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Well, it looks like I (along with my wife) will join the legions of Sony SXRD rear-projection display owners who have been bitten by the "Green Blob/Haze" poison -- we have been running our KDS-50A2020 with absolutely no problems (save for changing one lamp in its life, which comes along with having a projection display or projector) since we bought it some nine or so years ago, and just today I flipped it on to watch an HBO On Demand show to find the screen patchy with that green/yellow blobbing through it; the problem doesn't seem severe yet, but obviously this set is going...
I wonder now -- being that we wanted to upgrade this screen anyway to a larger one -- if I should try and have the TV repaired via Sony (if they're still honoring that replacement program with the defective SXRDs) or if I should look to a new LCD in a larger size; being that this has to fit into an entertainment center, it looks like the largest we'll be able to go with is a 60-inch or MAYBE, with squeezing, a 65-inch...
First of all, should I just opt for the new LCD, do you guys think? If so, would I notice an "improvement" over my rear-projection screen I've been watching for so long? Will Blu-rays "jump" off the screen more with better clarity and detail, do you think? Additionally, if I were to go with a new LCD, what would you guys recommend (I don't think we can afford one of the 4K displays in these larger sizes right now, but if the technology does take off, we can always try to save up for a large 4K down the road and put this new LCD we get now into the master bedroom)? What brand or model should I be looking at within the 60 to 65-inch range?
Oh, and also -- should we experience a better "impact" at our 12-foot seating distance moving from the 50-inch SXRD to a 65 (at most)-inch LCD? Will films seem "bigger" in front of us with the new screen?
I wonder now -- being that we wanted to upgrade this screen anyway to a larger one -- if I should try and have the TV repaired via Sony (if they're still honoring that replacement program with the defective SXRDs) or if I should look to a new LCD in a larger size; being that this has to fit into an entertainment center, it looks like the largest we'll be able to go with is a 60-inch or MAYBE, with squeezing, a 65-inch...
First of all, should I just opt for the new LCD, do you guys think? If so, would I notice an "improvement" over my rear-projection screen I've been watching for so long? Will Blu-rays "jump" off the screen more with better clarity and detail, do you think? Additionally, if I were to go with a new LCD, what would you guys recommend (I don't think we can afford one of the 4K displays in these larger sizes right now, but if the technology does take off, we can always try to save up for a large 4K down the road and put this new LCD we get now into the master bedroom)? What brand or model should I be looking at within the 60 to 65-inch range?
Oh, and also -- should we experience a better "impact" at our 12-foot seating distance moving from the 50-inch SXRD to a 65 (at most)-inch LCD? Will films seem "bigger" in front of us with the new screen?