TCL taking over Sony's Bravia business at 51%

[jinjuku]

Sony is giving TCL control over its high-end Bravia TVs

TCL will own 51 percent of the high-end TVs.

arstechnica.com

 

[little wing]

I saw that this morning. Kind of shocking actually. I wonder what this means for Sony going forward. I still love my Sony 950h. Best TV I ever had.

 

[ryanosaur]

The new TCL 65QM8K we just bought is no slouch and Rtings had it rated (fairly narrowly) over the Bravia 7 in many categories. Only time will tell the story of whether this works out for Sony, but the only real downside I see is the Sinophobes pitching a fit over this.

The old 950s were good TVs, though my model suffered from the Dolby Vision bug.

 

[AcuDefTechGuy]

So TCL will be making Sony TVs?

 

[little wing]

The new TCL 65QM8K we just bought is no slouch and Rtings had it rated (fairly narrowly) over the Bravia 7 in many categories. Only time will tell the story of whether this works out for Sony, but the only real downside I see is the Sinophobes pitching a fit over this.

The old 950s were good TVs, though my model suffered from the Dolby Vision bug.

That's tough. My first 950 had a bad panel. We noticed it on the first movie we watched. Called BB, and they came the next day with a new one. Swapped it out, and it's been perfect ever since, knock on wood.

 

[ryanosaur]

That's tough. My first 950 had a bad panel. We noticed it on the first movie we watched. Called BB, and they came the next day with a new one. Swapped it out, and it's been perfect ever since, knock on wood.

Correction, mine was a 900F, not a 950. *facepalm

I got confused because our older Sony was an 850C.

It wouldn't have been a problem if the fault in my panel manifested early: It didn't. *shrugs It was still a good TV except for DV content being dark or turning a weird green hue randomly.