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DonFerrari said:

TomaTito said:

I guess you have more experience, but my switch from Samsung to Sony wasn't that great. I got the Sony KDL-50W656A three years ago, and whenever this one breaks I'll be switching back to Samsung, the user interface in those are night and day.

The screen itself is nice, with an elegant design and the built-in speakers are enough for me. The bad mainly comes from the firmware, Sony did a poor job there. Smart TV sucks, all the apps seem like webapps and Netflix always hangs up for some odd reasons. Whenever there is an update my CI+ module stops working, I have to unplug it to watch TV again. It only has two HDMI ports and one USB, which is currently taken by the webcam, so no Chromecast for this TV but I can at least use the laggy miracast built-in.

Sorry to hear that, but perhaps you didn't got a version with fast processor. My father and father-in-law Sony TVs have a very slow load on Netflix and other apps, mine (65X850C) loads it so fast that it beats PS4, Roku and any other device I tried. And seeing you only have 2 HDMI inputs haven't you bought the lower entry level tv since even my 46LED 5 years ago from Sony already had 4 HDMI entries?

The TV worked fine the first year, then with an update I noticed the problem with the CI+ module and this last year the Netflix app started acting up. I'll just use Netflix from my other devices, it's just so much more convenient to do it straight from the TV (first world problems xD)

I think the W6 series is midrange level. The main features I liked from the TV was the design, upscaling quality, no 3D and price (later on I found out about its awesome low latency). But like Azuren mentions, maybe it wasn't the best time to buy Sony back then... but it's such a shame to see good hardware let down by crapy software, either way I'll continue using it just as a screen.



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