LG OLED55B7V price hikes everywhere??

superdumper · 26 Mar 2018 at 07:48

Just to confirm once again how amazing these TVs are. I got the 55C7V model a couple of months ago (from what I can tell only the stands are different) and I couldn't be happier.

deuse · 26 Mar 2018 at 10:17

RoboCod said:
Ordered one anyway in the hope it comes in stock and the price is honoured

Looks like they have run out now

I have Hot uk deals app on my android phone to get all the cheap stuff asap

J1nxy · 26 Mar 2018 at 11:24

superdumper said:
Just to confirm once again how amazing these TVs are. I got the 55C7V model a couple of months ago (from what I can tell only the stands are different) and I couldn't be happier.

And the surround is completely black on the C7 rather chrome/silver and black. I got mine at the weekend its a superb set.

RoboCod · 26 Mar 2018 at 13:22

J1nxy said:
And the surround is completely black on the C7 rather chrome/silver and black. I got mine at the weekend its a superb set.

Yeah my c7 is the best TV I've ever owned to be fair. I'm often left wowed by the image. The gf isn't happy with 65" though

silverblack · 26 Mar 2018 at 17:00

£1419 at richersounds with code.

Spook187 · 26 Mar 2018 at 18:24

I need 2x C7 65inch this year or even 2x C8 65 inch when that comes out soon gonna be an expensive year.

thewanted · 26 Mar 2018 at 18:34

Spook187 said:
I need 2x C7 65inch this year or even 2x C8 65 inch when that comes out soon gonna be an expensive year.

I'm not really a TV-guy, but I saw a 65" C7 at someone's house two weekends ago, and for the first time in a long while I was truly WOW'd by the technology. Even my girlfriend was memorised by the vibrant colours and picture quality. I really want one now, but struggling to justify the 5.5x increase over the Sony 50" I bought 4 years ago.

Definitely keen to see how much the 65" C8s are going to cost, because that new processor in them sounds really good.

Spook187 · 26 Mar 2018 at 20:05

thewanted said:
I'm not really a TV-guy, but I saw a 65" C7 at someone's house two weekends ago, and for the first time in a long while I was truly WOW'd by the technology. Even my girlfriend was memorised by the vibrant colours and picture quality. I really want one now, but struggling to justify the 5.5x increase over the Sony 50" I bought 4 years ago.

Definitely keen to see how much the 65" C8s are going to cost, because that new processor in them sounds really good.

Aye, i really want the 65 on both lol, one for the main living room and one for my man cave upstairs

hyperseven · 30 Mar 2018 at 16:00

55" B7 £1399 @peter Tyson, apparently if you ring richer sounds they will beat it and you get six years warranty.

Fr0dders · 31 Mar 2018 at 14:08

seem to have gone back up ?

https://petertyson.co.uk/index.php/lg-oled55b7v

superdumper · 13 Apr 2018 at 08:53

So I've been fiddling around with the TV lately and I am wondering what settings everyone is using, or what website you used to set the TV up?

Pretty much all websites out there have obsolete guides as there have been software updates since the TV was released.

Nexus18 · 13 Apr 2018 at 10:35

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

So for me:

SDR - technicolor, OLED light 40%, brightness 51% (to set brightness, you need a pitch black room with a 100% black image on the TV and adjust the brightness until you see a "glow", once you do, you then reduce it back down by one click until black is black i.e. no glow, generally it will either be 51 or 52)
HDR - technicolor
Dolby Vision - Cinema

superdumper · 13 Apr 2018 at 21:10

Nexus18 said:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...osQ79CUArQv9doO4UvVCCXtgFw/edit#gid=854865656

So for me:

SDR - technicolor, OLED light 40%, brightness 51% (to set brightness, you need a pitch black room with a 100% black image on the TV and adjust the brightness until you see a "glow", once you do, you then reduce it back down by one click until black is black i.e. no glow, generally it will either be 51 or 52)
HDR - technicolor
Dolby Vision - Cinema

Interesting, thank you for the answer. These are not your personal settings from what I understand, may I ask where you found them?

Nexus18 · 14 Apr 2018 at 07:33

superdumper said:
Interesting, thank you for the answer. These are not your personal settings from what I understand, may I ask where you found them?

From a calibrator on avsforums.

Fr0dders · 14 Apr 2018 at 09:53

prices for this set back up to £1800 everywhere. WTF it was £1479 2 weeks ago ?

Irish_Tom · 14 Apr 2018 at 10:45

Fr0dders said:
prices for this set back up to £1800 everywhere. WTF it was £1479 2 weeks ago ?

It was dropped for the Easter sale.

They had to put it up between New Year and the middle of March so they could discount it, now it’s back up so they can discount it again when the new ones come out.

XeNoNF50 · 3 May 2018 at 08:44

Is the c7 exclusive to Curry's pc world? Seems they've come down to 1600 but still nowhere near what it used to be.

dhokes · 13 May 2018 at 19:17

To those using a soundbar with the LG OLED tvs, which one do you have? Would you recommend it?

MatsyLR · 13 May 2018 at 19:45

XeNoNF50 said:
Is the c7 exclusive to Curry's pc world? Seems they've come down to 1600 but still nowhere near what it used to be.

Richersounds also do them, but only through phone orders to the sales team.
They are not allowed to advertise them instore/online.

Also looks like the 2018 model reviews are coming out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s82EBJdIecQ
TLDR: very little difference apart from HDR gaming is better on the 2018 model.

jpaul · 14 May 2018 at 11:26

Vincents c8 comments/pics on near black detail and benefit of better mpeg noise processsing are interesting,
using mpeg noise reduction (freeview streams) definitely/unexpectedly improved my non-oled panasonic near-black picture significantly (plus fixing the gamma curve)
maybe vincent compares near black panasonic oled vs lg oled processing performance elsewhere.