LG’s rolling magic OLED is now available for purchase in the US. But reader, I’m very sorry to warn you in advance that indeed, really I can’t afford this TV.
As seen by HD Guru, LG seems to have quietly listed OLED TV R with a “Request Purchase” button on the product page. The official screen went on sale last year in South Korea for 100 million won, which turns into about 89,000 USD. Yes, that means almost $ 100,000 for a single TV. No, I can’t help you conceptualize the amount of money someone should have to feel that this purchase was even justified remotely.
A comment was asked about the current prices – as if any kind of discount would actually matter here – an LG spokesman would only say that the company has not officially announced the prices and availability of Signature R OLED, but added that the information should become available later in the second quarter.
If the LG Signature R OLED will claim its retail listing price in South Korea, it would cost more than four times as much as another LG dream TV you can’t afford: LG Signature OLED 8K ZX. That screen produces such a real (and so large) image that as I was reviewing it, I felt like I could reach out and touch the photo in front of me.
But OLED R, which initially made his debut a few years ago, do something that not even the huge and gorgeous OLED 8K can: ROLLS, baby. Basically, go from having a minimalist coffee table-like structure in your home to a large TV in minutes. It is an almost perfect design, although one that – as properly presented by the models extremely rich in its promotional materials – to the common people, we can not and can not afford, no matter how steep the display.
Catch me in 2040, when premium rolling TVs are something that any of us can have fun with even one day of shopping. Until then, he dreams further.
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