Sony GWIII Owners thread

Well since everyones finally getting these sets its time to start a thread for tweaks/problems/help and observations.

My story, I currently own the 60XBR800. Ive been looking to buy something that better fits my living/space situation, and being the loving son I am would donate my 60" to my parents who have the space.

Yesterday I was at a certain retail store inquiring/viewing the various LCD's. Luckily I was speaking with the dept. mgr and just when I mentioned the new Sony's he said they had just received the display unit and it was still in the box.

I bought it on the spot, the 50"GWIII for an excellent price, $XXXX.(Im assuming I can say that as I didnt mention the store?)

Anyways, its sitting in my living room and it looks great!

So far:
-I like the look, for me at least it looks cleaner and less obtrusive. Esepcially noticeable once I set up the rest of the components.
-The blacks are excellent, much improved out of the box. IMO they look black, not blue or purple.
-The colors are much more vibrant, there seems to less less of a vale in front of the picthure.
-The brightness is incredible, some is contrbuted to the smaller size but it is really impressive.
-I like the new screen. At first I was hesitant with my light situation and glare but i was pleased at the reduction in reflections with the GWIII screen.
-I hate the remote, it feels like a rebagged RadioShack remote, lol. For some this might be a problem but I use a Universal so I wont even use this one.
-The SD is rough, obviously, but i persoanlly dont/wont use my bigscreen much for SD, Only DVD/Xbox/HD, so again, not a problem.
-There seems to be a little bit of red push, even using cool temp settings its noticeable.
-As always the sets DRC is great. It is actually better than the progressive mode on one of my DVD players(:
-DVI PC connecticity looks amazing. It was truely plug and play, it recognized the make, model and even posted the manufacture date. Initially the reolution is funky and needs work but nevertheless it does work. Im still working out final resolutions with power strip, and as it stands now has a little to much overscan but I am close. I will say a PC using DVI on the GWIII looks every bit as good, maybe even better than any of the LCD monitors I have, Samsung,Viewsonic and Dell.


What Im up to:
-Frist is obviouslly a run with Avia to clean it up some.
-Second is finalizing the PC connection using DVI, ill post suggestions for power strip when im done.
-Third is finding the best DVD player for the set.
-Im even considering an ISF visit.




So thats it everyone. Post away!

Scott in Rochester
[ Edit - Pricing rule http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=300703 ]

Lol, impossible! It was easy to tweak the GWII, just read UMR's instructions. But its difficult/dangerous to figure it out yourself. I dont have the patience or knowledge to do it.

I will pass along anything I find though.

Sorry, I tried to add this to my original post but couldnt.

I actually plan on doing that, however. My main PC is not going to be fast enough for HL2/D3,, the next generation of games. It is also not powerful enough to do HD through WM9. Which by the way is amazing, someone I work with is running HD DVD through WM9 and it is stunning! A huge imporvement over 480P, obviously.

With that being said I am waiting for December/January when the Pentium5 is launched and when ATi ships their 9900 cards. The ATI cards have component connections and DVI but the biggest thing is they actually support HD with preset resolutions.

Until then Im looking to upgrade to a very nice DVD player without spending a ton. Ultimately I will use the bigscreen for Xbox/PCgaming/PCHD DVD/HDTV.

My center channel speaker is only 5 inches deep. The top is about 4.5 inches wide so it could accomodate a few extra inches of speaker if necessary.

I dont know how the 42 will go, havent had a chance to see one yet.

My speaker is just resting on top but it is rather small so its not an issue. The rubber feet on the speaker get rid of any rattle between the two.

Xbox is noticeably better, I mean its obvious with the HD pack. Some games, like Matrix are 720P and look gorgeous. There are a few 1080i games out but it appears the mainstream is going to be 720p. Even SD games look better becuase with the HD pack im using component series 3 monster cables. If your getting an HD set there is no question, get the HD pack. You will love it.

As for the stand, well I needed something a little higher so I bought that. Its a Bello stand, only 250. All glass, cable management system and a newage/modern look which goes with my entire home. The TV is so light you can use about any stand itll fit on so buy what you like.

Thats all you bud.

Chances are it will have a better pciture, by how much noone knows, though I cant imagine it will be that far ahead. it does have a pretty nice look to it and the built in tuner would be handy.

But I think the MSRP is like 5500-6000$. Thats a little pricey for me for a TV like this. For that much I would likely buy a new Panny50" plasma.

My only concern would be the 60"WE610 might be a little,,,, less bright because of the large size. The XBR units will have brighter bulbs so they might be as bright as the 42 and 50 WE610.