LG is the only manufacturer of OLED panels for televisions. A lot of time and money has been spent on the development of OLED panels. LG supplies its OLED panels to other manufacturers such as Sony, Panasonic, Philips. Of course, because of the high production cost of OLED panels, OLED TVs have a higher price than LED TVs. You should also be aware that OLED TVs have two significant drawbacks
OLED displays are prone to burnout
OLED displays have a reduced brightness to extend the life of the display.
But they also have advantages, perfect black color in the image.
LG OLED 2018
OLED TV series B8
LG’s 2017 OLED TVs are very similar to the previous line. Dolby Atmos support has been added. The TV has an alpha 7 processor and the operating system has been updated to webOS 4. In general, the TV shows good enough performance, but processes the image a little worse than models with the more advanced Alpha 9 processor.
The manufacturer does not disclose the specifications of the processor. It is known that Alpha 7 has 4 processor cores and 2 graphics processor cores. The RAM is 2 GB and the built-in 8 GB.
OLED LG B8S vs B8P
There are several versions of the TV B8S and B8P, they differ in the number of speakers.
The B8S is 2×10W and 2×10W subwoofer.
B8P -2×10W.
In general, the TV shows a good picture and in the tests received a score of 9 points.
OLED С8
The OLEDC8 features the new Alpha 9 processor. The Alpha 9 processor also has 4 cores of the main processor and 2 cores of the graphics processor. The RAM is increased to 3 GB, the internal memory is 8 GB. The operating system is WebOS 4.0. Sound format 2.2 two speakers of 10 watts, as well as two subwoofers also 10 watts. The design has been slightly changed, but the appearance is very similar to the B8.
OLED E8
The model differs in design and number of speakers, E8 has a configuration of 4.2 (four speakers of 10 watts each and 2 subwoofers of 10 watts each). The sound is improved, the other parameters are similar to the OLED C8 model.
OLED G8
The model differs in design and number of speakers, E8 has a configuration of 4.2 (four speakers of 10 watts each and 2 subwoofers of 10 watts each). The sound is improved, the other parameters are similar to the OLED C8 model.
OLED W8
The technical parameters are identical with the E8 and G8. The differences lie in the design, in the OLED TV the panel is made separately, the control unit is made separately, the TV consists of two parts. The advantage is the slimmer design of the display, the possibility to place the control unit in a different place. Of course, not everyone likes this design, pay attention to this feature when buying.
SONY OLED 2018
OLED screens for Sony TVs are supplied by LG. Sony is one of the few companies that does not hide what processors the chip in the TV is built on. OLED TVs from Sony have very good picture quality and natural colors. The Sony chip uses third-party displays, the company itself develops programs for image processing. Android is used as the operating system. In 2018, 2 models of OLED TVs were introduced.
KD-AF8 alternative model XBR-A8F
The TV is equipped with the Picture Processor X1™ Ultimate, which has a MediaTek MT 5891 core processor with ARM Sogtech A53 cores, 4 cores at 1.1 GHz, it also has an integrated graphics processor built on the ARM Mali T860 MP2 processor with two 700 MHz cores. There is also 16GB of built-in memory and 2GB of RAM. Sony does not support HDR (Advanced HDR) – this standard was developed by Technicolor as an alternative to HDR10+ and Dolby Vision and is promoted by LG.
Sound format 4.1, four 10W speakers and 1x10W subwoofer. The operating system is Android 7.0 or Android 8.0. Sound format 4.1, four 10 watt speakers and 1×10 watt subwoofer. Standard design, TV on a stand or wall mount option.
KD-AF9 alternative model XBR-A9F
This TV model uses the Picture Processor X1™ Ultimate, but an improved, core MediaTek MT5893 processor designed specifically for Sony, it has 4 cores at 1.5 GHz and a Mali-G71 graphics processor with 2 cores and 770-850 MHz. There is 4 GB of RAM and 16 GB of built-in memory.
Thanks to the improved processor, image processing speed has improved, although the operating system is Android 8.0. The sound format is 6.2, with six speakers of 13 watts each and two subwoofers of 10 watts. The design is also unusual, the TV is made with a stand like in photo frames, unusual, but stylish.
Panasonic OLED 2018
Panasonic is also launching OLED TVs, buying OLED screens from LG. There are 2 TV models introduced in 2018. FZ800 and FZ950, in some countries they are FZ802B, FZ952B models. And, for example, Panasonic does not sell TVs at all in the United States. Panasonic’s OLED TVs are of good quality, thanks to clever software, have good speed and picture quality.
Panasonic FZ800 (FZ802B, FZW804)
The design is quite original, the sound format is 2.2. 2x10W main speakers and 2x10W subwoofer. The processor is 4-core, but the manufacturer does not disclose detailed characteristics. The operating system Home Screen 3.0, which is based on the Mozilla Firefox OS, which was once developed for phones. The design is simple, but stylish.
Panasonic FZ950 (FZ950B, FZ950E, FZW954)
OLED TV series 9, from the 8 series has improved sound, also the format 2.2 but the speakers are 20W each, total power of 80W Speakers are built into the soundbar, which is built into the stand.
PHILIPS OLED 2018
Philips, despite the ever-increasing lag in TV quality, this came after the Chinese company TP Vision bought the TV brand for Europe, Asia and Oceania, trying to reach the level of the leaders. There were especially many complaints about the quality of the software.
Matrix screens are also purchased from LG. The TVs are equipped with MediaTek MT5596A processors with 4 Cortex-A53 cores and clocked at 1.1 GHz. As a graphics processor installed Mali-T860 MP2 with 2 cores and a frequency of 700 MHz. Internal memory is 16 GB, the RAM is 2 GB. The operating system is Android.
TVs differ in the number of speakers and design.
- OLED803 – 4x10W + 1x10W subwoofer
- OLED873 – 2х25W
- OLED903 – 4x10W + 1x10W subwoofer
- OLED973 – 2х30W
For America, OLED TVs are not made.
