I'm happy to say my KD-34XBR970 is still kickin out an awesome picture.:D

I'm happy to say my KD-34XBR970 is still kickin out an awesome picture.:D

same here

And one more. I keep getting tempted by the dropping prices on larger LCDs but I can't give up the gorgeous picture on this tv.

Mine's about 4 1/2 years old now.

I am going into my tv's service menu to make some adjustments to correct bowing at the upper left corner of the screen. I also know to write down original settings before changing anything.
Wish me luck!

IME, one will not find a better CRT than the 960/970.

Hope no one minds me bumping this but someone in a local ad is selling this TV for $125. I want to get a TV like this to hook up my old game consoles to. Does anyone have any experience with how a GameCube or Wii looks like hooked up to this TV? I have plans to even hook up my older consoles through S-video or whatever turns out to be the best setup for each console.

The picture will look much better on this 970 than any lcd or plasma ever could.

Hi everyone, just coming aboard to start posting and I am the proud owner of this 970 model Sony Wega. It rocks and I was very fortunate to get it dirt cheap from a guy who had 'upgraded' to an LCD. He told me when I went to look it over that he hated parting with it. He said his wife and him decided to let it go because they have a small boy and were worried about the TV crushing him if he went to grab at it in their living room. I had a Toshiba 34" direct view I bought back in 2004 and remembered its quality at 720p. I didn't hesitate to buy it after making sure it worked. Moving it was indeed a major task and I don't plan to do that kind of heavy lifting ever again!

But I'm very happy to have it!

poiski_duraka,
Welcome to the fourms and congrats on your find, the last Sony CRT HDTV released in North America.

Does anyone have an idea of where I can buy the old sony stand that matches this TV? Anyone have one they are getting rid of? :)

Thanks,

John

I bought a matching stand for my t.v about 3 years ago, unfortunately it was the last one they had. I searched for about a month on-line even before I found mine. There was a lot of out dated websites saying they had one and I would try to purchase one and it would be out of stock.
John, Good luck. Your best bet would be e-bay or craigslist

Anyone know how to re-access the initial setup menu, without losing calibration settings? I need to adjust screen position...

My 970 needs the incoming image to be smaller. When using a PS3, the left side gets cut off. For instance, when watching Netflix, all I see is eftflix. When watching Alcatraz on Fox yesterday with an OTA, the bottom right where the Fox logo was cut off the x.

It's also a tad blurry and there is a greenish blob thingie on the right middle of the screen at the edge only seen on bright backgrounds. I bought the TV for $70 so I can't complain too much but I am a little apprehensive about going into the menu settings to mess with stuff.

^ I'm having a similar (xbox360) problem with mine. Initial setup may help, but I don't know how to access it...