The Official Sony 2006 KDS-(XX)A2000 [NO PRICE TALK] SXRD Owner's Thread - Page 116

What difference does it make? He expressed his opinion which is his right. Asking for # units and/or days/months etc is just being argumentative.

This is why the vast majority (not all) of knowledgable owners no longer visit here.
Sad but true

Certainly we need more input than from a handful of owners that have had their tv's a couple of weeks or so! Let's get real here. I would say if about 90-120 days pass, and we are not hearing horror stories again, things are likely going to be ok for most owners. Of course the green globs could develop over a longer period of usage. Why is everyone being so defensive here knowing how bad things have been on the prior generation models? If you want to go ahead and buy one now..do it. I would think prudent people will sit back, and wait a bit though. It's your money. I am waiting. watching. and hoping things are worked out....as I said I am generally a fan of Sony products..not a basher of them. And the SXRD when it's right is a stunning television indeed.

Has anyone gotten the HDNET test patterns to resolve the finest lines?
I posted some pics here:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...&&#post8213515

I have done a lot of calibration. It helps somewhat when I take down red bias and r-gain, but it is still visible. What I am afraid of is that my TV could be leaking some light. Have you noticed any light illuminating from the screen (the room is completely dark and the screen has black picture) when you stand above it and look down. I have a couple of spots (one in the center and one, coming from the right side of the screen)? It could be normal, but I am not sure.

What you are seeing is normal

I'm talking about the SXRD itself

wow that Bolero is nice but damn
$1700 bucks? that like another DLP set

anyone with expericence buying stands from this site?
www_racksandstands.com
lots of choices and free shipping!

No offense man, but you have a 60" screen...SD is not going to be AWESOME on any set you buy, I dont care what you get. And it certainly will look even worse if you are stretching it or sitting closer than 10ft with that 60"...

I think LCOS sets handle SD the best, be it JVC or Sony....I would not expect better from the Mitsu...AND MOST CERTAINLY NOT AT 65"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I cant get it to appear on Internet Explorer, says 500 internal server error. Do you think you can post their settings for all of us to see?

Yes...we bought our stand thru them. No problems and very quick service.

Yup, Racks and stands did a great job of my order a few years ago. Easy to deal with and good delivery service. Nice TV stands and great selection too!

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If the center channel is mounted to the wall, that will place it behind the mains. Is that a big deal to have the center further away than the mains? Thanks.

Does anyone know if the base of any of the A2000s will fit into the footprint of the SUG-W12 stand? It was the stand for the XBR1's. I'm getting an A2000 and my neighbor will sell me his SUG-W12 cheap.

Thanks.

can someone confirm the HDMI version of this series. I am particularly looking at the KDS-55A2000.

My 50A2000 came on saturday and I had the sony stand with it as well. So I open up the box to put the stand together, and basically all the wood was cracked in two. The box was badly beat up and one side looked like an accordian so I was expecting the worst anyway.

Sonystyle.com reps were easy to deal with when explaining the problem and getting an RMA.

Anyways, I went to BB and bought a stand and setup the TV and it's great. So far I have experienced the same as everyone else, excellent HD, decent SD analog, and good SD digital.

I think I got lucky with the SD though because the complex I live in is with one cable company by default. But I went with the other cable company in the area with more HD channels. So instead of the signal being split 500 times to all residents, I am basically the only one here with it.

I do see the internal reflections when the TV is off, but its not a circle in the middle of the screen, it's more of a boomerang towards the left side (also the side where the balcony windows are.)

anyways, I will post some high quality pics later tonight with HD, SD, some NES. The oppo is coming on thursday, so I really haven't calibrated besides the basic stuff like all enhancements off etc etc.

Anyways, the TV is excellent and the girlfriend loves watching her soaps on it. haha

Thanks for all your help in making this decision guys.

Has anyone noticed volume differences between HD and Non HD channels? The HD channels seem half as loud as the non HD channels. I have the SA 8300 DVR and have it hooked up to the tv via HDMI and to my receiver via L/R audio jacks. I'm not sure if this is a tv problem or a cable box problem. I suspect it is more of a cable box problem, but just wondering if any other A2000 owners have experienced something similar.

Okay. Let's assume that the deinelacing is state-of-the-art competent and doesn't degrade the PQ at all for sports programming. This is great, the PQ on the A2000 will look like a giant CRT for sports in my living room (sweet), but what 's this you say about film-based material not being rendered effectively. If my DVD player already does 3:2 pull down and upconversion to 1080i, then would I still have a problem or is this only for 1080i film-based material off Dishnetwork? What if I switched the output from the Dishnetwork box to 720P? Same problem (i.e. motion artifacts and jaggies when watching film-based movies)?

