Nice email from Sony: extended guarantee confirmed, and coming in the post in the next 30 days.

Put theblackbox on it too get everything from Skysports to movies to docs...In System...

is ANDROID100 voucher finished?

Updated to latest firmware last night, and it's all good. Defaults to youview at start-up, and to whatever channel you were last watching. So I will have no need for the fancy logitech remote when it turns up.

YouTube cast onto the telly from my iphone works flawlessly too.

Lovely, lovely, lovely.

It's an app available for free in Play store. Then you can find a lot of tutorials online on how to set-up add-ons for movies, music etc.

After 6 days of use, I can say that I am really happy with the TV and OS so far. Android may not be perfect but it is quite stable - had just one freeze today where I had to power-cycle the TV. All the functions that I tried are fine and navigation is easier and more pleasant compared to the Samsung 5 series 2015 Smart TV that I have been using. Love the look and the quality of the set.

Now I am waiting for the extended guarantee to be confirmed by Sony :smiley:

Kodi runs beautifully for anyone interested. Really responsive and zero lag through my fibre optic broadband

Mine turned up today. Very impressed.

I haven't tried all of the smart stuff, but what I have used is very good, with no lag. I bought the Sony ht-xt3 soundbase as well. Beautiful sound.

Just waiting on an hdmi 1.4 cable to turn up on Monday so that I can use ARC, and then will just have 1 hdmi going up into the TV and the power cable. Everything else will plug into the soundbase.

I was really worried about this given some of the negative comments and forum posts elsewhere. Have to say for £370 it's a cracking TV. The android OS has been fine and not caused any aggro (at least so far). The remote is responsive and netflix is a better experience than on any other device I have used.
Time will tell for sure but no complaints from any of the household ranging from 4-40!

Mine just arrived today... looks amazing. One thing though. Is this supposed to come with a second remote? As in some reviews it does.. has a touch sensitive pad on the front.

Thank you. Mine arrives on Sunday, and I also ordered a Logitech remote in the Lightning deal, just in case it's too difficult for my young kids to work through.

Great news spirtos13. Silly question, but is it possible to have the TV start up on a certain channel when you turn it on, or are you always met with the menu system?

Just a quick update to whoever bought the TV and is still following this thread: I have installed it and been testing it all week. There were two Sony/Android updates, the last of which was made available today. From a hardware point of view the TV seems fantastic - by far, the best looking TV I have used and the image and sound are of unbelievable quality for the price. As for the Android OS, I have not encountered any major issues yet, although it is a bit early to say much more. To be honest, I am not an advanced user and my experience with smart TVs has been quite limited. In any case, my plan is to keep my set-up quite simple, so I am not going to add a home cinema, sound system or satellite option, which have been associated with many of the reported issues. That said, I am still concerned about the comments on the remote responsiveness and the navigation lags after the TV has remained on standby for some time and will keep an eye on that.

With regard to the extended 5-year guarantee, I supplied to Sony Customer Service team all that they requested and I am waiting for a confirmation from the Warranty dept. by Tuesday.

Good luck to everyone else!

Was the last day for the discount today.

Does the ANDROID100 code still work for anyone?

Black back in stock.

Silver is still in stock.....

On the 5 year warranty, the form linked to doesn't ask you which supplier you got it from, it just asks you to email a few details and they'll send a certificate. I wouldn't bother asking them any more before they change their minds!

Out of stock now. The code applies to all Sony Android TV's though so others are available.

It doesn't matter too much if they aren't. The new consumer protection act will give you similar protection that far out on TVs.

ao.com have stated that they're not a "participating retailer" as far as the Sony 5 year warranty goes. Although the customer service guy didn't seem 100% sure. I've also fired off a query to Sony asking if ao.com are a "participating store" as far as Sony are concerned.

I have taken the plunge and ordered one.
Nice find on the 5-year warranty btw.

Received mine yesterday, but had no time to install it. Will report once I do.

By the way, SONY are running a promotion for a 5-year guarantee and I confirmed that this model is included, along with most, if not all, ANDROID TVs. There seems to be no restriction on the retailer and all that is needed to obtain the extended guarantee certificate is sending an email with purchase details, serial number and a photo of the back of the TV.

