Best bang for the buck | Sony Bravia SXRD KDS-50A3000 50-Inch 1080p Rear Projection HDTV

Love the picture | 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

excellent

researched hdtv's over 6 months before deciding.

best value for the money:
excellent picture
good sound
screen menu very easy to learn and use
has latest 1.3 hdmi software
lighter than lcd and plasma (easier to move)
unlike most projection tv's it can be view at angle
good documentation

One of my biggest concerns about purchasing a new hdtv was how the
companies customer service (internet and phone) would handle questions and provide information if needed.
Sony easily beat out Panasonic and Samsung.

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Best bang for the buck

Like many others, I spent more than a few hours researching tv's before purchasing. What stuck me is that the technology still has a ways to go before being anywhere near perfect, so why go out and spend nearly 3K on a top of the line plasma or LCD, when they will most certainly be overshadowed by newer and better products in the very near future. With that said, this tv delivers state of the art picture quality and features at around $1400, so when all the next generation tv's hit the market, I won't feel so bad giving it the boot.

Love the picture

Like most people, I researched TV's to death. I finally decided on a DLP because of supposedly better motion, and price. I couldn't be happier with the picture on this TV.

The only complaints I have aren't exactly related to the TV, but are things I'd like to see a solution to. For example, my wife and I like to use the close captioning sometimes (when the character mumble!), and there's a conveniently placed CC button right on the remote! But alas - somehow it doesn't work when the TV is set up through my cable box (I have to use the cable box's CC which is a 4 button process). And I'm back to 3 remotes again (TV,Cable and DVD). The TV has a nice universal remote - but it doesn't handle all the functions of the cable remote (guide, DVR list).

But did I mention I LOVE the picture???

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Phenomenal TV - I don't know why Sony is canceling production.

This TV blows our socks off!!!

I have been on the fence for years wanting a big HDTV but felt that the technology wasn't up to snuff for me. I purchased a DLP of a well known brand a couple of years ago and ended up taking it back the next day because the picture was so much worse than my standard 32" CRT - even on DVDs. So I've been looking ever since and boy did I find it - this TV is everything we wanted and more for a price I can't believe.

If you want to hang your TV on the wall, this isn't for you, but if you are putting it on a stand - THIS TV IS THE TV YOU WANT. Most of the components on my entertainment stand are deeper than this TV so I see no reason for some ultra slim panel.

The picture is simply breathtaking with HD content from my satellite provider and standard DVDs on my regular old DVD player (HDMI) look like they are HD. One of my biggest concerns was Standard Definition TV as a lot of the shows we watch are still in SD. No, the shows don't look as good as HD content but in my opinion they look more than acceptable. We are definitely NOT distracted with poor image quality when watching SD content.

So now about Sony canceling the LcoS line:
All I can say is that I am thrilled that I bought this before it was discontinued. The reason given by Sony is that the consumer market is moving in the direction of LCDs but then goes on to mention that they are trying to fill the current back orders of the high end line of SXRD TVs so I don't understand how they can't make enough to keep up with consumer demand of a product that they say no one is interested in. Personally I think it has to do more with margins than anything else. If you tried to buy a Plasma or LCD with 120Hz refresh, 1080P, 3 HDMI 1.3 inputs, expanded color range and the quality of this picture you would have to pay at least double.

$1400.00 is still a lot of money for a TV in my opinion but I am THRILLED with the purchase and would make it 10 times over again.

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Really excellent

I recently got this TV because my LCD was too small for my living room. It's excellent, excellent picture, very deep black level and solid color reproduction. It has a lot of user adjustable image settings including iris adjustment (the iris controls the amount of light coming from the bulb and is a more powerful adjustment than Brightness for many purposes). Try these adjustments to get a substantial improvement over the default picture quality when using HD cable:

Go into Picture settings and set:

Picture mode Standard
Iris mode Auto 1
Color temperature Neutral
Noise reduction and MPEG noise reduction off

Then go into Advanced and set:

Black corrector Low
Live color Low
Detail enhancer Off (this is important - it causes noise)
Edge enhancer Off

This type of TV can be professionally calibrated but for most people this is not necessary.

Note that in the product numbering, the 50 refers to the size, A is the series and 3000 is the generation (this is the 2007 model). A 50A2000 is older, a 55A3000 is larger. The A series is high end (an SXRD projector - this is Sony's brand name for LCoS, which is subtly different from DLP - Wikipedia it if you're curious) If you compare it to the E series (an LCD projector) you will see a substantial difference in picture quality. SXRD produces a much better black than LCD and does not suffer from motion blur.

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