Sony HX800 Series

[corElement]

My family is in the market for upgrading our 20 year old 29" CRT.

I have been looking at samsungs sonys lgs phillips toshiba Panasonic

My budget is 75k

Samsungs : Not looking at them at all because of panel lottery

Lg: I looked at lots of LG's at the store and none of them seemed to have any uniformity, each model looked drastically different.

Phillips: I liked a 42" phillips but i came home and read up the image gets stuck/hangs so axed that.

Panasonic / Toshiba: The image seemed very generic =\


Sony....

I saw the EX520 series the EX720 series and neither of them impressed me greatly. Then I saw the NX520 beside a D550 non led. They were quite similar but the sammy seemed to have better colors while sony had better detail......
(Taking advice here)

PS I dont care about 3d or networking features at ALL


I don't know what it is but I didnt like ANY of them. The NX520 was "close" to what I'm looking for in terms of detail I'm looking for so put that on my list for 59000.

I came back home and read us sony's naming comvention

EX = "Economy all around range"
NX = "Extreme Aesthetics"
HX = "Focuses on Picture quality"

So I started looking up HX models and came across the 40HX800 series to be within my budget at 55k.

I looked up the 40HX800's specs and it blows away the EX520 NX520 EX720 on paper.

176/176 50hz no motion flow on ex520 edge led - 65000
176/176 Fake 200(120hz) Hz on ex720 edge led - 75000
no idea about viewing angles or edge led on nx520 but its 2010 model and I liked its picture more than both ex720 and ex520 - 59000

178/178 245 motionflow panel with "dynamic" edge led - 55000


Whats the deal here??? As a pure TV why does this HX800 from 2010 blow away the other newer ones of 2011?

The picture quality difference for me between EX and NX was quite noticible. If I take a clue from that will the HX be even superior to the NX series? If so how am I getting an HX800 for just 55k??

What am I missing? Please help.

I just want a tv with good "pure tv specs"
I dont care about net connectivity and 3d and all that stuff.
Dont have time for all that.

does anyone know how much a 46HX800 might cost?

Any other TV suggestions? Pioneer?

 

[corElement]

comeon..no replies?

 

[avmaxfan]

Yes the HX800 does blow away almost all 2011 TVs in the mid-range. But the thing is, you probably won't find it anywhere available for sale as it has been discontinued. If you do somehow find one, then go for it.

 

[rajadeep]

HX800 was the topend model of last year... Its been very much cleared out from all the stores around the world... My cousin in US bought a 55"HX800 off a clearance & its a fantastic TV... as the poster above me mentioned if u can get it for even the same price as the mid range current models go for the HX 800 ...

 

[Kittu]

May I know, who is offering HX800 for 55k ?

 

[corElement]

Just bought for 55k with wall mount and free installation from sony world MGF mall metropolitan in gurgaon/ncr

 

[Kittu]

Congratulations Pal..........:clapping:

btw! is it brand new piece ?

 

[rajadeep]

Congratulations Pal..........:clapping:

btw! is it brand new piece ?

A very valid question ... Was a sealed piece or a demo set??? If You got a sealed/non demo piece its one hell of a deal... BTW did they have another size too or maybe more pieces of the 40" HX800? It would help out a lot of the other members looking for a similar set ...

 

[avmaxfan]

Woah man!!!
Amazing !! Congrats
You just couldn't have got a better TV for that price.

 

[corElement]

A very valid question ... Was a sealed piece or a demo set??? If You got a sealed/non demo piece its one hell of a deal... BTW did they have another size too or maybe more pieces of the 40" HX800? It would help out a lot of the other members looking for a similar set ...

It was a brand new sony sealed and branded box,
The store was digitus electronics, they delivered it from warehouse within 2 hours after purchase.

They have a display piece 55HX800 for 1.40 lakhs at the store but no 46" hx800

No signs of tampering or previous use, seems totally untouched and works. I spent 3 hours with my brother at night wallmounting it and hooking up an onkyo ht-s3100 we had sitting packed up for use when an tv with digital out was purchased (got it at Rs 13,000 in 2010)

Here's final setup this morning.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2hmm3pi.jpg

http://i51.tinypic.com/23iwf86.jpg

 

[nindo]

Quite some time since some one posted on this thread.! Was searching for 55hx800 and found his. A store near my house is offering demo piece of 55hx800 for 99k. Says its been on demo for 3 months. They r not open for nego. Good deal? Getting cheated?

 

[corElement]

its a good deal take it

 

[CAPT BAURY]

Congrats mate:clapping::clapping::clapping:, looks awesome.

 

[BLASTO]

Quite some time since some one posted on this thread.! Was searching for 55hx800 and found his. A store near my house is offering demo piece of 55hx800 for 99k. Says its been on demo for 3 months. They r not open for nego. Good deal? Getting cheated?

Grab it with vengeance.