Hi friends,
I thought its good to share my experience with FMs here about my recent demo of Sony X9000f/8500f/AF8. I believe it'll give some inputs on your purchasing factors. Lets jump into this. I'm located in Madurai, its in south tamilnadu.
Yesterday, I've visited Reliance digital to check if there are any stock left on X9000e/9300e. I did not plan for any extensive demo, Coz i didn't have any test clips handy. It was just casual walk-in. But unfortunately, they had none. Even they don't have any stock on A1E.
However, i could able to spend some significant time with X9000f/8500f/AF8 side by side comparison. The salesperson on the floor was very informative and polite to me on showing various 4k/ HD clips whenever i ask. Before starting the demo, I've asked him to set the Picture mode to "Cinema Home". So that i can observe the real color reproduction and visual details.
First, I've compared 55 X9000f and 55 x8500f . As expected the X9000f have more detailed and brighter picture than x8500f. Even it has the good upscaling of hd contents. The difference its not day and night though. Importantly it has significant improvements(colors, details and brightness/blacklevels) over x8500f. However, X8500f won't be equal to x9000e either. Coz, i've seen the x9000e already, it had better color reproduction and details than x8500f. Winner : X9000f.
Second, 55 X9000f and 55 Af8, I'm very surprised to say this. Its very tough to call which one is winner here. One of the main reason, the demo floor was very bright. Its not favorable to an OLED tv. Even in the bright room, the AF8 hold its own against the 1000 nits x9000f. The x9000f was better in terms of brightness and visual details. The builtin speakers are decent and can't be compared with AF8 speakers. Definitely you will need some soundbars/speakers to compliment the picture quality. Viewing angles are not bad either in x9000f. I couldn't see any blooming, even though when i see the demo of fire crackers in the sky. Might be because of the bright lid floor i believe. Blacks are very inky, but not close to AF8 level. Its more than what i need for the price. I wish i could ask them to turn off the light on the floor
, I knew i they wouldn't do. Else the match would be fair and AF8 would be winner.
To my eyes the x9000f was very pleasing at that time. This is only my perspective. However, My heart still goes behind the X9300e over the x9000f. Its picture clarity, black levels and contrast are close to OLED tv .
For normal/bright lid room : Winner : 55 X9000f
Low light room/ night time viewing : Winner : 55 AF8.
They offered me 55 X9000f at 1.57L and Af8 at ~2.2L(couldn't recall) /2yr warranty without any negotiation. There are no freebies.
I thought its good to share my experience with FMs here about my recent demo of Sony X9000f/8500f/AF8. I believe it'll give some inputs on your purchasing factors. Lets jump into this. I'm located in Madurai, its in south tamilnadu.
Yesterday, I've visited Reliance digital to check if there are any stock left on X9000e/9300e. I did not plan for any extensive demo, Coz i didn't have any test clips handy. It was just casual walk-in. But unfortunately, they had none. Even they don't have any stock on A1E.
However, i could able to spend some significant time with X9000f/8500f/AF8 side by side comparison. The salesperson on the floor was very informative and polite to me on showing various 4k/ HD clips whenever i ask. Before starting the demo, I've asked him to set the Picture mode to "Cinema Home". So that i can observe the real color reproduction and visual details.
First, I've compared 55 X9000f and 55 x8500f . As expected the X9000f have more detailed and brighter picture than x8500f. Even it has the good upscaling of hd contents. The difference its not day and night though. Importantly it has significant improvements(colors, details and brightness/blacklevels) over x8500f. However, X8500f won't be equal to x9000e either. Coz, i've seen the x9000e already, it had better color reproduction and details than x8500f. Winner : X9000f.
Second, 55 X9000f and 55 Af8, I'm very surprised to say this. Its very tough to call which one is winner here. One of the main reason, the demo floor was very bright. Its not favorable to an OLED tv. Even in the bright room, the AF8 hold its own against the 1000 nits x9000f. The x9000f was better in terms of brightness and visual details. The builtin speakers are decent and can't be compared with AF8 speakers. Definitely you will need some soundbars/speakers to compliment the picture quality. Viewing angles are not bad either in x9000f. I couldn't see any blooming, even though when i see the demo of fire crackers in the sky. Might be because of the bright lid floor i believe. Blacks are very inky, but not close to AF8 level. Its more than what i need for the price. I wish i could ask them to turn off the light on the floor
, I knew i they wouldn't do. Else the match would be fair and AF8 would be winner.To my eyes the x9000f was very pleasing at that time. This is only my perspective. However, My heart still goes behind the X9300e over the x9000f. Its picture clarity, black levels and contrast are close to OLED tv .
For normal/bright lid room : Winner : 55 X9000f
Low light room/ night time viewing : Winner : 55 AF8.
They offered me 55 X9000f at 1.57L and Af8 at ~2.2L(couldn't recall) /2yr warranty without any negotiation. There are no freebies.
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