Anyone bought Sony Bravia 40W4500 or 40W4000 from richersounds

kpn

Hi,
Anyone bought Sony Bravia 40W4500 from richersounds belfast, is that different from when buy the same model in Ireland?

Someone else mentioned in one of the thread that there is model with MPEG2 (for UK) and MPEG4 (for Europe), is that correct? I believe this is for tuning VHF & UHF channels!

regards
kpn

garlad

Emailed both John and Dave this exact question today. Hopefully get a response soon.
If it has MPEG4, I'll take one!
Need to get something sorted for Chrimbo!

I'll post back here when I get a reply

Gar

Richersounds.ie: John

Hi Guys just a quick reply to your posts.

At the moment we have very little access to the 40W4500 - our UK partner got its first dollop of these late last week but none were taught to swim (ie we didn't get any) we do hope to get some stock over the next couple of weeks but tehse will be available to order and for in-store collection only.

Re the MPeg 4 issue - we have not yet clarified if the 4500 will have MPEG4 - I am pretty sure it has and I dont think it will be an issue - however if yuo do want to be sure of your onions the Pana --PZ81 series does have MPEG4 and has been tested and looks great down South (and we do ship the 81 series down south)

Hope that has not confused things further...Drop me a line if I can assist,

ATB,

John Mc

fishfoodie

garlad wrote: »

Emailed both John and Dave this exact question today. Hopefully get a response soon.
If it has MPEG4, I'll take one!
Need to get something sorted for Chrimbo!

I'll post back here when I get a reply

Gar

Hi Gar,

Theres a thread over in the Tech-TV-Terrestial about the PZ81 being used to pick up the DTT signal.

I have a PZ80 & love it, I'm just a little bit sick I didn't wait around for the PZ81 as getting FreeSat & DTT for only €100 extra seems like a bargin.

kmb

Hi Lads,
John,What price is the Pana --PZ81 series delivered to cork?

Is this a 40"?

Regards,

Kieran

Richersounds.ie: John

Hiya KMB,

the z81 series now comes in 32/37/42/46 " versions - at the moment we are doing it with the Panasonic 5 Year warranty (only until the end of the month tho!)

Prices as follows:

32PZ81 - £price info in in next couple of days
37PZ81 - £849.95
42PZ81 - £969.95
46PZ81 - £1299.95

Delivery anywhere in Ireland for boardies is £20...


Give me a shout if we can assist!

John Mc

Goolay

I was going to go for the PZ80, I'm with UPC so wouldn't imagine I'd be using Freeview anytime soon. What's DTT?

thanks a million

garlad

I'm with NTL/UPC too, so not sure exactly if I would ever get a chance to use the built in tuner.

luckat

What does the built-in tuner do?

Does the PZ81 work with both mpeg2 and mpeg4, as asked earlier?

Does 32PZ81 mean a 32" version of this TV?

Is there a 26" version?

Oh, wait, that's a plasma TV?

Zonda999

The built in tuner will pick up freesat hd when the tv is connected to a satellite dish. Another part of this tvs appeal is its mpeg4 tuner which will mean it'll be able to pick up irish dtt when its launched next summer.

The 32" and 37" versions are 1080p LCD screens. The 42", 46" and50" are 1080p plasma's.

Doubt there will be any 26" version but i think we will see a lot more tvs like this in the future, and not just from panasonic...

Richersounds.ie: John

Zonda999 wrote: »

The built in tuner will pick up freesat hd when the tv is connected to a satellite dish. Another part of this tvs appeal is its mpeg4 tuner which will mean it'll be able to pick up irish dtt when its launched next summer.

The 32" and 37" versions are 1080p LCD screens. The 42", 46" and50" are 1080p plasma's.

Doubt there will be any 26" version but i think we will see a lot more tvs like this in the future, and not just from panasonic...

Agreed Zonda - It's the way forward (and a really excellent TV!)

John Mc

garlad

John,
Mailed you last week about getting 2 Sony 40W4500 tv's. You get the email?

Gar

kpn

Hi John,
If you have Sony 40W4500 stock available pl. let me know. I want to take one

Regds
kpn

kpn

Hi John Mc,
Is there any update about Sony 40W4500 availability & price?

Regds
kpn

positron

I had emailed JohnMc about the same Sony model some two weeks ago and never got a response.... I was planning to go up to Belfast to buy one, but now I am not so sure...!

PS: Slightly different model KDL40V4000U, just looked at the item again, and the price seems to have gone up..!!

http://www.richersounds.com/showproduct.php?cda=showproduct&pid=SONY-KDL40V4000U

Zonda999

That should come down again i'd say...

The price of this set has tumbled, though. If you can go to Belfast to collect this, it comes to under 375e, at todays rates:eek::eek::eek:. What a bargain!!! This is almost certainly not available for 20£ delivery, or is it???

byte

Zonda999 wrote: »

That should come down again i'd say...

