New Sony 55 & 65 AF9 OLED is it worth waiting for ?

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AF9 review..;)

I noticed the new sony AF9 OLED are meant to be getting released in about 1 month time..

Do guys reckon it worth waiting for reviews of this new OLED before buying any other OLED ?


There already listed for Pre-order on john lewis (Expected delivery within 4 weeks - pre-order now)
https://www.johnlewis.com/sony-brav...youview-acoustic-surface-audio-black/p3731591
https://www.johnlewis.com/sony-brav...youview-acoustic-surface-audio-black/p3731775

Looks like the prices are going be very high when it first released but am guessing (or is that am hoping :p) they will drop fast..
 
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Sony video of there new AF9 OLED



This video below is not English but you can really see how much brighter this new AF9 OLED looks compared to the older A1 OLED

 
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FurryLemon said:
You'll be waiting a year before AF9 prices match current OLED pricing, by which point another model will be announced/released..

End of the day each OLED does something marginally better then the others. Is it worth waiting for one to drop to your budget? Nah. Silly online tests and forum reviews removed, most people couldn't tell the difference between any recent OLED in a double blind test.
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I got very bad habit off buying stuff a few weeks before the new version comes out and then I end up really regretting it.....
 
FurryLemon said:
Answered your own question then. It'll be a nice upgrade to your current set.
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I wait and see what happens with the prices

As am in no rush as even just last night when I was watching the movie "The competition" on skyHD I was thinking wow the picture quality on my pioneer plasma is still amazing...
 
Broken Hope said:
Buying a TV this year, especially an OLED seems silly, HDMI 2.1 is worth waiting for.
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Am sure that was one the main reasons why I didn't buy an OLED last year as everyone was saying wait for the 2018 models as they will have version 2.1 HDMI…..:p

And it now looking like this new sony AF9 doesn't even have version 2.1 HDMI
 
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It Don't matter when you buy a new TV as there will always be new must have thing on a new model out within 1 or 2 years.i bet one the next things people will be saying to wait for after 2.1 HDMI will be 8k.

After owning my pioneer plasma for 11 years and watching all the new TV's that have been released through them years I been seeing all them must have changes ..
 
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mmj_uk said:
For 4K gaming you're probably best off waiting for HDMI 2.1.
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I know what you mean but I already waited over a year..

Everyone last year was saying wait for the 2018 OLED's as they will have version 2.1 HDMI inputs and of cause no 2018 OLED's did have 2.1 inputs
and now there rumours that TV's will not get 2.1 inputs till at lest the middle of 2019 or even 2020 :(:mad:
plus the pana & sony OLED's only had 2 full HDMI inputs out the 4 HDMI inputs
 
mmj_uk said:
Just an update to this as I've been reading a few articles and it might be that most recent TV's will be firmware upgraded to support 4K 60fps/4:4:4/10bit, the current HDMI 2.0 is 18Gb/s using 3 data channels but apparently HDMI has had a fourth data channel since the dawn of time that's only been used for clock signalling. If they activate it 24Gb/s will be possible.
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From the stuff I been reading HDMI 2.1 uses a completely new chipset and supports up to 48Gbps.
 
I Bought one today..:)

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Psycho Sonny said:
isn't that the worst way to transport a tv? why not get it delivered or borrow a bigger car?
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That what i was thinking as i remembered back in the old plasma TV days where plasmas TV 's had to be always transported up right or the screen glass could crack..

But the bloke in the shop i bought it from reckon it was fine to transport these OLED's like this...

Plus i got the measures wrong when i measured my boot..I measured inside between the sides where it a lot wider and failed to measure the actual opening width of the boot :o:D
 
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