55AG8 - OLD REMOTE?!

[JamesM91]

Anyone know why Sony has chosen to pair the new, 2019, £2299 Sony AG8 with the old remote when even the XG95 comes with the new one... Feels a bit of a sly move by Sony that, they should be offering free swaps to the new one. 

[Pascale_F]

Hi James,

Welcome to the community.

I'll see if I can find this out for you. Maybe someone else in the community can help in the meantime.

Thanks,

Pascale

[Kuschelmonschter]

AG8 also has the slow and buggy processor from 2016 (MediaTek MT5891) inside. It is Sony's entry-level OLED which doesn't have the latest and "greatest".

[JamesM91]

Really?  That's disappointing. I'm trying to determine what makes it currently £600 better than the AF8. Is it simply that the stand reverses, props the tv up higher and allows for a sound bar? 

I haven't seen any (non promoted) reviews yet that tell me otherwise. 

[Kuschelmonschter]

AF8 and AG8 are pretty much the same. What I read about AG8 is that they stripped Dolby Atmos support which of course is of artificial nature.

[stormyuk]

The XG90 I have (2019) also comes with the 2018 remote and previous generation mediatek hardware.

[kegrego10]

I agree even my old Samsung had a sleek remote, this AG8 remote is cheap and plastic looking not what you'd expect from Sony