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I purchased my tv in Dec 2004. I did not purchase the extended warranty. These sets are have all kinds of video problems. Myself and other LCD owners have called for in home service. The service company is QUALXSERV in home service. They want $350.00 to come to your home if you do not have the extended warranty, and can not guarantee a fix. Take it from me buy some other Brand
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Well, I can't give an honest review of this product because I haven't yet received it. I ordered it on June 15, and it was promised, by Amazon direct, not another seller via Amazon, between June 21 and June 23. So I'm sitting here on July 15 with no TV.......
It really isn't Amazon's fault, it's the shipper, Eagle. But whatever, I'm less than satisfied with this Amazon.com transaction. I have seen the TV in stores and it looks good though...................
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Brilliant images. Highest quality. You simply cannot beat this system for the price. Also, this particular projection TV handles the non-HDTV channels very well - not all HDTV models do this. The fact is that most channels are not available in HDTV yet, so it's nice to have a high quality TV that can deliver non-HDTV channels to you in a high quality rendering. This TV does that very well. Yes it's nothing like HDTV, but all the same they do a fine job with this model.
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I bought this TV about a month ago. I had no problems setting it up. I even had no problems getting local HD chanels over-air FREE. I was so happy. However, once I got cable...my mood changed. I reliazed that if the signal coming in is not High Def. then the picture can be "grainy" (little boxes around images) when there is a fast movement on the screen. Fast movements such as those in basketball games, soccer games, or simply person speaking.
This is due to the signal coming in not being HIGH enough so it is streched over the screen. Here is explanation from SONY website:
"Inferior picture quality may occur on a High-Definition Television (HDTV) with a screen size over 36 inches when viewing a standard-definition signal. This is because the lines of resolution provided by a standard-definition signal are enlarged in order to properly fill the screen. Enlarging the lines of resolution not only increases the size of the video image, but will also make it easier to see video noise in the picture that causes distortion. For this reason, the picture quality on a HDTV is best when viewing a high-definition signal."
I do have HD programing, and those are great, but there are very few chanels at this time, what do I do with other 200 standard digital chanels? If the signal coming in is not HD, then it should just give regular picture. But it does not, its all grainy and anoying.
END RESULT: I was happy with the purchase until I realized that the regular standard digital cable chanels will always be grainy and not "normal". HD chanels are perfect, but there are very few HD chanells out there.
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This was a major investment, $1600.00 is enough to make me paranoid just to own it. The downside is that the bulb assembly is $275 from Sony and eventually the bulb WILL need to be replaced.
Haven't noticed any issues anyone else had, but I bought mine in Feb. '06 and I see most of the purchases here where in '05 not long after the model was released. Now, onto the specifics.
I wanted the 50" but couldn't fit it in the space I had, so I settled on 42" but am still very happy. The TV is NOT out-of-the-box friendly, if you are not savvy have a tech set it up and set all your picture adjustments. It took me weeks and weeks and still six months later I am tweaking it out for best quality. Firstly, there are the basic controls, contrast, sharp, color, etc. but there is a Normal, Vivid and Custom settings on the main imputes (including HDMI)so listen close, go into custom and try all the settings with various images until you are happy, and read the manual!
Now, how does it look? Well the 1080i I get from comcast is great, mostly, but that comcast has sheeting issues (you see those damned little square digital images when the screen gets busy) best viewed 10' - 18' from TV and looks great. Dead blacks, good whites (never quite pure, but the winter snow in Narnia & LOTR looks great!) I also have a 480p DVD player (can't wait for HD!) which looks better than standard Cable, not as good as HDTV but again, from about 12 feet away it's near flawless and I'm happy.
The only thing is, when I have HDMI input from comcast I get no optical audio out to my receiver, but I believe this is a Comcast / Motorola (these boxes, suck) issue, not the TV.
Take advantage of the three component inputs for your DVD, PS(2) and GameCube! Both look awesome on here! There is a setting to stretch the 4:3 image to 16:9 with a bit of clipping on top and bottom and a bit of stretching that makes the picture look almost perfect even though it wasn't actually a widescreen image. I use wireless controllers and play from 12' away and the games look crystal clear.
Also, this is an LCD so interlaced and progressive scan look equally good. The TV doesn't have a flicker, it shows all lines at once by storing half in memory for 1/30 of a second and then showing all scan lines at once! It looks great.
The downside? Regular cable sucks! We must have all HD and now! Regular channels don't fill the screen (of course) and tend to have a lot of digital sheeting.
I love this TV but, get a spare light from Sony right away (it's easily changeable) and stick it over you closet! It could be 2 or 5 or 10 years, but if it blows you have no TV until they can ship a new one! Mines worked perfectly since the moment I plugged it in, so you get no complaints here.
Also note, this TV has no burn in and no moving parts but for a cooling fan! Regular DLPs have a spinning wheel (or now three!!!) and can make a lot of noise or break down more easily.
This TV is also so light one person can lift, and it can be mounted on a wall.
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