The Official Sony 2006 KDS-(XX)A2000 [NO PRICE TALK] SXRD Owner's Thread - Page 122

FYI - wrong thread for this, but I thought I'd mention that the XBR2 is on sonystyle for $4500 - 60" and $7k for the 70", both to be shipped 'on or about Sept 30th'. These are the MSRP's, so I figured I can say the price.

SonyStyle

Convergence, In the old day's on Picture tubes.....You would get it as close as You can. Then step back 6-7 feet....If it looks good that was at spec's. You don't watch the screen that close. On projection some of this could be in the Optics of the lens....

What you describe here is very common on RPTV's (yes even DLP's that have 'perfect' convergence because they only have one chip). This is because it's not caused by a misalignment of the panels but rather what you're seeing is chromatic abberations being caused by the set's optics. This is of course nothing that is adjustable via any menus, but the severity of it does vary somewhat from set to set. Short of TV manufacturers switching to much more expensive optics (fat chance of that happening ), I wouldn't really expect any MD RPTV to be absolutely perfect in this regard...

Before you judge picture quality compare standard def (SD) signals between the Sony and the plasma. When I did this the Sony blew the plasma out of the water. Unfortunately many of the shows we will be watching will be SD for now...

Googer , Good to see Ya again on a post ....This man is very good at coming up with good settings for You Tv..... PM me soon , Got any new tips ? G.B.

Well I'll be calibrating my coworker's 60" A2000 very soon now - it was supposed to be this weekend, but Gretag Macbeth has been slow in recertifying my Eye-One Pro so now I'm not expecting it back until sometime next week. So for those waiting to hear my results from this, just hang in there a bit longer!

Geometry will technically almost never be completely perfect on any of these sets but it's usually extremely minor. In the past with MD RPTV's you typically had to live to any tilt, trapezoidal, etc., type of problems on a given set because the optics were completely fixed (and the service menu offers no way to correct for this kind of distortion, nor would you really want to fix it there because that would be accounting for this kind of skew by image processing / scaling instead of doing the proper fix of realigning the optic block).

In the A2000's, tilt and trapezoidal distortions to geometry can be adjusted to an extent if the set is opened up and a few physical adjustments made to the optic block mount (basically Sony put in multiple mounting points for it both horizontally and vertically and you can just change the exact points being used for the mount to slightly adjust the optic block's positioning). This means that these two types of geometry problems could possibly be very well addressed with a service call..

Googer, I will PM You with a personal....

This news will affect many on this forum: Judge orders DISH DVRs shut down

I don't get it, my DVR records 2 programs at once while playing back another. Why does the Echostar DVR violate the patent while others don't?

now tivo can survive by charging all of those companies licensing fees

Well I emailed Sony as well regarding the low pass filter.

Hope they come up with a resolution soon.

D* signed an agreement with TiVo.

Charlie was too busy harassing his direct reports.

Reggie

I just looked at an A-2000 at HH Gregg. Looked really nice. No funny colors on the screen either. So far 2 of 2 I have seen have been glob free. The salesman said the Sony rep was in the other day, and he asked him about the green glob issue on the XBR1's. The rep tried to downplay it, and act like it was not at all common. He did say it's been dealt with, and should no longer be a problem on the new models. The salesman was kind of humored though, because he said he has seen the green glob on a several of their display model XBR1's, in spite of the rep acting like it was extremely rare. I do think the SXRD when it's working right is the best RPTV you can buy. The salesman feels the same. He thinks no DLP can quite match the SXRD for overall PQ. This guy was really sharp, and seemed to know what he is talking about. Refreshing!

They just don't get it, do they? All the rep accomplished was to make people doubt that Sony has in fact "dealt with" the Green Blob issue in the 2006 models.

Here's a cluestick for Sony and other companies: Tell the truth. Lying just damages your reputation, makes people doubt your word--and increases your legal risks by making it easier to prove intentional fraud.

