topic Re: 55AG8 - OLD REMOTE?! in Android TV

55AG8 - OLD REMOTE?!

JamesM91 — Thu, 30 May 2019 20:32:34 GMT

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.

Re: 55AG8 - OLD REMOTE?!

Pascale_F — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 10:41:51 GMT

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

Re: 55AG8 - OLD REMOTE?!

Kuschelmonschter — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 11:14:40 GMT

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".

Re: 55AG8 - OLD REMOTE?!

JamesM91 — Sat, 01 Jun 2019 11:24:41 GMT

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.

Re: 55AG8 - OLD REMOTE?!

Kuschelmonschter — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 09:06:50 GMT

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.

Re: 55AG8 - OLD REMOTE?!

stormyuk — Sun, 02 Jun 2019 13:04:30 GMT

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

Re: 55AG8 - OLD REMOTE?!

kegrego10 — Sat, 30 Nov 2019 15:53:20 GMT

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