You view update now due on the 4th November which will make this even better.

Lovely TV, got mine from Power a month ago for the same price with soundbar.

Tempted good reviews anyone know what gaming like on this TV

would John Lewis price match?

Do you know if this is the one that dropped to £999 not so long ago, then went up to £1249 in store price on Sunday and U.S. now back down to £999 please

Sorry that should is back down to

How would the overall quality of the picture on this TV compare with that of our Panasonic GT50 Plasma.?
Not having seen this TV I am still not sure if our GT50 would still be considered, when viewing HD, to have a great picture in comparison.
I understand that it uses edge lit LED compared to the Plasma we own but I don't know how good they have got over the years..?

You can get the 65" for £1799.10 using a code at Currys, with free sound bar also

I got the 55" 1080p, non-3D one for £800 so this is a great offer! The best thing is the android TV, means you can get Kodi and all the free content that comes with that!

If anyone who has one can answer... is the response time of the Android system a bit annoying? I've heard it's slow and cumbersome but want to consider the Sony TV alongside LG's products, which appeal for their OS but maybe not as much as Sony for their picture quality. Thanks.

if this TV hasn't got it already it will be supporting HDR

If you are getting the 55X85 + CT780 Sound Bar (Half price sound bar)
Use code LSTV10% for 10% off

went in store at weekend was £1249 , great deal!

You are all the way over at Whitley Bay and I'm close to Manchester. We bought our GT50 new from JL in May 2013 with a five years warranty. Not sure on value etc.

Still trying to find out information on this Sony.

Tempted with this but the reviews about the poor control and software is slow and not very good!

Yes, lots of poor reviews of these Android sets and clouding issues on AV Forums also.

^^^^ I was hopeful that the impending software update due 4th November will address some of the Android issues, or will those remain...?

Finding very few reviews of this particular model so far.

MADFLETCH the discount code doesnt work, as its not for home delivery. anyone know how to get this working ?
would be a monster of a deal if can get a further 10%

Super lovely TV, i bought for 1300

I wouldn't have thought so....?

Looking at the PANASONIC VIERA TX-55CX700B as that also is the same price at Currys.

Bought this a while ago at Richer Sounds for the same price plus the 6 year warranty. I think the picture is great and it will get the YouView functionality on the 4th November via a download....

Reviews on Richer Sounds - "2 / 5 GREAT PICTURE BUT SERIOUS SOFTWARE PROBLEMS 23 October 2015" - this seems quite recent to me?

Any update on JL pricematch? Thanks

You can make a cuppa by the time you've pressed a button on the remote control and it actually carrying out the command. Great TV, poor Android and remote sync.
Samsungs whazz all over these for picture and user interface

Go and test one! :smile:

...and I doubt that much will change to make that much different, in a meaningful way with that technology.

Looks like my Panny GT50 might still have a few years worth of use left in it, much to the relief of my wallet.

Be careful of the Panasonics, I bought the TX55CR430B and found out its actually made by vestel, cheap piece of crap that wouldn't sync to my Xbox One or the Sky TV remote. Picture was awful too. Sent it back and im off to purchase this tonight.

Going to John Lewis tonight to have a look at one in the flesh, hope they have the remote this time as last time I was looking at TV's the "sales" guy couldn't find the remote and expected me to buy the TV take it home and test it and if I didn't like it I could return it!

Looks like John Lewis offer a 90 day refund policy... anyone had any issues on returning a TV after a while if it is not faulty and just didn't like the thing?

Yes but previous purchaser gave 5/5 so perhaps just a bad unit!

Thanks and you make a good point. You really do have to do your research first before you buy

I purchased the 49" version 2 weeks ago and update the software straight away.

Not had a problem, picture is nice, upscalling does wonders

Yes I have ordered one from John Lewis and they price matched it.

Saw a demo of the LG OLED in Birmingham at weekend, 65" picture quality was amazing.

They had the 55" too but 65" was full system set-up it blows the led sets away, I plan to get a cheaper set for now and wait for OLED to reduce in price a bit.

