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LG B6 OLED: prices, fit, and what the testing says
LG's entry OLED has the same deep blacks as the C6 and much less light. Its 65-inch price didn't move once in two weeks of checks.
Our take
The short version
The B6 is an OLED for people who watch at night. Blacks are as deep as on any LG, it has Dolby Vision, and all four HDMI ports run at full HDMI 2.1 speed. What you give up is brightness. RTINGS rates the C6 considerably better, mainly for that reason, and Tom's Guide measured the B6 at 780 nits in HDR to the C6's 1,365.
It also stopped being much of a bargain. The 65-inch was $1,299.99 at Amazon every time we looked, from October 7 to October 19, and LG.com matched it. When the C6 fell to $1,399.99 on October 19, the gap between the two shrank to $100.
So the B6 makes sense in two cases: a sale that reopens that gap, or a dark room where its lower brightness never shows.
Our price checks
Price history
It's the only TV we checked four times at the same price: $1,299.99 at 65 inches on October 7, 12, 14, and 19. LG.com listed an original price of $1,999.99. Amazon's B6 listing only offered 65, 77, and 83 inches when we checked on October 12, so the 48- and 55-inch sizes in LG's lineup weren't on Amazon then.
- $1,299.99
- Amazon (seller not recorded), Oct 7
- $1,299.99
- Amazon (seller not recorded), Oct 7
- $1,299.99
- Amazon.com, Oct 19
| Size | Store | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 65" | Amazon | $1,299.99* | $1,299.99 | $1,299.99 | $1,299.99 |
| 65" | LG.com | – | $1,299.99 | $1,299.99 | – |
| 77" | Amazon | – | $1,999.99* | – | – |
| 83" | Amazon | – | $2,999.99* | – | – |
New-condition prices; Amazon ones sold by Amazon.com unless marked. * Seller not recorded.
- Oct 12, 65" at LG.com: Original price $1,999.99.
- Oct 19, 65" at Amazon: List and typical price $1,299.99.
The scores, explained
Fit by room and use
By room
- Bright room2/5
- This is its weakest room. It's dimmer than the C6, and in daylight that shows as a flat, washed-out picture. Pick something else if the blinds stay open.
- Mixed light3.5/5
- Fine for lamps at night, poor for afternoon sun. The low bright-room score drags this blend well below the C6's.
- Dark room5/5
- Per-pixel blacks, the same as the C6 and G6. With the lights off, the brightness gap matters far less.
By use
- Movies & TV5/5
- Dark-room films are its best use: perfect blacks, Dolby Vision, and enough HDR punch in a dim room. Highlights are softer than on the C and G series.
- Sports3/5
- Motion is clean, but daytime games tend to be watched with the lights on, where the B6 struggles. Hence the lower score.
- Gaming4/5
- All four ports are full 48Gbps HDMI 2.1 with VRR, per RTINGS, but it tops out at 120Hz. The C6 and the S90H go to 165Hz, so it lands a step lower.
- A bit of everything4/5
- Great films and good games, held back by middling sports. It's a specialist, not an all-rounder.
Find my TV
What Find my TV picks it for
Of the helper's 144 possible answers, the LG B6 OLED makes the shortlist in 15 and leads it in 6. The helper only picks the B6 for dark rooms and for movies, which is where its scores are high. At about $1,300 it doesn't fit the two lower budgets, and in a bright room its score there costs it more than its value score can make up.
Under $1,000
Over budget at ~$1,300.
Under $1,200
Over budget at ~$1,300.
Under $1,800
Mixed room: movies #2 · Dark room: movies #1, a bit of everything #2
No limit
Mixed room: movies #2 · Dark room: movies #1
#1 is the top pick. Seat distance changes only the size it suggests here: Cozy 48", Standard 55", Spacious 83".
Sizes
Sizes and panels
48" · 55" · 65" · 77" · 83"
- 48, 55, 65, 77, and 83 inches in LG's lineup. RTINGS tested the 65-inch (OLED65B6GUA).
- The B6E is the same TV with a simpler remote, per RTINGS.
- Old names, new TV: RTINGS notes that the 2016 B6 (model numbers ending B6PUA) is a completely different set from the 2026 B6 (B6GUA).
Electricity
Cost to run
- 122 W
- 0.4 W
- 225 kWh
- $41/yr
225 kWh a year comes to about $41 at 18.31¢, from $29 in Louisiana to $108 in Hawaii. Rank: 2nd of 12. That's the second-lowest filing of any TV we cover, behind the Roku, and about $11 a year less than the C6 at the same rate. It isn't on ENERGY STAR's list.
65-inch OLED65B6GUA, DOE filing, 5 hours on a day. Rate: EIA's July 2026 U.S. residential average.
Cross-shop
Who should skip it
You can stretch $100
Instead: LG C6 OLED. That was the 65-inch gap on October 19. RTINGS rates the C6 considerably better, mostly for brightness, and it adds 165Hz gaming.
Daylight hits the screen
Instead: Samsung S90H OLED. A matte Glare Free OLED for $98 more at 65 inches on October 19 ($1,397.99).
Your ceiling is $1,000
Instead: Roku Pro Series OLED. OLED blacks at 65 inches for $999.99 on October 19. It's dimmer still: 574 nits in HDR in Tom's Guide's test.
Sound
Soundbars that pair with it
At 65 inches, the size our prices use, the picture is 56.7 inches wide, so every soundbar we cover fits underneath. At 48 inches, the smallest LG B6 OLED size, 7 of them do. LG names sync features for LG TVs on the S95AR, the highest-ranked bar that has them.
- LG S95AR
9.1.5-channel, bar, sub, and rears, 49.2 in wide (fits 65-inch screens and up). WOW Orchestra, WOWCAST Built-in, WOW Interface with LG TVs, per LG.
$1,199.99
- Samsung HW-Q990H
11.1.4-channel, bar, sub, and rears, 48.5 in wide (fits 65-inch screens and up). No LG features; it connects over HDMI eARC.
$1,497.99
- Samsung HW-B750F
5.1-channel, bar and sub, 40.6 in wide (fits 48-inch screens and up). No LG features; it connects over HDMI ARC.
$297.99
From the soundbar finder at 65 inches with all-round use; Amazon prices seen October 26, 2026. Sync features are what each soundbar maker states for this brand and model year. Every TV brand and size · How to connect one
Supporting evidence
What the testing says
- RTINGS: Rates the C6 considerably better, mainly because the C6 is brighter.
- RTINGS: Confirms full-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 on all four ports, Dolby Vision, and 120Hz.
- RTINGS: Names it the budget pick in its best OLED TVs list.
- RTINGS: Rates it slightly better than the Samsung S85H, with more accurate HDR and better cleanup of low-quality streams.
- RTINGS: Points dark-room movie watchers to an entry OLED like the B6 over mini-LEDs such as the TCL QM7L and Hisense U7SG.
- Tom's Guide: Measured 780 nits in HDR, against 1,365 for the C6 and 574 for the Roku Pro Series OLED.
Sources
- RTINGS LG B6 review (opens in a new tab) · 65-inch tested
- RTINGS, The 3 Best OLED TVs of 2026 (opens in a new tab) · updated October 9, 2026
- Tom's Guide, Roku Pro Series OLED review (opens in a new tab) · October 8, 2026; HDR brightness compared with the B6, C6, and S90H
- LG.com, OLED65B6GUA (opens in a new tab)
Where we pick or compare it
Disclosure: We haven't tested this TV. Prices are dated, not live. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.