Sony KDL42W829B + 5 years Warranty + Free Bluetooth Sound Bar €700

peaceboi

Thanks test012345......finally rang the Letterkenny store & ordered the 55w829. Really helpful staff, tv, sound bar+ 5yr warranty+ free delivery to Dublin 1190euros. Checked few UK websites also, most of them selling for £1200. & cheaper than powerciry too. They said they also had the 50inch for 980euros.

FutureGuy

I asked a number of retailers and those who were confident of their information confirmed that there is no difference between the 815 and 829 other than colour of the tv.

powerstation

I just noticed the black 50W829 at Powercity has now fallen in price from €1099 to by €1049.95 & it's just a week since I bought it!

powerstation

I've recorded a number of short videos from satellite channels & did not have a problem playing them back. I use an external 3.5" hard drive not powered by the TV.

Delofan wrote: »

My TV's firmware updated when I was setting it up for the first time and now has the latest version installed.

I'm using a 500gb Toshiba usb drive which you have to register first in the settings. It gets formatted and can only be used in the Sony TV. After recording a few items I was unable to play them back as I was getting a message "There are no items to display" When I tried to record another program I got a message to say the disk is full even though only 1% was used.

I found a sort of workaround which is to switch off the tv, unplug it from the mains (don't just switch the main socket off) leave it unplugged for a minute and when you switch back on the tv there is a 50/50 chance that the recordings will show up.

genek

I have pre-ordered 50" myself for € 930 @ sonycentre letterkenny and got a call today and I expect it delivered on Wednesday. As somebody mentioned Paul the owner I presume, fantastic person to deal with.

powerstation

For those who purchased the 50" TV and received the sound bar, what model is your sound bar?

Apparently there are two models of the sound bars, the HT-CT60 (no bluetooth & NFC) and the HT-CT60BT (with bluetooth+NFC).

Powercity's site clearly mentions the HT-CT60BT sound bar. I trusted that and the fact that every retailer I checked offers the bluetooth sound bar, and did not bother to check the model number when I bought the TV. I only became aware it did not have built in bluetooth when I went to use it over the long weekend. A google search then revealed Sony makes 2 versions of the sound bar.

I called Powercity & their customer support says I've received the right one, the HT-CT60, which does not have bluetooth, even though their site shows the HT-CT60BT as part of the package.

So I thought I'd ask, what soundbar have you received with your TV?

castlewhite

I bought the 42 from currys ( blanch) on Sat, it came with the Bluetooth model of the Soundbar.
In their 42 on display there was no mention of the Sony Soundbar incl in the package but when I questioned this with the Salesperson , he said it was included!

Invincible

Lorelai Dazzling Macrame wrote: »

Not cheap from reading the forums. And I can't seem to find one to buy online. Has anyone a link?

http://community.sony.co.uk/t5/televisions/sony-bravia-kdl42w654-wall-bracket-size-type-bet-none-can-answer/td-p/1322550

Delofan

powerstation wrote: »

For those who purchased the 50" TV and received the sound bar, what model is your sound bar?

Apparently there are two models of the sound bars, the HT-CT60 (no bluetooth & NFC) and the HT-CT60BT (with bluetooth+NFC).

Powercity's site clearly mentions the HT-CT60BT sound bar. I trusted that and the fact that every retailer I checked offers the bluetooth sound bar, and did not bother to check the model number when I bought the TV. I only became aware it did not have built in bluetooth when I went to use it over the long weekend. A google search then revealed Sony makes 2 versions of the sound bar.

I called Powercity & their customer support says I've received the right one, the HT-CT60, which does not have bluetooth, even though their site shows the HT-CT60BT as part of the package.

So I thought I'd ask, what soundbar have you received with your TV?

I purchased mine from the Sony shop in Letterkenny and it came with the HT-CT60BT model.

Dermoth

Delofan wrote: »

I purchased mine from the Sony shop in Letterkenny and it came with the HT-CT60BT model.

Harvey Norman and got the CT60BT model.

jonnybravo

Anyone know where is the cheapest to get this now? I can see it in Currys and DID for €750 but makes no mention of the free sound bar.

peaceboi

jonnybravo wrote: »

Anyone know where is the cheapest to get this now? I can see it in Currys and DID for €750 but makes no mention of the free sound bar.