I will add this to the first post too.

Has anyone received one yet and if so how was their experience.

furthermore, is it easy to install KODI on this?

Just bought this. Hopefully firmware will address all the issues. Delivery on Tuesday. Will update further once received and tested

Just to say went to costco, just some LGs non-hd and hd, no cheaper than from Richer Sounds, 1 4K 43 inch, again, no cheaper than what you can get elsewhere.

I'm pretty sure now I'll just get this Sony set, I'm probably slightly mad but it's a good price, £100 off what everyone else is selling it at.

I'm very interested in the Sony android based TVs, on paper it sounds a great combination. However the execution seems not to match expectations currently. I'm tempted but laying out cash on the basis of "hoping the technical issues will be resolved" is not appealing. Perhaps an LG with WebOS 2.0 is the way to go.

Reviews put me off this one.

I need this TV in this size without the smart option.

Any ideas?

I have ordered one of these but going to costco tomorrow to see what they have on offer, pretty concerned that Sony will forget about this batch of TVs when they release new ones with more power. I love the idea of this TV, great screen, good looks but I'm willing to cancel it if something good shows up tomorrow. Just not convinced and don't want to end up having to wrestle with the thing to do basic functions.

I'm with you ezman. I am thinking of pairing this with the Sony soundbase ht-tx3, so would only have one hdmi going into the Bravia TV, which might be helpful given some of the comments about what happens when you try switching hdmi input.

What I would recommend is a trip to Richer Sounds with some standard 1080p footage and test cards on a Flash Drive and play them on the screens in your price range so that you can get the TV that suites your personal preferences. Other than that, if you are going on the smart OS alone, then either LG or Samsung. Look for the highest refresh rate you can get.

Examples of refesh rate figures are (because every manufacturer gives different figures) LG - Motion Clarity Index (MCI), Samsung - Clear Motion rate (CMR), Philips - Perfect Motion Rate (PMR), Sony - Motionflow XR and Panasonic - BLS (Back Light Scanning). All these figures are twice or more than the traditional 100Hz/200Hz refresh rate figures.

Yes - either the http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/lg/55uf770v/lg-55uf770v or the
http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/lg/49uf770v/lg-49uf770v

Bargain price

Otolaryngologist is the word you're looking for.

How did you get it returned, was it to a specific provider?

I've got similar issues, youview has ruined it, and I've got picture problems and a dead pixel (ok not enough in it's own right) but reported it to Tesco, they send out an engineer from Yorkshire Multimedia and couldn't find a fault as it didn't replicate.

I returned the 50" version of this to Amazon who fully refunded for a different picture issue, but tesco aren't as helpful

How does http://www.richersounds.com/product/tv---all/lg/43lf630v/lg-43lf630v compare? Pitching around the same price point with 6 year guarantee

Fair enough, I also like the LG, but this is already a different price category. Could you suggest a decent 40''-43'' Smart TV with 5 years guarantee below £400?

​Any ideas on a decent 50 or 55 inch to replace my aging panny plasma G20? cheers

Well you wouldn't be impressed by the cheapest range Samsung produce unless you weren't expecting much!

I have been a AV geek for 40 years & the most recent purchase I was involved with was for my son (30) - have spent hours reading reviews we formed a view. THEN with sample 4k test video footage, images & test cards on a flash drive we spent the better part of a day visiting the Panasonic Centre, Sony Centre, Currys & Richer Sounds.

For his budget of £600-£700 these were our conclusions...
Sony screens - superb and 8/10. Android OS - clunky, unintuitive & slow.
Panasonic - not good unless you spent £1000 (the most highly reviewed model in the £6-700 range loved by all reviewers had definite colour banding easily visible)
Samsung - superb screens 8/10. OS - 6/10.
LG - generally excellent screens. WebOS coupled with their magic remote. 10/10 - smooth, easy to use even for our first attempt. It is point and click! Different price points have different qualities of screens, of course. The 770 series is superb and cannot be surpassed by anything else that is under £900.

The LG 770 40" is £500 while the 43" is £570 both available with 5/6 year warranties at that price, so more than this Sony, but easily worth it IMHO.

