That's probably why it's this price !! I looked at a Vauxhall Astra for £11,000 but was disappointed it wasn't a Mercedes.

easliy fixed; add a mercedes badge onto it and make sure more things go wrong.

Only missing part is it's not 4k :disappointed:

Looks great, only drawback seems to be 2xHDMI. I could use about six!

hot deal! 40 inch same price

same price argos and currys..

I would prefer to buy from John Lewis because 5 year warranty but quidco are offering 10% cashback

HOT !!

Hot!!!

Only missing part is it's not 4k :disappointed:

£349 (inc 6 Yrs Warranty) at Richer Sounds (In store only though). See Here

Good deal with the 5yr warranty.

Got mine from Argos for £377 after Quidco including the Sony HT CT180 Soundbar.

Standard warranty with Argos though.

The 40" version is £329 at richersounds with six year warranty fyi

Looks great, only drawback seems to be 2xHDMI. I could use about six!

Does this TV have a digital optical port?

Thanks for the link it syas that it does have one on there.

I have an old LG lcd 1080p tv from about 6 years ago still works perfectly back then it only cost about £350. Would there be much advantage in buying this mainly for video games. Would the picture and higher refresh be a big change? would have rather 3 or 4 hdmi slots but could make do with 2.

I currentley have a Samsung 4K in my front room. I am tempted to move that to my games room and buy this for the front room. Question is will I notice a difference when watching TV? My understanding is the 4K tv is wasted on watching normal TV as it is not yet filmed in 4K? Or should I save up and buy a second 4K set?

great deal with the warranty; seriously tempted

easliy fixed; add a mercedes badge onto it and make sure more things go wrong.

Could go sub 300 before Xmas

Well i hope that it's better than the 2015 android tv's prone to software glitches

can you load kodi onto this? I missed out on that one from argos and am slightly gutted but this seems like a good deal

Emailed them yesterday with Argos price....
Thank you for your enquiry.
I am pleased to advise that the Sony Bravia 48WD653BU LED HD 1080p Smart TV is now priced at £349.00 at JohnLewis.com.
You can place your order online, or, by calling us on 03456 049 049 where an assistant will be happy to place an order over the telephone for you.
If I can be of any further assistance, please do not hesitate in contacting me again.
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I have noticed a massive difference from my old samsung tv and my ips monitor for playing ps4 games. The samsung is a 50hz. I would prefer a standard tv to play my ps4 on. Would this be suitable and a noticeable difference from my old samsung?
Thanks

Would I be better buying this or a Hisense 4K TV at a similar price?

Cheers for any advice offered.

So do you think the Hisense would be a better option?

Depends if you like LCD tv's as thick as CRT tv's.

Lol, hisense doesn't look like it'll look good if wall mounted.

Hot. Not hisense

yes :smile:

I think a better comparison would be that you looked at a Mercedes for £11,000 but it didn't have the voice control [ or some other pointless feature ] that a Vauxhall Astra has.

Make sure you turn off the "ambient sensor" unless you want the TV going light-dark constantly. It will drive you crazy. Look up settings advice online and you will eventually get a stunning picture. 4K is a red herring at the moment so dont worry that it doesn't have it. The Hisense tv's mentioned are not in the same league as the Sony's. Look up the reviews. Great price and great find. Cheap as chips for a decent 48 inch smart tv and a 5 year warranty to boot.

only bbc iplayer... no ITV player, no channel All 4 player, and no channel 5 on Demand also known as My5.

I was going to buy it few days ago from Argos but did little bit of research and found it isn't right for me even if the price is this low.

my waiting game again begins for next bargain!

​Time for a tasty Harman Kardon receiver :man:

​The Disastra is wrong wheel drive too :confused:

Only 2 HDMI's???? my 8 year old Sony has 4 of them. Why so stingy now Sony?

No chance

Just bought

Your 8 year old sony is probably 5 times thicker in size.

And those who use more than 2 HDMI's should be running a AVR for a better experience, especially with sound.

Very tempted as my current 40" LG is dying (backlights gone) .. it too is just over 6 years old and has served me well.. could anyone advise if this Sony is good for £350 ? I don't game, hardly ever watch DVDs but I do stream through a Chromecast and use Sky are there any others TVs for this sort of price out there that are better ?

