BTW does anyone knows whether the price rise applies to the newly released Avant 85 inch?

I'm trying to work out whether I should wait for the 79inch or go for the 85inch

FYI If the 79inch is going to be a lot cheaper I'd wait for it but if not I rather get the 85 inch and bet the price rise - I doubt they will put it on discount any time soon???

I believe the price rise will hit the BL18s by quite a bit.

I'm not sure about the 85 avant which is 33k Aussie dollars.

Thanks Michael.

I went to the shop in the city yesterday, apparently it is an worldwide increase -around 10% in Aust

and unfortunately that includes the 85inch Avant too. I was told that avoid the increase the order needs to leave Denmark by 22-Dec - I'm not sure how much supply of the 85inch they have😮

I'm going to have a look at it next week. Having visited other electronic shops 79-85 inch definitely has the wow factor.

The shop couldn't give specifics for the 75inch.

The price increases might apply to the Avant 55 too. Back in May, a dealer told me that the "low" Avant price was only for its launch, and it would increase end of 2014/early 2015. He had mentioned 20%, but hopefully they changed their minds in Denmark..

Or maybe they lied to me just to make me get one immediately :)

 

TerryM wrote:

At £3200, a LG 55EA980W OLED TV plus a Focal Dimension Soundbar & Sub Base  now provides my AV pleasure.

speaking of depreciation, that LG OLED TV was (in Canada) $10,000 at launch 11 months ago, a few months later it dropped to $5000 and they are now selling the demo models for C$1899 or £1060

I am always amazed by B&O's price increases though, when car companies are offering so much more for the same money that we were paying 15 years ago. My own income does not go up 10% every year, would be nice if it did.

 

The 55 Avant will go to about $13,500 AUD, so that's about a 1,000 increase.  

I was going to write something else, but i forgot what i was gonna write... damn i hate that... (more later lol)

Ryan wrote:

 

TerryM wrote:

At £3200, a LG 55EA980W OLED TV plus a Focal Dimension Soundbar & Sub Base  now provides my AV pleasure.

speaking of depreciation, that LG OLED TV was (in Canada) $10,000 at launch 11 months ago, a few months later it dropped to $5000 and they are now selling the demo models for C$1899 or £1060

I am always amazed by B&O's price increases though, when car companies are offering so much more for the same money that we were paying 15 years ago. My own income does not go up 10% every year, would be nice if it did.

 

 

When I purchased my BV 7-55 3D system in January 2012 the price of the TV alone was £13100.

 

For that price one would expect not only quality, but also, above all, reliability.

Sadly, with my TV that proved to be far from the case.

 

Here in the UK, the LG 55EA980W  was priced at £7999 at launch in September 2013  followed in December 2013 by a price reduction to £4999.

 

So a cutting edge OLED TV was not only priced considerably cheaper at launch, but then followed the normal pattern of price reduction during it's life cycle rather than the B & O policy of a price increase.