I would just buy a decent 43inch tv and a nvidia shield for the same price :smiley: much more smart then.

I bought this TV from AO about 6 months ago for £489,it's a really good TV but it's response time towards the remote control is poor.Great for gaming but has it's issues...

Cheers for heads up bought one earlier, no 4K or 3D but 359 **** I think it's a bargain, hopefully software has got upgrade from earlier vision. Review on screen is good, Install Kodi on this and all the content you could want. :0)

I didn't ignore any of the reviews or opinions, I just added a couple of positive opinions, in addition to the forum link you shared. I haven't used this TV myself yet so I don't have a personal view, but it seems that different users value different aspects. Android seems fresh and promising, but being a new thing, it certainly has and will probably continue to have several issues and bugs for some time. If someone wants something tested and established, I guess they should go for an LG or Samsung. I decided to try Sony, because I have recently used a Samsung J5500 and I was not impressed by its build quality, design or software.

I have a Sony android 4K TV and it works fine, have a great build of kodi on it that I installed myself, really pleased with it.

I had one of these TVs, the same model as the OP - it went back after three months and two software updates.
The system:
* had major lip sync issues with HDMI sources
* it rebooted itself randomly
* it stopped accepting commands from the remote control for 10-20 seconds at a time
* didn't have advertised features (HDD recording, PiP) - these are still not available
* had a firmware update providing YouView (without recording) which disabled the DVB-S input

Checkout these messages from Sony, as well as the forum link posted earlier:
* http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/content/cnt-hn/prd-tvhc/android-tv-features-uk/KDL-65W855C
* http://www.sony.co.uk/support/en/article/73499

Just purchased. Cheers OP!

The Samsung range is good from the point of view of the OS (not as good as the LG WebOS, but a close second :smiley: )

As far as the J5500 is concerned it is Samsungs entry level product, so very much built to a price. Which is the polite way to say "average at best". The panel is pretty poor at only 50/60hz

Here is the conclusion from one particular review...
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Thanks. Been waiting for a good deal on a good telly.

I agree with you. The Sony community forum is full of the most appalling stories with this 2015 range of Android OS TVs.

The 2014 range from Sony was poor from the hardware side. Their 2015 screens are excellent - but selecting Android as their OS might have given them a USP - but it just isn't very good and suffers from unrelaible apps, a clunky interface and frequent crashes. It doesn't do anything like an acceptable job...

​your right, that one test review is good, guess we should ignore the 300+ pages of comments of people that actually bought and used the TV.

​your right, that one test review is good, guess we should ignore the 300+ pages of comments of people that actually bought and used the TV.

Personally my opinion on these is that although the screens are good, the OS is not.

The LG 770 series is superb & their WebOS 2.0 coupled with their "magic remote" is slick, reliable and smooth as silk.

Not voted either way. Sorry.

biggest problem for me is the sound drop outs when outputting sound to a surround sound system via hdmi. sound drops out for a second all the time, its very annoying.

OK, I'm too greedy! says only one code can be used!

IS there any way to get the £100 off the soundbar as well, seems to only accept one code even though it says save £100 on the soundbar!

Been looking at the 55" version, AO are between £50 and £100 more expensive than else ware (depending on retailer) so the £100 brings them inline with the rest.

Warranty is a 5 year Sony warranty so should be valid from any retailer.

Thanks op. Was gonna buy one anyway. I opted for the one higher model which 499 and got it for 399

What other tv's does the code work on , is there a list somewhere?

Bought one of these from AO earlier in the year and agree that is pretty stable platform. Running all catch up services l need fine plus the built in casting ability is great.
Picture good, sound a little lacking but heat as a good telly for the money.

hi - dont suppose theres any price match poss from the likes of Richer Sounds or John Lewis? If so would benefit from the enhanced warranty.

Ive got a Sony Android TV and its fine. the software is better then first released. it has some issues but nothing that stops me from enjoying my TV

what reviews are you talking about?

https://community.sony.co.uk/t5/televisions/2015-bravia-android-tv-issues/td-p/1949079/highlight/false/page/302