Well done Richard!
My Sony set is being picked up on Friday after owning 6 or 7 of them for the last 11 months.
I am having a nice 4k hdr Panasonic delivered the same day 
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Hello again chap. Yes I've fortunately had a change of heart. My X83C has started to behave in an most unsatisfactory way. It's turns itself on sometimes in the middle of the night.
And that it seem's that I enjoy reinstalling google ect every week.
I gave up with the developer mode. The signing of Android boot ROM's and a custom Launcher's just for these series of set's which I envisioned will ultimately never get finished. I honestly thought I could control my home automation via this set, but as it's 5.11, nope. I thought that come the long term ownership of this set I could cretae a custome firmware for it, which I propbaly could, but as it's going back I now won't.
Collecting all the hardware data and software logs wasn't hard, but then interpreting them all and the 5.11 Android build use of them all, just takes too long.
There are also reports that Android N isn't compatible these series of set's on the Android Developer Forums.
At present Android N is only be target to a very small amount of devices. They have a list up of what is coming to Android N and what isn't listed basically isn't coming.
To answer your question about where I heard about no more Software updates (Firmware) is from a Sony Store in Plymouth. I live in a little village in the middle of nowhere. I decided one morning to travel to Plymouth's Sony Store and speak to them direct. So off I went, and when I got their we discussed the differences in 2015's and 2016's line up's. I showed the statements from Sony's (I forget their name) on the Internet about the HDR update and the Playstation 4K App as they have in America, and they said that even the 2016 UK/EU Model's wont be getting the 4K App as localisation is required. I had already contacted Sony Playstation UK and SOE and Sony America to try and find that out. Sony America still say they are working on it though, and that it will be available in other markets soon (Its been ages, over 12 months doesnt equal soon, well not in my book anyway.
And that the 4K 2016 series sets have had pretty much all the updates that they are going to get. As in the latest (Firmware) will probably be the last, as the staff in the Sony Store stated that the 2015 series had several issue's, and that they couldn't have been happier when the 2016 series came out, as the 2015 issues where more hardware related than anything else. They also said they are starting to wind down the sales on the 2015 models and are actively encouraging the the more reliable and consistent 2016 model. (the 2016 model is quad core isnt it?) (That's why it can do HDR)
I also ascertained that the 2016 AV Sony Amp could do 4K passtrough, but not THX, or Dolby's Vision audio, and as Dolby Vision is what I'm after I did'nt purchase one
I actually find going to the Sony Store once every 6 months to a sort of fact finding retail therapy.
The next set I will be getting and should have got is an imiyama. They are the best and they are based here in the UK too. The next AV AMP I'm getting has to have Dobly Vision, I could even live with out 7.1 if the 5.1 is done right. From what I understand Phiilips had the colour gamut right in the first place. HDR isn't the best colour gamut either, it's more like Dolby Vision if anything, but then again Phiilip's Trucolour gamut is never that far wrong anyway. Sorry don't mean to be going on. Thanks though for all the messages and if anything social inclusion.
I also apologies again for my use of foul language this fine morning due to issues with the tv yet again.
I had such high hopes for this set only to find out it was all misplaced.
Kind regards
Richard
Peace 
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