Is OLED worth the price?

[SvennoJ]

manuel said:

SvennoJ said:

Do they include sales tax and environmental fee in the prices in Japan? There's another 13% on top of those prices here.
Weird that Sony tvs are more expensive in Japan than in Canada.

 

That depends on the shop. But most advertise prices without tax so it looks cheaper.

Tax here is 8%, but still Sony products are more expensive in Japan than in Canada and the USA. Bummer.

http://kakaku.com/kaden/lcd-tv/itemlist.aspx?pdf_se=8&pdf_Spec301=52-60&pdf_so=p1

The cheapest 55 incher from Sony on the price comparison site kakaku.com (most-used in Japan) is 16800 Yen (with tax), or about 1850 CAD, which would be about 1635 CAD when taking off 13% tax.

Hmm, they use different model numbers in Japan. The cheapest here is the KD55X720E for CAD 1100, 1288 incl tax and fees, 117,288 yen. Cheaper indeed, yet it's a very bare bones 8 bit tv, no wide color gamut, poor HDR, bad black level and uniformity. No clue what that X8500D is like.