Nobody ever said that Sony's OLED TV would be cheap. Somebody said it before, but they were proven wrong.

In the latest news, about Sony, the famous Japanese TV maker will begin shipping its very first large-screen, mass-market OLED-based TVs this coming April in the United States, and they are already available for preorder now. Dubbed as A1E series, it will come in a 55-inch size for the price or $5,000, and a 65-inch variant for $6,500.

According to CNET, there will also be a 77-inch variant, but pricing and availability have not been disclosed just yet. Sony will confirm its pricing for the A1E series in other countries, including Canada, next month.

The mentioned US prices are already quite a bit more than what LG, the main OLED TV proprietor, is charging for most of its latest 2017 OLED TVs. LG Display is the official manufacturer of essentially all of the world's OLED TV panels, including the ones used by Sony; Panasonic and Philips are also selling OLED TVs in Europe.

OLED-based TVs like the 2016 LG B6 delivers the best picture quality that CNET has ever seen and tested, for a price that's significantly higher than most LCD TVs. Many are expecting that the 2017 models from both Sony and LG would continue that growing trend.

According to Hardocp, it is also worth noting that the 2016 models are still available for people who want an OLED TV now. Many experts even believe that none of the added improvements offered by the latest 2017 TV sets listed above will make any big enough difference in picture quality -or even sound - to be worth spending substantially more on the 2017 C7 over the 2016 B6, which is currently selling for $2,000 for the 55-inch, and $3,000 for the 65-inch.

Similar to LG OLED TVs, the Sony A1E will be compatible with either primary kinds of HDR content, which is the Dolby Vision and HDR10. Sony TVs like the A1E as well as the Z9D series and the XBR-X930E/940E will receive a firmware upgrade later this year in order to enable Dolby Vision.

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