By full system set up i mean you go behind a curtain sit on a couch with speaker system, felt like being at a cinema

I ordered this online using the 10% code previously mentioned which made it around 1034 including the wireless and better sound. Was going to get it from JL but found that they didn't sell the same home cinema system. Also got quidco :smiley:!
Currys also do the 5 year warranty - anyone got any experience or comments about it?

Thanks

Excellent TV for the money, I picked one up a month ago and love it. The latest update gave it HDR, the blacks are great and football + games are brilliant on it. For the money I don't think it can be beaten atm. I had a LG but took it back because of weird affects on the screen and weird motion but this has been perfect. Only downside is that Android is a but laggy and a few bugs but worth putting up with. Also has Kodi (xbmc) which is a great extra.

Don't know where you heard that, one simply goes to the google store and chooses kodi, or you can always side load it. Android forums have tutorials.

Nope, used to have to 'side load' it via USB but now you just go onto the google play store and download it

Ordered, got the wireless soundbar version so I could use the 10% off deal.... Damn I was close to buying a £519 last night... what have I done. :confused:

having kodi there is damn tempting

Ditto.. OLED is the way forward..

You can install Kodi with two clicks, its literally in the google play store.

Except for the fact that OLED can't cope with fast motion or most greyscale in the way that this Sony can. Stick a greyscale pic on the OLED and you'll be astounded at how much simply isn't visible.

Panasonic started outsourcing to Vestel last year. It's really disappointing that such a tech giant has fallen so far. They're still trading on the brand reputation they used to have. Those Vestel sets are absolutely appalling. I'd definitely go for the X85!

Low end Panasonic's are outsourced to Vestel, check the back and make sure it's not made in Turkey.

Medium and high end ends are manufactured by Panasonic and haven't fallen behind at all, it's just their strategy to outsource the low end to sell as many as possible to those wanting large cheap TVs.

Panasonic's still make great TVs as shown by their top end Panasonic TX-65CZ952B £8000 OLED or FreeviewPlay capable TVs.

Just avoid the low end Vestels unless you are looking for the cheapest TV possible.

Thanks seert.........so I have to just sweet talk the hubby now, but unluckily for him when I showed it to him in Currys on Sunday, he said that if it was still £999 I could have it......so I've reserved it already and will take him to destination Currys tomorrow

What's the power cable on this like?

Yes they included a basic sound bar but don't know whether its worth having as it didn't sound great and the guy at John Lewis didn't rate it.

Not a problem, i hope the tv lives up to its billing. I am still working on my wife so will see how it goes.

​No, I tried that, the 10% only works when you choose the WiFi sound bar bundle.

But I'd have choose that bundle anyway, coz with the 10% off I'm getting an upgrade to the WiFi sound bar for only £30ish.

I'd go for this but my 9 year old Pioneer Kuro is still going strong, so don't think I could sell it to the wife that easy lol !

John Lewis have now price matched with the cheaper soundbar. Holding off to see if you view update is delivered early November as promised.

just got this delivered - looks stunning

After being put off by some reviews about the sluggish software, I stopped by John Lewis and had a demo and ended up buying the unit! They price matched instore the £999 price and included the HT-CT80 soundbar & Sub, had it in stock and I took away with me there and then.

After installing the latest update and playing around with Netflix 4k and Kodi I must say I am very happy with making the decision to buy this TV!

John Lewis not price checking with the wireless sound bar

What are the blacks like on that set? And if you have a console, is there a significant amount of input lag? Thanks.

Get 5% extra off with uni days

I do not have a console so i can not comment.

The blacks are fairly good, i am still "tinkering" with the settings.

Mine is the x83c version (cost me £900 2 weeks ago so abit gutted lol)

I would definitely go for the the x85 version which supports HDR :smiley:

Tried to order from John Lewis online today but did not include the free sound bar that is showing on their website.Phoned them but they have just sent email saying they have cancelled the order, so don't know what the position is at the moment.

Thanks! Can you recommend any settings/tweaks to make to this TV to enhance the picture etc.?

