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#2626898 26-Dec-2020 12:58

shelford:

Same price at JB, does anyone know if the 65 CX is on special or even on stock anywhere? I have a 6 year old 50” tv so anything is going to be an upgrade but always thought a 65” would be great to have.

I was in JB earlier on and I'm pretty sure they had the 65 CX at $3899 on the ticket. Smiths City have it for $3799 on their website.

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#2626901 26-Dec-2020 13:16

sbiddle:
shelford:

Same price at JB, does anyone know if the 65 CX is on special or even on stock anywhere? I have a 6 year old 50” tv so anything is going to be an upgrade but always thought a 65” would be great to have.

I was in JB earlier on and I'm pretty sure they had the 65 CX at $3899 on the ticket. Smiths City have it for $3799 on their website.

Ah thanks. I didn’t see it at JB today although it was insane there so didn’t want to stick around. Can’t see it on their website either so wonder if it’s low stock. Will have to have a think about which one I want. The prices are too good at the moment to pass up

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#2626903 26-Dec-2020 13:18

All the big retailers typically do dodgy stuff with their websites on Boxing Day in part to avoid price matching - by removing some of these products it means customers can't provide proof of the cheaper price. It's not uncommon for Harvey Norman to list products at higher prices than instore.

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#2626917 26-Dec-2020 14:40

sbiddle:
All the big retailers typically do dodgy stuff with their websites on Boxing Day in part to avoid price matching - by removing some of these products it means customers can't provide proof of the cheaper price. It's not uncommon for Harvey Norman to list products at higher prices than instore.

Sneaky, will have to go into the stores and take a look then.

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#2626986 26-Dec-2020 19:07

Picked up the 65CX for $3799 in store today at Noel Leeming. It's not on their website, but that's the price on their system in store.

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#2627012 26-Dec-2020 20:11

polglase: Picked up the 65CX for $3799 in store today at Noel Leeming. It's not on their website, but that's the price on their system in store.

Nice! What’s the verdict so far?

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#2627016 26-Dec-2020 20:19

Took a look around. Right in that some models don’t show up online anymore when they have a display one on show.

Seems the Sony tv’s have the best combo of functionality. Android TV, Airplay, Chromecast. LG is just missing the android tv. Panasonic doesnt have any on their oled model. TCL’s qled c715 look good as a led option.

I suppose this might be part of the boxing day rush and taking down some model’s pages, but I can’t find and Samsung OLEDs, do they not retail here in NZ?

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#2627054 26-Dec-2020 23:46

shelford:
polglase: Picked up the 65CX for $3799 in store today at Noel Leeming. It's not on their website, but that's the price on their system in store.

Nice! What’s the verdict so far?

Picked up was not really the right terminology... They didn't have stock, due January sometime...

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#2627057 27-Dec-2020 00:00

polglase:

Picked up was not really the right terminology... They didn't have stock, due January sometime...

Making me feel a lot better about $4300 for my 65C9 in June, I'm way too impatient

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#2627070 27-Dec-2020 06:50

SpartanVXL: Took a look around. Right in that some models don’t show up online anymore when they have a display one on show.

Seems the Sony tv’s have the best combo of functionality. Android TV, Airplay, Chromecast. LG is just missing the android tv. Panasonic doesnt have any on their oled model. TCL’s qled c715 look good as a led option.

I suppose this might be part of the boxing day rush and taking down some model’s pages, but I can’t find and Samsung OLEDs, do they not retail here in NZ?

I for one am glad that Panasonic and LG don't use Android TV. It's truly a horrible product - and the problem that it's such a polarising product. People either love it or hate it, there is no in between.

Samsung don't make OLED TV's, but have been rumoured to be looking to bring their QD OLED which is a pseudo hybrid quantum dot / OLED product to market by 2022.

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#2627073 27-Dec-2020 07:16

sbiddle:
I for one am glad that Panasonic and LG don't use Android TV. It's truly a horrible product - and the problem that it's such a polarising product. People either love it or hate it, there is no in between.

Samsung don't make OLED TV's, but have been rumoured to be looking to bring their QD OLED which is a pseudo hybrid quantum dot / OLED product to market by 2022.

Oh dear, you won't like then that Panasonic is flirting with Android TV, so I wouldn't be surprised if they announce it for their 2021 lineup at CES.

WebOS is probably the best proprietary OS so far, but I wouldn't be surprised if the TV OS market goes the way of the Android phone market. Which would probably be an improvement in some cases, since most non-Android TV OSes end up as abandon-ware about 5 minutes later.

@SpartanVXL, what are you looking to do with your TV?

Edit: FlatpanelsHD also did a great write-up recently about what to expect at CES 2021

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#2627813 29-Dec-2020 16:11

Ordered the LG CX 55" from Harvey Norman Mount Roskill today for $3,200. Sales guy said they only had a couple left - who knows if he says that to everyone. Last day at that price is tomorrow if you're interested. Delivery tomorrow. My first OLED - excited!

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#2627818 29-Dec-2020 16:25

Caketiger: Ordered the LG CX 55" from Harvey Norman Mount Roskill today for $3,200. Sales guy said they only had a couple left - who knows if he says that to everyone. Last day at that price is tomorrow if you're interested. Delivery tomorrow. My first OLED - excited!

Pretty sure it was selling for $2,799. But if that is for a 65 inch then that is a steal.

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#2627839 29-Dec-2020 16:49

Just turned on our LG C8 and found there was an update available for WebOS - 05.30.02.

This is the long-promised and long-awaited update that brings AirPlay to the C8 - brings it in line with the C9 which received AirPlay earlier in the year.

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#2627898 29-Dec-2020 17:19

Caketiger: Ordered the LG CX 55" from Harvey Norman Mount Roskill today for $3,200. Sales guy said they only had a couple left - who knows if he says that to everyone. Last day at that price is tomorrow if you're interested. Delivery tomorrow. My first OLED - excited!

Nice! If you’re a subscriber, watching a Dolby Vision movie on Disney+ really shows what the set can do.

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