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Sony - 50" Class (49.5" Diag.) - LED - 1080p - Smart - 3D - HDTV
Sony - 50" Class (49.5" Diag.) - LED - 1080p - Smart - 3D - HDTV
Sony KDL50W800C LED HDTV: Watch your favorite shows, movies and video clips in striking detail, enhanced with boosted contrast and real-time color upscaling. Multiple inputs, smartphone mirroring and powerful features from Android TV provide a wide variety of programs for you to explore and enjoy.
 
Don't Buy This 3D TV
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1.0 out of 5
1.0
Posted by: pcjackie17
from Delaware
on November 11, 2015
If you want a good 3D TV then don't buy this TV!!! I have several issues with this TV and they are as follows:
1.) This TV did not come with 3D glasses!!! Yup, you're right!!! I wish I had read the reviews before I bought this TV to find out that it doesn't come with 3D glasses!!! I bought the 3D TV and the SONY 3D Blu-Ray Player and a 3D movie and hooked everything up and put the movie in and where are the glasses? I searched high and low and they didn't come with the TV!!! So, I went back to Best Buy and was advised to buy the wrong pair of 3D glasses (they were passive and you need ACTIVE 3D glasses for this TV). Well, Best Buy worked with me and was quite surprised as well as their SONY rep and I did find 3D glasses on Amazon for this TV but I've had 3 pairs of the glasses that I purchased on Amazon break on me and I got tired of sending the stupid glasses back to the seller so I bought 3 pairs of SONY 3D glasses that Amazon stupidly recommended based on my searches and guess what? They're the wrong stupid glasses!!! Even though they're SONY 3D ACTIVE glasses they don't work with this TV!!! You need to purchase TDG-BT500A which are hard to find and if you do find them they are EXPENSIVE!!!
Originally when I purchased the TV from Best Buy in like May or June, Best Buy was really nice to me about this situation and kindly helped me out but, now I'm dealing with SONY and they totally stink!!! I couldn't even get a manager on the phone to discuss this issue!!! This totally irritated me to no end!!!
2.) The quality of the picture is okay but there have been problems with watching online (Netflix or Amazon Prime) videos (or services). But this problem was somewhat rectified by swapping out the Xfinity router for a faster dual Wi-Fi (2.4 GHz or 5 GHz) router and using the 5 GHz Wi-Fi connection. (By the way, Xfinity's dual band Wi-Fi router is backed by CISCO which owns Linksys and they are the best manufacturers of routers out there!!!)
3.) SONY customer support stinks and getting the glasses for this TV is a really hard and expensive task!!! The 3D glasses recommended by SONY are TDG-BT500A and are about $90 for new with shipping or $75 for used with shipping (YUCK!!! -> who wants to buy used glasses and for $75 per pair with shipping per each -> I say NO to that!!!)!!!
So, I recommend that you go with another brand of 3D TV where you either get the 3D glasses with the TV -> and make sure you check the reviews before you buy the TV!!! (I don't know why I didn't do that this time???) or the glasses that go with the TV are affordable and of good quality and don't break every time you go to put them on your face!!! I'm not mad at Best Buy but I am mad at SONY for their lack of assistance or help and the affordability and ease of obtaining the 3D glasses that go with the TV and then Amazon for recommending the wrong glasses!!! I won't be satisfied until a SONY rep shows up at my doorstep with 3 pairs of the glasses that go with my TV and take back the 3 pairs of SONY glasses (TDG-BR250/BR200) that don't go with my TV because I'm so outraged!!! It shouldn't take 4 phone calls and not being able to get a manager on the phone to resolve the problem, which is SONY is getting cheap to stay competitive and as a result we, as consumers, are suffering!!! NO!!! I won't stand for this!!! I'm never, ever, going to recommend a SONY product ever again!!!
DO NOT BUY FROM SONY EVER!!!
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
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WD - My Cloud 3TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - White
WD - My Cloud 3TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - White
This 3TB WD My Cloud external network-attached storage device's Gigabit Ethernet interface allows connection to your existing network, so you can easily store and access files with compatible PC, Mac, mobile phones and tablets from anywhere in your home.
 
The Worst Thing to BUY!!!
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1.0 out of 5
1.0
Posted by: pcjackie17
from delaware
on August 17, 2014
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1.0 out of 5
1.0
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1.0 out of 5
1.0
What's great about it: Nothing!!!
What's not so great: Everything!!!
I purchased this device on a Saturday prior to having my MacBook Pro being checked out at Apple and found that my hard drive was failing. I immediately went home and started backing up files. Went to the Apple Store Monday evening to get help with Time Machine backup was at the store past 9:00PM and still no back up. Stopped the Time Machine Backup, left my MacBook Pro at the store to replace the drive and still keep the old drive as I am a computer expert and can take anything and everything apart and fix it. That's why I was shocked that my hard drive was failing but I was like - okay I just got the WD My Cloud Device I'm covered. Nope. Tuesday morning I picked up my MacBook Pro with the new hard drive and was handed the old drive. I went home Tuesday and swapped out the drives to back up the failing drive. I had over 100GB of data already transferred over to the WD My Cloud device. Sent more stuff to be copied over and woke up Wednesday morning to a RED light on the WD My Cloud device. It FAILED!!!! I just got it Saturday and it's now Wednesday with most of my data on the supposed back up device and it FAILS!!!!. I immediately called Western Digital as I've been using Western Digital drives since 1995 when I used to build my own computers. I stopped building them 10 years ago. But a computer is still a computer and I just can't believe that the WD My Cloud device failed so fast. On the flip side because of my background and experience I did get an email from Western Digital authorizing me to take apart the WD My Cloud device without voiding my warranty in order to recover my data. It is now Sunday (over 1 week since my ordeal started) and I'm still recovering data. I recovered what I could on my failing drive on a Seagate Back up device which I think is a lot better and I am going to give it glowing reviews. I still have yet to get my data off of my WD My Cloud device as it apparently does not work with Macs using a USB sleeve. So, I have to back up all of my Mac stuff first and then install Windows on my Mac (yeah Windows runs better on a Mac!!!) and then attempt to restore the data on the WD My Cloud device in Windows. If it doesn't work in Windows then I'm totally toast (trying to be 'G' rated here). But do not buy this device I found the manual for it and it states that if you need to move the device in any way that you need to unplug it and then turn it and then plug it in. Then when you want to move it back, unplug it and then move it back and plug it in again!!! That is crazy!!! That takes me back to the 286/386 processor days when you had to PARK your drive before you moved it. Then with the 486 processor you could move your computer with it on and not PARK the drive. This is ancient technology and means!!! I wouldn't recommend this device to my own worst enemy. Get the Seagate device, it's cheaper and better. I always thought that Western Digital was number 1 and Seagate was number 2. But I'm now finding out and realizing that Seagate is #1!!! Stick with Seagate you won't go wrong!!!
This product has... Attractive design/portable, Large capacity/good size, worst thing ever to buy
About me... Technology guru, Business Professional, Need a simple backup solution, computer expert
No, I would not recommend this to a friend.
Compatible with...:Mac
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WD - My Cloud 3TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - White
WD - My Cloud 3TB External Hard Drive (NAS) - White
This 3TB WD My Cloud external network-attached storage device's Gigabit Ethernet interface allows connection to your existing network, so you can easily store and access files with compatible PC, Mac, mobile phones and tablets from anywhere in your home.
 

is it possible to increase the disk space by added an external drive?

I'm worried I will run out of space and would like to be able to increase storage space.
Get a Seagate Device it's much better and more reliable!!! You can get one for 3TB!!!
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