The Official Sony 2006 KDS-(XX)A2000 [NO PRICE TALK] SXRD Owner's Thread - Page 9

seriously, they have motion blur. really watch for it. once you notice it, you always will. If you have sateleite, turn to HDN High definition news. The fat anchor guy moves his hand around a lot, and it blurs.

Mind you, we output 1080i on our box though.

Speaking of rainbows, has anyone who's owned one of these A2000's for more than a few days now seen any rainbows (wife is very susceptible)?

Boy gdog was happy since he didn't see the blur. His life will never be the same now

This set is not DLP, the rainbow effect is non existant on the A2000.

rainbows are an artifact specific to single chip DLP technology. SXRD technology uses three color panels, and is at no risk for producing rainbows.

Does your player support the DVD-R format?

Hmm--I guess I wont be watching the Fat guy waving his hands on HDNET. Good news though ! Nascar racing, basketball games, action movies dont have any motion blur !

Im glad you can see motion blur with a 6ms response time. I cant and I am glad I cant. Makes my options a little more open

Mr. Foo,

Here is the thread I originally got the ISO from. They may have some insite there. They seem to recommend the freeware ImgBurn for getting this onto a a disc; may want to download that and try a burn that way. Unfortunately, I don't have an HD DVD player myself, so I have no way of verifying my own burn.

only at certain times. it may have a 20ms response times during others. Those numbers aren't exactly perfect.

Mr. Foo~

Have you watched any black and white programs yet? Any if you have, how is the picture and the blacks? Thanks

Major bad news!!

sweet. any signs of any possible problems? (color/uniformity)

thank god. i can finally rest now.

I'm no Yves Faroudja, but that sounds like region-based motion adaptive as opposed to pixel-based. Still good news in my book. And a good example of why the pass/fail methodology is overly simplistic. There are many degrees of quality when it comes to deinterlacing. Hopefully this ends the drama. Except somehow I doubt that will happen.

BTW, thank you Mr. Foo for taking the time to run the test.

Okay. I just got back from Abt Electronics (north of Chicago). They did not have the A2000 on the floor when I got there, but they were nice enough to get one out and set one up. (On a side note, HOLY CRAP, what an UNBELIEVABLE store and what GREAT customer service!)

My experience:
- Absolutely no discolorations of ANY kind. I'm intimately familiar with the green haze / blob and I know what to look for. I saw no problems during startup, after the set was warmed up, or when I had an all white or gray background.
- My mind could be playing tricks, or it could be because the set was brand new out of the box, but the picture did look slightly brighter than the XBR1's.
- The blacks looked a little better than last year's models; I only saw purplish blacks when I cranked the "picture" and "brightness" settings all the way up (something nobody is really going to do.)
- The SD was tolerable. I would say that it would be at the low end of "fine" in my book. Everything looks kinda "fuzzy". I have no idea how good the SD signal was, because it (of course) had been split a number of times for all of the sets. IMHO, I don't think the SD performance is any better or worse than last years model. It's tough to judge from store feeds.
- These sets look smaller than a "normal" 60". I counted 6 times somebody asked if the set was a either a 50" or a 55". Wrong... 60".
- Silk screen effect did not even pop into my head while I was viewing the set, so it must be as good (or better than last year's model) since I didn't notice it. I'm not saying it's not there, I just didn't notice any problems with it.
- The salesman offered me a HUGE discount off of the MSRP. I'm not going to take it though because a retailer that is an hour closer to my house (slightly) beat Abt's price once I told them about it. I highly doubt they are going to offer anymore "deals" since they appeared to be selling VERY well at full price (read below).

My wife's opinion from the picture I showed her:
- I like the silver
- I'm glad the stupid "ears" are gone

If you want to talk "WOW factor", I'll tell you what happened this morning. They set the A2000 up on a temporary roller cart for me to check out / monkey around with. Within 10 minutes, an individual and a couple who had no previous knowledge of these sets each bought the sets right on the spot after seeing the picture for a minute or two.

After finally seeing these sets, I can honestly say that it looks like Sony did their homework with these sets; they are going to sell a zillion of these things

(BTW, I was talking to the salesman about the upcoming XBR2's. I was told that the lamp in the new XBR2's WON'T be user replaceable, a technician will have to do it. Has anybody else heard this?)

I have three weeks to decide whether I should return Sammy 6187 and get a 60 inch A2000. In my eyes, I preferred 6187 to last year's XBR1 in several viewings at a local CC. So far in my house, I haven't seen any noticeable problem including RBE in my 6187.

However, if there is a place where I can do a side-by-side comparison between 6187 and A2000 near San Diego, I would like to know. If there is a consensus that the A2000's PQ is superior to XBR1's, I would like to know.

Thanks.

misterjensen, that is great news! I have changed my mind a couple times about waiting for the 50" or springing for the 60", but you very well have made my mind up. And, taking what Mr. Foo found out for us earlier, it looks like I may be sold. Hopefully I can stop by Crutchfield this evening to see if they have one in stock, and pick it up tomorrow! Gotta make room, and probably tear apart my home entertainment center for a temporary stand, but I think I'm finally going to delve into the world of High Def, after I call D* that is...

Hi all...preordered my a2000 earlier this month thru sonystlye... Checked email and says it shipped but dont know when it will arrive...tracking no. not working . Anyways, look forward to hooking this bad boy up and enjoy watching my huge dvd collection...

I feel bad for all those who cancelled their orders over the stupid DRC argument.

Misterjenson Thanks for the info. Now I can not wait until mine arrives Tuesday
from ABT). I have been reading all these posts waiting for the first bad news. Maybe I made the right decision.

I'm thinking the Tweeter (I've been to the one in Vista) could have them both up soon. Last time I called them, however, they did not know when they would get the 60A2000 in stock. You may want to call them and see.

misterjensen, very convincing. I think you have answered any remaining doubt I have had. Now, I just need to figure out where to get one of these. I don't like paying retail, so I am not really too excited about ordering through Sony direct. I also just called the local Sony Style store and they said it will be about two weeks before they have one on display. That to me does not make a whole lot of sense if consumers already have them.

Ditto...dj

Same with Sony Style in Tigard Oregon. They are predicting mid to late August. Maybe they're wrong. It seems silly that Joe Random Consumer can buy (and receive) these direct and the stores don't have them. OTOH they still have a bunch of 2005 model XBRs to get rid of.

its always better to be safe than sorry. Considering this is a big investment for many, cancelling the order and waiting is totally reasonable.

May I ask a very newbie style question?

I keep hearing people refer to "SD".

What is "SD"?

I'm sure I must know what this is, but just am not familar with the term.

Thank you.