North America has an extra EXTRA premium on it compared to the rest of the world

You are definitely paying for the brand and something else. An LG OLED with Stage gives you better image and sound quality over the Horizon and IF you were to get the new LG GX series (55 inch) with a Stage  it would even look better IMHO than the Horizon. I guess you are paying for the floor stand. So if you add a Stage and 55 inch GX series OLED, the Horizon new is till around $2,000 more! That's a really expensive floor stand!

Jaffrey2230 wrote:

You are definitely paying for the brand and something else. An LG OLED with Stage gives you better image and sound quality over the Horizon and IF you were to get the new LG GX series (55 inch) with a Stage  it would even look better IMHO than the Horizon. I guess you are paying for the floor stand. So if you add a Stage and 55 inch GX series OLED, the Horizon new is till around $2,000 more! That's a really expensive floor stand!

Well, if mine ever arrives, I'll let you know how the GX + Stage peforms.

I did consider the Horizon, but it's so expensive for a 48" non-OLED non-HDR screen at £4500. Also, the same dealer I bought the LG GX from claims a new Horizon is due before September (and before an Eclipse v2), so maybe it's worth waiting?

Thank you all for your input.

Knowing selling prices in the UK is helpful, and confirms my suspicions that the asking price is outrageous.  I expect it will stay on eBay for quite a while. :D

A product refresh with an OLED panel would be absolutely brilliant.  If they kept the visual appearance but replaced the sound system with something comparable to the BeoSound Stage I'd start saving up my money.  If they included the Active Room Compensation of the BeoSound Balance I'd start selling organs.

Thanks again for the input, everyone!

-Alex