LG's $30,000 88-Inch OLED TV Now Available, Will Support HomeKit and AirPlay 2

[Rychiar]

meh, that's not microLED

 

[NufSaid]

That is a relief.

Ordered this and forgot to check if it was HomeKit compatible. What a relief.
Hope I can fit it my McLaren to get it home.

[/sarcasm]

 

[JosephAW]

So which Apple Desktop Or MBP can drive this at native res?

 

[potatis]

Who has a living room like that? I would love to have that view

The window makes the tv look small though.

 

[lunarworks]

I'm still getting by with my 10+ year old 37" 1080p set. Thicc as heck, and bezels for days.

 

[Mactendo]

No, no, no, no. 8K is not enough. Not buying it until it’s 16K or 32K.

Nice mountain wallpapers though.

 

[Chaos215bar2]

Will Support HomeKit and AirPlay 2

And will never receive a feature update going forward.

 

[brock2621]

Oh good, I was worried about airplay on my THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLAR TV!

 

[tridley68]

that screen covers alot of realestate but Sony top's them with a 98inch i just saw at my local Best Buy for $69,999.00

 

[orthorim]

Loving that promo pic LG!!!

"That mountain panorama sucks, sure glad I can put a massive TV there to improve things"

 

[coolfactor]

Who’s going to afford this?

Tons (tens?) of people have an excess of money that the rest of us deserve to have a piece of.

But look at the price difference between OLED and LED!! Wow!

 

[kol77]

Does it come with a stand?

Yep - with wireless streaming, two guys to move it from room to room.

 

[bbednarz]

I know they would never announce this, but I'd love to know the sales figures for stuff like this. Do the uber rich even care about stuff like this?I can't imagine any normal working person is going to spend that kind of money lol.

 

[coolfactor]

There is always that price jump from 55" to 65", usually $500 - $2000, but the 75" to 88" jump is insane....over $20K.

OLED vs LED. Different tech. I almost missed it, too.

 

[thisisnotmyname]

Who has a living room like that? I would love to have that view

only in a marketing image for a TV would the designer place the television there.

 

[69Mustang]

For reference: 77" OLED $5,500
https://www.bestbuy.com/site/lg-77-...rt-4k-uhd-tv-with-hdr/6345763.p?skuId=6345763

Not really the best comparison. Your linked TV is 4K. The feature TV is 8K. I think that's where cost difference lies. Comparatively, Sony and Samsung have 98" 8K TV's for approx. $70K and neither are OLED. Their 85" models clock in between $13K-$16K.
LG's OLED 8K is the first of it's kind so it has first of it's kind first adopter bleeding edge pricing.

 

[Motawa]

blablabla hate hate hate meh meh meh

 

[kwikdeth]

Who’s going to afford this?

Mac Pro buyers

 

[robinp]

No one in their right minds would put a tv in front of a view like that. What a stupid image.

 

[Mactendo]

That is a relief.

Ordered this and forgot to check if it was HomeKit compatible. What a relief.
Hope I can fit it my McLaren to get it home.

[/sarcasm]

I purchased a helicopter in order to purchase that TV. Flying to my château right now.

 

[Rojaaemon]

Loving that promo pic LG!!!

"That mountain panorama sucks, sure glad I can put a massive TV there to improve things"

It goes so well with the cheap, uncomfortable looking sofa.

 

[fokmik]

8k should be for movie theater

 

[reallynotnick]

I’ve never understood why 15% more surface area costs 6x more when it comes to TVs.

I assume you are comparing the 77" to the 88" in which case it's ~30% more area with a ~15% bigger diagonal.

Now that said the cost really comes down to yields and the size of the manufacturing process. Typically there are X number of defects per X number of surface area. The bigger the screen the more likely they are going to have to throw out a panel as it will be defective, which is really what is driving up the costs. Also some large panels aren't efficient for certain production sizes because what they do is make one large piece of glass and cut it, so some larger sizes waste a lot of glass because they can't be efficiently titled across to use all the glass like smaller panel sizes more often can.

 

[anthonymoody]

Does it come with a stand?

Not only does it come with the stand (pictured), it *cannot* be wall mounted as a result. It's permanently affixed to the stand.

 

[Gkohn]

Who has a living room like that? I would love to have that view

That's just their 20 foot TV screen behind it. Wanna guess at that price?