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Sony Bravia KDL-46XBR3

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4.5 stars

"Incredible picture"

by jhanan on December 30, 2006

Pros: Amazing picture

Cons: Only runs full 1080p with HDMI input
Summary: This is an incredible TV after a week of viewing. I will need HD or Blueray to due it justice. But even with up-converted DVD's running at 1080i (via HDMI), I'm totally impressed. I checked several reviews and several units, including the consumer reports before I made this $3100 purchase, and the Sony XBR3 is the ticket. I have hooked it up to a 7.1 surround sound system using the optical out from the TV since my HT system only has component video in and not HDMI input. I should have checked this before I purchased the HT system ? check this; you need HDMI input into your HT if you want both 1080p video and sound to pipe through your HT system. In my case, I?ll pipe the HDMI video/audio direct for the 1080p inputs and the use the digital audio output from the TV into my HT system, or pump the digital audio from the component direct from the source. I wonder why the unit does not drive at 1080p with the component video? The Xbox 360 supports 1080p using component video, so why would the XBR only run at 1080i using component video? I don?t understand this. This is not a problem with the up-converted DVD?s since the player (Philips ? region free) will only drive the video at 1080i on both component and HDMI video anyway. The TV does put out a fair amount of heat, which I guess should be expected when you consider the amount of light output. The picture is excellent and I?m not kicking myself for not going plasma. I guess the demand has increased since when I purchased on Dec 1 at appliancebestbuy.com the price has now increased from $3100 to $3300!

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reply by: msabercr on March 23, 2007

there are only like two tv's iknow of that have 1080p component inputs and one of them is a fujitsu. the reason you don't see it as much is xbox 360 is prietty much the only component device that will output 1080p through component

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