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4.5 stars
"Best lcd on the market"
Pros: great factory settings, terrific standard def picture, gaming is just a blast
Cons: some custom sound settings have an echo
Summary: I've enjoyed the kdl52xbr4 for a couple weeks now. After about a years search, this tv is the one to have. I narrowed it down to a samsung (also with the 120 refresh rate), and the sony. The screen on the samsung was just shiny for my great room. It was almost like a plasma. The sony has no such problems. Several things stand out. The default settings give a tremendous picture. I did some tweaking, and these caused an improvement, but for many people, I'm sure the defaults will be perfect. In reality, I watch most tv in standard def. That is the most impressive area of this set. The standard def is just awesome. Not to short the hd, which is beyond belief, but the std def quality makes this , in my view, the best all around package. I don't have a ps3 yet, but all the old ps2 games take on a new life. Particularly, Castlevania Curse of Darkness and Lament of Innocence just gave me chills. They were spectacular on the 36" jvc, but they just blow you away on the xbr4. In particular, the castle sequences with the stained glass windows in the hallways are almost like a religious experience. Thanks Sony. All old games become new again. I haven't tried the blu ray movies or ps3 games yet, but I'm not a big movie guy either. The speakers are adequate. I was used to a pair of large pioneer speakers for sound, but need smaller ones now. Whatever...they are the next replacement. Another neat feature is the sound and picture tweaks for each input. This may be standard for this type of tv, I don't know, but a nice touch. I was watching the nbc evening news last night in hd. I messed with the sound ssettings, and experienced an echo in some of them. I reset to the defaults, and tweaked up from there and made the echo go away, so thats probably not a big deal. Two final observations: I got this tv from circuit city. Before I bought it, I checked their web site, and found that the web had free set up and delivery for large screen tvs. I told the salesman this, and he readily extended this to my instore purchase. That saved $150 bucks. I also got interest free payments till 2010. During set up, the tv scans for your cable channels. It picked up 12 digital channels that I didn't have before, as well as my cable co's hd local content; an added bonus. Maybe mums the word on that one! In any event, this tv was worth every penney. If you have been waiting for the right lcd tv, this is the one. Go get it! ps: I'm rating this as a 9, but in reality, it's more like a 9.9. Seems like a 10 is a no no around here!
Where to buy
Sony Bravia KDL-52XBR4:
$1,700.00
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