LG OLED 65B6 and 65E6 purchase

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Hi guys,

Did anyone purchase LG 2016 OLED B6 or E6 models? How has been your experience with the panel and LG?

Planning to buy one soon. I've done the demo of both. E6 is hair above the B6 in light output and possibly cleaner image. This is only in a side by side comparison.

Thanks,
Shaiju
 
I have the B6 for the last month or more. Its a beautiful TV. But get video help with calibration. There are couple of them out there. Also some of the members in AVSForum have put up their own calibration stats. I tried four different calibrations till I settled on AVForum (not AVS) one.

On the E6, if you don't have 3d needs and don't need the sound bar its really a lot of money to pay. Remember, the cost of buying is one thing then theres the four years of warranty. Picture quality is absolutely similar unless you are fussed about the processor. Have read hundreds of posts and resolved that there's very little setting the two apart.

On the warranty, buy it within a month of purchase, otherwise the cost escalates. Hope this helps.
 
Thanks.

I browsed threads on AVF and AVSF. If you have the links handy, do share.
E6 advantages are not worth the price hike, but if money is no object then E6 it is.

I played few 1080p movies on the B6 at a store and it was marvellous.
 
Thanks.

I browsed threads on AVF and AVSF. If you have the links handy, do share.
E6 advantages are not worth the price hike, but if money is no object then E6 it is.

I played few 1080p movies on the B6 at a store and it was marvellous.

I really wouldn't buy the E6, I had the money, since I did not need 3D or soundbar.

These links might help you when calibrating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXwFi3E1K0g&t=262s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZZK4pVIQ3s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFf4vEiHHRQ

The settings on AVSForum, click on spoiler: http://www.avsforum.com/forum/40-ol...65e6-info-issues-settings-2.html#post44283122

Hope this helps.
 
I have had the B6 for about 3 months now. I wonder how I survived without them for so long. Watch 4K on them is like staring out of a window;Stunning PQ after some tuning. I could not justify the extra cost for a E6. Even 1080 material looks a lot better on this.
 
I have the LG B6 55". Have been using it for about 3 months now. Absolutely satisfied. It is everything I expected from an OLED. I have had absolutely no issues with the processor or WebOS as well.

My two cents - it is not an early adopter TV at all - it is a second gen (or third?) OLED, but more importantly comes with no compromises at all. It has a true 10 bit panel, supports both popular HDR formats: DolbyVision and HDR10, has enough processing power to handle true 4k HDR. Being an OLED, there is the obvious advantage of true blacks, but more importantly, this panel also has more than enough brightness level (unless you are in a super bright living room), and also has the best wide viewing angle you can hope to find in a TV panel. Sure, it is not as bright as the Samsung KS8000 series but it is quite sufficiently bright for most. And also does not suffer from bleeding or poorer contrast or poorer wide angle performance like the Samsung. And in a dark room, the TV is ridiculously good. The panel just "disappears" and the images often appear to float and mesmerize you.

The image retention is a non-issue for me, despite the fact that we watch a ton of TV with logos and what not. I also feel WebOS is an extremely well implemented OS, and some of the 4k HDR content I have watched on Amazon Prime such as some episodes of Mozart In The Jungle were absolutely stunning and the TV did a great job of rendering and playing without any issues. The remote is not some fancy touchscreen tablet like Vizio but is well implemented and the pointer and scroll works really well in WebOS. ARC has worked quite well too, especially when switching between the TV's built-in apps and external video source such as STB or Roku.

I went with the rtings review and calibration settings and it seems to be decent. I might try the AVSForum one as posted above.

My only two cents: The 55" has become cost competitive but the 65" is still double the price of other top of the line 65" options, at least in the US. Considering how close the Samsung KS8000 is to the LG, it might be worth picking it up instead for half the price (if that is indeed the price differential in India too).

B6 55" is available on Amazon for $2k and 65" is for $3k. 65" KS8000 is for $1500 though or half the price of 65" B6, but the 55" KS8000 oddly enough is $1200 which is almost the same as the B6 55" - at least if you compare it with ebay price where it is available for $1500.
 
Here's a picture of my B6 when I had just finished mounting it. It just kept getting better and better after that.
 

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I am also planning to buy an E6. The reason behind E6 is I currently have a LG 50 inch 4K 3D LED. The best price I got is 4.43 L from a vendor and the same TV is selling for 4.09 L on shopclues.com.

Not sure about the experience from shopclues as this is a too good price..
 
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