New TV Sony kd-55AF9
Discussion
miniman said:
DuckSauce said:
miniman said:
Does it use Android OS? We have the KD43XD and the panel is fabulous (from the right angle) but the OS is poor - slow, unresponsive, crashy.
Hasn't the latest update fixed that? 
I bought an AF9 in June and it's superb.
Android OS was something I wanted to allow me to ditch secondary boxes for things like Kodi. By and large it works excellently. A few quirks but most can be worked around quite easily and there's plenty of support on the net.
The one thing that remains an irritant are the TV guides...
- YouView : looks very slick and has nice navigation features...scrolling up/down pages at a time...going back in time if the catch up services have what you're watching etc. BUT no reminders nor recording capability
- Freeview : rubbish aesthetics and navigation and the catch up channels aren't integrated (you can get them as apps though). DOES have reminders and recording capability with a USB storage device attached.
Other than that, the picture is superb, and seems to be getting better with use (especially on SD channels). The sound is also very good - uses the screen as a speaker very effectively...though I have mine connected to an AV receiver (Denon - pain in the arse to set up with ARC, but once Denon advised I press one button, "Pure", it all worked perfectly).
Keep your eye on prices. Now would be a good time to buy an AF9 IMO if you can find stock as the price will be dropping with the advent of the AG9. I have mine on a tabletop stand to avoid using the Sony built in lean back job. I reckon you should be able to get one of these for under £1,800 (I did in June...and John Lewis price matched
). I personally don't see any benefit in buying the AG9...the AF9 is probably better for many uses considering the extra memory.
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