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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Deep discounts on last year’s LG B5 OLED show how quickly premium display tech commoditizes. If you build experiences around living-room screens, assume high-end HDR and low latency are now baseline even in mid-market households.
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