[Mickus]

Thought this was a great deal. Can't link to Currys due to session ids.

http://www.currys.co.uk

Product code: 436736

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"Sony KDL40V4000 40" HD Ready Digital LCD TV with Blu Ray Player"

£699.

[paddymph]

Hi

Just been to Currys to try and get the deal above - to be told there are none in stock and we would have to order and wait weeks.

On the off chance - called into the Sony Centre (Trafford Centre) and got the Sony KDL40V4000 with 5 yr warranty AND free blu ray player BDPS300 for £699 - bargain!

There was a wait on this though - 4 days so pick it up on Friday

[shafster]

my mate bought one of these from sony centre in derby as it was closing up yesterday and walked out of the shop with it. a very good deal considering the 5 year warranty. think they are back up to £799 now

[baronsmurf]

Originally Posted by shafster

my mate bought one of these from sony centre in derby as it was closing up yesterday and walked out of the shop with it. a very good deal considering the 5 year warranty. think they are back up to £799 now

nope the deal is on till the end of august. All sonycentres run by sonex still run the bargain.

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[paddymph]

Quick update, received my TV after just 2 days waiting, I'm dead impressed with them so far.

Regarding the S300......well I was told 4 weeks wait. I spoke to them yesterday to see if I can update to the S350...even if i have to chuck in a couple of extra quid myself.

Sony Ctr in Trafford Ctr told me that at the moment they've got a backlog of 42 people waiting on the S300. They have been allocated 10, and no more. He said bearing in mind the S350 is released on 1st September chances are I'll be getting one of those anyway.

I'm hoping that this is the case and I'd be made up! So, just got to wait for a few weeks and hopefully I'll get the S350 I'm after..

[Jon_P]

Cheers to the OP. Went into a non Sonex Sony Centre and they agreed to do the S350 with the TV for £699. Went away to think about it, phoned up a Sonex owned Sony Centre who confirmed they'd do a 5 year guarantee with an S300, went back to the other Sony centre said "They'll do the TV, blu-ray and a 5 year warranty" so they said OK, i could have the warranty too

That was the clincher but it means that I have no movement to upgrade in the next 5 years or my girlfriend will kill me :D

Now i've just got to get used to not having 100hz its making me dizzy whilst watching the new TV!

Sorry to sound a bit ignorant, but how much of an issue is the 100hz thing? Im about to buy a tv, and was looking at the sony tv/blu-ray offer. For an average tv viewer, upgrading from a prehistoric goodmans 28 inch widescreen, am i likely to notice the 50hz refresh rate , without having seen a 100hz one to compare it to.
In otherwords, shall i go for the sony offer, or pay a bit extra and buy a 100hz telly without the blu-ray. Ive got an overall budget of around £700.

[zobnsaf]

Yea, saw this offer in the SonyCentre at the Trafford Centre.

Was thinking of selling the blu-ray player to lower cost of TV a bit.

[Jon_P]

Originally Posted by marlster123

Sorry to sound a bit ignorant, but how much of an issue is the 100hz thing? Im about to buy a tv, and was looking at the sony tv/blu-ray offer. For an average tv viewer, upgrading from a prehistoric goodmans 28 inch widescreen, am i likely to notice the 50hz refresh rate , without having seen a 100hz one to compare it to.
In otherwords, shall i go for the sony offer, or pay a bit extra and buy a 100hz telly without the blu-ray. Ive got an overall budget of around £700.

Depends if your eyes are used to 50hz refresh rates on a CRT or if your Goodmans had 100hz scanning really!
If your eyes are sensitive to flicker, then you'll find that a 100hz set will be better as it doubles the "refresh" rate at which a scanned line is displayed. I guess an easy way to determine how snsitive your eyes are to 50hz is to set the refresh rate of your monitor to 50hz and see if you can tolerate it. I'm fairly sure i've adjusted to it now but whenever you buy something new you tend to be hyper critical of any perceived shortcomings, regardless of whether they actually exist or not!

I'll have to see if i can watch Spidey 3 tonight to determine if its still affecting me after i've changed a few settings (noticed that the display wasn't set to "Display Full Pixels")

[surfr101]

I bought the same deal from the Trafford centre on Friday. Hopefully they will include the 350 blue ray player.

[mpg]

Hi. Bought KDL40v4000a and BDPS350 at weekend. A bit disappointed in the picture when playinh blu ray disk. Generally very good but when camera pans across screen image appears slightly juddering. Its hard to discern and maybe its because of the refresh rate. This is my first HD tv and blu ray experience moving from CRT 28" panasonic. Any suggestions on how to fix or am i being too critical. Thanks. Any help greatly appreciated.

