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The LG B5 was the one of the best OLED TVs I tested last year – and this could be your last chance to buy it for a super-low price
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If you're looking for an affordable OLED, there's no better than the LG B5. Right now, the 48-inch is down to £579 (was £799) at Amazon UK. While it was £567 the other day, this is still an excellent price and the cheapest you'll find it anywhere today.
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I truly believe this may be one of the last chances you'll get to grab the B5 for this low a price. Looking at various retailers, I'm starting to see low-stock or no stock for the B5 in various sized models, with said retailers making way for the new LG B6, the B5's successor. This is the best value the B5 is likely ever to be. For my full thoughts on why I love the B5, check out below.
LG's best value OLED hits its lowest ever price with this Prime Day deal, with the 48-inch LG B5 hitting £549, superb value for a 48-inch OLED. Perfect for bedroom gaming, the B5 has a full suite of gaming features and delivers smooth gameplay. It also delivers brilliant picture quality for movies and sports.
Easily one of the best value OLED TVs available, the LG B5 48-inch has dropped to $599.99. It's not a record-low, but still a very good price. This is the perfect TV if you're looking for a bedroom-sized display for gaming that still delivers awesome OLED picture quality.
The B5 is a fantastic gaming TV (Image credit: Future)
I've written about the LG B5 countless times, as to me it is the best value OLED you can get. I gave it 4.5 stars out of 5 in my LG B5 review because it covers all the bases like its more premium siblings, the C5 and G5, but at a more affordable level.
The B5 is one of the best gaming TVs you can get. Its four HDMI 2.1 ports support 4K 120 Hz, Free Sync and G-Sync, HGi G, Dolby Vision gaming and ALLM, and it has a measured 9.1ms input lag time (in Boost mode). When playing Battlefield V, performance felt very smooth with excellent response times. As I tore around the map, dodging bullets and explosions, the B5 never struggled.
For movies, you're still getting the rich, OLED-level picture quality you could want. As I watched the broody, opening scenes of The Batman, the B5 demonstrated strong contrast with inky black tones that perfectly captured the tone of the movie.
Watching brighter, colorful scenes in movies like Wicked, colors really popped, showcasing some nice depth and vibrancy. As I watched the 'Wizard and I' scene, I was impressed both by the punchiness of the pink flowers of the tree and the true-to-life greens of the trees and Elphaba's skin. The B5 also showcases crisp textures, with it rendering every mark or features in close-ups of people's faces.
If you're a sports fan, the B5 also delivers sleek motion. Watching some soccer, I was impressed by how the B5 accurately followed the fast-paced action and delivered it with no signs of judder.
The B5 may not have the brightness of other OLEDs, but really that's its only picture downside. The B5 is a superb TV and at this price, their aren't many that can top it.
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James is the TV Hardware Staff Writer at Tech Radar. Before joining the team, he worked at a major UK based AV retailer selling TV and audio equipment, where he was either telling customers the difference between OLED and QLED or being wowed by watching a PS5 run on the LG 65G2. When not writing about the latest TV tech, James can be found gaming, reading, watching rugby or coming up with another idea for a novel.
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