Upgrade Panasonic TX-P50VT50B to TX65AX802B, worth it??

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Hi Everyone,

As the title says I'm considering buying the TX65AX802B. I've found it for £1999 with 5yrs warranty and free delivery and installation.

I've also been offered £700 for my old TX-P50VT50B.

I haven't found many reviews for the new TV, but what I have found all seems really good. Anyone have any experience with the TX65AX802B and could let me know if its worth the upgrade please?

Thanks :-)
 
UTTER_FILTH said:
Hi Everyone,

As the title says I'm considering buying the TX65AX802B. I've found it for £1999 with 5yrs warranty and free delivery and installation.

I've also been offered £700 for my old TX-P50VT50B.

I haven't found many reviews for the new TV, but what I have found all seems really good. Anyone have any experience with the TX65AX802B and could let me know if its worth the upgrade please?

Thanks :-)
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You would be downgrading IMO and many others

Results

Out of more than 30 attendees, only 17 stayed until the end to participate in the voting (the organisers and ourselves were excluded from the process). In the “Best 4K Ultra HD TV” category, it was a landslide win for the Panasonic TX-65AX802B which secured a whooping 65% of the votes (11 out of 17) despite not supporting Netflix 4K. The “Best TV” category was much closer, but it’s the other Panasonic, the Viera ZT plasma, which took the prize home, edging out the LG curved OLED by 10 votes to 7.
None of the 4K LED LCDs received any vote for “Best TV”, suggesting that they still have some way to go before approaching the picture quality of the as-good-as-dead plasma and the not-yet-fully-fledged OLED TVs. That the Viera AX802/ AX800 managed to score a comfortable win over Samsung’s and Sony’s offerings just goes to demonstrate how good Panasonic is at making top-notch TVs: you can take TV (plasma) out of a company, but you can’t take the company out of TV.


http://www.hdtvtest.co.uk/news/result-201406013793.htm
 
If you REALLY want to upgrade to 4k then look at the new LG 4K OLED, although it is currently priced at around £3.8k. I wouldn't switch to a 4K LCD from a VT50. IMO stick with the VT for now and wait for 4K OLED prices to come down.
 
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For the record the 802B now supports Netflix via software upgrade. Had ours for a few weeks now and I can honestly say its stunning. Remember its too easy to get caught up in the specifications etc. The OLED sets are twice the price so are they twice the size or twice as good? As ever there's a large dose of whats it look like toYOU.
 
Dashik said:
For the record the 802B now supports Netflix via software upgrade. Had ours for a few weeks now and I can honestly say its stunning. Remember its too easy to get caught up in the specifications etc. The OLED sets are twice the price so are they twice the size or twice as good? As ever there's a large dose of whats it look like toYOU.
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None of the 4K LED LCDs received any vote for “Best TV”, suggesting that they still have some way to go before approaching the picture quality of the as-good-as-dead plasma and the not-yet-fully-fledged OLED TVs

Thy never received a single vote, which shows you that they are some way behind his current tv.
 
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