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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 for large OLED screens have fallen noticeably. LG and Samsung models are increasingly available for about $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 equipped with Mini LED or RGB LED. For people looking for a large screen for the living room or a home theater, 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.
An 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 then cost in the United States about $6,000–$8,000, 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 an increasing scale of production have helped push prices down.
Today 83-inch OLED TVs from LG and Samsung can regularly be found in the range of about $2,000–$2,300, €2,000–€2,300, or £2,000–£2,300. For example, the Samsung S85F in the 83-inch size costs roughly $2,300, and in Europe about €2,089. Meanwhile, an 83-inch LG B5 can sell for around €1,900 during a promotion. That's a huge difference compared with 2021 prices.
OLED begins to compete with Mini LED
Falling prices mean 83-inch OLEDs are no longer a product available only to 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 a particularly interesting situation for people building a home theater. A difference of one or two inches compared with an 85-inch LCD may be small, while OLED offers a completely different picture character, including perfect black 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 medium-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 TVs using that solution still cost over $16,000.
The largest price declines should therefore still primarily affect the 77- and 83-inch sizes. For buyers, that means a growing selection of large OLED TVs without having to pay the sums that were the norm just a few years ago.
source: flatpanelshd
