They brought it down to the same price it was at Currys for the 809C at the beginning of December. I been looking at the 805/807/809 for a while now. They all appear to be price matching each other up and down because the 805C was also this price at RS about the same time. Funny thing is the 809C has a better spec slightly than the 805c and that was more money back in early December in Currys.

I wouldn't let the problems that Sony have had with android and youview put you off. There are 100's of positive reviews for these tv's and the one thing you can't get with a comparative LG or Samsung at this price is the picture quality. The Sony blows them out of the water including the cheaper 4k tv's. 4k at this size will only be any good to you if you sit 5 feet or closer to the screen and that's even if you can stream 4k. If you buy a 6 series LG rumour has it they are not a true 4k tv anyway due to the extra pixel (the white one) that some of their sets have.

On a recent test of the 809C in Currys alongside an LG 49UF770V and a Samsung UE50JU6800 the Sony was clearly better when viewing SD channels for bbc1, 2, itv etc and also better on the HD channels as well. There was no indication of increased quality of the HD channels on the LG and Samsung.

When I set all three tv's back to their respective manufacturers usb sticks playing the high quality videos there was no difference between the 1080 of the Sony and 4k of the other two from about 6 to 8 feet away. The Samsung was slow and buggy through the menu system. The LG had a great magic remote and WEBOS 2 is a much improvement of the WEBOS 1 on my tv. The Sony had a sh*t remote which would need to be dumped had I bought one. Sorry Sony owners but I think the remote is terrible when looking at how my large LG and Samsung remotes are designed.

For value the Sony was clearly the winner also at £100 less than the LG and £150 less than the Samsung at beginning of December. The LG was no better than my current 50LB650v yet costing £150 more than I paid.

With all tv's there are pros and cons. No manufacturer is better than another unless you can afford to buy LG OLED but some models of tv's are better when compared with others. If you see a tv then don't buy it because it's 4k, 3d has all the smart apps etc etc. Buy it because it has the best picture when viewing standard and high definition freeview programmes, because that is how most of us view television.

android TV really let's this TV down

Get a 4k for abit more

I own the 705c and have for a month now. Not had a problem with the android tv side of things

They brought it down to the same price it was at Currys for the 809C at the beginning of December. I been looking at the 805/807/809 for a while now. They all appear to be price matching each other up and down because the 805C was also this price at RS about the same time. Funny thing is the 809C has a better spec slightly than the 805c and that was more money back in early December in Currys.

I wouldn't let the problems that Sony have had with android and youview put you off. There are 100's of positive reviews for these tv's and the one thing you can't get with a comparative LG or Samsung at this price is the picture quality. The Sony blows them out of the water including the cheaper 4k tv's. 4k at this size will only be any good to you if you sit 5 feet or closer to the screen and that's even if you can stream 4k. If you buy a 6 series LG rumour has it they are not a true 4k tv anyway due to the extra pixel (the white one) that some of their sets have.

On a recent test of the 809C in Currys alongside an LG 49UF770V and a Samsung UE50JU6800 the Sony was clearly better when viewing SD channels for bbc1, 2, itv etc and also better on the HD channels as well. There was no indication of increased quality of the HD channels on the LG and Samsung.

When I set all three tv's back to their respective manufacturers usb sticks playing the high quality videos there was no difference between the 1080 of the Sony and 4k of the other two from about 6 to 8 feet away. The Samsung was slow and buggy through the menu system. The LG had a great magic remote and WEBOS 2 is a much improvement of the WEBOS 1 on my tv. The Sony had a sh*t remote which would need to be dumped had I bought one. Sorry Sony owners but I think the remote is terrible when looking at how my large LG and Samsung remotes are designed.

For value the Sony was clearly the winner also at £100 less than the LG and £150 less than the Samsung at beginning of December. The LG was no better than my current 50LB650v yet costing £150 more than I paid.

With all tv's there are pros and cons. No manufacturer is better than another unless you can afford to buy LG OLED but some models of tv's are better when compared with others. If you see a tv then don't buy it because it's 4k, 3d has all the smart apps etc etc. Buy it because it has the best picture when viewing standard and high definition freeview programmes, because that is how most of us view television.

Forgot to mention, as well as the richer sounds 6 year warranty, I also got a 5 year Sony warranty

Would you buy the Sony 805c over the Panasonic tx-50cx680b if you could get them for the same price?

I do (I have this exact model), and it's fairly poor. Has its uses but I remain largely unconvinced that it does anything better than most other proprietary Smart TV interfaces. The supplied apps from Sony, Google etc are all fairly basic, clunky (the iPlayer one is especially tragic) and don't have much polish, and there's not really much choice in the Play Store either other than an abundance of games and dodgy-looking apps that provide international TV channels. Plex works well, feels quick and smooth to use and is one of the few apps that actually makes good use of the "Recommendations" section to give you quick access to the next episode of a show you're watching, but most apps don't use it at all.

Then there's the various performance and stability issues of the Android OS itself (as well as the underlying Sony-specific interface which occasionally appears) which Sony are battling to fix. There's a reason there's so many offers on these TVs at the moment.

Picture quality is fairly decent though, when it remembers your picture settings at least. Still, it's better than my first one which had horrendous backlight bleed/clouding and had to be returned.

I got mine recently from warehouse deal. it is a fantastic Tv for £365, kodi works brilliant on it. it does occasionally crash, but not when your watching something. only when your flicking through the menu. Youview works fine. wifi takes a bit of time to connect, once connected it stays. that could be just my router. picture quality in HD fantastic, yet to try 3d as I don't have the glasses. I would recommend the TV.