Sony Bravia HX950 Reviews

[adder]

What i am saying is what value electronics owner specially said as to why Sony was not in 2012 shootout,he only mentioned about the HX929 when asked about Sony.

As far as other comments people are free to judge,by looking at his history.

 

[shanmune]

To all the respected bloggers posting in this foruml, let us get back to our actual intent of sharing facts about HX950. A person who really wants to know more about HX950, he/she should see this forum as a very helpful guide. I completly understand some of your emotions/sentiments and some times tempers do fly and so that is ok as long we do not cross the line. Once in a while, we should also let the emotions fly just to get some kick in the discussions

So back to the actual business - how about the price front ? Are there any quotes going on ? Has Sony divilged any exact dates for release in India ?
I would be the one who will definetly have a look at the demo when it get's launched though I am in a position to buy it

The biggest confusion that I always have is the different numbering given to the same model in different countries. HX925 (India) - HX923 (Europe) - HX929 (US) etc .... SOme times I do not know whether these are same or different :sad:

Are we expecting a different number for HX950 as well ?????

 

[shanmune]

Is a Mercedes better than a bmw our vice versa? Is a Maybach better than an RR? :banghead:
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By the way, I like the way just4kix posts his messages .... very cool

 

[shanmune]

To all the respected bloggers posting messages in this forum, let us get back to the actual intent on sharing more details on HX950. I completely understand some of your emotions/sentiments amd some times tempers do fly. All that is okay as long as we do not cross the line. In fact having such hot discussions and sparkes flying around a bit once in a while will add some kick to the discussions At the same time, let us also make easy for people who really wants to know some details on HX950.

Any way, let's get back to our business. I am eagerly waiting for HX950 release in India. This time, it is not for buying it (canot afford ) , but to simply have a look at it. Has Sony revealed the exact release dates ? How about on the price front ?

I generally have some confusions related to the numbering of the Sony models. A same model carries different number across different countries. For example, HX929 (US) - HX923 (Europe) - HX925 (India) etc. SOme times I really do not know if they all are same models or different ones. IS HX950 also having different numbers for different countries ?

 

[avmaxfan]

@longshanks

I brought HX850 into the discussion because it was relevant, what made you bring Sony Xperia S into this discussion ? Clearly because you don't want to miss any opportunity to bash Sony. I am not going to reply to the specific statement you made about my phone but what I'd say is go learn how to respect other people first.

All this hatred isn't gonna get you anywhere. And I wonder why you even bought two Sony Bravia TVs in the first place. Go and burn them both and buy Samsung ES8000.

You aren't even anti LED, you are just anti Sony. And use reviews/sources as and when they suit your argument.

You made a big fuss over irrelevant stuff but completely sidelined the fact that YOUR fav all so intelligent televisioninfo guys rated HX950 ahead of every single TV they have ever reviewed in Picture Quality Parameters including Sharp Elite, Panasonic VT50, Samsung E8000.

Why did you never mention that ? Now that I've mentioned you will post some other site review and try to prove that HX950 is a bad set.

And as for Value Electronics, who cares really. Last year they showed as much bias to Sony HX929 as they could and purposefully made it look bad by turning off local dimming. For those who don't know they can check avsforum thread about the injustice done to HX929 in their so called "great shootout". And the same thing continued this year when they picked WT50/ES8000 over HX850. Even a kid knows which TV is better. So ?

Obviously the owner seems to have an issue with Sony just like you, and you selectively choose his event to show that HX850 isn't a good TV. They don't matter and not many people even know about them. Most of them are plasma fanboys anyways. But still, one of top judges in that event - D Nice he picked HX929 over Sharp Elite as the best LED so that does say a lot.

Instead of the hundreds of 5 star reviews the HX850 received you could only find a small plasma boys shootout to bash the HX850/950 ?

Admin, if you are reading this you should consider taking an action on longshanks, he has completely ruined this thread like he ruined the HX925 thread last year. It's not acceptable that one guy spoil it all for other members with his useless hate posts.

And other members can check out last year's HX925 thread to see what I mean.

