Its the best price I have seen on that unit so far, agreed its not cheap and is the 55" but its a quality unit being an 8 series Samsung the panel level changes from the 8 Series up to SUHD . I bought one a few months ago and I'm really happy I can attest it really has a great picture for the price, Standard Blu-ray disks upscaled to 4K look amazing, Menu system is easy to drive 4K Netflix and 4K Youtube etc.

Amazon has a deal for this TV as well, it's 60in and much cheaper - USD 1197.99. Too bad it's almost impossible to get a similar price drop here for electronics.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DRPWTLC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=lb_ars-20&th=1

fluxx:

 

Amazon has a deal for this TV as well, it's 60in and much cheaper - USD 1197.99. Too bad it's almost impossible to get a similar price drop here for electronics.

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DRPWTLC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=lb_ars-20&th=1

 

A little over NZ$1600 (ex GST, etc), $1890 Inc GST. Nearly a grand difference on 1 -1 compare, for a smaller screen.

Sigh

I brought last years JS8000 TV at the low price point and paid $3k for a 55" model.
Put in a quality video source (10 bit file  or 4K Bluray) and it shines.

I am sure this years model will be as good (or better especially since it is HDR10 compliant)

Part of me is sad that this is newer TV for less than I paid, but that is true whenever you look back after buying a new TV these days.

If I had an unlimited budget I'd buy a new TV every year (or OLED)

The deal on the 65 KS8000 on Amazon is even better.

$1500USD ($2400NZD inc GST) vs $4200NZD here after cashback offer from Harvey Norman. $1800NZD difference.

Those lucky Americans!

SepticSceptic:

 

fluxx:

 

Amazon has a deal for this TV as well, it's 60in and much cheaper - USD 1197.99. Too bad it's almost impossible to get a similar price drop here for electronics.

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DRPWTLC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=lb_ars-20&th=1

 

 

A little over NZ$1600 (ex GST, etc), $1890 Inc GST. Nearly a grand difference on 1 -1 compare, for a smaller screen.

 

Sigh

 

Eccept for the minor issue that it'd just be a doorstop in NZ since the vast majority of panels for the US market won't accept 50Hz content.

sbiddle:

 

SepticSceptic:

 

fluxx:

 

Amazon has a deal for this TV as well, it's 60in and much cheaper - USD 1197.99. Too bad it's almost impossible to get a similar price drop here for electronics.

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DRPWTLC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=lb_ars-20&th=1

 

 

A little over NZ$1600 (ex GST, etc), $1890 Inc GST. Nearly a grand difference on 1 -1 compare, for a smaller screen.

 

Sigh

 

 

Eccept for the minor issue that it'd just be a doorstop in NZ since the vast majority of panels for the US market won't accept 50Hz content.

 

 

yeah, I know that, it was just a 1 -on 1 direct $$ compare. I suppose Oz pricing would be a better comparison.

SepticSceptic:

 

sbiddle:

 

SepticSceptic:

 

fluxx:

 

Amazon has a deal for this TV as well, it's 60in and much cheaper - USD 1197.99. Too bad it's almost impossible to get a similar price drop here for electronics.

 

 

 

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DRPWTLC/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&tag=lb_ars-20&th=1

 

 

A little over NZ$1600 (ex GST, etc), $1890 Inc GST. Nearly a grand difference on 1 -1 compare, for a smaller screen.

 

Sigh

 

 

Eccept for the minor issue that it'd just be a doorstop in NZ since the vast majority of panels for the US market won't accept 50Hz content.

 

 

 

yeah, I know that, it was just a 1 -on 1 direct $$ compare. I suppose Oz pricing would be a better comparison.

 

 

 

When you take into account the differing GST and exchange rate the price of TV's in Aussie has been pretty similar to NZ over the past few years.

Bought one of these today from Harvey Norman. Got it for $2599 with $200 cashback will end up taking it down to $2399.

How does the 8000 uhd series compare to the much cheaper 6000 UHD series?

debo:

 

How does the 8000 uhd series compare to the much cheaper 6000 UHD series?

 

Totally different. Much much better panel and signal process on 8000/9000.

540trickzter:

 

Bought one of these today from Harvey Norman. Got it for $2599 with $200 cashback will end up taking it down to $2399.

 

I went back the other day and got a refund of the price difference from the boxing day sale price which was $1988. So they refunded me $611. And Samsung has also given me the $200 cashback offer which was last months promotion. So in the end I got the 55KS8000 for $1788 :)