If your DVD player is doing a competent job of 3:2 pulldown, then you will be fine for DVDs. However, the deficiency may arise for 1080i film based content broadcast on TV. I've only seen a few non-sports 1080i programs on here so far, but they seemed fine to me (I'm talking about film based dramas, such as 'Saved' or 'CSI'). If there's a major problem with the 3:2 pulldown, I'm not seeing it. The picture quality is still MUCH better than the 50A10 that this replaced (granted that was a 720P native display, not 1080P, but the 50A10 received a "good" rating from Cnet for 3:2 pulldown, whereas the 55A2000 I have now received a "poor" from them).

I'm having the same problem. I think it's just the stations. For me Dolby Digital stations all sound about the same, but then plain stereo stations are all much louder (some more than others). This is with sound going straight from my HD box to my speakers, digitally, so it sure ain't the TV.


I've watched a half dozen HD movies via cable that came in at 1080i (passed through to the TV), and I'm not seeing any problems, either. Absolutely beautiful.

Has anyone received their 55" set recently? I placed an order this past weekend and they don't expect to receive inventory until mid-September!

I have wild volume differences between my cable box, satellite, DVD player, and tuner. My Denon AVR has the ability to increase or reduce the gain according to the source, so each of the inputs can be adjusted to play at the same volume through the speakers.

If the Sony can do the same by itself, I have not found that setup, but then I have not looked for it.

I would have preffered to buy local, but they simply dont have stock....I got a 55" SXRD, shipped with a 4 yr ext warranty and 3 yr bulb replacment for a shade over 3 big bones...

Will post reviews asap (could be this weekend!!!)...

I got my 60" today ordered .. Its great! Also bought the 3 year extended warranty w/ 3 year bulb coverage.. Awesome buying experience for sure.

Still getting to know the TV.. I dont have the settings nailed yet but I really havent tried since my system isnt complete yet. I tweaked it a tiny bit, but my eyes are still used to watching a 25" crt @ 10 ft... waiting for them to adjust to the new screen before messing around to much.

You can check out some before/after pics of my living room if you like.. crappy quick shots, no photography awards here for sure... www_mastamoon.com/tv

BTW, my TV is has an August Build date... August 2006 SP3.. No green as far as I can see.

After lurking in these A2000 threads for a long time I have finally received the new KDS-55A2000 from Best Buy today. This was a replacement for a 50inch GWIII from 2003 that I had the optical block replaced 3 times and had the bulb problem initially. I loved the GWIII even with multiple repairs but after only viewing the new SXRD just out of the box I am extremely impressed. The cabinent design is a huge improvement as the set is actually smaller than the GWIII but has a bigger screen. The black around the screen is also darker than the GWIII. The build date is July 2003 SP3.

I have not had a chance to tweak any settings and first watched a little of Charlie and the Chocolate factory from HBO HD through a Direct TV HD DVR. The colors were amazing and more vibrant than the GWIII. The picture was very good out of the box but I will be spending a lot of time tweaking the settings for each input. Also caught some of the USA basketball game on ESPN HD but it doesn't look like it was shot in HD. I switched to a 480i output from the box so I could use S-video and the picture was very watchable, not great but watchable. The 49ers-Bears game was also on, broadcasting in HD and I was very impressed with it, seemed to have more depth to the image than the GWIII had.

I have not noticed any green globs or discoloration. Was wondering if anyone else has the Direct TV HD DVR connecting through an HDMI cable and gets the Unsupported Audio format error every time you change to a channel that is broadcasting Dobly Digital. So far this is my only complaint but I am sure there is a way to resolve this. Best Buy was really great to work with and the whole exchange process using the Extended Warranty Lemon policy was fairly painless.

Will try to post again once I have had more time with the unit, sorry about the pics they are pretty bad... I will try taking some more.

Jay

Thanx, i'm just trying to determine how well Jessica performs the 3:2 pulldown.

Hi guys, after many delays, my basement is near complete. I was originally waiting on it to be finished then I was gonna place an order for an HL-S6187W, then I stumbled upon this thread, as well as listings for this set at various websites. I talked to my electronics guy (he gets me wholesale prices) and he will be able to get me this set for only a little more than I would have paid for the HL-S6187W. So now my interest is really peaking.

A few questions, i'm still doing my research on DLP and SXRD sets, some people are complaining that even now after several iterations the Samsung DLP's still suffer from the rainbow effect from the color wheel. I am unfamiliar with SXRD sets, do these sets suffer from the rainbow effect? Does it have a color wheel? If not, how does it produce it's image, and it is something that will need maintenence or an extended warranty on? Thanks for any info, I originally ruled out any SXRD sets cause they all seemed so expensive, but this one might be quite the value.

What wood?

Cedar Wood?