@huxley123 This obsolecence argument holds no water in my view..
Technology always moves forwards: price down - spec up. Thats how its always been and always will be. One buys a TV knowing that there would be a better one next year and an even better one the year after that surely. You buy the product which is most suitable for you at this moment in time, futureporoofing technology is almost impossible surely..
The car I bought last year doesn't have the same features as this years new car, like Google mapping or IPhone interface - but it still performs the same jobs that it did when I bought it. Of course I'd like a new car, but so would everyone.
By this logic, everything that I own for which there is a new model is obselete, but thats how advancements work surely no? So it surely has to be an accepted inevitability by anyone buying anything remotely technical.
By the same token, if I bought a new car with satnav promoted as a feature, and the satnav stopped working within the warranty period, I'd expect it to be fixed, or a replacement supplied.
@huxley123 So if you are equating the Sat Nav to Channel 4 & ITV, the TV wasn't sold as featuring them. So via your analogy, effectively the Satnav isn't broken as it was never there in the first place & the car is still working as it did when you bought it. If it was sold as featuring those services, you should contact your retailer directly as its not been promoted by Sony in that way..
A Sat Nav analogy is a good one though as much like aftermarket Sat Nav's you can add it to your car at a later date, e.g. adding a PS3 to your setup gives you a full house of IP services.
Well I for one will be pretty cheesed off if ITV Player and 4OD don't arrive early in the New Year, because the TV was definitely sold to me by a Sony rep on that basis.
Another loyal brand champion giving up on you, Sony. Given what is happening in the flat screen market I have concluded that Sony have thrown in the towel when it comes to televisions and will not invest further in the Bravia platform. A bit of honesty would have been nice. But thanks for making some of the best televisions in history.