Did u try ringing the Sony store Letterkenny? They deliver free to all Ireland.

FutureGuy

Dermoth wrote: »

Harvey Norman and got the CT60BT model.

When did you buy it?

johnybean

Hopefully someone will be able to help clarify something for me. I am getting the 55" delivered tomorrow and I also have ordered the bolt adaptor kit so that I can wall mount the TV on my existing vesa standard tilt and swivel bracket. Problem is that I won't have the adaptor kit till next week if I'm lucky so I was wondering if anyone who has one of these TVs already would be able to tell me if I would get away with turning the base bracket around as if I was going to wall mount it as Sony intended and simply hanging the bracket onto tilt and swivel arm. This would just be a temporary measure until I get the proper kit. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated
P.S. definitely give a massive +1 for Sony centre letterkenny. Paul is a legend,really helpful and they have a few of the Bluetooth soundbars in stock. 55" with BT soundbar, 5 year warranty and delivery was €1190,cheapest I have seen it anywhere else was about €1500 so I'm well chuffed

chris1970

powerstation wrote: »

For those who purchased the 50" TV and received the sound bar, what model is your sound bar?

Apparently there are two models of the sound bars, the HT-CT60 (no bluetooth & NFC) and the HT-CT60BT (with bluetooth+NFC).

Powercity's site clearly mentions the HT-CT60BT sound bar. I trusted that and the fact that every retailer I checked offers the bluetooth sound bar, and did not bother to check the model number when I bought the TV. I only became aware it did not have built in bluetooth when I went to use it over the long weekend. A google search then revealed Sony makes 2 versions of the sound bar.

I called Powercity & their customer support says I've received the right one, the HT-CT60, which does not have bluetooth, even though their site shows the HT-CT60BT as part of the package.

So I thought I'd ask, what soundbar have you received with your TV?

I got bluetooth, check by connecting phone in setting, cool gets rid of another device, Other half delighted, less wires is good, overall lovely led, but media player could do with some work, slow & not showing files on hard disk

johnybean

Telly arrived today and I thought I would never get home from work! Got jobs done and kids to bed. Took telly out of the box only to discover a nasty crack on the side of the screen. Looks like the screen has actually popped our from the frame on one spot, what to do now? Got it from Sony letterkenny so hopefully it's just a matter of swapping cracked telly for new one?

Double C

Bit the bullet and ordered the 50 inch for myself, should arrive on Tuesday.
Don't think I have any chance of winning the ps4 though...

Chorus_suck

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IrishHomer

Chorus_suck wrote: »

I got the KDL50W829B last week and just getting a chance to play with it now.

I plugged my Sky TV dish into the back of the TV and it auto-tuned something like 800 channels. All the ones I want are there ... BBC1/2/3/4 HD, Ch4 HD, etc.

RTE 1/2 HD and TV3 HD also show up but when I try to look at them I just get a blank screen.

Any ideas how I can watch RTE HD and TV3 HD??

I assume you need to plug in an aerial to the TV to get RTE and TV3

Chorus_suck

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bazz26

You need a Saoirview ariel to view Irish channels.

Chorus_suck

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Fresh Pots

Chorus_suck wrote: »

Can I get all the Irish channels in HD with Saoirview?

Only rte 1 and 2 are hd at the moment. Tg4hd is available on Upc for the last year or more so it might come to saorview at some stage. Tv3 who knows if it ever will be hd. They struggle to broadcast sd well let alone hd.

FutureGuy

What are people's opinions of the sound bar?

powerstation

I got the non-bluetooth version of the sound bar (HT-CT60), so I can't comment on its bluetooth audio streaming sound quality. When I used it on the week the TV was bought, I thought it did add depth to the TV's sound. It's a 2.1 system so the surround effect doesn't compare with my dedicated 5.1 home theater system. I thought it was nice to be able to control the TV from the little soundbar remote.

I had planned to use it for bluetooth audio streaming, but I can't do that with the HT-CT60 sound bar I received.

When I realized the bluetooth feature was missing, I was told by the retailer I only got what they had in stock. It's back in it's original box since last Thursday as I have been trying to exchange it for the bluetooth version. I'll be unpacking it again this evening as someone claiming to be from Sony called me this afternoon to say it cannot be exchanged.

