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3.0 stars
"Good tv, but loss of detail and loss of picture."
Pros: Great colors, great grey scale, and great overall picture
Cons: Loss of detail
Summary: I have stared at this picture set many times in many electronic stores and my biggest complaint are two things that everyone forgets. While the colors are great and the black levels are good, there is SO MUCH DETAIL lost. I talked to sony reps and they tell me the detail in the black levels where the flat panel tv's will show the information and this set wont is because SONY adds in an extra black frame to produce higher black levels. But when you do that, you are missing the actual information. I was watching a DIDO blu-ray demo and saw that on the SXRD the background was all black, and on the lcd next to it there was an actual stage, with curtains etc. I wish that people would notice things like this when doing reviews on certain shows, movies, and or sports. The motion looks amazing for DVD's and almost any source, but the real story is that you're getting less picture.
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Hello,
I have to completely disagree with Kewball's assessment. In regards to adding frames to the picture (Motion Flow), this is can be switched off completely. However, 120hz processing has been lauded by the vast majority of professional reviewers and ISF Technicians.
The A3000 Series was one of the greatest bang for the buck displays ever made. Whereas prior iterations of SXRD RPTV's exhibited Optical Block failures, the A3000's have proved reliable. This coupled with excellent black levels, textbook color accuracy, beautiful picture, and a lower price than earlier versions, make these sets classic. -
I dont know what this guy is talking about, but this tv has a better picture than the $3000 Bravia XBR4....how do i kno this?I owned it for a week and returned it because it had clouding.Traded the xbr4 for the 60A3000, best decision i ever made.Picture is breathtaking on this set.I felt like and idiot when i got all of $2000 back for this set, and it surpassed the XBR4.
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This is a great TV. I have two, the 55" and the 60". As of May 2008, it was far and away the best deal for a large screen that has Full 1080P on HDMI, Component, and RGB computer imputs. The black levels are dark and inky, greyscale is very defined, whites will blind you, and colors are very natural or in vivid mode can really pop. On a solid HD source, the detail will almost look 3D. Very smooth picture with smooth panning. Great geometry meaning lines are very straight vertically and horizontally.
I got my 55" for $1230 at Sears. The 60" for $190 more back in May 2008. Sony has discontinued their Rear Projection, so if you can find one, jump on it. -
This set shows so much more detail than any LCD.
I've owned the KDS-60A3000 since January and the picture is stunning. You say you "stared at it for many hours" in stores? Then you were seeing it in default Vivid (flamethrower) mode and who knows what else! There's a reason the pro reviewers give it excellant marks -- they know how to "set up" a TV before passing judgement.
Yes it's a shame that TVs need to be set up and tweaked some, but this TV is amazing. The screen is LCos "Liquid Crystal on Silicon" -- similar to LCDs but with so much better display.