The price of this set has tumbled, though. If you can go to Belfast to collect this, it comes to under 375e, at todays rates:eek::eek::eek:. What a bargain!!! This is almost certainly not available for 20£ delivery, or is it???

Jeez, that's an absolute bargain there! Good pic quality on the V-series too.

TheDriver

How much is the 32" PZ81 panasonic and does it still come with 5 year warranty?
Will it tune uhf analog as well as MPeg4 DTT and freesat HD?

rrpc

John

Any update on the Sony KDL40W4500 yet? I was interested in one of these, but don't want to go for the bundle they're selling down here which includes a Blu-Ray player.

positron

While KDL40W4500 is still 'in-store only', the KDL40W4000 model seems to be available to order online now...

Zonda999

positron wrote: »

the KDL40W4000 model seems to be available to order online now...

:D:D

Brilliant!! The W4000 is a fantastic price with RS anyway. Anyone know if the samsung 40a656 is available for delivery at the mo??? I can t decide between the two. 100hz(In the Samsung) or an MPEG4 tuner(In the Sony). Decisions decisions......

EDIT: To be honest lads, having never ordered from RS before, i really dont know how a tv being in "buy it now" status on the .com website affects if Belfast are able to ship them down south but, anyway, it appears that a few tvs have become "buy it now" recently. The ones i've noticed are:

LG 42lg3000 - 450£
Panasonic 32lxd80 - 450£
LG 37LG6000 - 550£
Sony 40v4000 - 650£
Sony 40W4000 - 680£

Richersounds.ie: John

Zonda999 wrote: »

:D:D

Brilliant!! The W4000 is a fantastic price with RS anyway. Anyone know if the samsung 40a656 is available for delivery at the mo??? I can t decide between the two. 100hz(In the Samsung) or an MPEG4 tuner(In the Sony). Decisions decisions......

EDIT: To be honest lads, having never ordered from RS before, i really dont know how a tv being in "buy it now" status on the .com website affects if Belfast are able to ship them down south but, anyway, it appears that a few tvs have become "buy it now" recently. The ones i've noticed are:

LG 42lg3000 - 450£
Panasonic 32lxd80 - 450£
LG 37LG6000 - 550£
Sony 40v4000 - 650£
Sony 40W4000 - 680£

Guys The Sammy 40A686 is available to order online, is in stock (today) and is £749.95/£20 delivery for boardies - once a TV is buy it now - Boardies can get it for £20 delivery (Plus the price of the TV of course:P)

If we can help any of you boardies please just mail me to johnmc@richersounds.ie and we will do our best!

Thanks as ever,

John Mc

Zonda999

johnmc wrote: »

Guys The Sammy 40A686 is available to order online, is in stock (today) and is £749.95/£20 delivery for boardies - once a TV is buy it now - Boardies can get it for £20 delivery (Plus the price of the TV of course:P)

If we can help any of you boardies please just mail me to johnmc@richersounds.ie and we will do our best!

Thanks as ever,

John Mc

Brilliant altogether!!:D:D

I'm gettin a new tv as soon as my xmas bonus comes through and this looks like the one for me:D:D

I shall be calling you in the next 2 weeks

Fidelis

Can I place an order on the .com website to be delivered to Dublin for £20?

Zonda999

Fidelis wrote: »

Can I place an order on the .com website to be delivered to Dublin for £20?

No, afaik, you have to contact John or the Belfast store to sort that out

dunser

Can anyone advise if the V model is older than the W, is there much of a difference.

Does it have Mpeg 4 tuner

Thanks

Richersounds.ie: John

Fidelis wrote: »

Can I place an order on the .com website to be delivered to Dublin for £20?

No, but if you drop me an email we can deliver most things from the .com website into Ireland - if the item says 'last few to clear' or 'instore only' then stock is more restricted - but always give us a try and we will order if we can for you - drop us a mail to sales@richersounds.ie or johnmc@richersounds.ie

Thanks as ever,

John Mc

wonky79

I picked up the new sony bravia 40w4500 for £850 yesterday in richersounds in belfast. It worked out at €892.70. It would have cost £1119 in the sony store in belfast, or €1399 in the sony store in dublin

RaoulDukeHST

wonky79 wrote: »

I picked up the new sony bravia 40w4500 for £850 yesterday in richersounds in belfast. It worked out at €892.70. It would have cost £1119 in the sony store in belfast, or €1399 in the sony store in dublin

Hi Wonky79, I have been torn between the W4500 or the Panasonic PZ85. I had decided on the 4500 initially but have been hesitant about the Sony as I have read a lot about 'clouding' issues on other boards - avforum.com etc. Are you happy with your set?
Also, what warranty did you get with the set?
Cheers!

wonky79

I haven't taken it out of the box yet as I won't be going home until Tuesday, but I'll let you know what its like when I do. It comes with only a 1-year garantee, but you can extend it to 5-year's with richersounds if you like (it will cost you 10% of the price of the set though)

RaoulDukeHST

Cheers, I would be interested to hear what you think about its SD performance.

