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Date: 2008-12-12 Great TV This TV is amazing. Razor sharp and great colors. It was between this tv and the Samsung 52A550. There was nothing wrong with the Sammy. I just got a better deal with this Sony and it does not disappoint. It's not a 120Hz TV but that's okay, I'm happy with saving those extra $100's. Date: 2008-12-10 Sony at its Best!!! I had a 47" Vizio before I replaced it with this set and now am wondering why I ever bought anything but a Sony in the first place. The picture quality is Unbelievable...I read reviews before buying this set and thought it would be a great tv, once I got it, it blew me away. Far exceeded my (high) expectations!!! Date: 2008-12-10 white line across the top I love it I have the 36" and it looks great and has a terrific picture but I get a white line across the top of the picture on certain HD channels that is annoying and only seems to happen on this TV. Date: 2008-12-10 Excellent picture, good sound and great value I have waited a bit before writing a review on this television. I wanted the honeymoon period to phase out a bit before I made any comments on it. Also, I thought I give it some time to notice any downsides to having purchase this t.v. First things first, I have read some reviews (regardless of brand) that complain about regular televisions (CRT's) looking better when watching shows transmitted without HD or analog. This has nothing to do with the television, it has to do with the signal it receives. It is a television, not a magician. I changed my account with dish network to receive HD as well as whatever else is digital and be able to stablish a comparison betweeen the two. HD looks amazing. Period. There is a firmware through Sony that would address the "sparkle" issue that has been addressed in other posts for Sony tv's. Let me tell you that we have not had to download the firmware, there is no sparkle. I even called Sony to have them send me a usb adaptor with the firmware and they told me that if I did not have the issue, it would actually harm the tv to use the firmware. I'll take their work for it, because I believe that if something is not broken, there is no need to fix it. Colors: Vivid setting is almost ridiculous in term of vibrancy. Nice feature to have and very appropriate for a lot of movies, shows, etc and maybe too much for other things. Standard: Less bright but still sharp and well defined picture. Cinema: Personally, I don't care for this feature. It recreates the "feel" of watching a movie in the theater, but theater colors and shapness are not much to talk about, so we don't use it. Custom: Exactly what it means. You create it to your liking and change it as you want it. Controls: Extremely easy to use. Remote control: Nothing to brag about. It does what it is supposed to do and it is not a universal remote. Sound: without hooking it up to external speakers, the sound is very good. There is no distortion and we have noticed that we can keep the volume low because everything is clearly understood. The front speakers do have a "surround sound" type of effect where you can actually hear things happening behind you as well as in front and sides while you are watching. It is not for audiophiles who like to hear every single thing that is going on, but it far surpasses the built in speakers on most t.v.s HDMI and Analog inputs galore. Surround sound systems and consoles can be hooked up without having to purchase extensions and connectors. Video play: Probably the worst game console in terms of graphics is the Wii console, it certainly cannot compete with the playstation .... or so I thought... After having played the wii for a year on a CRT, the same games are fantastic when hooked up to this t.v. I did not think it would make a difference, but even simple games like tombraider are sharper and clearer. Colorful ones like Mario are, in my opinion, seizure inducing but the kids love it. 60hz vs. 120hz. Honestly, we have watched Hockey and football and we see no blurring of motion. I honestly thought we'd have buyers remorse for not going for the W series, but the fact is, we don't. We are extremely pleased with this set and the price from Amazon at the time came under 1500k and feel that we got a very good price on a very large set. My only complain now is that we need a second television and I can't see us going with anything smaller or lesser quality after having been spoiled rotten by this set.:) PEACE Date: 2008-12-06 FANTABULOUS......Look No Further I live in sunny San Diego in a one bedroom apt. I have a big window facing east in my living room where the TV is with lot of direct sunlight. Before buying this TV I was also looking very closely at samsung...however even in dark store rooms I could see clear reflections on samsung screen from everything around it....Sony did better in terms of glare but i was still not sure if an lcd will be able to handle all that sun in my room. A deal on this tv with a free Sony blu-ray player pushed me over the edge and I finally went for it. I am now super glad that I bought this tv. There is no glare what so ever from most angles even with the direct sun light. This lcd is easy to install and operate as the remote is pretty straight forward. The picture quality is just amazing and the sound from the tv speakers is more than enough for my apt. The sony sync works like charm with the sony blu-ray S350. I do not have the 120Hz feature on my tv but I am also not sure what good that will do as I personally could not see any difference when I compared that feature side to side in a store, so I opted to save few bucks on that. The looks are stunning as well and it has a just an amazing finish that makes it look well.. ROYAL...it is a Sony after all. The amazon service was great as well.. it took just 10 days for the tv to be delivered at my place after I placed the order. The white glove delivery service was very nice as the unpacked the tv, pluged it in, and removed all the packing material for me...At this price with no tax and free shipping look no further and go for it if you are looking for a 52 inch lcd....
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