I do wish I was informed that there were two versions of this sound bar when making my purchase, as I knew other retailers offered a bluetooth sound bar when I was shopping around. I assumed every retailer would have the same model and so did not check the sound bar model number while making my purchase.

C'est la vie.

[Edit: Thanks to all who posted the model number of the sound bar you got]

Double C

Ive had the 50 inch tv for a few days now and I'm very happy with it. I was wondering if anyone else who has bought it has fund a decent iOS app to control it?
Also is there a way of disabling the annoying sound every time you press a button on the remote?

test012345

Double C wrote: »

Also is there a way of disabling the annoying sound every time you press a button on the remote?

Go To Top Right Corner Settings-> Sound -> key tone - off

powerstation

johnybean, how did you get on, did you get your TV replaced, and were you charged for it?

johnybean wrote: »

Telly arrived today and I thought I would never get home from work! Got jobs done and kids to bed. Took telly out of the box only to discover a nasty crack on the side of the screen. Looks like the screen has actually popped our from the frame on one spot, what to do now? Got it from Sony letterkenny so hopefully it's just a matter of swapping cracked telly for new one?

johnybean

powerstation wrote: »

johnybean, how did you get on, did you get your TV replaced, and were you charged for it?

I contacted Sony Letterkenny on Saturday morning and Paul said that they would replace the set no hassle. He sent a courier on Tuesday to collect the broken set but I am still waiting for the replacement one because Paul did not have any in stock so the new TV has to come from UK. The fact that it is over 50" is also adding a bit of a delay.
I have to say that Paul has been an absolute joy to deal with throughout this whole process, he has been helpful and available at all times and I would recommend that anyone who is reading this thread and considering getting this TV would be mad to get it anywhere else but at Sony Lettekenny. They are the cheapest in Ireland, they have free delivery, they send out the Bluetooth soundbar and as has been pointed out several times in this thread, their staff (Paul in particular) are fantastic to deal with.
I will update when I do eventually get the TV.

powerstation

I'm glad you're getting this sorted out with no trouble. Keep us posted when your new TV arrives!

I wish I had listened to my wife who wanted to buy it from Sony Letterkenny - I had spoken to Paul while shopping around and he was a pleasure to speak with. He was offering the 50" for 930 with next day delivery & also said it came with the bluetooth soundbar.

Unfortunately, Sony's customer relations inability to resolve this to my satisfaction has made it unlikely that I will buy a Sony again. I was considering a Sony UHD TV for Christmas, but have since removed it from my shortlist.

johnybean

O my God!!!

If you are going to buy a TV in the not too distant future, buy the 55" Sony KDL 8 series....Oh my GOD.

And if you are going to buy this TV, or any of the Sony TVs on offer, then you have to get it from Sony Letterkenny store. They are the cheapest, the easiest to deal with and the least hassle.

Finally got the TV delivered yesterday and hung on the wall last night. Set it up using the setting linked to in page 4 of this thread (linky) which made a massive difference to the picture quality, credit and thanks to test012345 for that. Turning off the auto dimming in eco mode made a huge difference. The set is phenomenal! I played a few 1080P rips and they all look amazing. I also played around with a few 3D movie rips but I wasnt massively impressed, this is not a slight on the television but more to do with the fact that I actually wear glasses all the time so sticking on a second pair of glasses is not quiet the immersive experience the filmmakers were hoping for
I will however say, the few minutes I watched of Hugo was pretty cool.

Sky tv looks pretty good, SD content is ok but HD content is perfect. Again, could be down to older hardware and cabling as opposed to the tv. Haven't managed to get the ARC connection working with the sky box to control it with the Sony remote but will have a look at the weekend.
I haven't hooked up any of the tuners yet so cant comment on that (Guess when that is going to get done )
Apps are fine, Netflix works perfectly and having the button on the remote is handy. Youtube app also worked perfectly. haven't tried out anything else but the only other apps I saw which would be of any use would be tv3 player and tg4 player. Will test these out when I get a chance.
Sound is really good considering the thinness of the tv. I didnt have a chance to get the soundbar going (got the bluetooth version) as I have wall mounted the TV and am trying to figure out a way to possibly mount the soundbar under the TV, a job for the weekend methinks
TL;DR
Buy this TV, get the biggest size you can (I replaced a 5 year old 40 inch Sony and even herself noted that the 55" didn't look ridiculously big when mounted), buy it from Letterkenny Sony, do it now.