[Eddy.]

Originally Posted by mpg

Hi. Bought KDL40v4000a and BDPS350 at weekend. A bit disappointed in the picture when playinh blu ray disk. Generally very good but when camera pans across screen image appears slightly juddering. Its hard to discern and maybe its because of the refresh rate. This is my first HD tv and blu ray experience moving from CRT 28" panasonic. Any suggestions on how to fix or am i being too critical. Thanks. Any help greatly appreciated.

You need to turn on 24P to stop the juddering. Its somewhere in the Bluray players display options. That should sort it!

[mpg]

Originally Posted by Eddy.

You need to turn on 24P to stop the juddering. Its somewhere in the Bluray players display options. That should sort it!

Thanks for your help. I'll take a look but think its turned on as 1080/24p is dislayed in top cornor. Anything else?

[mpg]

Originally Posted by Jon_P

Depends if your eyes are used to 50hz refresh rates on a CRT or if your Goodmans had 100hz scanning really!
If your eyes are sensitive to flicker, then you'll find that a 100hz set will be better as it doubles the "refresh" rate at which a scanned line is displayed. I guess an easy way to determine how snsitive your eyes are to 50hz is to set the refresh rate of your monitor to 50hz and see if you can tolerate it. I'm fairly sure i've adjusted to it now but whenever you buy something new you tend to be hyper critical of any perceived shortcomings, regardless of whether they actually exist or not!

I'll have to see if i can watch Spidey 3 tonight to determine if its still affecting me after i've changed a few settings (noticed that the display wasn't set to "Display Full Pixels")

Hi. Where is te seeting to check Display Full Pixels is on. I never noticed it. Thanks

[Wurzel]

Only just seen this thread - I went for this deal about 10 days ago and I called yesterday to check on the situation with the Blu Ray player. They confirmed that I would be getting a S350 and more stock arriving later this week. (Trafford Centre)

[Jon_P]

Originally Posted by mpg

Hi. Where is te seeting to check Display Full Pixels is on. I never noticed it. Thanks

Select an HD source, then press Menu and choose Settings, Set-up, Screen Settings, Display Area.

Mine was by default not showing a full HD picture!

[THFC]

Is this offer still ongoing in the Sony centre's

Just noticed the Currys price is now £949

[THFC]

Just had an email back from Sony centre in Cribbs causeway.

Ended 1/9

Shucks

[Vini]

Someone on HUKD reckons theyre going to run it again from the 15th, hope so...

[audia4]

Hi

Just picked mine up from 'wait for it' Tescos yesterday, they were still advertising a couple of days ago so took full advantage, took a little while to get the blu ray players in, since that day they have taken the offer off, just aswell i i said that i wanted x2, for me and my bro!

But after reading some threads on here, i am not too happy with the feedback regarding the blu ray player, not sure as what i am going to do at the moment but a PS3 seems a good idea!

[stave84]

Gutted i missed this!!! Cheers for the post tho.

[audia4]

just Keep an eye out!

[liamis2cool]

got mine delivered from comet yesterday, £699 and because they have had trouble getting stock i got the BDPS350 instead which was nice!

[audia4]

Popped into tescos today and shows that the offer is due to end on the 15/09!

[SIRUSKEY]

OH NO!!!

I have a V3000 in the living room and need another one for the games room. Gutted this would have been a great deal as im buying a blu ray as well, to put the PS3 in the games room!

[SIRUSKEY]

UPDATE

Just been to my local Currys store and its still £699 even though the price marked has gone up! And its a free blu ray player with any Sony screen!

Im just waiting on john lewis to phone me back!

[blissot]

Had a look at this when Comet were doing the same deal. Although the tv is supposed to have a very good picture I was put off by the styling.

The W series is a different matter but my budget wouldn't stretch that far.

[THFC]

"And its a free blu ray player with any Sony screen!"

This Currys offer sounds good - maybe off there Friday as i would prefer a 32" Sony

[andytucker]

Originally Posted by SIRUSKEY

UPDATE

Just been to my local Currys store and its still £699 even though the price marked has gone up! And its a free blu ray player with any Sony screen!

Im just waiting on john lewis to phone me back!

Which Currys was this? I've just visited my local one in Leamington Spa and they looked at me blankly when I mentioned this. No sign of any free blu-ray players anywhere and the TV was £739.99

[THFC]

Same here no offer In Curry's Gloucester

regarding FREE BlueRay

Quite a big store too