Some people still bang on about how good Sony is, Lg, Samsung took over Sony years ago. They have a lot of warranty claims, so this price is average for a Sony TV. I used to the same about Sony until I returned 2 faulty sets.

I love my Bravia

How did you manage to get it for this price?
Argos website shows £458.99 with the soundbar.
thanks

What's an AVR and why does sound come into the amount of devices connected via HDMI

Get a NowTV box for 15 pounds, and that would provide most of it. Although I think the only platforms that have all catch-up channels are Samsung and Freeview.

Richer sounds the best

The main point of buying a AVR (audio visual receiver) is to ditch the crappy tv speakers and have cinema quality surround sound. The other reason is to power all your HDMI devices through the AVR so that only 1 HDMI needs to into the TV.

Id rather the Sony has 1 HDMI personally. The more HDMI ports the thicker the tv would probably be due to needing a larger mainboard inside it.

re: thickness of TV. I only see my TV front facing and not wall mounted.

Can I watch Netflix through it?

wait on a good deal for 4k these days.

I need to know why you need six HDMI ports !!!

Yep, shows Netflix on one of the pics and in the details - "Super-Smart Platform
Explore such apps as YouTube & Netflix on the intuitive video-on-demand platform. Furthermore, families can share their photos and videos wirelessly on the big screen from up to 10 devices with Photo Sharing Plus. With such content, this TV will be the media hub of your home.".

If you are an elite Flubit member and willing to take the risk of the shorter warranty time you will probably get this for around £338 delivered.

Good price I need a 40" though holding out for Black Friday now (25th) see what comes along.

Not worth the risk for £11

I bought this TV a few months back and it was more than this from Amazon Warehouse (although I managed to get a discount after the first one they sent me was smashed). Great TV and an excellent price.

My TV just ran out like my toilet paper, so better buy this, stock up for next year.

Ordered! Thanks OP.

Re why 6 HDMI ports would be handy, in my personal case

PS4
Soundbar
Sky Q
BT Ultra
Chromecast
Fire stick

that is a ridiculous price. heat.

Can kodi and/or plex be loaded onto this?

I'm after a 40" smart TV. Which is the better buy, this Sony Bravia or the Samsung at same price?

https://m.johnlewis.com/samsung-ue40k5500-led-full-hd-1080p-smart-tv-40-inch-with-freeview-hd-and-built-in-wi-fi-dark-grey-silver/p/2725913

​If you are wanting a 40" then I would go for the Samsung. I have the same Samsung TV also bought from JL and to be honest I can't fault it. It looks absolutely stunning and is packed with all the features. It also has the Samsung tag to it :smirk:

does this run on android platform?

I think you will notice the difference, I've had a 1st release Samsung 55" F9000 4K, and the HD picture quality is fantastic and has a lot of picture depth especially on scenery. The SD picture is also excellent but I'm afraid that streamed, Firestick and Chromecast pictures are rubbish, much poorer quality than SD. I bought it because of the great HD picture not for 4K and have not viewed any 4K content yet. The only noticeable flaw is that on camera changes on football for a brief second you sometimes get a small picture lag.

​No it doesn't although Sony do have an Android range of Smart TVs

Just bought it as an upgrade to a similar Sony 40" which has been superb.
4K is a complete con, especially in budget price range. I'm still watching plenty of SD channels which upscale horribly on a 4K TV.
Good old 1080p LED is perfectly adequate as the human eye can't differentiate when sitting more than 6' away for a 48" screen.

Can anyone recommend a cheap/good quality wall mount compatible with this TV?

Just picked up one of these (Amazon Warehouse option available for Used Like New for under £10):
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001GOOGHM/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I believe it's compatible as this TV needs a VESA 200x200 mount

Samsung did not take over Sony they formed a joint company S-LCD and Samsung own 51% and Sony 49% and until quite recently Sony used both Samsung and Sharp panels.

Rawlplug make some cheap wall mounts.:smile:

yes this tv all over htukd another post with argos before this one it £349 everywhere argos currys richer sounds john lewis so me think i wait for my local car boot sale and get one there for £50?

