First post go easy please. Got one of these a few weeks ago was instore today and price had dropped $350. Lucky Costco refunded the difference as within 30 days. Could only see one more in box for Adelaide store. Assume they are dropping the price to clear them.
I have this tv. Its a great tv. Picture quality is excellent.
Bought one a few months ago, the UI leaves more to be desired. YouTube app is constantly crashing on me, requiring me to cycle the power at the socket in order to properly hard-reset it.
Picture quality is great.
I had that problem till i updated the software on it. After that no more issues.
I thought that the other day, but after running the software update on the TV it said I was already on the latest software :/
Try uninstall the youtube app and reinstall it. See if it fixes the issue.
This is why I have long given up on Smart TVs. Just buy a cheap Apple TV for hassle free entertainment
Does anyone know what Costcos warranty is like for TVs?
Regular warranty it comes with and satisfaction guarantee for the life of your (continuous) membership.
About 7 years(life time) and excellent.
I also have this TV.
Agree the UI is not as good as say Samsung, the PQ is fantastic.
Great price too!
Not that good a deal though. The LG B8 is down around $1500 now.
I have both… lg ui is so much nicer to use… the pq settings for this is better out the box.. but not by much.
I have read the B8 doesn't get as bright as the C8 or FZ950 because it uses the processor from the C7 (~600nits vs ~700nits). Do you notice a difference in brightness between the two?
Also what about upscaling and motion handling, apparently Sony does this best, followed by Panasonic then LG. Do you notice any difference between the two?
dont have a sony so cant advise.
honestly, i dont notice any difference in terms of brightness, if anything i think the b8 is brighter. however they replaced a plasma i used in both rooms and they are easily brighter than the plasma, i thought the b8 might be a bit dim for a bright room i put it in but its actually been great. brightness is not a problem. i would get the b8 just because of UI and its cheaper. but im very happy with oled… cant wait to see microleds.
i also have some issues with youtube app on the pana as another poster above. i constantly have to exit it and start it up…annoying but it only wastes like 10 seconds. b8 UI works perfectly.
no noticeable difference in motion handling… both are good.
Brightness has nothing to do with the processor. The C8 and B8 nits are basically the same. Depending on individual panels one could have more than the other and vice versa. Motion is an issue especially with stutter on OLED. Sony and Panasonic are well ahead of the others. LG has noticeable stutter on slow panning shots (especially slow motion) where Sony smooths it out much more. Sony is the dimmest of all OLEDs (around 700 nits) but does everything else better than LG and either better or on par with Panasonic. Panasonics OS is awful compared to the others, LG has the smoothest but limited, Sony has android which has everything you can get. LG is quite oversaturated with colours not quite as bad as Samsung but you will see fluoro green trees and bright blue water. Sony and Panasonic are very close for their accuracy in colour reproduction as the best in the industry, many reviews giving Panasonic the edge in that. Sony has the best upscaling by far, the X1 extreme / ultimate processor is far better than any other company can do. Almost impossible to find a Sony for this sort of price. Depends if you can put up with the 2010 OS from Panasonic or maybe get a media box instead. You might not notice all these details with the image but once you've seen the best it's hard to watch it in lower quality.
@Whisper Quiet: It's been a while since I read the reviews, but they tested the B8 and C8 with the latter being 100nits brighter. Other reviews mention it and it's also mentioned quite a fair bit over on AV forums. The reason for the difference in brightness was processor and not panel variance from what I remember.
Edit: I found one of the reviews that mentions it.
'This is because, unexpectedly, its peak brightness measures around 680 nits, versus north of 800 nits on the more expensive C8 OLED…
…The lower brightness of the OLED55B8 means, too, that it’s not quite as good at reproducing the finest shading details in the brightest parts of HDR pictures. This relative lack of bright scene punch and peak toning are, for us, the most compelling reasons to consider trying to afford an OLED55C8 instead.'
https://www.techradar.com/au/reviews/lg-b8-oled-oled55b8-ole…
@adr8: Yep your right about the brightness. I was thinking of the C7 vs the B7. Don't forget these readings are from calibrated sets in dark home theatre rooms. So easily add over 100 nits for normal viewing. But the brightness still has nothing to do with the processor. That only effects tone mapping, colour gradation, upscaling etc. It had to do with B7 being almost the exact same as the C7 in basically every way. So they had to downgrade some specs for the C8/B8 difference. Motion is still one of the biggest issues for LG as their backlight flicker is only 120Hz where Sony can do 960Hz. So LGs have many duplicate frames over and over which makes the stutter so much worse.
@Whisper Quiet: Correct the processor effects tone mapping which in turn effects brightness, well according to this article it does.
'The OLED65E8’s last key improvement is brightness. Peak brightness on a 10% white HDR window measures 815-820 nits…Last year’s LG OLED screens by comparison only mustered around 800 nits. This means the OLED65E8 only delivers a brightness improvement of two or three percent over last year’s E7. But oddly the OLED65E8’s HDR pictures enjoy much more impact compared with the E7 models than that small percentage increase would suggest.
The key to this conundrum appears to be the Alpha 9 processor and LG’s new Dynamic Tone Mapping option…Dynamic Tone Mapping has a huge impact on HDR10 sources, making them look substantially brighter and more dynamic than any HDR picture I’ve seen on an OLED TV before.'
@adr8: I don't understand the dilemma… He said brightness improved by 15-20 nits (which is more than likely panel variance) but it seems brighter to him even though his readings say otherwise? The guy sounds like he's completely confused! Or he's a shill being paid by LG to promote their TV but even though the stats say it's the same he has to put a positive spin on it. More dynamic can't mean contrast as it's already on max, more saturated colours possibly because he might like the fireball looking lemon? Trust me I used to work for Panasonic, brightness can be controlled by the processor but only in limiting it for PQ curve or in regards to OLED with ABL. High brightness nits are solely dependant on the panel. Like a light bulb if it goes any higher then its rated it will explode.
Did u see the 65?