Sony Hw10/15 or something else?

karkus30 · 19-11-2009, 5:30 PM

Decided to buy a Hw10 and found that most companies have no stock, or if they do have stock than the price is 2K+ (there are a few doubtful companies advertising stock at £1500) The Hw15 appears to be available on very few shelves and dealers I have spoken to seem to think prices have not been set and should be around £1700.

So that has put me in a quandry. I'm happy to spend £1700 + a bit and the pj I had decided on is in short supply, over priced or has a question mark over it's origin.

What to do ? I'm keen on the JVC range as an alternative but the price is miles higher (might be able to get a deal through a friend of a friend). Any thoughts this side of Xmas, or is it time for a new kitchen instead

bfrench · 19-11-2009, 6:33 PM

I'm in a similar situation at the moment but the free lamp offer on the HW15 may have swayed me. Don't think the HW15 is available yet though. Prices I've seen range from £1915 - £2099. I may have gone for the HW10 if it was available at £4-500 cheaper than the HW15 but that doesn't seem to be the case.

Tight Git · 19-11-2009, 7:20 PM

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Originally Posted by bfrench

I'm in a similar situation at the moment but the free lamp offer on the HW15 may have swayed me.

My local exhaust centre offers "free fitting", but gives a 20% discount if you fit it yourself !

Off topic?

No, just a reminder that there's no such thing as a free lunch.

Good luck with whatever you eventually choose.

karkus30 · 19-11-2009, 8:30 PM

Free lamp doesn't interest me as the pj only gets used for showing films about 50 hours per year. the Sanyo I have now has managed around 5/6 years and still has plenty of life left in it.

Much rather have the pj at a knock down price. Would consider s/h with low hours.

kbfern · 19-11-2009, 9:03 PM

It's cheaper to go to the cinema

karkus30 · 19-11-2009, 9:21 PM

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Originally Posted by kbfern

It's cheaper to go to the cinema

Depends on your definition of cheaper ! Sitting in the comfort of my own home without a load of mobile phone texting, munching, whispering and feet rammed against the back of my seat is worth a lot.......plus, the nearest decent cinema is 14 miles away, which means a car, tax, insurance, petrol etc........overall the pj is a lot cheaper.

Anyway, now i have proved my point

answer the question please

KelvinS1965 · 19-11-2009, 9:32 PM

I recommend that you do some trawling of the classifieds. A Panasonic AE2000 went for £900 recently and other similar (and newer) models sometimes come up.

I'm still trying to work out how you can get a new Kitchen for under £2k though (I'm doing ours myself in the new year and it's going to be equal to two JVC HD990s

).

kuro_man · 19-11-2009, 11:29 PM

zada_uk are taking offers on a hw10 on ebay; you could try 1500 inc. delivery (or even less) and see how it goes

Crustyloafer · 20-11-2009, 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by karkus30

Free lamp doesn't interest me as the pj only gets used for showing films about 50 hours per year. the Sanyo I have now has managed around 5/6 years and still has plenty of life left in it.

Much rather have the pj at a knock down price. Would consider s/h with low hours.

I still have my ISFed PT-AE3000 for sale.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/tv-pr...alibrated.html

karkus30 · 20-11-2009, 4:25 PM

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Originally Posted by kuro_man

zada_uk are taking offers on a hw10 on ebay; you could try 1500 inc. delivery (or even less) and see how it goes

Are Zard selling genuine UK versions that are fully supported in the UK ?? I had a no but have no idea of the reputation.

karkus30 · 20-11-2009, 4:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Crustyloafer

I still have my ISFed PT-AE3000 for sale.

http://www.avforums.com/forums/tv-pr...alibrated.html

Thanks, had a look but would probably prefer a brand new one if I went that direction. Still a little concerned over the dust problems associated with LCDs plus I have read of a few panasonics going pop in the night.

kuro_man · 21-11-2009, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by karkus30

Are Zard selling genuine UK versions that are fully supported in the UK ?? I had a no but have no idea of the reputation.

Don't know but they have a 99.9% feedback on ebay + top-rated seller status, so it looks good.
I did some digging on the Sony website, and zada_uk are also known as AN Audio - Anyone know them? Anyway they are a recognised sony dealer, so it seems above board.

TheHcc · 21-11-2009, 12:24 PM

The HW15 is available - stock began to arrive at the start of this month.

Nick