Fidelis

I can't find the 40v4000 on the website anymore

RaoulDukeHST

I tried mailing RS to no avail. Eventually got them on the phone yesterday. Seems like they are very low on stock and are expecting a restock next week sometime. After thinking about it for the last few months I finally bought the 43" PZ80. It was down to it and the W4500.
Even with sterling as low as it is I got a fairly competitive deal down south.

dessierb

I must say I have being on the Email to John at RS for the past 3 days and every question and request I have made I have got the answer I was looking for....Great service before I buy anything. Couldn't be more helpful and at fab prices. The KDL40W4000 is coming in on the 19 Jan for anyone interested, like me...

Zonda999

dessierb wrote: »

The KDL40W4000 is coming in on the 19 Jan for anyone interested, like me...

John told me this too but i dont fancy waiting that long so i might ring them up later and see if they have a Samsung 40a656/40a686 in stock

JoeA3

dessierb wrote: »

I must say I have being on the Email to John at RS for the past 3 days and every question and request I have made I have got the answer I was looking for....Great service before I buy anything. Couldn't be more helpful and at fab prices. The KDL40W4000 is coming in on the 19 Jan for anyone interested, like me...

Any word on when the W4500 is back in stock?

dessierb

JoeA3 wrote: »

Any word on when the W4500 is back in stock?

Not sure about that one but send john an email. He is very prompt in replys.
John McDonald (johnmc@richersounds.ie)

Zonda999

Zonda999 wrote: »

John told me this too but i dont fancy waiting that long so i might ring them up later and see if they have a Samsung 40a656/40a686 in stock

Just rang Belfast there and theres no stock of the Samsungs either:(:(. Apparently, you'd be waiting as long for a 40" Samsung as a 40W4000. The nice chap on the phone said that its much easier for them to get a Panasonic or Pioneer tv at the moment

Pixied

Hi

Does anyone know if they have the 37 lg6000 back in stock?

I've sent two emails in the last week and no reply.(Yes I know the time of the year!!:)) I did manage to get a helpful guy on the phone the other day who said they were waiting to get a delivery today, but I can't get through to them at the mo.

Richersounds.ie: John

dessierb wrote: »

I must say I have being on the Email to John at RS for the past 3 days and every question and request I have made I have got the answer I was looking for....Great service before I buy anything. Couldn't be more helpful and at fab prices. The KDL40W4000 is coming in on the 19 Jan for anyone interested, like me...

Guys!!! wooooooo...

here is the real story on the 40W4000 - we are P R O V I S I O N A L L Y hoping to see stocks again WEEK COMMENCING 19th January - that is when we have been informed that stocks will start freeing up in the UK again - however please don't read that as a cast iron guarantee - I have put a special request in this morning for additional stocks of W4500 and W4000 but I don't anticipate much better luck - however I will keep you posted.

On the Samsung LE40A686 - again we are out of stock - however we hope to see limited stock of this latest week commencing 12th January (maybe a few days earlier)

On the second subject of answering emails - we really are trying our best to plough through all your emails - we are receiving approx 300 emails a day to the Belfast branch alone - all of which I do try to reply to individually - if you send us a PM WE CANNOT REPLY TO IT - as our PM box is premanently full - we have asked the nice head Boardies for an increase in our mail box but we are still waiting for that at the mo..


If you do have a query please just drop a line to sales@richersounds.ie or johnmc@richersounds.ie and we will do our best to reply asap.

Thanks

John Mc

Richersounds.ie: John

Pixied wrote: »

Hi

Does anyone know if they have the 37 lg6000 back in stock?

I've sent two emails in the last week and no reply.(Yes I know the time of the year!!:)) I did manage to get a helpful guy on the phone the other day who said they were waiting to get a delivery today, but I can't get through to them at the mo.

Pixed, Re. LG 37LG6000 - apologies for the delay in our reply - coming into (limited) stock again on Monday the 5th!

ATB,

John Mc

JoeA3

Hi John,

I tried to get you on email last week again, I appreciate you are very very busy so no worries - can you just clarify if you "provisionally" expect to see the 40W4500 in stock around the week of the 19th too, as well as the W4000?

And do you think you'll have enough for mail-order customers? I'd maybe consider making a trip up some weekend if it was "in-store" only, but obviously delivered to door would suit more.!

