LG Electronics has finally joined the jumbo-sized screen party with the official launch of its first ever 115-inch television, the LG 115QNED93B, also known as the LG 115QNEDD92B in other regions, such as the U.S.
The company is several years late to make its debut in this particular category, with the first consumer-focused 115-inch TV landing in living rooms back in 2023 when TCL launched the mega-sized version of the X11G Max Mini-LED TV. And even with its arrival, LG is not going to win any prizes based on image quality, although in terms of affordability, the LG 115QNED93B is going to be hard to beat.
FlatpanelsHD reported that the LG 115QNED93B is a Mini-LED TV, which means it lacks the advanced brightness of some other 115-inch models that come with more sophisticated RGB LED panels, but it still packs more than 1,000 dimming zones, the company said.
Where it really makes a splash is its price. While LG lists the new model at $12,999 on its U.S. website, some retailers are selling it much cheaper. For instance Amazon’s German website currently has it listed at just 7,000 euros, which translates to around $7,500. That’s a lot cheaper than any other 115-inch models we’ve seen, including the TCL QM7K, which is still on sale, priced at around $10,000 on Amazon in the U.S., down from its original $27,000 price tag.
TCL and Hisense have since debuted more affordable super-sized models, such as the 115-inch TCL QM7K and the 116-inch Hisense U75QG, which costs around $15,000 nowadays, while Samsung has also entered the market at a higher price point.
It’s not easy to picture just how big a 115-inch TV really is, but let’s just say it really is an enormous screen – almost four-times the size of a 55-inch display. However, as big as they are, they’ll soon be dwarfed by the arrival of the first 130-inch consumer TVs, which are likely to be twice as expensive as the most premium 115-inchers on sale today. The first such model is expected to be Samsung’s R95H Micro RGB TV, which utilises an RGB LED display and promises to be absolutely breathtaking.
The 115-inch and 116-inch panels used in these TVs are supplied by just two panel makers, namely TCL CSOT, which manufactures the slightly smaller size, and BOE, whose 116-inch panels are used exclusively by Hisense.
The trend towards bigger screens continues to gain momentum, and soon it won’t just be LCD TVs that have broken through the 100-inch barrier. Last month, LG Display and its partner Guangkai Holdings revealed that they’re planning to install a new production line at their jointly-owned OLED factory in Guangzhou, China, which will churn out enormous 111-inch OLED panels. We can expect the first TVs featuring those panels to arrive before the end of the decade. .
