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Date: 2006-05-22 Optical Assembly I agree with all the reveiws that this TV produces an excellent picture; when it works right. We purchased a Sony KDF42WE65, this is not the same as the KDFE42A10. However the repair shop said that all Sony rear projection LCD's use the same optical assembly. Our optical assembly went bad after 13 months. After over $1,100 in parts/repairs, it still does not produce a balanced color picture. Sony makes excellent products but no longer should get a "free pass" on quality. Evaluate other manufactures and consider purchasing an extended warranty. LCD rear projection technology produces a wonderful display, but is still a relatively new. Date: 2006-05-09 Best 720p value TV + Cheap and small + 1280*720 true 720p resolution + HDMI input and other neccessary stuff + Good image (for the price) + Works very fine as a HTPC display * Decent black level and ok grayscales (for the price and technology) - The stuff Sony uses in display to expand viewing angles causes very noticeable, unmoving shimmering shroud on top of the image in some lightning conditions. One light source behind the viewer has been working fine with me. - Not usable in totally dark room (it's like watching a sun in your living room, and you really can't mess with the contrast/brightness that much if you want decent black level and grayscales) - Fan noise is audible in silent passes - Overscan, viewable image area is 12xx*67x (can't remember exactly) - Doesn't work as a PC display (it isn't meant to be one anyways), internal processing chips mess up the image so badly. To sum it up, I'd buy this (or the 50" one if you have enough space) if you need a new television, unless you a) need still bigger image or b) have money for true 1920*1080 1080p INPUT&DISPLAY with HDCP projector/tv. Date: 2006-05-06 Best value HDTV Before purchasing this item I purchased a samsung 42" dlp projection. I was very pleased with the picture at first, but quickly became overwhelmed by the number of rainbows I was seeing. I'm very glad I purchased it from a local brick and mortar store because I was easily able to arrange a return. They came to my house, picked up my old set and set up my new sony, all for no charge. After 5 months, I'm still very pleased with my 2nd choice. When I go to my friend's houses which have plasmas, I notice that although my set may not be as bright as theirs, the clarity and quality of the picture is much better on mine. Using the vga input to connect to my computer is fun, but the resolution isn't quite enough for me to play WOW. I hope this will change in a few years. I spend a lot of time playing console games and watching dvds on this set. If you spend most of your time watching cable tv, don't bother getting this set. Get a standard CRT. The huge picture makes low quality images look worse, not better. In fact, after I got this set I canceled cable tv because the picture made me want to cry. I will happily wait for my favorite shows(such as Battlestar Galactica) to come out on dvd so that I can see them in their full glory. I watch this tv from about 8.5' and it seems to be the perfect distance. My major complaints about this tv are not really about the tv at all, but the lack of high quality material to play on it. I find it really annoying when I'm watching something in 3:4 format and a third of my screen isn't being used. I'm looking forward to HD playstation games, HD DVDs and HD on all cable channels. Date: 2006-04-06 Great HDTV!! This TV has awesome HDTV picture. I have had it for almost two weeks now, and it is so hard to turn off this TV once you start watching it. The regular channels look OK as they would look on any other TV but the HDTV and DVD picture is awesome. There are many color options that you can set to your own taste. I had to adjust the red in the image initially so that the colors looked more natural. The only thing that I don't like about this TV is the bad viewing angle. The image gets dull once you move to the sides of the TV or stand up close to it...This is one advantage that plasmas have over this TV - but for the price and money you can't beat the deal! After all..It's a SONY! Date: 2006-04-04 Beautiful HD picture, great price! We just purchased the Sony KDFE42A10 42" LCD Rear Projection Television two weeks ago and are glued to it! We almost purchased the Panasonic Plasma which costs more, but because of issues with burn-in on Plasma sets we decided to go with this set, especially since we are planning to plug in a video ipod to display album art while listening to music. We have been extremely pleased with the picture in HD. The remote and settings are very easy to use. The only negative, is the 3rd component video input which is placed on the left side of the television, meaning that hooking up a device to it permanently results in seeing thick component cables coming out of the side of the set. I would highly recommend this unit. It's awesome for the price!
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