Very Nice | Sony Bravia SXRD KDS-50A3000 50-Inch 1080p Rear Projection HDTV

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	• Sony Bravia SXRD KDS-50A3000 50-Inch 1080p Rear Projection HDTV Sony Sony average customer review:based on 22 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

99.9% pleased!! Wow!!

I caught this during a 2 or 3 day sale and got it from Amazon for $1,299. It's already back up to $1,700+ everywhere I look. So right off, I'm already pleased with the price, but now that I've used the TV for a bit, I'm giggity.

The picture is fantastic. The 1080p makes it unbelievable when viewing HD signals. Why anyone would even consider buying a 720p HDTV these days is ludicrous, IMHO. It took a lot of tweaking of the picture, iris, and all the other settings to finally get it where I wanted it. And the cool thing is that you can regulate a million different settings for EACH input. So I have different picture settings for my Dish, my over the air HDTV antenna, and my upscaling DVD player.

The 120Hz engine in this thing is remarkable. The smoothness of sports or fast action is VERY noticeable when compared to 60Hz LCD or Plasma TVs. As soon as you enable the anti-blur stuff, it's mind blowing the quality, sharpness, and delivery. I have a $89 Sony upscaling DVD player hooked up to my Bravia and it is INSANE how good and amazing it looks! It looks like I'm watching it on Blu-Ray! I don't now exactly what it definitive reason it all looks so good, but I have to imagine that the combination of the 120Hz stuff, HDMI, and the 1080 upscaling DVD player all make it just mind boggling!

I bought a $40 HDTV over the air antenna and put it in my attic. I'm watching my local channels in HD with no problem at all and it looks fantastic!! Forget ANYTHING you knew about using an antenna and expecting static, fuzziness, etc. My antenna picture actually looks better than cable box HDTV!!

Now my .1% downers. My 2 problems are mundane and probably would not effect most people. One, if you use an AV receive or home theater and even though TV has a million input jacks on the back, you really can't drive audio through the TV without losing your digital audio.

So if you hook up a DVD player to your TV with HDMI, even though a Dolby signal is sent to the TV, the TV changes all audio signals to 2 channel PCM. Even is you use the Digital out on the TV and send it to your Home Theater, you still get 2 channel PCM signal. In order to watch a DVD but still get full Dolby/DTS surround, you have to use a HDMI to your TV, but still have a digital audio cable from your DVD straight to your AV/Home Theater receiver. I find this completely annoying for now I have to change the video input on my TV when switching components. Then I have to switch audio components on my receiver to match. Was hoping to just drive all the video and audio through my TV. But if you don't care about sound quality and dont mind the downmixed 2 channel audio, then this is a non-factor.

The other thing that is annoying me is that the remote that comes with the TV will do EVERYTHING, including control my DirecTV DVR. Sweet!! Except....you can only program it for ONE model AV/Home Theater...and it has to be a specific Sony model. So while I can control my DVD, TV, and DirecTV functions, I CANNOT control the volume of anything since all the sounds go through my Home Theater. So now I'm going to have to go purchase a 3rd party programmable remote. So this is really just a personal gripe and in no way detracts from the overall quality and wow factor of this TV.

Overall, I really am just amazed with it. But Sony has announced that it is getting out of the rear projection business. It's a real shame for even Crutchfield says that this SXRD line might just be THE BEST HDTV on the market. At this point, I couldn't agree more.

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Very Nice

I replaced a 37 inch DEll Lcd with this rear projection tv. This Sony has a far better picture and true blacks. I don't have HD cable yet. I cant imagine how HD looks on this tv. Plus the 37 inch is perfect for the bedroom. It's awesome.

Great T.V.

I read reviews about this product on Cnet, they gave it a decent rating. I agree, this Sony T.V. is a very good buy for the price. Now all I need is HD PROGRAMING at a reasonable price to enjoy it fully. Hooked up to a HD DVD player though the picture is awesome. So if your planning to buy a HD T.V. I definetly recommend this Sony, if your on a budget and want a quality item. Be prepared though if you purchase an HD T.V. and want to actually enjoy it your gonna have to open up your wallet for the HD DVD player and the HD programming, other wise you'll just have a big T.V.

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New T.V. is Much Better than I expected

After looking at lots of Hi-Def T.V. s throughout most of 2007, I finally decided on the Sony KDS 50A3000, rear prejection model. I thought the rear projection series was by far the best value for the price. The LCDs did not have any better picture quality than the Sony rear projection model.
I have dish network. I ordered their high def DVR receiver when I got my new set. I also have a roof antenna. I have the new set hooked up to the antenna with a standard coax cable. The HiDef dish receiver is connected with a good quality HDMI cable. The Quality of the HiDef siganl from dish network varies from channel to channel. They are all good, but some are better than others. The non HiDef dish channels are upscaled through the receiver and the resolution is very good, much better than I expected. THe HiDef reception of the antenna is as good or maybe even a little better than the dish receiver.
The digital channels that the antenna picks up that are not HiDef have very good picture quality. I also bought a Sony upscaling DVD player and connected that to the T.V. with an HDMI cable. The few movies that I have watched so far are as good as the HiDef T.V. reception. Bought the T.V from Amazon when they dropped the price to $1299.99. No sales tax, no shipping charges, GREAT DEAL, I am very pleased with this T.V.

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Ask yourself what you are looking for?

If the depth of your T.V. is not an issue, a rear projection is a great bang for the buck. I spent just under $1500 for this Sony and it is great for what I use it for. I have a 42" plasma & a 32" LCD (both hdtv) and this 50" Sony has just as good if not better picture than those. I don't get the motion blur on fast moving images (sports and gaming) as we did on other sets. I have heard the viewing angle wasn't as good on projection T.V's and I will vouch for that, but who likes to sit at a wide angle from there set anyhow? Bottom line, I had a good experience purchasing (from Amazon) and using this set. I highly recommend it!

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