Sony KDL40V4000 40' Vs. Samsung 40' LA40A650A

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jackfry

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Master Geek
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#34047 17-May-2009 03:56

Hey,

Looking for a new tv, researched for a week and came to the conclusion I want either of the two. What one would you get, Prices are nearly the same.

Samsung Stats; http://www.samsung.com/nz/consumer/detail/spec.do?group=television&type=television&subtype=lcdtv&model_cd=LA40A650A1RXRD

Sony stats; http://www.sony.co.nz/bravia/product/all-tv-by-size/current-range/kdl40v4000.jsp

jimmy29

5 posts

Wannabe Geek

#215324 17-May-2009 09:41

i spent a week looking too. bought the sony yesterday at magnus benrow for 1900.
the samsung doesnt have freeview so is no good. the D series samsung one with freeview is $2400 at cheapest

jackfry

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#215349 17-May-2009 13:02

jimmy29: i spent a week looking too. bought the sony yesterday at magnus benrow for 1900.
the samsung doesnt have freeview so is no good. the D series samsung one with freeview is $2400 at cheapest

Wow $1900 is a very good price for the v-series, thats usually the price of the s-series model lol. Im not worried about free-view alreadu have a set-top box.

jimmy29

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Wannabe Geek

#215362 17-May-2009 13:54

well id sell the box. otherwise get the samsung - it has 100hz vs the sonys 50hz. but if your paying 500 more for it its not a great deal imho
http://www.magnessbenrow.co.nz/
there it is still 1900. s series is more can you believe it

DiamondSlicer

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Geek

#215402 17-May-2009 19:00

I have the KDL40V4000. There are a couple of annoying things.

1, The built in freeview HD decoder cant decode surround sound. i.e. my sound system can do 5.1, works fine from my xbox 360. But when I plug the spdf cable into the tv I dont get surround sound, only stereo.

2, When changing channel between Freeview HD and analog (Prime) it takes about 10 seconds because you have to change to analog mode. Then chose the channel.

Apart from that, I love the TV.

jackfry

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#215405 17-May-2009 19:53

Oh well, I picked up the samsung for $2000 so quite happy with that price aye. Had a look at the reviews on hdtvtests.co.uk, but it didnt have the exact model number but looks exactly the same, only bad thing they said was it has a slight amount of input lag for playing on a gaming console(me being an xbox 360 boy and playing heaps of cod4) but they said the lag can be reduced if game mode is turned on or if a VGA connection is used so i'll just wait and see what its like.

CM

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#216899 22-May-2009 09:48

Where did you buy from jackfry?

Asus Eee Transformer TF101 (16Gb) with keyboard/dock
Samsung LA40B650
WD TV Live
My Sky HDi
Custom-built PC with Hauppauge Nova-T-500
iRiver h120

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jackfry

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#216947 22-May-2009 12:27

Trademe, Its still brand new in the box.