While the big news about LG Australia’s 2025 TV range will largely focus on the improvements from OLED and the like, if you’re intending to save money this year, the low-end brings the goods, too.
It hasn’t been that long since CES 2025 revealed what we have to look forward to in the world of tech, and a few months later, some of it is ready to arrive, particularly with that of TVs.
It’s a consistent schedule each year, too; between March and May, you can expect new TVs to arrive, as TV changeover season hits, making last year’s models less expensive and clearing the way for the latest tech this year.
We’re beginning to see 2025’s models trickle in for that reason, and LG appears to be the first cab off the rank, ready to show what’s on the way.
It’ll cover the regular assortment of premium OLED running across entry level to high-end, as well as options for LED-backlit TVs that don’t quite hit as high a price as OLED. And there’s also something to look forward to if you plan on spending less overall, as LG looks to make the entry-level TV that little bit better this year.
Improved OLED from B to G
The news clearly starts with LG’s OLED offerings, because there are quite a few of these. The market leader in the category with more OLED panels than practically anyone else, you’ll find the organic pixel panels spreading across a variety of price points in 2025, as it has in other years.
That starts with the entry level B5 OLED, a screen that’ll see the slightly older LG Alpha 8 AI processor and the newly updated webOS 25 platform, with a starting price of $1899 for a 48 inch model and as much as $3299 for a 65 inch variety.
In the LG Evo C5 range, there’s also what’s little more brightness, boosting the levels up to 50 percent compared to the non-Evo models, while also improving the hardware to an Alpha 9 Gen 8 chip.
There’s also support for Nvidia G-Sync gaming, plus the GeForce Now app for cloud gaming, too, and a built-in virtual 11.1.2 sound system coming out of the small speakers on the TV. You’ll probably still want a separate speaker or soundbar, but the C5 aims to offer that little bit better audio performance than a standard TV, price from $2199.
At the slightly higher end of the market, there’s the OLED Evo G5, LG’s more “gallery-styled” OLED panel, which will come sized from 55 inches all the way to 97 inches later on.
A little better overall than the C5, the it comes with the Alpha 11 AI Processor G2, a new model that aims to intelligently analyse content and upscale it, also improving brightness and contrast on a scene-by-scene basis.
The LG OLED Evo G5 will also see ambient light compensation added to its filmmaker mode, adjusting the picture settings of the TV to deal with the environment settings in your home, keeping blacks the way they should be and the rest of the colours with that.
LG’s G5 range will be sized from 55 all the way to 97 inches, and comes with both a slim wall bracket and a pedestal stand, priced from $4199.
High-end OLED M and T
At the high-end, however, there’s the wireless M5 and the transparent OLED T, both of which are on the way, but scheduled for later in the year.
The M5 OLED will continue LG’s wireless TV technology, essentially taking the G5 and including the wireless control box, but starting at $5999 for a 65 inch option, priced all the way to $39,999 for a 97 inch Evo M5.
If you have even more money to play with, LG’s transparent Signature OLED T will be coming later in the year, scheduled for the second half of 2025, and likely for a much larger price tag.
The company hasn’t revealed what that price is exactly, but it likely falls into the category of “if you have to ask”, well, you know the rest.
Nanocell in entry-level means better colour for all
If you do have to ask, however, you might find yourself more intriguing by what’s happening in the entry-level TV world.
Perhaps one of the most intriguing additions is what’s happening to the low-end TV for LG, as the entry-level TV becomes better in general. Not content with releasing yet another standard 4K Ultra HD TV, “NanoCell” becomes a part of the feature set across the board.
The technology is essentially LG’s take on quantum dot, using little crystals to enhance the colour, honing it and improving the crispness and vibrance in TVs.
Once a technology for the high-end, Nanocell can now be found at the low-end, and will start in a $749 43 inch 4K TV, the Nano80A, with the 55 inch Nano80A costing $999, the 65 inch for $1299, and an 86 inch NanoCell 4K TV for $2899. Yes, that’s under $3K for 86 inches.
Better LED-backlit options
Outside of the basic Nanocell range in the Nano80A, there’s also what’s going on in the QNED TVs, the variety of Nanocell LG TVs that also uses mini LEDs to power up the dimming and brightness.
There will be a few varieties of these this year, covering the QNED81A in the standard options from $1099 for a 43 inch, $1499 for a 55 inch, and $3699 for the 86 inch QNED81A, while an improved “eco” variety of QNED will come in the 86A and 93A, boasting sizes from 55 to 100 inches and controlling the lighting to be that much better than their basic Nanocell equivalents.
An AI operating system
Across many of these TVs is a more AI-focused operating system, which will include a remote that lets you pull up AI functions, and even talk to an on-screen AI chatbot of sorts.
More than just another version of ChatGPT, LG’s AI bot will let you quickly make adjustments to screen settings by asking it questions, in essence granting immediate TV tech support for those who need it.
Local availability
There are, of course, other additions coming as part of LG’s 2025 line-up, including UltraGear OLED monitors and soundbar options, with many of these — including the TVs — set to arrive this month.
Not all will, however, but most of what’s been called out will arrive shortly at stores across the country.
