Last week , Caleb Denison and I got the chance to pass some time at LG headquarters for closer expression at the 2025 modelsannounced at CES in January . Sure , the majority of the excitement the past couple calendar month has been around WOLED applied science taking a reasonably self-aggrandising pace onwards . The G5 is getting rid of MLA ( Micro Lens Array ) applied science and the exist three layer social system — consisting of a individual jaundiced / green / red layer between two blue layers — and insteadusing a four - bed stackwith freestanding red , green , and ( two ) blue layers . It ’s right for this kind of news show to get top headlines in the AV earth , but after last week , I ’m equally concerned in the oftentimes - forget LG OLED series — the B series .
The in force of the best G serial steal attention because it debut the new tech each year and is thebest OLED , and the C series is the expert mixture of performance and value , while the B series patiently waits its good turn for reportage . There ’s only so many days in the year , and only so may TVs that can be review in that time . But the B5 reckon very intriguing , and it worthy of a bit of a callout .
yr - over - year advance are n’t as drastic as they used to be even five years ago . TVs , from budget to high - death , are all at least pretty undecomposed . And the drip down of performance has material impact on the lower tier . Look at the surprise , inexpensive introduction of theSansui OLED last year , or the newly announcedPhilips OLED Roku boob tube . What used to be a market that did n’t subsist , or was n’t deserving recommending , now has multiple players .
Judging by some of the numbers we see this week , an OLED tier is a few age behind the tier above it . So the LG C5 performance looks possibly comparable to theLG G2 , which would put the B5 on par with theLG C2 — averygood OLED TV . When citizenry ask me what idiot box they should buy in 2022 ( and even into 2023 before it leave the market ) , the C2 was the quick , wanton , and obvious solvent . I ’d still be glad with it today ( and my champion who buy it , are ) .
During the scuttle presentation , we learned that the B5 would be available in an 83 - in theoretical account and … that ’s it . No other size of it was listed in the powerpoint . tight forrad an hour , and there we were , looking at a gambling presentment on a B5 that was most for sure 77 inches and not 83 . After some questions , we found out that , yes , the B5 will be available in size of it ranging from 55 to 83 inches — the question is availability . Smaller sizes will only be uncommitted from sure retail merchant , but LG was not prepared to reveal which retailers just yet . We ’ll likely get the news program in coming week ( or a couple month , at most ) .
Once pricing is exhaust ( I do n’t await the recently announced EU prices to accurately symbolise the North American B5 pricing ) we ’ll get a good sense of where things stand and how the B5 will stack up against the Philips and Sansui OLED ( or maybe something that has n’t been break yet ) . go bad by my eyes last week , though , entry - level OLED competitor is about to get heated .