 

[shanmune]

I am sorry to get between ... Let us not simply pull down any other sets just because we have a liking for a particular set. I am not alleging either avmaxfan or longshanks to be biased - I feel you guys have every right to be passionate about the brands that you like. At the same time, let us not try to completely say that model X is always better than model Y. When one says X greater than Y, then we don't see any specfic details on why that is so, If you look at my earlier posts where comparisons are made between HX950 vs VT50 vs Sharp Elite, I tried to bring out the plus and minus of those individual sets in comparison. As many say, the devil is in the details - Like wise when we compare X and Y on a particular PQ parameter (let's say black level), there could be few scenarios where X will be better than Y and the other way in some other scenarios related to the black level. So let us not bring down or be-little other models in order to glorify the model you like. I agree there are some facts and cases where a particluar model is very distinctly ahead than the others (say Kuro) and there can be no comparisons. At the same time, there are cases where two different models challenge each other and have even points. One simple case is HX950 vs Sharp Elite vs VT50. There are reviews which say they challenge each other very well and they even out. If you are aware, there were even some Panasonic plasma lovers saying that kuro is not untouchable.

What I conclude is that there is no clear winner among the top end LEDs and top end plasmas. Yes - some experts say that X is better than Y, but they will also tell on what specific ground. For example, a reputed expert said that he liked the black levels of SHarp Elite when compared to HX929, but does it mean that as a complete package Elite is far superior than HX929 ? The asnwer is NO. On other grounds like colour accuracy, HX929 is better. So just on a specific parameter or case, let us not generalize or make a sweeping statement that X is superior to Y. So even if a reputed expert makes a statement that X is better than Y, he would have definetly said on what grounds and he himself would agree or know that Y will be better than X on some other parameters.

Guys let us have fun in getting more details about HX950. As I said in one of my earlier posts, I am eagerly waiting for the lauch of HX950 and atleast have a glimpse of it in the showroom. Let;s talk more on that.

 

[shanmune]

I am sorry to get between ... Let us not simply pull down any other sets just because we have a liking for a particular set. I am not alleging either avmaxfan or longshanks to be biased - I feel you guys have every right to be passionate about the brands that you like. At the same time, let us not try to completely say that model X is always better than model Y. When one says X greater than Y, then we don't see any specfic details on why that is so, If you look at my earlier posts where comparisons are made between HX950 vs VT50 vs Sharp Elite, I tried to bring out the plus and minus of those individual sets in comparison. As many say, the devil is in the details - Like wise when we compare X and Y on a particular PQ parameter (let's say black level), there could be few scenarios where X will be better than Y and the other way in some other scenarios related to the black level. So let us not bring down or be-little other models in order to glorify the model you like. I agree there are some facts and cases where a particluar model is very distinctly ahead than the others (say Kuro) and there can be no comparisons. At the same time, there are cases where two different models challenge each other and have even points. One simple case is HX950 vs Sharp Elite vs VT50. There are reviews which say they challenge each other very well and they even out. If you are aware, there were even some Panasonic plasma lovers saying that kuro is not untouchable.

What I conclude is that there is no clear winner among the top end LEDs and top end plasmas. Yes - some experts say that X is better than Y, but they will also tell on what specific ground. For example, a reputed expert said that he liked the black levels of SHarp Elite when compared to HX929, but does it mean that as a complete package Elite is far superior than HX929 ? The asnwer is NO. On other grounds like colour accuracy, HX929 is better. So just on a specific parameter or case, let us not generalize or make a sweeping statement that X is superior to Y. So even if a reputed expert makes a statement that X is better than Y, he would have definetly said on what grounds and he himself would agree or know that Y will be better than X on some other parameters.

Guys let us have fun in getting more details about HX950. As I said in one of my earlier posts, I am eagerly waiting for the lauch of HX950 and atleast have a glimpse of it in the showroom. Let;s talk more on that.

Adding one more point. I am quoting again what just4kix said and that summarizes the entire stuff. Mercedez vs BMW ??? WHo is the clear winner ? There is no straight answer. The reason is the Devil in the details.

 

[shanmune]

@longshanks

I brought HX850 into the discussion because it was relevant, what made you bring Sony Xperia S into this discussion ? Clearly because you don't want to miss any opportunity to bash Sony. I am not going to reply to the specific statement you made about my phone but what I'd say is go learn how to respect other people first.

All this hatred isn't gonna get you anywhere. And I wonder why you even bought two Sony Bravia TVs in the first place. Go and burn them both and buy Samsung ES8000.

You aren't even anti LED, you are just anti Sony. And use reviews/sources as and when they suit your argument.

You made a big fuss over irrelevant stuff but completely sidelined the fact that YOUR fav all so intelligent televisioninfo guys rated HX950 ahead of every single TV they have ever reviewed in Picture Quality Parameters including Sharp Elite, Panasonic VT50, Samsung E8000.

