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Just a few years ago, buying an 83-inch OLED TV could cost as much as several thousand dollars. Today the situation is completely different, and prices of large OLED screens have fallen significantly. LG and Samsung models can increasingly be found for around $2,000 to $2,300, or the equivalent in euros or pounds. That means 83-inch OLEDs are starting to compete on price with 85-inch LCD TVs equipped with Mini LED or RGB LED. For those looking for a large screen for the living room or home cinema, this is 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 cost at that time in the United States about 6,000 to 8,000 dollars, while in Europe prices reached as much as 8,000 euros. Since then the situation has changed significantly. Samsung has also entered the 83-inch OLED segment, although its TVs use WOLED panels supplied by LG Display. Greater competition and increasing production scale have helped push prices down.
Nowadays 83-inch OLED TVs from LG and Samsung can regularly be found for around 2,000 to 2,300 dollars, euros or pounds. For example, the Samsung S85F in the 83-inch size costs about 2,300 dollars, and in Europe about 2,089 euros. Meanwhile the 83-inch LG B5 can cost about 1,900 euros during promotions. That's a huge difference compared with prices in 2021.
OLED starts to compete with Mini LED
Falling prices mean 83-inch OLEDs are no longer a product reserved only for the most demanding and affluent customers. A large OLED screen can now be realistically considered alongside 85-inch LCD televisions using Mini LED or RGB LED. This is particularly interesting for those building a home cinema. A difference of one or two inches compared with an 85-inch LCD may be minor, but OLED delivers a completely different picture, including perfect blacks and very high contrast. However, you'll probably 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 mainly on mid-sized panels intended for IT devices. LG Display previously even produced 88-inch 8K OLED panels, but their production has been discontinued. The company still offers a 97-inch 4K OLED panel, but televisions using such a solution still cost more than $16,000.
The largest price falls should therefore still mainly affect the 77 and 83 inch sizes. For buyers, this means an increasingly wide choice of large OLED televisions without having to spend amounts that were the norm just a few years ago.
source: flatpanelshd