I realise you can only give me a best guess right now, but if this particular set is going to be in very short supply indefinitely I'll probably try my luck elsewhere before the missus forgets she gave me permission to buy it

cheers,
Joe.

johnmc wrote: »

Guys!!! wooooooo...

here is the real story on the 40W4000 - we are P R O V I S I O N A L L Y hoping to see stocks again WEEK COMMENCING 19th January - that is when we have been informed that stocks will start freeing up in the UK again - however please don't read that as a cast iron guarantee - I have put a special request in this morning for additional stocks of W4500 and W4000 but I don't anticipate much better luck - however I will keep you posted.

On the Samsung LE40A686 - again we are out of stock - however we hope to see limited stock of this latest week commencing 12th January (maybe a few days earlier)

On the second subject of answering emails - we really are trying our best to plough through all your emails - we are receiving approx 300 emails a day to the Belfast branch alone - all of which I do try to reply to individually - if you send us a PM WE CANNOT REPLY TO IT - as our PM box is premanently full - we have asked the nice head Boardies for an increase in our mail box but we are still waiting for that at the mo..


If you do have a query please just drop a line to sales@richersounds.ie or johnmc@richersounds.ie and we will do our best to reply asap.

Thanks

John Mc

Invincible

I notice the 40W4500 has increased to £899 ??

Richersounds.ie: John

JoeA3 wrote: »

Hi John,

I tried to get you on email last week again, I appreciate you are very very busy so no worries - can you just clarify if you "provisionally" expect to see the 40W4500 in stock around the week of the 19th too, as well as the W4000?

And do you think you'll have enough for mail-order customers? I'd maybe consider making a trip up some weekend if it was "in-store" only, but obviously delivered to door would suit more.!

I realise you can only give me a best guess right now, but if this particular set is going to be in very short supply indefinitely I'll probably try my luck elsewhere before the missus forgets she gave me permission to buy it

cheers,
Joe.

Joe,

Apologies - I only have (limited) info at this stage on the W4000 and at this stage I have no info on the W4500 - my reports from head office for the W4000 say 'available week commencing 19.1.9' however I have no quantities against this - all I can do at this stage is keep you guys posted via this thread which I will try to do on a regular basis.

Re. The price increase on the KDL40W4500 again I am afraid that this is beyond my control and anyone who has ordered one prior to the increase will have the original price honoured!

Sorry I cannot be any more helpful this time!

ATB,

John Mc

JoeA3

Thanks for that John. Sure keep us posted and leave me on your waiting list - I may go for it locally in the meantime if the wait becomes too much!!

Sterling is starting to gain strongly against the euro again the last few days too which is a real bummer :eek:

Esel

johnmc wrote: »

....we have asked the nice head Boardies for an increase in our mail box but we are still waiting for that at the mo..

Something for you to consider John. If you become a subscriber (€5 month / €60 year), your PM box size is increased to 5,000.

Invincible

Hi John,
Are you able to pricematch Samsyerman for the 40W4500, they're quoteing £879,delivery to anywhere outside Belfast £14.99.

Thanks.

Richersounds.ie: John

Invincible wrote: »

Hi John,
Are you able to pricematch Samsyerman for the 40W4500, they're quoteing £879,delivery to anywhere outside Belfast £14.99.

Thanks.

http://www.samsyerman.co.uk/productdetails.asp?ProdText=Sony+KDL40W4000+40%22+Sony+HD+Ready+1080p+Digital+LCD+TV&ProdID=2503

Invincible - its still £899.95 on their site tonight (check the link above) - I have no issue beating any cheaper price, but as most of you guys know I just cannot get my hands on stock at the moment - until until we can clear our existing back orders we are not even taking orders (which as I am sure most of you Boardies know is not in our nature!)

Drop me a line if we can assist in any way to johnmc@richersounds.ie and thanks again for the mail,

ATB,

John Mc

Rew

johnmc wrote: »

until until we can clear our existing back orders we are not even taking orders (which as I am sure most of you Boardies know is not in our nature!)

Crap im going up to Belfast tomorrow to vist the mecca that is the Richer Sounds store with a huge shopping list and I was thinking of adding a W4500

Invincible

Hi John,
As I was browsing their site on Wednesday night,(as you had'nt it in stock),I did'nt see the 40W4500 listed so I entered details to their search bar,this created an email enquiry,they sent a reply on Thursday evening,that's where the price of £879 and £14.99 for delivery came from.I'll give them a call tomorrow to enquire if it's misinformation

Thank's

I rang them this morning in their Belfast store and the salesman confirmed the price of £879 with delivery of £14.99,due in stock in about a week.

Invincible

Hi John,
You probably did'nt see my previous post yet,the 40W4500 has increased to £949.95 on your site,£100 in under a week of an increase,or is this a mistake ?

Thank's John.

p.s: The link that you have in your above post John is for the 40W4000.