Sony currently having a sale on their refurbished stock on eBay - interested in their TV stock. In particular SONY KD65A1 65" A1 4K HDR OLED TV with Acoustic Surface.
Does anyone have any past experience on sony refurbished tvs in terms of quality and longevity?
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SONY-KD65A1-65-A1-4K-HDR-OLED-TV…
The difference between this one and non refurb is 1k, if the warranty is the same, just go for the refurb, you are also dealing directly with sony instead of a reseller, you are protected by the consumer guarantee also. As long as you know your rights i doubt you will have a problem.
dunno re refurbished. I got mine from JB's price matched against a new one from eBay good guys plus eBay site wide discount code.
However, regarding acoustic surface, which most reviewers love and feel is wonderful; Yes it is good- far better than tiny built in speakers. In my opinion however, it does not obviate the need for a proper receiver. Even coming from a crappy 2.0 yamaha system with bookshelf speakers, I want a receiver to get better sound. it is too flat, not enough base, despite the so called sub on the back of it. I;d bought this partly because i thought it would save me the $$ on a receiver. For me, that is not the case.
Otherwise it is an epic TV
have bought 2 items from sony australia refurbished, both work well and looked like new when received. one of them just a few weeks ago, when sony had a sale via ebay.com.au, and i bought a 40-in tv, this one https://www.sony.com.au/electronics/televisions/W660E-W665E-… …all is good for now, and it does comes with a regular sony warranty.
I bought a TV from the eBay store in February during an eBay sale. The TV I got had a slightly damaged boxed but was unopened. I'm very happy with it. The customer service for the eBay store got bad reviews in the comments of the deal. Hopefully, I will never have to deal with them.
Gosh with $4k you can't just buy a new one?