4K OLED: introduction and market status - Page 9

LG started shipping its 2016 curved 4K OLED TV model, the 55" OLED C6: Amazon.com now lists the 55" C6 for $3,245. The 55" C6 follows LG's 2016 top-of-the-line 65" Signature OLEDG6, that costs $7,999. Another 2016 OLED TV, the 65" OLED E6 will ship soon for $6,999.

The OLED C6 is a curved 4K smart OLED TV that features LG's webOS 3.0, Color Prime PRO technology and HDR. LG will also release a 65" model later this year.

JOLED's head of business development, Tomoaki Tsuboka, announced that the company developed two OLED panels, a 12.2" FHD (180 PPI) panel and a 19.3" 4K one (230 PPI) - made using printing technologies. JOLED aims to mass produce such panel in 2018.

Tomoaki updates that JOLED is preparing a Gen-4.5 fab to produce such OLEDs - probably using printing technologies. Reports from 2015 suggested that JOLED plans to invest $160 million in a new R&D and production facility - that will indeed commence production by 2018.

LG recently launched a new commercial OLED unit, offering OLED displays for retail and signage applications. LG Electronics published two nice videos showing and praising the large OLED installations the company recently installed at Seoul's Incheon Airport and the N Seoul Tower in Seoul itself:

At the N Seoul Tower LG installed four different OLED installations with 248 55" OLED TV panels. On the tower's first floor, LG installed the OLED Panorama and OLED tunnel. On the second floor is the OLED circle and on the fourth floor there is the 24-meters long OLED Wave.

In September 2015 Panasonic unveiled its first OLED TV, the 65" curved 4K TX-65CZ950. The TV uses LG's panel and features Panasonic's 4K Pro tech which includes advanced gradation controls and 3D color look tables, HDR and THX.

Panasonic said that this TV outperforms LG's 65" 4K OLEDs (even though the OLED panel is made by LGD and is the same one used in LG's own TVs), and it was expected to cost more than LG's OLED TVs. However, today Amazon.co.uk started offering this TV, with the price set at £2,800 - about $4,000. This seems too low, and it's possible that this is not actually a correct listing.

Following the Superbowl ad campaign, LG announced that its flagship 2016 OLED TV, the 65" Signature OLEDG6 is now available for pre-orders in select retail stores in the US. The G6 costs $7,999 and initial shipments are planned for late March. Amazon already lists the G6, but does not specify the shipment date.

LG's Signature OLED G6 is LG's top-end TV model for 2016. The G6 feature an ultra-slim on-glass design, a high-end pivoting Harman Kardon soundbar, LG's webOS 3.0, Color Prime PRO technology and HDR. The G6 models are available in 65 and 77 inches.

According to HD Guru, LG Electronics is running a limited-time VIP pre-launch program for its new 65" 4K Signature OLEDG6P OLED TVs. LGE selected several US retailed that will receive in-store demo units and will accept advance pre-orders. The pre-launch program will start after the 2016 Superbowl on February 7th.

HD Guru also reports that the new G6 TVs will cost $7,999 - a thousand dollars more than the new 65" OLEDE6 TVs (which are not shipping yet either, but have been priced at $6,999), and $3,000 more than the 2015 65" EF9500 models. The G6 TVs will actually start shipping towards the end of March 2016.

LG announced their 2016 OLED TV lineup only a few days ago, but already the first TV is ready to pre-order. The 65" flat 4K OLEDE6 TV now lists on Amazon.com for $6,999. The TV should ship by March although Amazon does not guarantee this.

It's great to see LG's new OLEDs already on offer so quickly. The E6 is a very high-end TV, although LG also announce an even higher-end model (the Signature G6). LG also announced lower-end modules, the flat B6 series and curved C6 series. It'll be interesting to see the price of all those new TVs.

LG announced their OLED TV lineup in 2016. The company will release four new OLED TV series, all of them use 4K panels (flat and curved). LG will also continue to produce and market the FHD models announced in 2015. All the new TVs support LG's new Web OS 3, HDR and LG's Color Prime PRO technology.

So first up we have the high end Signature G6 line. This is an ultra-slim on-glass design that uses a high-end pivoting speakers. The 65" G6 will launch towards the end of February 2016 while the 77" model will launch a new months later. Prices were not announced yet.

According to a report in China, Skyworth launched new 55" and 65" 4K HDR OLED TVs earlier this week. The 55" one will be priced at ¥14,999 ($2300 USD) and the 65" will be priced at ¥25,000 ($3850 USD). Those OLED TVs currently has a premium of around 50% over LCDs, but Skyworth aims to bring down prices in 2016 (to a 30% premium).

Skyworth Group's VP Liu Tong Chi said that OLED TVs are finally reached mass-market promotion, and Skyworth aims to sell 30,000 OLED TVs by March 2016 (the end of their 2015 fiscal year) and 200,000 OLED TVs by March 2017. Skyworth's VP expects OLED TVs to reach a 30% market share in China by 2020.

LG reduced their price of their newest OLED TVs - the 4K 65" 65EG9600 is now on sale at Amazon.com for $4,797 (down from $4,999) while the FHD 55" 55EG9100 is priced at $1,697.

It's great to see OLED TV prices going down all the time. Amazon seems to have run out of LG's older models (the 2014 model, 55EC9300).