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For the past few years, LG has pursued
a policy of giving every OLED TV series in any given year's range more or less the same picture quality. For 2018, though, it tried something different. Its entry-level B8 TVs
use a less powerful processor than the...
Although not as good as LG's step-up range, the B8 remains a fantastic way for more people to embrace the joys of 4K OLED...
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For years now, LG has tended to give every OLED TV in any annual range refresh essentially the same picture quality, differentiating between separate ranges along purely design and/or sound quality lines. Which in turn has seemed to limit the extent of th...
Great price for OLED, Good picture quality, Gorgeous design, Strong smart system...
Lacks a little brightness, Doesn't use latest processing, Dark scene video noise, Slightly soft HD upscaling...
While it is not quite as refined in its picture performance as LG's step-up OLED TV, the C8 OLED, LG's B8 series still delivers that distinctive contrast wow factor that has made OLED such a hit with AV fans. That, together with a strong feature count, sh...
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While not quite as good as LG's more expensive OLED TVs for 2018, the OLED55B8PLA still retains more than enough OLED picture quality DNA to look like a serious bargain. The OLED55B8PLA is the cheapest OLED TV LG has ever made. This may well be all many...
Great price for an OLED TV, Typically good OLED picture quality, Beautiful design...
Picture quality falls short of step-up LG 2018 OLED models, Not the brightest with HDR sources, Needs care with set up...
If you can afford it, LG's OLED55C8 is a significantly better picture performer. But the LG OLED55B8PLA still retains more than enough quintessential OLED quality to look like a serious bargain...
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The B8 is the entry-level OLED TV from LG for 2018 and boasts most of the features of the higher specified models, including Dynamic Tone Mapping for use with static metadata HDR, WebOS smart TV and a new de-contouring feature. It's a 4K Ultra HD TV with...
Excellent black levels and shadow detail, Stunning contrast performance with SDR content, Very good HDR performance, Dolby Vision and Atmos support, HLG, HDR10 and Technicolour support, WebOS smart system, Dynamic Tone Mapping feature, Excellent image acc...
Some visible gradation issues when compared to A9 powered C8, Not much else at this price point...
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We're not so detached from the real world we would ever suggest £2000 is ‘cheap' for a TV.It's way off the price of many range-topping TVs, of course - but this is an era in which you can buy a big 4K TV for well under £1000. What a time for couch potato...
Rich, refined colours, Perfect blacks, Great value...
Other LGs are even better, QLEDs go brighter...
For those considering an upgrade to their TV now, there's some significant weighing up to do (or, perhaps, a game of rock/paper/scissors to play).If you thought it was tough choosing a favourite child, try picking between the handful of five-star OLED TVs...
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Everybody loves OLED, and with good reason. The use of individual light-emitting pixels makes for fantastic contrast and perfect black levels, and thanks to LG's refinement of the technology over the last several years, color quality and brightness are be...
Great color and contras, Great gaming suppor, Sleek desig, Powerful audi, Good price for OLED TV...
Mediocre motion handlin, Imperfect HDR performance...
By and large, the LG B8 OLED is an excellent value. With the reduced price, the high quality of the display (in almost all respects) and the full-featured smart-TV experience, this is a superb deal.And that's good, because the B8 isn't perfect. The set su...
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There is plenty to like about the B8. As we said above, it performs almost as well as the C8 and we absolutely loved its cousin. In other words, our praise will be almost the same for this edition while also taking into account qualities that are very spe...
Superb motion handling, Great performance for HDR and ordinary TV content, The usual perfect OLED contrast and black levels, Great performer for console gaming, Wonderful viewing angles, Superb color rendering...
Possible burn-in problems, Brightness issues...
In terms of overall value for price, the B8 is a superb choice and offers what we consider to be the best value of all 2018 OLED TVs we've looked at so far. Yes it underperforms the C8 in some key metrics but the underperformance is minor and more than ma...
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