Sony KV32FX68

[tvhustla]

I'm looking to get a Sony KV32FX68 Tv and the cheapest i've seen it has been £735 inc del, is this the best price there is?

Also would anyone recommend it or should i look for something else at that price?

Got mine two weeks ago from JL for £699 on a price match with BOS Electronics. Am now awaiting my 3rd replacement.
First set the tube wasn't aligned straight in the frame, and the picture failed on some of the THX tests.
Second set, similar problems.
Now awaiting set three, but maybe i,m just being too fussy.
Wife & kids didn,t notice any problems until i pointed them out.
Having said all that, i have been qiute happy with the picture quality, and have only been disapointed by minor niggles.

[Markybhoy]

I have just ordered one from dixons, came to a total of £742 using the promotional code youatwork.

Was swaying between this tv and the KV32FQ70 but after reading some reviews it seems that there was not much difference between them. So i have opted for KV32FX68.

Should be delivered on saturday, if you haven't purchased by then I will post my first impressions of it.

[tvhustla]

thanks for the replies
was the £699 price without the stand, as i want the stand inc.
if i want to ask JL to pricematch with totaldigital.biz, do i just ask them to do it, or is there more to it than that?
the main reason i would want to buy from JL is for the 5 year guarantee, but £742 from dixons is not bad, do they give you a 5 year guarantee too?

received my Sony a couple of weeks ago and it seems ok to me. However, I haven't carried out the above tests. Can anyone advise?
Also why does the screen flash when the video's switched on and I click on the video channel. It doesn't matter whether its recording or not. If I press play then the video will play ok. It is a Sony video.

[Markybhoy]

No, dixons only do a 12 month guarantee.

I would hope that if its going to break down it would be within the first few months, but a 5 year guarantee would probably give you more peice of mind.

Still, if it does go after a year, I can always claim on the house insurance if you no what I mean!!!

£699 included the stand.

used the THX optimizer on Monsters Inc.
If you were to just switch TV on and view normally i doubt if you would notice any problems.
Its only when you use a test disc and start to look for problems that you find them.
I doubt if any TV is perfect, its just a matter of finding one you can live with.
Its really only after looking through these forums that i have become more critical as to what is acceptable.

[CAS FAN]

I bought this TV (without stand) from WAV Direct - £623 without stand £699 with stand - delivery was £60 and the TV was delivered in 3-4 days. Great TV, fantastic picture!

[tvhustla]

is the stand any good as im wondering whether its worth the extra money?

[CAS FAN]

I don't own one but from what i've seen it looks stylish and reasonably well built with a fair amount of room on the shelves. Getting the stand usually only adds around £60-£70 to the price of the TV which is pretty cheap. I already had a decent corner tv unit so I didn't bother other wise i'd have probably made the purchase. The TV and stand are both in silver and if you have other silver boxes ie. Sky/Sky +, Silver DVD and or video and a SIlver PS2 it would all look pretty cool!

[tvhustla]

is it likely to need a 5 year guarantee because JL are taking ages to get back to me, might have to phone them up again.
totaldigital seem ok but offer only a one year guarantee.

[CAS FAN]

I reckon guarantees are a bit of a waste of time - good if you can get them for free I guess but in my experience if something is going to go wrong it will within the first year (probably within the first few days or weeks). My older 29" Sony has lasted a good 7 years with a lot of use and i've had no problems with it at all. The picture is still like the day it was bought. The only reason I upgraded to a new telle was to go widescreen as i watch a lot of DVD's and digital TV is usually in Widescreen now. I would say that modern Televisions have a built in obselescence of around 5-10 years so that when they do go they are generally no longer covered by Guarantees. I guess you have to look at it from a business point of view - if TV's generally failed in the 1st 5 years then it wouldn't be economically viable to offer guarantees.

[IanRidley]

I always thought that extended guarantees on electricals was a waste of time so I would never pay for them. When I bought my 32" Toshiba I got a 5 year guarantee free. Good job as well as three and a half years on the tube has now gone. I received a cheque last week for over five hundred pounds as they said it was not worth replacing the tube. Thats over five hundred pounds that I wouldn't have if I didn;t have the five year guarantee.

Needless to say I'm buying my new set price matched from JL . Probably KV32FQ70.

I notice digitaldirect are selling it for £785. Do JL match DigitalDirect?

If not TotalDigital have it for £799.

Ian

From reading other threads on this board it would appear that JL will sometimes price match totaldigital (TV cost plus toatal digital's delivery price of 20 or 30 quid) and sometimes will not.

TotalDigital apparently have a walk-in shop (which is where most internet price matching efforts with JL usually fall over) but it would appear, as I say, that getting JL to agree to match is dependent on that particular store's undersales policy, the A/V department attitude or ultimately (in some cases) the store manager's attitude to price matching.

If you do a search in this forum for 'JL' and/or 'pricematch' you should get some interesting (if rather long!) threads to read through.

As you say though it could all be worth it in three years time when you're expensive TV breaks down!!

[CAS FAN]

I agree if you can get the guarantee for free then it's worth having. I would never pay for one though as it's rare, expecially for a Sony to go in a 5 year period. There is always a small chance that something will happen but the components in the TV have a shelf life that is generally around 8-12 years dependent on usage. If the TV is left on 24/7 or the unit is turned on and off a lot of times per day (say 5-10) consistantly then this could shorten the component and tube lifespan. If there is any manufacturing fauld with the tube or components then these faults should show themselves within the first year of owning the set. Like all insurance it's a risk thing, i spent ages waiting for my old Sony to go so I gould justify a new TV...it didn't and is still working like the day I bought it. Most things I find get replaced through obselescence rather than through breaking down. But if JL offer a 5 year warranty and they pricematch the TV then snap it up!