So I eventually bought the Sony Bravia XR65A84JU. This was because I thought the picture was slightly better than equivalent priced TVs. Also, we watch TV through our PVR/set-top box, as we have got used to pausing and rewinding live TV, so just using it as a screen/monitor and not really affected by the app shortage etc., or other poor TV functions. However, I have found that, in addition to missing catch-up TV apps, there is also no red-button/Text with BBC TV and the extra Internet Data Channels you get with freeview, such as Channelbox, also do not work. The latter seems to be because Sony uses the much newer hbbTV for such channels, while Channelbox used MHEG? Not sure why Sony have not given users the option to use the older system, i.e have not ensured that the TV is backwood compatible? I also found that there is no real manual provided with the TV, while much of the “help” on the Sony web site relates to older models. For example, the refrence to a Google play store App/Icon to use to add extra apps to the TV. That app/icon is missing from the XR65A84JU home and other screens, although it is there in tools. By flicking through various menus and screens, I have also managed to freeze the home screen a couple of time and have had to reset the TV by turning it off and on again. Not something that would expected to happen with a new TV. Overall, I would say that the quality, as a TV , is much less than I would expect from SONY. The picture and sound are very good though.
