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Just a few years ago, buying an 83‑inch OLED TV would cost you several thousand dollars. Today the situation is completely different, and prices for large OLED screens have fallen significantly. LG and Samsung models are increasingly available for around $2,000 to $2,300, €2,000 to €2,300 or £2,000 to £2,300. That means 83‑inch OLEDs are starting to compete on price with 85‑inch LCD TVs fitted with Mini LED or RGB LED. For people looking for a large screen for the living room or a home theatre, that's very good news. What's more, everything suggests that prices for 77‑ and 83‑inch OLEDs will continue to fall in the coming years.
83-inch OLED no longer costs a fortune
The first 83-inch OLED TVs appeared in 2021 thanks to LG and Sony. The LG C1 and Sony A90J models back then cost roughly US$6,000 to US$8,000 in the United States, while in Europe prices reached as high as €8,000. Since then the situation has changed a lot. Samsung has also entered the 83-inch OLED segment, although its TVs use WOLED panels supplied by LG Display. Greater competition and rising production volumes have helped push prices down.
Today 83-inch OLED TVs from LG and Samsung can regularly be found for around US$2,000 to US$2,300, or the same range in euros or pounds. For example, the 83-inch Samsung S85F costs about US$2,300, and roughly €2,089 in Europe. Meanwhile the 83-inch LG B5 can go on sale for about €1,900. That's a huge difference compared with 2021 prices.
OLED begins to compete with Mini LED
Falling prices mean that 83-inch OLEDs are no longer a product reserved only for the most demanding and affluent customers. A large OLED screen can now realistically be considered alongside 85-inch LCD TVs with Mini LED and RGB LED. This is especially interesting for people building a home cinema. A difference of one or two inches compared with an 85-inch LCD may be small, but OLED offers a completely different image character, including perfect blacks and very high contrast. However, we'll likely have to wait for even larger OLEDs at attractive prices. New factories from Samsung, BOE and TCL CSOT will increase production capacity, but initially they will focus primarily on mid-sized panels for IT devices. LG Display previously even produced 88-inch 8K OLED panels, but their production was discontinued. The company still offers a 97-inch 4K OLED panel, but TVs using it still cost over $16,000.
The biggest price drops should therefore still mostly affect the 77- and 83-inch sizes. For buyers, this means an increasing choice of large OLED TVs without having to spend amounts that were the norm just a few years ago.
source: flatpanelshd