Well thanks to AVS forum, and the bunch of anal people we have on here, we will soon know the truth one way or the other. My fingers are crossed things are ok now, so that I can buy one of these before Christmas, without much worry of problems with it.

I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that I hear nothing negative about any of the August builds.

I am planning on purchasing an A2000 (thanks to all the positive reviews here), however I want to protect it...I have searched AVS forums and many mention sine-wave UPS, however the only reasonably priced ones come from online retailers with somewhat sketchy reviews...my question is , seeing how I will only have the TV, receiver and DVD player hooked up to the UPS, are there any B&M stores that would sell a good UPS (for my setup) or should I still look online for a refurb UPS?
Thanks much

EDIT : the UPS I am looking at currently is an APC with step-sinewave ... any idea if this is too computer-based or would it work out okay with the tv + accessories?

UPS SPECS-LINK

thanks much again

This comment seemed strange to me. Effectively WGW said "I have the volume set to fixed, why can't I change the volume level?" Well, that's why there is a "Variable" setting, so you can change the volume level of external speakers.

At least that's the way I read the "Troubleshooting" response on page 57 of the manual to the 'problem' - "Cannot raise volume on external speakers"

You mean I'm asking too much if I expect the optics in my $2500 TV to be as accurate as those on a one billion dollar anti-ballistic missile laser defense system?

No wonder everyone says Sony sucks.

I prefer to adjust volume at the receiver to which TV external audio is output (which is the purpose of the 'fixed' output setting). If set to variable, invariably someone will adjust volume at TV instead of at receiver. The dueling volume adjustment result in sonic surprise when source is changed at receiver.

I updated my site with more pics, and sorted them into categories. I plan on taking more pics of the Oppo when I watch some movies tonight, and I plan on hooking up an NES, Sega genesis, and N64 and taking some pics probably tomorrow.

http://copland.udel.edu/~jimmee/tv/

[quote=psincubus]I updated my site with more pics, and sorted them into categories. I plan on taking more pics of the Oppo when I watch some movies tonight, and I plan on hooking up an NES, Sega genesis, and N64 and taking some pics probably tomorrow.

Some great pics - noticed that you are in Johnstown, PA (wwcp tv screen shot) I'm not too far from you in Pittsburgh, PA. Work at a Best Buy in home theater, and we finally got the new 55 and 60 inch sxrd sets in. They seem to have a much smoother picture than the dlp based units when comparing them side by side. The 55 inch sxrd is right next to a new 62 inch Toshiba - and I detect a more natural image with the Sony. Planning on upgrading my five year old 51 inch Sony rptv, but torn between dlp or lcos based technology. Leaning towards the sxrd....Prior to purchasing, I plan on crating up my sony dhg hdd250, and bringing with me to eval a new screen. Have a boatload of stuff stored on the hard disk - think it would be a balanced and objectvie represention of what I normally watch - lots from PBS HD - Garbage, from Soundstage, Legends of Jazz with Ramsey Lewis, and Cooking with Daisy. Food looks great in HD....
Just my 2.5 cents

Great pics psincubus! How about some side shots, just to see how the set looks on a stand?

Thanks again!

My August bulid is fine 'n' dandy so far....

Quick question: Has anyone placed a center speaker on top of the TV? If not, do you think it would stay or would you have to brace it somehow?

I'm asking this because I need to buy a stand if I am going to get an HDTV and I wanna know if I will have the option of placing my center speaker (its small, only 11" wide) either on top of the tv or on the first shelf. The problem is that I want to get a 42" wide stand so that it can fit close to the wall in a corner but if I place the center speaker on the first shelf, then that pretty much chews up all of that space. However, I wouldn't want to place it on top of the tv if it looks bad or won't fit

There are a number of threads about this topic; try a search and you will find some great suggestions.

Thanks for the tip

tried to watch regular espn and it had alot of overscan....
anyway to fix this problem?

Guys, stepping into this thread at nearly 4000 posts is a bit overwhelming Can someone give me some cliff notes on known problems so far, if any. Am I to understand the green blob is showing up on the A2000 sets? Thanks guys.