Why did you never mention that ? Now that I've mentioned you will post some other site review and try to prove that HX950 is a bad set.

And as for Value Electronics, who cares really. Last year they showed as much bias to Sony HX929 as they could and purposefully made it look bad by turning off local dimming. For those who don't know they can check avsforum thread about the injustice done to HX929 in their so called "great shootout". And the same thing continued this year when they picked WT50/ES8000 over HX850. Even a kid knows which TV is better. So ?

Obviously the owner seems to have an issue with Sony just like you, and you selectively choose his event to show that HX850 isn't a good TV. They don't matter and not many people even know about them. Most of them are plasma fanboys anyways. But still, one of top judges in that event - D Nice he picked HX929 over Sharp Elite as the best LED so that does say a lot.

Instead of the hundreds of 5 star reviews the HX850 received you could only find a small plasma boys shootout to bash the HX850/950 ?

Admin, if you are reading this you should consider taking an action on longshanks, he has completely ruined this thread like he ruined the HX925 thread last year. It's not acceptable that one guy spoil it all for other members with his useless hate posts.

And other members can check out last year's HX925 thread to see what I mean.

Hi avmaxfan - just a piece of my mind. I respect your sentiment. In some other review, I saw the tester turning of the Dynamic LED in HX929 just to see it's native contrast performance. He was only comparing on the grounds of native contrast. Again - the devil is in the details. If you see or suspect a ulterior motive in camparing HX929, just ignore it. You can see everone calling the models they like as the BEST, where as that is not the actual case always when finer details are analysed.

 

[just4kix]

shanmune has put it right.

There is no point fighting on "my shirt is whiter than yours".

@longshanks, mate, your points do not come out as reasonable arguments but born out of severe bias - at least this is the perception. The king and queeen walked down the court's aisle and all the courtiers started fighting whether the king looked more handsome or the queen more divine. It is alright to be a supporter of a particular brand/model but there must be objectivity to the whole argument. Records are meant to be broken. A day will come when Sergei Bubka, Javier Sotomayor, Muralidharan, Sachin, etc. will be dethroned. That does not make those fellows less worthy.

 

[aks316]

avmaxfan @ Hi i am planning to buy Sony HX850 55/46inch so can you tell me when exactly Sony HX950 going to be launched? Thanks and btw when you buying Sony HX850?

 

[aks316]

Sony Bravia XBR-55HX950 Local Dimming Feature - YouTube

 

[avmaxfan]

avmaxfan @ Hi i am planning to buy Sony HX850 55/46inch so can you tell me when exactly Sony HX950 going to be launched? Thanks and btw when you buying Sony HX850?

Hey aks

I am gonna buy the HX950, not 850.

HX950 should be here around late November - Early December.

 

[aks316]

Hey avmaxfan.. That's nice.. What will be the price? I might buy HX850 46 this week and wait for hx950. Any idea what is the price of Panasonic vt50?[ QUOTE=avmaxfan;429585]Hey aks

I am gonna buy the HX950, not 850.

HX950 should be here around late November - Early December.[/QUOTE]

 

[avmaxfan]

Similar to HX925 pricing - 55 inch 2.5 lac and 65 inch 3.6 lac

VT50 is available only in 65 inch size in India, it costs about 3.6 lacs.

 

[aks316]

What is the price of st50 65inch ? This week I am planning to buy Sony hx850 46 n Panasonic gt50 50 and then wait for hx950 55inch.

Similar to HX925 pricing - 55 inch 2.5 lac and 65 inch 3.6 lac

VT50 is available only in 65 inch size in India, it costs about 3.6 lacs.

 

[avmaxfan]

No idea about 65ST50 price sorry

 

[longshanks]

65" VT65 can bought at a final price of around 3 lakhs or less not 3.6 lakhs. One of the post here in HIFIVISON itself mentioned the price quoted by Panasonic was around 3.3 lakhs.

 

[aks316]

They should have launched vt50 in 55inch size. Any idea what is the price of st50 65inch?Panasonics ad today didn't mention st, gt and vt series.

65" VT65 can bought at a final price of around 3 lakhs or less not 3.6 lakhs. One of the post here in HIFIVISON itself mentioned the price quoted by Panasonic was around 3.3 lakhs.

 

[longshanks]

I have no clue about 65" ST50 but i am sure considering the price of VT50 it should be less than 2 lakhs.

 

[akasmarty2003]

has anyone in this forum bought 65VT50? AFAIK panny india has not yet launched it and it is not even there on the website anymore.