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Date: 2008-05-25 Buy only when Amazon is shipping Sony KDL 32XBR6 is a great 1080p HDTV but if it arrives in one piece. Amazon had "Butterfly Photo" as a supplier so I went directly to Butterfly Photo. This was a BIG mistake. They sent me a TV with the forklift fork punched through the middle of 32" LCD screen. You can only see this damage after you have removed the TV out of the packing and box. I am now on hold pattern for last three weeks from poorest customer service from Butterfly Photo. They have an outstanding claim with the FedEx. I was told to be quite and just wait (this is just an accident). I can't understand why Amazon would pick these bozos as their supplier! I would say that Amazon is a great company with their own white glove delivery. Nothing against Amazon or Sony products. This NJ based Butterfly Photo has given me lots of butterflies in my tummy. Next time, only Amazon supplied, packed and shipped items. Date: 2008-05-24 Does not have a headphone jack! Pros: Lots of nice features. Built in HD QAM tuner. Good speakers. Mounted to the wall easily. Great picture quality for HD sources. Nice user interface. As soon as I turned on the TV for the first time, it asked me for my language, time and date, zip code (for the TV Guide listings), and scanned for available channels. This took about 20 minutes, and found dozens of new digital channels that I didn't even know I had on my analog cable system. It automatically tunes the HD channels, for example channel 7 is standard resolution (480i) while channel 7.1 is the HD version of the same station. I recommend it. Cons: Okay picture quality for low-def sources, like standard TV signals, much worse than a CRT TV. No headphone output (contradicting what Sony and many other merchants claim on their websites), so I had to get a cable and a signal booster to connect my headphones to the RCA audio outputs on the back. When pressing the channel up or down button on the remote to get to the next channel, there is a noticeable delay of 1-2 seconds while it tunes the signal, an annoying delay that I did not encounter with my previous television. Does not have a dual tuner, so the picture-and-picture (PAP) can only show a TV signal on the right window while the left window can have any other input, like the VCR or DVD. I needed to split the cable signal to have one line going to the TV and another line going to a VCR in order to have the PAP display two TV channels at the same time so I can channel surf during commercials. There is no PAP button on the remote, so you need to navigate through the system menus a bit to enable it. The free TV Guide on the TV is a nice feature, but it frequently displays no listings or the listings are wrong. Date: 2008-05-22 Incrediably sharp picture. Smelly! Heh, first time I have used smelly in a review, but this set DOES run warm like another poster said. For the first week, this made the set have a high temperature electronic type smell in my bedroom (with door closed). Gone in a week tho. With a 1080P source (Blu-Ray), the picture cannot get any sharper. This high resolution for a 32" is probably overkill but DANG its good! There is just a ton of pixels. Upscaled 1080P DVD look just about as good as high def because of the set's smaller size. Standard TV signal looks fine (again in comparison to my larger SONY XBR 40"). Controls are good and simple to understand and operate. First time I have had extra HDMI slots. Sound is very good though the built in speakers but needs more bass (as does all my LCD TV speakers). Has a lot of extras that I have yet to fool with or notice. Motionflow? DMeX? The set is very handsome with a surprising gap between the bottom of the TV and the top of the speaker bar. Very good base keeps the set solid on the table. A winner! Date: 2008-05-18 Awesome cinemotion! Blacks could be better-no biggie This is an excellent 32 inch. It literally has every main feature an avid A/V person would want. 1080p, 120hz, awesome color. only real down side is that this tv doesn't have as deep blacks as the samsung 650 & 750 series. Not a big deal though, samsung uses a different screen to display the darker blacks that adds much more glare, still an LCD though. The options are well put together and this tv has a usb port on it for those who don't know, Sony calls it DMEx. It was between this and a 32" 650 series samsung, went with this due to the 120hz-great decision by the way-thought I would lose the usb function but I didn't! The 120hz is done great with this tv also. Much better than the XBR4. 2nd gen is the way to go. The brightness is amazing, it literally shocked me when I turned it on. I have a Sharp blu ray player and the A30 model HD DVD player hooked up and it really amazed me. Went over my expectations. Waiting to try OTA HD. I have noticed 1 dead pixel but really it doesn't change the viewing experience AT ALL. Also, not sure if this is common, the screen gets quite warm after being on for over an hour. I have mine in a cabinet so it's of some concern to me. I hooked up my pc via DVI to HDMI and it looks great, only problem is I haven't gotten the screen to fit properly with all the different resolutions. Overall you will not be dissapointed if you purchase this TV. In my opinion it is well priced with the MSRP of $1,199. Of course if you get it off amazon it will be about $100 cheaper. I personally had a great experience with Remonstores. I don't think I'll ever watch TV without the 120hz now because it just adds a new element. It gives the picture a 3D effect. This TV is definitely in the running for best in its class. Date: 2008-05-16 Pricey for a 32 inch but great picture We use this in our kitchen/dining area to replace a 20inch sdtv. It is hooked up to a Charter cable HD box which provides a 1080i signal. The HD picture is fabulous and the regular digital pictures are also quite good. Rather then buy a BluRay player we decided to go cheap ($72) and purchased a Sony DVP-NS700H/B 1080p Upscaling DVD Player to play DVD movies. According to the display the movies are being upscaled to 1080P. Other than adjusting the picture: vivid,standard,cinema,custom or trying the different "wide" settings, we have not yet tried any other adjustments. The TV is pricey for a 32inch model but you get a great picture and many other features not standard on older 32 inch models. This is my first online review of an electronics product and I must say that I have benefited greatly from reviews written by others prior to buying electronics products online.
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