Double C

Did you win the ps4??

johnybean

Double C wrote: »

Did you win the ps4??

Unfortunately not
Got one hell of a bargain though!!

ablelocks

johnybean wrote: »

Unfortunately not
Got one hell of a bargain though!!

what's the price of the 55" johny?

Double C

Didn't win it either. I got the 50 inch and I'm delighted with it so far. One complaint I'd have is accessing files from my PC over the network. I have Plex installed on the PC but it's very hit and miss whether the tv picks up the connection or not. Has anyone come across an alternative way of doing this? Also when it does work the Plex client on the tv is very basic, doesn't pull in the artwork, would there be any alternatives to this?

johnybean

ablelocks wrote: »

what's the price of the 55" johny?

Paid €1190 for 55" with BT soundbar, 5 year warranty and delivery all included. Cheapest I have seen it elsewhere is around €1400~€1500...No brainer really:)

johnybean

Double C wrote: »

Didn't win it either. I got the 50 inch and I'm delighted with it so far. One complaint I'd have is accessing files from my PC over the network. I have Plex installed on the PC but it's very hit and miss whether the tv picks up the connection or not. Has anyone come across an alternative way of doing this? Also when it does work the Plex client on the tv is very basic, doesn't pull in the artwork, would there be any alternatives to this?

Only had a quick look at it myself but I believe that its not a Plex client on the TV but the inbuilt DLNA client that accesses the files from your Plex server. As far as I know Samsung are the only ones who have a dedicated Plex app. I have an Ouya with xbmc which I use for all media files, will probably change this for one of the new baytrail nucs running Openelec as the Ouya is starting to slow down a bit especially when doing a library scan at startup. Im going to give setting up a MySQl databse one last try and then call it quits and just get the nuc, have to pay off the telly first though :P

FreeFallin

Can anybody confirm that the warranty you receive with the televisions purchased in Reynolds is the legitimate Sony 5-year warranty?

johnybean

FreeFallin wrote: »

Can anybody confirm that the warranty you receive with the televisions purchased in Reynolds is the legitimate Sony 5-year warranty?

Warranty is not provided by seller,it is directly supported by Sony as far as I am aware so it doesn't matter who you buy from,the warranty is with Sony

FreeFallin

johnybean wrote: »

Warranty is not provided by seller,it is directly supported by Sony as far as I am aware so it doesn't matter who you buy from,the warranty is with Sony

That's what I would expect, and what the store themselves say. What got me thinking was something another retailer mentioned about that particular warranty not being with Sony.

No real reason to doubt the Letterkenny store in fairness!

Scruff

i asked that question on avforums and was told its the retailer and not sony providing the 5 year warranty. Otherwise why weren't Currys, DID etc advertising it??
When i asked in Currys i was told there was no 5 year warranty...

jonnybravo

Scruff wrote: »

i asked that question on avforums and was told its the retailer and not sony providing the 5 year warranty. Otherwise why weren't Currys, DID etc advertising it??
When i asked in Currys i was told there was no 5 year warranty...

Powercity told me that it was Sony Ireland providing the warranty. Currys told me they don't get the warranty because they buy all their stock from the UK.

bazz26

It is from Sony. You fill in your details on a form you get from the store you bought it and along with a copy of your receipt, post them to Sony, they then in turn write back to you with confirmation that your product is covered and details of the extended warranty.

powerstation

I asked Sony customer support this very question and was told that the warranty is from Sony and not the retailer.

Has anyone received the 5-year warranty certificate as yet? I had posted mine by registered post to an address in the UK.

FreeFallin wrote: »

Can anybody confirm that the warranty you receive with the televisions purchased in Reynolds is the legitimate Sony 5-year warranty?

powerstation

Good to hear you have received your replacement TV with the BT bar from the Letterkenny Sony Center so swiftly and at no additional cost. That is the kind of customer experience I had hoped to have from the local retailer that I bought from when I discovered they gave me a non-BT soundbar.

