LG is starting to ship the OLED TVs it launched at CES 2022, and it is principally excellent news — although you’ll have to be affected person relying on the mannequin you need. The firm is promoting a number of B2, C2 (pictured) and G2 Gallery Edition units although its web site this month, with pricing that is not too removed from what you paid for final yr’s fashions. The B2 variants presently on supply vary from a $1,499 55-inch model by means of to a $3,299 77-inch version. The C2s you should buy differ from a $1,499 48-inch display screen by means of to a $3,499 77-inch set, whereas the G2 is out there in 65-inch ($2,999) and 77-inch ($3,999) flavors. Third-party sellers will carry the brand new fashions beginning in April.

Both probably the most inexpensive and priciest units will take longer to succeed in your lounge. The $1,399 42-inch C2 will not arrive till May, and neither the entry-level A2 nor the gargantuan 97-inch G2 have acquired costs or launch dates. The 83-inch C2 ($5,499), 55-inch G2 ($2,199) and 83-inch G2 ($6,499) ship in April. You’ll even have to attend till April for the Z2 sequence 8K OLED units, though the 77- and 88-inch units’ respective $12,999 and $24,999 costs will rule them out for many viewers.

The 2022 LG OLED TVs are iterative upgrades. That’s not essentially a nasty factor, thoughts you. C2 fashions use the brighter “evo” panels that first appeared in 2021. The C2, G2 and Z2 are the primary units to help Dolby Vision IQ with Precision Detail to enhance HDR output, and so they use a brand new Alpha 9 Gen 5 chip that guarantees higher luminance, tone mapping and digital 7.1.2 encompass sound. WebOS 22 provides useful options like person profiles and content material mirroring on a second TV. B2 patrons must ‘settle’ for an Alpha 7 Gen 5 chip with extra restricted audiovisual processing and digital 5.1.2-channel sound.

The launch particulars come simply days after Samsung outlined pricing for 2022 TVs that embrace a long-awaited OLED set, the $2,200 S95B. LG won’t be too fearful about short-term competitors given the sheer number of OLED TVs it sells, however Samsung is clearly gunning for a few of that viewers.