new tv - sony good?

[mycoolcar]

Oh Hai.

Getting a new TV.

Really the only requirement is that it fits into the current cabinet, which is 795mm wide, 600mm high and plenty deep. Most 32 inch screens seem to fit inside this gap.

Looking at the Sony Bravia KDL32HX750, http://www.sony.co.nz/product/kdl-32hx750  

Thoughts? Any other brand options I should be looking at?

Any specs it should really have? It will have a tivo connected to it, which does that freeview stuff from a standard home aerial. No Sky, just normal freeview tv.

[mycoolcar]

Other option is the Samsung UA32EH5306M, seems similarly speced.

http://www.samsung.com/nz/consumer/tv-audio-video/television/led-tv/UA32EH5306MXRD

[.osiRiS]

Out of the 2 the Sony is far superior. What do you want from the TV?

The Sony is 200hz compared to the 50hz Samsung.
The Sony has inbuilt WiFi adapter where the Samsung needs to be hard wired or for another $100 buy the WiFi adapter.
Both have a full web browser however the 'smart' TV aspect is a little better in the Samsung.
The Sony price wise would be a lot more than the cheaply Samsung as it is a 'fat' led (cheaply built) compared to the slimmer Sony led.

[mycoolcar]

Wifi would be useful. Would it allow me to steam content straight from my pc?

Its replacing the "main" tv in the family area of the house. As far as want from the tv, just for it to have decent picture quality and last 5-10 years. The current tv has done about 9, its a 29inch (ish) "flatscreen" Phillips CRT, 4:3 ratio, so 16:9 will be a nice change.

I guess being able to skype on it, stream youtube, and very occasionally browse the internet would be useful, but there is an ipad for that so its not a hugely important thing. I've been into Noels & JB who have a huge range on tvs on display, the picture quality on a lot of them looks crap (washed out colours, not very dark blacks, pixelization all over the show) , apart from the Sony's, so I guess for me picture quality is important.

Price isn't so important, its on points, and the points allow us to choose any model.

[Retardobot]

Sony have seriously put a halt on their TV manufacturing because they aren't selling units to compete with LG and Samsung, so that shows you were the popular vote is.

However, my Sony Bravia 32" I bought over 4 years ago still produces incredible colour and looks amazing with my PS3. So, I'm bias and vote Team Sony.

[Spork]

^Sales definitely does not mean that Samsung nor LG are better than Sony.

When I worked selling TVs almost everyone bought the slightly cheaper brands simply because they are a bit cheaper or at least have a name for being cheaper.

In my personal opinion Sony and Panasonic make some fantastic TVs. Unfortunately both of them are far outsold by LG and Samsung.
I don't really have a problem with Samsung, have a 46" 5 series LED in my front room and it is fantastic.

[Retardobot]

^Sales definitely does not mean that Samsung nor LG are better than Sony.

I didn't say that.

I just explained that the popular vote goes with LG & Samsung.

[mycoolcar]

mcc doesn't follow the popular vote because its popular.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

I have a Sony (5 years old) and it's great.

I hate the UI on LG TV's but that's a personal thing.

Dunno about Samsung, but I've heard good things.

[Arnifix]

I bought a Sony tv and liked it so much I sold it to Ghost so I could buy another Sony tv. Go Sony.

[Growler]

I am yet to have a bad experience with samsung, but really, sony, sam, lg, pan..... get what floats your boat.

10 year life span might be asking a lot for a led/lcd though.

[BerG]

10 year life span for a modern appliance?

LOL

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

10 year life span for a modern appliance?

LOL

Hahaha Agreed.

They don't build them like they used to.

new tv - sony good?

[mycoolcar]

Throw-away society sucks.

[Xenolightning]

Dryers that eat socks suck.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

Dryers that eat socks suck.

Washing machines and dryers are portals to another world.

A hellish dimension full of socks.

[Retardobot]

Such a world must be pretty..... socky.....

[Xenolightning]

Such a world must be pretty..... socky.....

Go home drunk, you're sock.

[dirtyape]

Fuck Sony. Their TV's are shit. Bravia sux.

Samsung or LG ftw!!!1

[mycoolcar]

Fuck Sony. Their TV's are shit. Bravia sux.

Samsung or LG ftw!!!1

This sounds a bit fanboyish.

Can you say why sony sucks and samsung/lg are better?

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

It might be just the model I used, but this LG TV I was using would always switch back to channel 1 when I turned it on (unlike my Sony, which stays on the same channel.)

This was in the states, where they have a hundred billion channels. Finding the same channel I was watching yesterday would be a pain in the ass.

Also the interface for chaning AV modes sucks.

[dirtyape]

This sounds a bit fanboyish.

Can you say why sony sucks and samsung/lg are better?

It's more anti-fanboyish. Their inflated price point is too high for the quality they provide and comparative models from LG and Samsung are superior in both spec and feature. Sony have been riding of their brand for years and it used to be that a Sony product was good, but now they just knock out cheap shit. Their brand is shit, and their products "in general" are also shit. Have been for years.

[mycoolcar]

It might be just the model I used, but this LG TV I was using would always switch back to channel 1 when I turned it on (unlike my Sony, which stays on the same channel.)

This was in the states, where they have a hundred billion channels. Finding the same channel I was watching yesterday would be a pain in the ass.

I found this would happen a lot in hotels, goes back to a default channel. Guess its in case someone leaves it on a porn channel and the next guest has a child who turns it on, so they don't end up watching some hardcore smut.

[Hmmmgood]

Sony all the way.

I sold my bravia 40in led to Slayer not long ago,sorta regret it now.

Picture was amazing.

[Apostrophe Spacemonkey]

I found this would happen a lot in hotels, goes back to a default channel. Guess its in case someone leaves it on a porn channel and the next guest has a child who turns it on, so they don't end up watching some hardcore smut.

The problem was I could not find the porn channel.