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49 of 52 found the following review helpful:
 Wow, Better than Plasma? Aug 05, 2007
By Wild Kat
"sunblazer"
The XBR4 has blown my socks off. On display at the electronic store it actually looked worse than my other LCD Samsung LN-3241D. After fine tuning and adjusting the picture, whether it was recent non-HD DVD's or HD content, with the 120Hz Motionflow, Pixar's Toy Story looked 3 dimensional, and the colors were nothing I had seen before from this DVD. I am so happy with this purchase and the higher price tag is well worth it. I also watched a streamed Netflix movie (Amadeus), using the PC input, and the movie quality was ok. With the Samsung the streamed quality is noticeably not as rich in color and a bit grainier. I Recommend this LCD TV. Sony is definitely the leader in high end TV's. P.S. I am not a Sony fan boy, I am still angry about the root kit found on their CD's.
36 of 38 found the following review helpful:
Sony Bravia XBR KDL-32XBR4 32" LCD HDTV Oct 03, 2007
By mr coffee
"MR COFFEE"
I ordered the 32" LCD Sony Bravia XBR KDL-32XBR4 32" LCD HDTV from Amazon as it was about $200 less than Cir**** C***, B*** B**, etc. because I had seen other SONY XBRs and the picture just had the best color picture of any brand I saw. The unenhanced contrast ratio is tops (if you study all the spec stuff, this means BEFORE they use the electronic make-it-look-better circuitry) and it really shows with a good signal. Sony makes cheaper 32" models, and this is their flagship model. It cost a bit over $1100.
It took 3 days to get it out of the warehouse and get me a tracking number and an email that said it would be here in 8-10 days. The freight company called me 2 days later and delivered the next day. The freight driver helped me get it out of the box and told me to keep the box until I was sure it was A-OK as he said another shipping retailer (Crut*******) wouldn't accept a return without the original box. The set was in perfect condition, all the little stuff (cords, remote, cable gizmos, etc.) was there, manuals in english and spanish (maybe french too, it's a world economy now, eh?), etc. etc. No evidence it was other than a grade A straight from the factory brand new "first" (Tig** Di**** sometimes sells refurbs, seconds, etc.).
Took me a while to get it set up and figure it all out - I called Sony customer support 4 times getting all the home theater sound, DVD, VCR, HD satellite dual DVR stuff going. I am pretty techie but these things involve new connection types and the manual gives you the simple dumbed-down diagram that shows a picture of the set connector bay with cords going to various pics labelled DVD, VCR and a one sentence explanation. Sony support spoke good english and when questions ran off script they put me on hold and went and asked someone who knew more to find me an answer. Wikipedia helps too Sony support were more than willing to stay on the line with me and take me step-by-step through the hookup and trouble-shooting. Didn't think I'd need that, but these things are way more complicated than the old stuff from 10 years ago.
I really liked the fact you could set up the TV on-screen input selector with labels that actually indicate what each input IS from (DVD, Satellite, cable, VCR, game, computer, etc.) and set the selector to NOT display (skip) unused inputs as you scroll through the inputs. My wife will probably be able to learn to actually run this setup by herself after a while. Hooray!
I had a 24" TV before this, and it is nice to be able to see a movie again without my picture being shrunk down with top and bottom bars to a 16"-set-size picture. The HD is really clear, but even my plain vanilla DVD player (non-blueray) with the red-blue-green discrete video outputs make movies look really awesome. The Sony has a special converter to change the frame rate from the TV rate (30 per second) to the Motion picture rate (24 per second) which makes everything CRYSTAL CLEAR!!!
I was a bit uneasy about ordering a big ticket TV from Amazon, but I'd do it again in a second.
39 of 42 found the following review helpful:
The one and only Aug 16, 2007
By Gadget MD
I am a big fan of Sony video products. I just replaced my 15 year old 27" Sony in the bedroom with this TV. The picture is crisp with the vivid colors typical of Sony TV's. The setup is easy with a multitude of audio and picture options to satisfy different viewing tastes. There are ample inputs for accommodating whatever equipment you might want to add.I purchased mine through Amazon. One word of caution. The delivery is not going to come quickly or necessarily on time. Considering I saved over $300 compared to buying it locally and paying tax and delivery charges I can't complain, but if you want it in a hurry keep that in mind.
30 of 32 found the following review helpful:
Ahhhhhh ... Football Season on My New Awesome TV Sep 09, 2007
By Me
"-Sleepless in S.F."
Just got done watching opening weekend of the NFL on this set and it was amazing. I decided to splurge on this TV after considering lesser options and even older Sony 32" models and I'm glad I did. The 120hz refresh rate combined with the Bravia engine gives amazingly smooth motion for sports and action movies. The color reproduction is great - I'm a stickler against bad skin-tone reproduction (just visit your nearest big box store to see loads of large screen junk with orange people).
I am a big fan of smaller screens, by the way - in today's HD world I think that 32" - 40" at most is the current sweet spot. Stretching available pixels any father dilutes the quality in my mind. So if you don't have a McMansion and you can handle a smaller screen consider this TV - it is so vivid that it betrays it 32" size by the way; you would swear it's a 40 incher.
53 of 62 found the following review helpful:
Great 32" LCD TV Jun 23, 2007
By Gerald Vaagen
"Genius at Large"
This TV works great I love the picture its very clear and has a large viewing angle
The MotionFlow has 2 settings but I can't tell the difference
This TV is very bright it has 3 presets Vivid, Standard, Cinema. Cinema being the darkest.
In Vivid mode I was watching a movie and it had a lot of light flashes after a while I thought my eyes were going to pop out of my head. I then set it to cinema mode and made it dimmer for the room and that was much better. I connected my cable box using a HDMI cable that I found on-line at Firefold for less than $5.00 and it works perfect.
It was easy to setup and install as it has 3 HDMI inputs, 2 component, 3 composite and 1 computer input. I very happy with this TV
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