Is the blue light on the bottom of screen irritating for anyone?

Just ordered via John Lewis.. Their website seems to be having some issues showing the "Add bundle to basket" button, but found the SKU in the source code, and here's the link for the TV w/ free sound bar:

http://www.johnlewis.com/store/sony-bravia-kd55x8509cbu-4k-uhd-led-3d-android-tv-55-with-freeview-hd-and-built-in-wi-fi-black-with-free-bluetooth-soundbar/p234867183?navAction=jump&_requestid=413824

For me it's Cinema settings, either one is fine, pro might be a little to dark. As for motion I think standard looks best but try smooth too. Colour around 65, and adjust the contrast and brightness to your liking for wherever it's being placed. Out the box it does very well for natural colour, just make sure Vivid Mode is set to standard and you're on to a winner.

ive had 3 of these. all had issues with clouding and backlight bleed in the corners making one or two corners much brighter than the rest of the screen.

was noticeable even in the daytime.

the tvs got an update for HDR and the demos look pretty good but it washes out the contrast somewhat as well as the tvs are only HDR ready as no local dimming.

the biggest problems i had with the software was netflix and amazon repeatedly crashing.

i had enough and got a hisense 58" kec730 for £849, picture quality is just as good but much better blacks and screen uniformity.

I thought both those issues were strong points of OLED in a good set. Surely Greyscale should be excellent but an OLED tv it won't match the brightness of an LCD.

thinking of getting this... need to plan wires/wall mount can someone confirm what the power cord is???

Just ordered mine from John Lewis for the same price :wink:

Im tempted by this but have a question. Do they not give 3D glasses for free anymore with the TV or do you not need them on this? Im not all that clued up with new tv's but recall you always used to get a pair or 4 glasses with 3D tv's.

Can you explain what you mean by "the tvs are only HDR ready"

Supposedly because the set doesn't have micro dimming/local dimming but not sure how much of a difference it makes tbh

Every single LCD LED tv's will have some sort of backlight uniformity issues, just some can notice it more than others as they actively seek it. Very noticeable on IPS panels, just like my Dell 23" IPS. I can see the corners are bright and I expect this due to how the leds are laid out. Remember they have to push light to the middle of the screen. It's just a downside to LCDs.

I'm getting mine delivered tomorrow, if it comes early enough and I get it all set up before I need to leave for a party I'll let you know if I can see any issues.

High lag for gaming, avoid

​yeah there are demos available for 4k HDR content and on edgelit tvs with no local dimming zones you get a bit of over brightening and washout on the contrast, making blacks grey, no point having HDR making the bright bits brighter and the black bits brighter as well.

very obvious on the sony55x85** and the samsung js8500.

ideally you want a fully backlit tv with lots of dimming zones.

As for the clouding issues, go look on avforums, lots of owners with issues and after my 3rd return the salesman in currys said its one of the most returned tvs they have, probably because its quite popular as its always on sale.

Review covering all aspects including lag for gaming and all parts that affect picture quality
Site is very good offering data on a lot of TVs so you can compare and the comments after the review are very helpful too
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With no local dimming, the effectiveness and benefit of HDR is somewhat limited.

Still a great TV for movies/games.

The review says x850c is that the same as this model?

This Tvs is good picture but software has loads bugs locks up. Its is like a Android phone from the gingerbread days. Look at the Samsung 7000 series or the fantastically priced Panasonic well review CX802.

That review should be for this model.

Bought this from Currys on Tuesday for £1249 with the sound bar. Next day it was £999. Went back in store and they refunded me the difference which I was amazed at. Picture is great but as previous comments have stated the android can be flakey. Lost the BBC B stream on Freeview HD so had to mess around deleting channels then rescanning.few niggles with remote sync too so buyers may have to play around with a few things.Apart from these things I am happy. Went for this over Samsung as I knew it would have the HDR upgrade ( in the similar price bracket)

Thanks!

The 3D for this TV is Active (battery powered glasses).

How about KD55X9005C which is slim and with passive 3D?

