When you buy expensive brands and you find a few expectations not met feature wise then you tend to get disheartened, but on the other hand when you buy a complete value for money product then your expectation levels are already low and you easily tend to ignore missing feature sets, I guess this explains most of us.
I bought this 55 inch TV on flipkart @ Rs 55,000 less 10,000 for my old 40" bravia. I was only looking at a reasonable quality LED panel excluding all the fancy smart & 3D features. I knew I will have to upgrade to 4K 4-5 yrs down the line, so did not wanted to spend too much on the TV.
I ordered it on 21st Jan on flipkart, it was both delivered & installed by flipkart on 23rd. I'm extremely happy with flipkart's service. The original packaging is good enough to take care of transit issues. It was unpacked in front of me by the delivery guys just to ensure that there was no transit damage. Some people suggested me not to buy a 55 inch online, but contrary to the belief, I found it very safe dealing with WSretail/Flipkart.
After 4 days of ownership, the TV has not yet let me down yet. Built wise, it is one of the most beautiful looking TV and matches all industry leaders in its profile. Tatasky HD looks good, and finally I can now tell the difference between a 720p and 1080i/p video, I guess this is more relevant because of the size of the panel. I've a WDTV which outputs max 720p, it used to run fantastic with my 40" bravia, but I did not find it the same on this 55 inch panel, not that it is bad looking, but compared to 1080i/p you would just not like that quality anymore. Plugging the HDD directly to the USB on the TV does away with the HDMI connection, and I can find remarkable difference in playback quality. I would now only want to play the content directly using the TV's USB port, but hold that thought right there, ... I could not find how to adjust picture settings in USB mode. I've raised a query with VU service for the same and awaiting their feedback, but i'm sure that the USB plays in pre-fixed non-tuneable picture settings which almost renders the feature useless.
I ran few calibration patterns, and found that you you won't get more details beyond reference levels, i.e. setting the brightness higher to the reference setting or lowering the white levels will not give you more detail on the patters. I found the white level to be on the higher side even when setting it low. But I was able to set both black & white levels to the reference on those patterns. Thus I guess it is good to go for an average viewer, but a no go for a videophile. There are 4 HDMI in, and a SPDIF digital out as well, VGA, component and 2 USB ports, giving plenty of connectivity options.
I presently use MX 6ft HDMI cables, and have ordered Bluerigger from Amazon, I guess this will give me more better picture. Again this is a topic of debate, but I've found with experience that a better HDMI cable does makes difference, I'm not talking about those expensive monster cables. I had to use MX because at the time I had bought it in the past, there was no other local options for that length of cable.
Bottomline, I do not regret buying this TV, as of yet. Note that "as of yet" part which explains how critical I'm in my mental state for this product and I somewhat still expect that I might discover something not to my liking later.
The TV comes with 1 year warranty, you can buy additional 2 years warranty by paying Rs 6,000 within one month of purchase. It also comes with 30 days replacement guarantee by flipkart.
I bought this 55 inch TV on flipkart @ Rs 55,000 less 10,000 for my old 40" bravia. I was only looking at a reasonable quality LED panel excluding all the fancy smart & 3D features. I knew I will have to upgrade to 4K 4-5 yrs down the line, so did not wanted to spend too much on the TV.
I ordered it on 21st Jan on flipkart, it was both delivered & installed by flipkart on 23rd. I'm extremely happy with flipkart's service. The original packaging is good enough to take care of transit issues. It was unpacked in front of me by the delivery guys just to ensure that there was no transit damage. Some people suggested me not to buy a 55 inch online, but contrary to the belief, I found it very safe dealing with WSretail/Flipkart.
After 4 days of ownership, the TV has not yet let me down yet. Built wise, it is one of the most beautiful looking TV and matches all industry leaders in its profile. Tatasky HD looks good, and finally I can now tell the difference between a 720p and 1080i/p video, I guess this is more relevant because of the size of the panel. I've a WDTV which outputs max 720p, it used to run fantastic with my 40" bravia, but I did not find it the same on this 55 inch panel, not that it is bad looking, but compared to 1080i/p you would just not like that quality anymore. Plugging the HDD directly to the USB on the TV does away with the HDMI connection, and I can find remarkable difference in playback quality. I would now only want to play the content directly using the TV's USB port, but hold that thought right there, ... I could not find how to adjust picture settings in USB mode. I've raised a query with VU service for the same and awaiting their feedback, but i'm sure that the USB plays in pre-fixed non-tuneable picture settings which almost renders the feature useless.
I ran few calibration patterns, and found that you you won't get more details beyond reference levels, i.e. setting the brightness higher to the reference setting or lowering the white levels will not give you more detail on the patters. I found the white level to be on the higher side even when setting it low. But I was able to set both black & white levels to the reference on those patterns. Thus I guess it is good to go for an average viewer, but a no go for a videophile. There are 4 HDMI in, and a SPDIF digital out as well, VGA, component and 2 USB ports, giving plenty of connectivity options.
I presently use MX 6ft HDMI cables, and have ordered Bluerigger from Amazon, I guess this will give me more better picture. Again this is a topic of debate, but I've found with experience that a better HDMI cable does makes difference, I'm not talking about those expensive monster cables. I had to use MX because at the time I had bought it in the past, there was no other local options for that length of cable.
Bottomline, I do not regret buying this TV, as of yet. Note that "as of yet" part which explains how critical I'm in my mental state for this product and I somewhat still expect that I might discover something not to my liking later.
The TV comes with 1 year warranty, you can buy additional 2 years warranty by paying Rs 6,000 within one month of purchase. It also comes with 30 days replacement guarantee by flipkart.