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Best buy dropped the price a hundred bucks to $1,299.99, I've been looking for an affordable 120Hz/VA panel 75" set for awhile and while there are a lot of options they all seem to have some sort of compromise or weakness at this time.
This Sony has decent enough brightness and color accuracy despite being an old fashioned direct lit set. Processing is top notch and I haven't noticed any software problems after a limited day of setup. Good compatibility for PS5 after being updated. If anything the contrast is the weak point compared to better sets, but to me it's just good enough to not be bothersome. While the native contrast of the panel itself is only ok... the processing quality pushes it up above other sets that have better panels (ideally) but worse processing.
Honestly I think the TCL R646 has the capability to have a better picture if you can get a good one, but dealing with the panel lottery and TBD software was too much hassle for me. Anything clearly better costs a few hundred more and that gets too close to oled pricing imho. Never ending room to argue but I think this is a decent choice for the price.
FYI Costco also dropped the 60Hz x81ch set to $949 if want something a little lower end.
https://www.costco.com/sony-75%22...58064.html
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Could be software updating or could be the bigger set having a better cpu. Maybe weak network connection to the set? Dunno.
Have a 77" CX in the main room. Couldn't justify the same for the basement. If you're willing to spend anything close to 2k just do some painful saving and pray for a deal to get the oled.
Short of that I'd rather spend 1500-1600 on mid to upper range LED.
At half the price of OLED, this makes sense, at closer to $2K, it might make sense to just hold out for OLED.
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The color green + toe approved my offer for a x91j 85" of $1999
But YIKES, Sony makes a thick TV. It's almost 3x as thick as Samsungs and LGs in the same price range.
Sony has updated the TV software a few times by now so I can't say anything other than the current kit seems fine to me. The quality of the processing itself is excellent, so I'd think any sort of artifacts would be from a slow connection, and if you already have an outside device for streaming like a ps5 or roku or whatever then it should be as good as anything out there.
Seems like a lot of sets with the google tv os had problems early on. Buggy software, underpowered cpu, or both. Some are still struggling.