The 50" was bought as a stopgap to watch the world cup until prices on the 70" UHD's fall. I would have bought the 55" had I known it was only around 100 Euro more than what I paid for the 50".

Technologically, it's a fine TV, I like the keyword search that finds related content on YouTube, and the hard drive recording and WiDI mirroring just works. The TV does crash at times when changing satellite channels, and my wife finds the interface is not as intuitive as a Panasonic, but we're happy with the screen's 2D picture & the 3D on the couple of movies we've bought, (Jurassic Park, IMAX Hubble, The Great Gatsby).

For anyone interested in 3D, and wondering why things don't jump out at you from the screen on some movies, I found this site to be quite informative - http://realorfake3d.com/

johnybean wrote: »

O my God!!!

If you are going to buy a TV in the not too distant future, buy the 55" Sony KDL 8 series....Oh my GOD.

And if you are going to buy this TV, or any of the Sony TVs on offer, then you have to get it from Sony Letterkenny store. They are the cheapest, the easiest to deal with and the least hassle.

Finally got the TV delivered yesterday and hung on the wall last night. Set it up using the setting linked to in page 4 of this thread (linky) which made a massive difference to the picture quality, credit and thanks to test012345 for that. Turning off the auto dimming in eco mode made a huge difference. The set is phenomenal! I played a few 1080P rips and they all look amazing. I also played around with a few 3D movie rips but I wasnt massively impressed, this is not a slight on the television but more to do with the fact that I actually wear glasses all the time so sticking on a second pair of glasses is not quiet the immersive experience the filmmakers were hoping for
I will however say, the few minutes I watched of Hugo was pretty cool.

Sky tv looks pretty good, SD content is ok but HD content is perfect. Again, could be down to older hardware and cabling as opposed to the tv. Haven't managed to get the ARC connection working with the sky box to control it with the Sony remote but will have a look at the weekend.
I haven't hooked up any of the tuners yet so cant comment on that (Guess when that is going to get done )
Apps are fine, Netflix works perfectly and having the button on the remote is handy. Youtube app also worked perfectly. haven't tried out anything else but the only other apps I saw which would be of any use would be tv3 player and tg4 player. Will test these out when I get a chance.
Sound is really good considering the thinness of the tv. I didnt have a chance to get the soundbar going (got the bluetooth version) as I have wall mounted the TV and am trying to figure out a way to possibly mount the soundbar under the TV, a job for the weekend methinks
TL;DR
Buy this TV, get the biggest size you can (I replaced a 5 year old 40 inch Sony and even herself noted that the 55" didn't look ridiculously big when mounted), buy it from Letterkenny Sony, do it now.

test012345

powerstation wrote: »

I asked Sony customer support this very question and was told that the warranty is from Sony and not the retailer.

Has anyone received the 5-year warranty certificate as yet? I had posted mine by registered post to an address in the UK.

FreeFallin wrote: »

Can anybody confirm that the warranty you receive with the televisions purchased in Reynolds is the legitimate Sony 5-year warranty?

Just received 5 years warranty letter from Sony UK, Warranty has been registered by Pual Sony Centre Letterkenny

Dermoth

powerstation wrote: »

I asked Sony customer support this very question and was told that the warranty is from Sony and not the retailer.

Has anyone received the 5-year warranty certificate as yet? I had posted mine by registered post to an address in the UK.

I received mine back from Sony about a week after I posted the details.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

Forgive me but I don't see this answered. Is this offer still on?

Double C

test012345 wrote: »

Just received 5 years warranty letter from Sony UK, Warranty has been registered by Pual Sony Centre Letterkenny

Did you request this or was it sent automatically for every order?

Edit: never mind it was in the post when I got home at lunchtime.

Delofan

Got my 5 year warranty too from Sony in the post today.

Had occasion to call to the Sony shop in Letterkenny last week. Bought a Sony dvd player bdp-s4200 for €95 from Paul to try out the 3D. He threw in a qood quality HD cable and two DVDs. Very impressed with the 3D version of "Cloudy with a chance of meatballs" not to mention the excellent service and no pressure to buy from Paul.