The Official Sony 2006 KDS-(XX)A2000 [NO PRICE TALK] SXRD Owner's Thread - Page 341

Originally Posted by Beer Baron

Has anybody tried putting a center channel speaker on top of this TV? The top of the TV is far too thin to support my current center channel. I'm thinking of just getting some kind of scrap wood and carving out some makeshift supports for the speaker so that it can stay up there without fear of falling down. I was just curious to see if anybody else has ran into this and came up with any other solution.

Unfortunately the center channel speaker will not fit in the Sony stand either so that's not an option.

Originally Posted by Beer Baron

Has anybody tried putting a center channel speaker on top of this TV? The top of the TV is far too thin to support my current center channel. I'm thinking of just getting some kind of scrap wood and carving out some makeshift supports for the speaker so that it can stay up there without fear of falling down. I was just curious to see if anybody else has ran into this and came up with any other solution.

Unfortunately the center channel speaker will not fit in the Sony stand either so that's not an option.

Originally Posted by 07pilot4me

posted on 2020 thread, but since these tv's are the same thing i will post here too



hi all,

just pulled the trigger on a 50a2020 sxrd

now shopping for dvd players, here are my choices

oppo 970hd
oppo 981hd

toshiba hd a2
toshiba hd a20

i'm considering the toshibas since they are nearing the price point of the 981hd. i will be playing mostly movies on dvd+r/dvd-r discs. since the toshibas upconvert as well, i was thinking why not.

does anyone know if the 50a2020 has a good deinterlacer?? this seems to be the question most asked on weather or not i need 1080i or 1080p output. any opinions would be greatly appreaciated

Originally Posted by Otsego Hive

has anyone noticed the green blob appearing on the 2000's?

Originally Posted by BasicBlak

I did (60A2000). But it only happened on one brief occasion. I simply turned the set off and then back on. Voila! Haven't had the problem before or since.

Originally Posted by misterjensen

Why does the sharpness / clarity vary in different picture modes on my KDS60A2000 Sony SXRD? I've read about alot of professionals & average users who have theirs in "Custom" mode (along with various other tweaks), but my "Custom" picture mode looks like I'm watching TV with water in my eyes. In "Vivid" mode, the picture is razor sharp, in "Standard" mode, the picture is less sharp, and in "Custom" mode, it's down-right blurry. Is this normal? Is there a way to correct the softness in the "Custom" mode? Is something wrong with my set? Thanks for your help!

Originally Posted by misterjensen

Why does the sharpness / clarity vary in different picture modes on my KDS60A2000 Sony SXRD? I've read about alot of professionals & average users who have theirs in "Custom" mode (along with various other tweaks), but my "Custom" picture mode looks like I'm watching TV with water in my eyes. In "Vivid" mode, the picture is razor sharp, in "Standard" mode, the picture is less sharp, and in "Custom" mode, it's down-right blurry. Is this normal? Is there a way to correct the softness in the "Custom" mode?

Originally Posted by EricM407

You can go into the advanced settings and max out detail enhancer and edge enhancer. That should make it look "sharp" like Vivid. Maybe max out live color if you want the garish colors to go with it.

I think Vivid and Standard basically have some of the advanced settings you can't get to in those modes preset in various ways. They could be more extreme than what you can get in Custom-Advanced, but I'm not sure. Max is pretty extreme.

Originally Posted by HandlesFTW

I'm having absolutely no luck getting my tv to display an image from my computer. when I first connected my computer to my 55A2020 via DVI-HDMI my desktop was displayed on the screen but with an extreme amount of overscan so I downloaded powerstrip, installed and reloaded my pc. That's when the SXRD stopped working with my pc, it now says "unsupported signal, check device cable". So I plugged my dvi cable into my little Samsung monitor and everything came up fine. I even uninstalled powerstrip thinking that was the problem, but the SXRD still does not show an image from my PC and the same error message appears, even when I try the other HDMI port on the back of the tv. I connected through the VGA port but as we all now, the resolution is hampered on that input with our tv. I would like to get my TV back working with my pc like it was originally, but it now refuses to do so! I'm stumped! graphics card is an ATI Radeon 9800 XT. Buying a new graphics card is out of the question right now, I'd be more interested in returning the TV for one that works at this point. I have about 3 weeks of a return policy left. Please help!

Originally Posted by hellgrammite

You will notice some lack of detail if you are watching a DVD or stand cable. I have my sharpness at around 46, with detail enhancer on. I dont use any of the advanced settings except for detail enchance, and placing that on low gives me just a very small amount of enhancement.

Try and stay away from the other advanced settings, they can really kill the picture.

