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Date: 2006-11-05 Great TV for the price. I searched far and wide and compared many tv's. It came down to the Panasonic Plasma TV vs. the Sony KDFE42A10. I went with the Sony due to price; but I'm glad I did. I can't see putting [...]in a TV. I am really pleased with the Sony; particularly the price I paid. It was so much cheaper here at Amazon.com than at the big box retail stores. Date: 2006-10-02 Spectacular Value I purchased this television at a bricks-and-mortar store, on sale, for less money than the 32" LCD screen that I was considering. I was planning to place the TV on a stand, not the wall, and I do not need the incredible viewing angle of plasma, so there was no reason to spend the extra money for the truly-flat TV. For comparison, I am moving from a 26" CRT HDTV to this unit. The size difference is amazing, but that is to be expected by gaining more screen real estate. What surprised me is that even on 480i or 480p broadcasts, the picture is markedly better on this set than on my previous CRT. I'm honestly not sure if it's because of the size difference again (larger = more detail shows?), or because of the TV itself, but it's great. My only real complaint is that I cannot access an on-screen guide using the TV, as the CableCARD technology is only one-way at this point. However, I will not penalize the TV's rating because the CableCARD technology is immature; that's not this TV's fault. I, for one, actually like the thought of changing a bulb every 12-24 months in my TV. Remember: the phosphor in CRTs and plasmas will lose the ability to glow over the years, and that can't be replaced. The backlight in standard LCD screens will lose brightness and go out over time, and that can cost hundreds or thousands of dollars to replace. However, this TV only has one component for which failure is expected: the bulb, which I can replace myself in five minutes for ~$200. My last "pro" is the TV's weight. I moved my old CRT off of the TV stand, and almost killed my back doing so. I was able to lift this TV into place with almost no effort. The entire unit weighs about 60-65 pounds, and the weight is in all the right places. Even though it's light enough to lift with ease, Sony included one final touch that I am thankful for: rubber feet. I can scoot this TV on my stand without scratching the wood surface, and when trying to center a TV which is nearly 40" wide across the front, that's a good thing. Date: 2006-09-22 Very happy football fan !!! My new TV finally arrived and I am very pleased with it. I picked this one based primarily on all of the reviews I could find online, the vast majority of which were very positive (cNet has lots of reviews as well). Also, I have two friends who are cable guys and they see all kinds of TVs, all day every day, and both of them bought this exact set for themselves. My cable provider does not offer many High Def stations yet so the image quality of Standard Def video was the primary criterion for me. Most reviews were very positive in this regard but there were some that were the exact opposite. My first impression had me rather worried. I have since come to believe that poor quality Standard Def video is just a matter of garbage in = garbage out. I began to suspect this when I noticed that some stations looked much better than others. In fact, some shows and commercials on any given station looked much better than those which preceded or followed them. I became convinced as I watched a cable news show where the host and two contributors were each on different cameras being displayed at the same time. The video of the host looked OK, the video of one contributor was poor, and the video of the other contributor looked great. The video quality of the various individuals remained consistent when they were occasionally displayed individually on the entire screen. The set certainly has the ability of displaying fantastic Standard Def video. I expect that I just never noticed the variability of video quality on lesser TVs. The quality of the Hi Def Video is breath taking. Set-up was simple and I have not even bothered yet to read the manual. Of course the display can be adjusted in many ways, but it looks good to me with the factory presets and I do not intend to adjust the display anytime soon. Flipping through the on screen menu, I stumbled across the altitude setting which was a nice surprise since I live at 10,000 ft. above sea level. I was a little disappointed with the delivery situation. I thought I had ordered the TV in time to have it by opening day kick-off. Instead it arrived just in time for the third weekend of the football season, and I was told that it could easily have been another week beyond that. I blame the shipper (Eagle USA) for this, not Amazon. I say this because I could track the package enough to know that Amazon had the TV picked up right away. But then Eagle USA kept it sitting in Dallas for almost 2 weeks, and then in Denver for another week, before finally calling me to arrange for delivery. I believe that if I had not called and emailed Amazon to complain about the delay, it would have taken longer. Eagle USA told Amazon that they had tried to call me sooner but I know that this is not true for two reasons: 1) I had called Eagle USA the same day they told Amazon this and Eagle USA told me that they had no intention of calling me until a day or so prior to delivery, and 2) my livelihood depends on people being able to reach me at all times and I have a very good message and caller ID tracking system in place. All in all, a great set at a great price, I just wish I had ordered and started pushing the issue sooner. Date: 2006-08-28 Beautiful Product I got mine locally for $1100 dollars. The going rate was 1399-1599. I saw it at a competitor for $1198. So I went to another competitor and they gave it to me for the same price and took another $100 off the price for HDTV installation. What a picture. I started to get turned off by sony because I had 2 32 inch CRT's with tilted yoke making widescreen movies bend at the corners. But I remained loyal and I'm glad I did. I was iniitally wanting a DLP by Samsung but thise one next to in the store blew it away. I didn't go for the $500 dollar service contract because that's half of the price of the television. I'll take my chances on this one. Hopefully bulbs will come down too. You'll love the picture with or without HDTV. I love all the features and they're pretty intuitive. There probably won't be too many left. I think they're phasing the model out. Not sure about amazon but the sony purchase is worth it. Sorry about the other bad reviews here. Date: 2006-08-06 First HDTV - Great....until the software update. I bought this TV in March of this year (2006) and it has worked perfectly until the Sony Techs came out and "updated" my firmware. I was not having any problems with the TV but thought that it should be updated or possibly affect the warranty. As soon as the tech left and I turned on the TV, the fan is running on "high" and is loud. This did not happen until the software was updated. I went into the functions and tried to use the High Alt function to turn the fan to low (off) but that would work. The good news is I bought the extended warranty and will get it fixed, or replaced......... Word of caution, you may consider not updating the firmware if the TV is working, and buy the extended warranty. I paid $300 for 4 years and figure I'll get at least one $250 bulb out of the deal (yes, it is covered). Otherwise, the TV is perfect.
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