LG Begins The Sale Of World’s First 8K OLED TV

Introduced back in March at Innofest Asia, the folks at LG has announced today the start of sales of the world’s first 8K OLED TV (model 88Z9) with pre-orders of the 88-inch set starting this week in South Korea.

LG 8K OLED TV (model 88Z9)

The 8K OLED TV is the company’s largest OLED TV to date and it employs an advanced panel with over 33 million self-emitting pixels to deliver lifelike colors in a wide viewing angle, infinite contrast ratio, and true blacks.

With its 8K Ultra HD resolution (7680 x 4320), it offers 16 times the number of pixels in full HD and 4 times that of UHD, which is needless to say, it is pretty damn good.

The brand new 8K OLED TV comes with LG’s 2nd generation α9 8K processor, where it helps in the TV’s processing capabilities with effective 8K upscalling and improved noise reduction.

In terms of audio, it comes with Dolby Atmos to enjoy better sound quality. It also offers Dolby Vision to pair. The TV supports HDMI 2.1 and also supports automatic low latency mode (ALLM), variable refresh rate (VRR), as well as enhanced audio return channel (eARC).

In some markets, the LG 8K OLED TV comes with built-in Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa for full control of the smart TV. A release date for Malaysia has yet to be confirmed as well as the price.

Pokdepinion: I can just imagine myself just playing my PS4 Pro on it.. (key word here is imagine)