Trying to resist the temptation!

This is a great TV - running it now and android tv is awesome
there are a few sony exclusive features too on android tv like adding the photo beaming, miracast etc..
the panel is awesome too

I bought this TV yesterday through John Lewis as they are price matching it including the sound bar and you get the 5 year guarantee.

It has an amazing picture and was functionality.

Has anyone who has this tv had any clouding / backlight banding issues when watching football, its usually more noticeable when the screen is nearly all one colour

I got my TV all fully up and running yesterday, the picture is stunning, no issues at all with clouding or the backlight.

I'm a newbie when it comes to kodi so it took me a while to get it set up but eventually but it was worth the hassle, watched the Southampton v Bournemouth game in HD with only one buffering pause for a couple of minutes, after that I streamed a HD Pulp Fiction which looked stunning.

I have read loads about people not being able to see the difference between 4k

Damn chubby digits,

I have read loads about people not being able to see the difference between 4k and HD in a normal setting but I watched a couple of episodes of bloodline on Netflix in 4k sitting about 10-11 feet and I could definitely tell the difference, it looks crystal clear.

I'm very happy with my purchase and I usually suffer from buyers remorse so that's a big plus.

Only tested my xBox for a few minutes on game mode and didn't see any evidence of lag.

The only negative I have so far is my WiFi sound bar has not been delivered along with the TV and sound without it is pretty weak, should get delivered today and solve that issue.

I dont even know where to put the discount code *scratches head*

I dont even know where to put the discount code *scratches head*

I have had mine installed since Saturday and I'm not sure about the picture. When you watch it from different angles you definitely get some variations in brightness in different areas of the screen. I'm going to monitor the picture over the next few days and if I'm not happy it is going back!
Has anyone had any problems with returning TV's to Currys after setting them up at home?

Has anyone done the update yet for youview, if so what's it like and has anything else changed with the update

Just bought this TV from John Lewis who price matched richer sounds with the Sony BDP-S6500 blu-ray player bundle for £1024 all in. John Lewis price matched by reducing the difference from the TV. I returned the Blu-Ray player the following day.

Total price of I paid for the TV - £896.00 with 5 year guarantee! Bargain!

Submitted a price-match to JL ... will let you know how I get on. :smiley:

Really impressed so far. I've upgraded from a 3-4 year old Samsung 40" LED.

Upscaling is really good - Tried Virgin Media TV (1080i), PS4 Blu Ray, The youtube app (1080p) and a downloaded copy of the new Fantastic 4 from USB (only a 3gb file, a blu ray ripped file). All very impressive. I was concerned being a bigger screen quality would be reduced when in fact it's vastly improved.

I can see a bit of backlight from certain angles when viewing the TV side on. But in all fairness to the TV, the angles you can see the backlight are not angles that you'd be able to watch the TV with - Plus this is on the original picture settings. No clouding at all and I have no backlight issues when viewing the TV from the front or realistic viewing angles.

The most impressive thing is the Android TV - Most of the reviews say it's clunky and the TV isn't powerful enough etc - It's really not - no lag, loads of apps (197 updated when I set the TV up!) and the user interface is awesome. Not sure if you have used Virgin Medias TV, but that lags, press a button; wait then something happens - This TV uploads the Virgin TV Guide into the TV's user interface so you no longer need the Virgin remote or interface. Virgin TV is now super quick!

It was between this, the Panasonic tx55cx680b and Samsung 7000 series. I have no regrets going for the Sony.

Thanks for the review, deffo going to get one at the weekend. I have virgin TiVo so happy it seems faster than that. Cheers

Yep, mines the TiVo box too - It's faster than that in all aspects.

Just heard hdd record if it arrives will be disabled if you view is enabled. My question is with you view disabled can I access iplayer, stv player, itv player, 4od or whatever its called and 5 on demand through stand alone apps and just not bother with you view to ensure hdd recording when/if available?

Gone for this. Brilliant choice

https://www.radiocraft.uk.com/product/sony-kd-55x8509cbu/
for £900 only.