Yesterday I saw this TV and was totally blown away by the picture quality, it was like i was looking out the window and watching real life stuff.
I was wondering if anyone here owns one of these puppies. Here’s a link to the model on the Sony website:
All comments will be appreciated as I’m considering getting it.
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Looks good TofiBaba, I'd take a look at the price before making the final decision but it looks like a good bargain if the quality is as good as you describe. :D
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I might be able to get it for $2,500.
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But the price stated on the link you posted is $3499 is it not?
Or are you getting a discount from somewhere? 
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That's MSRP dude, which doesn't mean anything. Even BestBuy has it for $3,199.
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:k:
Good buy. Lol
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:D wadya wanna know Candy Man
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For just a little bit more, you should be able to buy the new 40 inch Sony Bravia LCD TV. Compare the picture quality with that.
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I don't see anything different in the Bravia line compared to many other plasma's. The issue with plasma's is the black's aren't true black, they're shades of grey. I did compare the SXRD with other plasma's, side by side, and the picture quality was totally different, viewing angles were about equal, but the resolution of the SXRD was extraordinary. At 1920x1080 its almost at the 1080p (Sony claims it does upscale but I would take that with a grain of salt). And i did see the Sony Bravia at BestBuy and wasn't impressed, and it was more money for 10" less.
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The black aren't true black holds good for any TV with back lighting. It will hold good for all rear/front projection TVs as well. I am enjoying my Panasonic plasma for a time now it has excellent black response. All the HD ready TVs support 1080i resoluions through upscaling for the time being, with the exclusion of SHARP which actually produces full 1920X1080 LCD screens. Few are starting to support the 1080p as well. Go for whatever makes you happy! Best wishes.
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go for dlp instead of lcd
toshiba is very good brand.. you won't be dissapointed
i did my research and in my opinion i think toshiba PQ is better than samsung and a little better than sony also.
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Check out the 5th gen+ plasam range from Pioneer. The colours are very good on that including blacks but as you already pointed out a ver very dark shade of grey. Still much better than LCD's for black.
DLP is good but not as good as plasma IMO until you move to a 3 DLP solution. The colourwheel doesnt cut it for me.
Another way to improve colours is adjusting the backlighting of displays (plasma/lcd). This wasnt possible before as cathodes where used for superiror whitness comapred to LED's. This has now changed allowing a matrix of LED's to be controlled e.g. if you have a black patch on the screen the LED's behind that area will turn off giving a black range near to that of a CRT.
Samsung are also brining out a HD CRT this may in UK £350 for 32" and only depth of 14". Thats a winner with me. I dont need a hanging TV nor a 40"+ screen.
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I don't think Sony makes DLP's, do they?
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No, Sony doesn’t make DLP’s that’s why they came out with their version in this TV, called LCoS (liquid crystal on silicon).
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The idea behind Surface conduction Electron emitter Display, Silicon Xtral Reflective Display is same as Digital Light Processing, but to make it feel different, another name was needed. Also Sony never showed its interest in buying a license from Texas Instrument.
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oh.. ok.. leave it to SONY to always come up with their daiRh eent kee masjids everywhere.. 