 Feb 2018 at 22:59

Probably stock getting low now with them being EOL and the 2018 models right around the corner.

xb8browney · 3 Feb 2018 at 23:02

New range comes in like 2 months

Beer_MonsterUK · 4 Feb 2018 at 15:08

I also pulled the trigger and just picked one up from Richer Sounds. Got it for the£1429, but the sales guy was a little miffed at the price. He didn't want to give me the £70 off vouchers that Drakes were offering with the price comparison, but after a couple of minutes explaining RS's terms and conditions on their website and a point of view about the arbitrary price hike. He soon came around.

It's a lovely telly out of the box. Now to spend the rest of the afternoon fiddling with the settings.

Nexus18 · 4 Feb 2018 at 16:59

There isn't much to mess with setting wise, use technicolor or ISF dark for SDR with these settings and for HDR, use technicolor or/and cinema user mode:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...osQ79CUArQv9doO4UvVCCXtgFw/edit#gid=854865656

You won't get anything more accurate than that except for a proper calibration.

Personally I like tru motion so I am using dejudder @ 3 and de blur at 10.

Beer_MonsterUK · 4 Feb 2018 at 20:12

Bit gutted. The screen had developed a vertical line of dead pixels so it'll have to go back. But otherwise it's an outstanding looking picture.

Rameses · 4 Feb 2018 at 21:56

Beer_MonsterUK said:
Bit gutted. The screen had developed a vertical line of dead pixels so it'll have to go back. But otherwise it's an outstanding looking picture.

Damn, sorry to hear that Beer!

I'm still waiting for a dispatch note, had nothing since the original order email...