Replacement TV - OLED LG C8 or C9? advise please

ToneControl

we have a 4.5 year old LG 70 inch HD
I have always been annoyed at the noise reduction and textures, we had plasmas previously
Fortunately it's just stopped working, inside the 5 year warranty, so I get a £2k refund

looking around it seems that OLED is much better, but £4k+ for 70+ inch screens
However, there are 65 inch ones in my range

My favourites are:

LG OLED65C8PLA  for £1800 from richer sounds

LG OLED65C9PLA  for £2400 from Costco, I think I get £48 cashback

Both 5 or 6 year warranties

C9 is the 2019 version, C8 the 2018
C9 brings in faster processor, other features and HDMI 2.1 

Anyone have any expertise in these?
Is it worth getting the newer one?

SRich

I'm constantly amazed at Richer Sounds customer focus....just a much more refreshing retail experience (assuming you get the right staff of course...it's all about the people)......can't they / won't they get you a C9? 

OLED is stunning.

ToneControl

SRich said:

I'm constantly amazed at Richer Sounds customer focus....just a much more refreshing retail experience (assuming you get the right staff of course...it's all about the people)......can't they / won't they get you a C9? 

it's £400 more there, plus the cashback I get from costco
Agree on RS customer focus, used them since the 1980s!

Philly_Q

This is giving me 4K OLED gas....

But I rarely get anything new (guitars excepted) until the old one breaks, and my Panasonic plasma is still OK. 

ToneControl

Philly_Q said:

This is giving me 4K OLED gas....

But I rarely get anything new (guitars excepted) until the old one breaks, and my Panasonic plasma is still OK. 

When our current TV failed, I had no idea when I got it
I was so pleased to find November 2014 with a 5 year warranty

wibble

I've got the 55" C7 and I love it.

Have a trawl of the in depth review sites like https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/lg/c9-oled

to help make up your mind (or confuse you even more!)

This guy is highly regarded for his deep dive tech review of tv's (and his dry sense of humour) especially by Reddit subs like r/OLED etc...

C8 review

C9 review

It's a rabbit hole - sometimes some ignorance is a good thing!

SRich

ToneControl said: it's £400 more there, plus the cashback I get from costco

Ouch....I didn't check if they stocked it before I replied to your post. Haven't I seen mention to price matching assuming there's a RS branch within 50 miles of the lower cost source?

ToneControl

SRich said:

ToneControl said: it's £400 more there, plus the cashback I get from costco

Ouch....I didn't check if they stocked it before I replied to your post. Haven't I seen mention to price matching assuming there's a RS branch within 50 miles of the lower cost source?

they are both close, but why bother? I suppose they have a 6 year warranty. I'd have it delivered
Hard to explain my 2% cashback at costco though

ToneControl

need to get a UHD bluray player too

Philly_Q

ToneControl said:

need to get a UHD bluray player too

If I ever move up to a 4K TV I'll do the same, although I wonder if physical media will have died out by then....

I'll need a multi-region player, no idea where to get hold of one.  My Blu-ray player is a multi-region Oppo, but they've stopped making players - I only realised when they sponsored the Cricket World Cup and I thought let's have a look and see what they're up to. 

ToneControl

Philly_Q said:

ToneControl said:

need to get a UHD bluray player too

If I ever move up to a 4K TV I'll do the same, although I wonder if physical media will have died out by then....

I'll need a multi-region player, no idea where to get hold of one.  My Blu-ray player is a multi-region Oppo, but they've stopped making players - I only realised when they sponsored the Cricket World Cup and I thought let's have a look and see what they're up to. 

actually, looking at the prices of discs today, I can't see me buying any soon
 I might get a plain bluray player for now ~£50 rather than a UHD one at £110-£200+

ToneControl

OK, I bought the LG OLED65C9PLA ,  from richer sounds, who even price matched the cashback
got a matching UHD Dolbyvision Lg UBK90 player

Freebird

I'd hold on a bit, if you enter the OLED game now you are going to be paying peak prices. I'm interested, but I'd rather wait until they become the new normal (not long in the TV world). The technology based companies always sting the mugs early adopters 

tone1

Tv’s need valves/tubes... proper old school.. Surely that’s better than modern OLED rubbish 

ToneControl

Freebird said:

I'd hold on a bit, if you enter the OLED game now you are going to be paying peak prices. I'm interested, but I'd rather wait until they become the new normal (not long in the TV world). The technology based companies always sting the mugs early adopters 

I agreed with the sentiment, but they come to collect the broken TV this week, I get a £2k refund
OLED started selling in 2010 I think, so not really early adopting here - already ignored OLED when I bought the last TV in 2014, so although prices are falling why would I spent £1k - £1.8k on a non-OLED big TV now if I have the cash? 

Freebird

ToneControl said:

Freebird said:

I'd hold on a bit, if you enter the OLED game now you are going to be paying peak prices. I'm interested, but I'd rather wait until they become the new normal (not long in the TV world). The technology based companies always sting the mugs early adopters.

I agreed with the sentiment, but they come to collect the broken TV this week, I get a £2k refund
OLED started selling in 2010 I think, so not really early adopting here - already ignored OLED when I bought the last TV in 2014, so although prices are falling why would I spent £1k - £1.8k on a non-OLED big TV now if I have the cash? 

I missed the bit about the refund, in which case you are not spending any money! I on the other hand will be waiting for the next round of price reductions. I like the Sony OLED TV which currently retails for £2,700, which is a bit steep in my opinion.

Enjoy your new TV 

ToneControl

Freebird said:

ToneControl said:

Freebird said:

I'd hold on a bit, if you enter the OLED game now you are going to be paying peak prices. I'm interested, but I'd rather wait until they become the new normal (not long in the TV world). The technology based companies always sting the mugs early adopters.

I agreed with the sentiment, but they come to collect the broken TV this week, I get a £2k refund
OLED started selling in 2010 I think, so not really early adopting here - already ignored OLED when I bought the last TV in 2014, so although prices are falling why would I spent £1k - £1.8k on a non-OLED big TV now if I have the cash? 

I missed the bit about the refund, in which case you are not spending any money! I on the other hand will be waiting for the next round of price reductions. I like the Sony OLED TV which currently retails for £2,700, which is a bit steep in my opinion.

Enjoy your new TV 

yes, I expected this TV to last a few more years, then do the same
the backlight has started to not work sometimes, not economical to repair it. Very lucky it happened now and not after November

ThePrettyDamned

I didn't realise you could get oled tvs! Mine is led, hdr and 4k smart telly, 50", they retail for about £4-500.

Oled, I presume, will allow for more effective dynamic range management but that will largely depend on the software that manages. Look forward to hearing what your beast is like  

monquixote

I've been wanting an oled since they were only available as broadcast monitors for about £20k

I've got an ancient TV with huge bezels just hoping a decent oled hits £1k before it blows up.

Philly_Q

I think OLED TVs have been on the market about 6 years now.  Pretty sure Samsung and LG already had a couple of huge (and hugely-expensive) models available at the time I got my plasma.

ToneControl

you can get a good LG C8 OLED 65" for £1800 now with 6 year warranty incl