Has anyone looking around at TV's at the moment noticed any good deals on 55" - 60" screens? (I'm not bothered about 4K) I've had my current Samsung 40" for about five years and whilst this is a pretty good deal especially with the 5 year warranty I was hoping to get a slightly larger screen. I don't see many cropping up on HUKD.

is there a plex app for this tv?

Great price

Yeah

They were when first launched, but because of the nature of Android, those glitches were worked on, updates released and they're now excellent. I have a 2015 43X83, a 2015 55X85 and a 2016 65XD93; all work brilliantly, despite the 2015 models having glitches prior to updates.

Have you considered an Android model? All Sony's Android TVs have 4 HDMI ports, but because Android's built in you'd be able to get rid of Chromecast and could install something like Kodi to stream stuff, meaning you'd probably be able to get rid of your Fire Stick, too.

BBC i player not working after software updates..any help

​4k screen is definitely better. This is old rubbish from Sony. But some people care more about brand names like Sony and Samsung than the actual picture . 4k tv is a no brainer. 1080p is already finished.

can you tell me if there are other U.K. iplayer/catch-up apps like itv player, channel 4 all 4 app, and channel 5 on demand my5 available on this set?

You can always get a HDMI splitter, they're only a few quid

Yeah especially with black Friday round the corner, damn I wish I waited now. Got mine one at 349

Think because the screen is so thin, whereas the older ones had some thickness so could get HDMI in the sides for example

Looool

got girth

Good price - mediocre TV. Better sets are available around the same price.

now out of stock

Like ?

Oos

These TV's are sold out and black Friday is not till end of the month lol . Only thing is warranty issues if there's non left

I already own a TV - I was sympathising as my LG 65ef950v only has a measly 3 HDMI ports - and I haven't found a solution to accommodate my 6 desired inputs

I've bought about 3 without a satisfactory outcome. I've bought several that claim to be able to handle 4k, but switching between Sky Q and BT Ultra does not work for me

Sorry, my bad. Didn't pay attention to the model of TV you said you have there! Mine sadly isn't 4K...so I guess that's why I've not noticed any issues. Nice TV you have there by the way :-)

How do you get 1080 is dead? How many TV companies are delivering 4K? That's what the general public want, only the film fanatics and gaming buffoons want 4K and that's to keep up or better the next film viewer or gamer. The general public is what sells most TV's and judging from what I see and hear picture quality is the least of their worries. Just look at how many are using streaming devices and the poor quality picture you get from them, but a large proportion seem perfectly happy, because you are not giving Murdoch extortion amounts of cash per week.
OTHER TV PROVIDERS ARE AVAILABLE.

7 days delivery..lol

​can you name them as i'm interested in a 45" to 50" full hd tv for around the £400 mark?

Who's managed to get a half decent image out of your set?

I have tried so many things and to me the picture is washed out and grainy.

SD is awful compared to SD channels on my old 55" unknown branded tv. HD is not crisp either.

Is there an owner's thread anywhere? Or settings guidance?

So glad I never jumped at this. Too many 'average reports' and poor sound reviews.

No doubt it is good for the money...bit remember at full RRP price this set was sub £500 and so maybe we shouldn't have too much expectation. For an average tv set at a good price it's a good deal. But I think anyone wanting a 'good' tv, it's probably unrealistic to expect this to be a 'great' tv.

Managed to get a half decent image for HD now, some SD are ok but some are not great with these settings. To get a better SD picture you lose the better quality HD picture when playing with settings... so annoying.

Football in HD is great.
Gogglebox in SD is not so great.

But i guess i need to stop watching catchup and just watch it on the HD channels.

Sure,

Picture mode STANDARD
Backlight 8
Contrast 63
Brightness 51
Colour 51
Hue 0
Colour Temperature Neutral
Sharpness MIN
Reality creation manual
Resolution 89

Noise reduction OFF
MPEG noise reduction OFF
Film mode OFF

Advanced Settings:

Advanced contrast enhancer MEDIUM
Black corrector LOW
Gamma -1
Clear white OFF
Live colour LOW
LED motion mode OFF

I've fiddled with settings for a long long time and quite happy with these settings. Very good with sports/football as well.