Originally Posted by HandlesFTW

I'm having absolutely no luck getting my tv to display an image from my computer. when I first connected my computer to my 55A2020 via DVI-HDMI my desktop was displayed on the screen but with an extreme amount of overscan so I downloaded powerstrip, installed and reloaded my pc. That's when the SXRD stopped working with my pc, it now says "unsupported signal, check device cable". So I plugged my dvi cable into my little Samsung monitor and everything came up fine. I even uninstalled powerstrip thinking that was the problem, but the SXRD still does not show an image from my PC and the same error message appears, even when I try the other HDMI port on the back of the tv. I connected through the VGA port but as we all now, the resolution is hampered on that input with our tv. I would like to get my TV back working with my pc like it was originally, but it now refuses to do so! I'm stumped! graphics card is an ATI Radeon 9800 XT. Buying a new graphics card is out of the question right now, I'd be more interested in returning the TV for one that works at this point. I have about 3 weeks of a return policy left. Please help!

Originally Posted by jimbobwe

KDS-50A2000 (My unit was bought in August 2006 and the bulb has 1550 hours on it.)

Hope some one can help me with is one.

While watching dvd's, or TV I see bands of green and red moving from the bottom to the top of the screen. Each band is about 6" high and runs horizontally across the screen. It is visible for about 45 seconds as it travels up the screen and upon reaching the top, starts over again from the bottom.

I am running component from my Comcast/Motorola HDTV STB to an Onkyo TX-SR805 receiver which is outputting it as 720p over HDMI. I use a PS3 60gb for Blu-ray DVD playback also running thru the SR805.

Thanks for any feedback.

Originally Posted by jimmyv

So all the sources come thru the same input and all exhibit the same problem?

To isolate the problem, try connecting your STB and PS3 directly to the A2000 on different inputs. Do they still exhibit the problem? If so the problem is probably with the set. If not, does either exhibit the problem? If not, the Onkyo is probably introducing it.

Originally Posted by jimbobwe

Yes, I am feeding everything thru the ONkyo TX-SR805 via HDMI to the A2000.

Ok will do. I should be able to isolate this issue. I guess this issue is isolated to my setup so something must be "set" wrong.

Originally Posted by jimmyv

So all the sources come thru the same input and all exhibit the same problem?

To isolate the problem, try connecting your STB and PS3 directly to the A2000 on different inputs. Do they still exhibit the problem? If so the problem is probably with the set. If not, does either exhibit the problem? If not, the Onkyo is probably introducing it.

Originally Posted by brettwf

TV is on a separate surge protector as it is approx 20 ft from the A/V equipment.

Originally Posted by whitesanjuro

I've noticed an issue with my KDS-50A2000 that has taken me a while to track down. I first noticed it a few months ago when watching a borrowed copy of Babel on Blu-ray via my Playstation3 (pre-1.8x firmware). Really dark/black scenes (e.g. chapter 2 in when Amelia is walking down the dark hallway) looked almost blue, as if my brightness was set too high. I dismissed it during the viewing (although it was very distracting) and didn't think about it for a while.

More recently, I upgraded from a 360/add-on to a Toshiba HD-A20 and purchased Babel on HD DVD, hoping the AVC/MPEG-4 encode would look better than the MPEG-2 on the Blu-ray version, but to my surprise it did not. I tried adjusting the black level on the A20, as well as connecting directly to the TV w/ both component and HDMI (I normally use 1080i/HDMI through my Yamaha HTR-6090 receiver), and adjusting the black corrector and gamma settings on the A2000. During this testing, I also started noticing subtler, but similar black/blue issues on titles such as V for Vendetta and Lost in Translation. The PLUGE on DVE looks totally normal.

I saw the same problems on my 360/add-on over component when connecting directly to the TV and through the receiver via 1080i component (the receiver can do an A/D conversion to take 1080i component and pass it through the HDMI output, so I wanted to eliminate that possibility).

Next I started testing on my PC w/ the 360 add-on drive and Cyberlink PowerDVD. I have a 23" 1920x1200 LCD that takes both component, VGA, and DVI inputs and I tested a variety of scenarios: PC via DVI, 360 via VGA, and 360 via component. All of the these tests revealed lots of detail that I had never seen before and there were no weird blue/black problems at all.

TL; DR -> The problem appears to be related to my A2000, as the issue manifests itself on both the A20 and the 360, regardless of analog/digital connection and whether or not the receiver is in the mix. Similar tests on a different display reveal no problems with the sources.

I have no idea how to proceed, but I would like to test the Blu-ray version of Babel again, now that the 1.8x firmware has dropped and see if the issue still exists. Turning down the brightness removes the blue, but also masks non-trivial amounts of detail (treating the symptom, not the problem). Any suggestions would be very appreciated.

Originally Posted by Dan13Marino

I have read that the 2020 version and 2000 version are the same, Is that True?

i was going to pickup a 2020 60" version, but found the 2000 one for cheaper. If they are the same i would just go with the cheaper one then.

Thanks in advance for replies

Originally Posted by davehancock

This sure sounds like a "ground loop" problem. First step is to make sure the power for everything is on the same ground (for example, is some equipment connected to a surge suppressor or something).