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Excellent HDTV CRT for the money!!
I was looking for my first quality HDTV with a budget of under $1300. Like many, I first looked at all of the many cool-factor lightweight LCD's. While they do look cool and are very lightweight compared to CRTs; I went with the Sony KD34-XBR970 because of the better picture quality available from a CRT as opposed to what an LCD can produce right now. CRTs can produce true dark blacks and I think that is a very important part of the movie experience.
Although this tv weighs in close...
[Sony 4" TV (KD34XBR970) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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04/01/2006
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SD picture quality is GREAT.
To S.C., you say the SD image is not as promised. Well, you are wrong. Your satellite provider is providing over-compressed SD video. It is racked with compression artifacts. So much so that watching SD programming on a SD tube tv (my old 27" sony) was just frustrating. Several times I wrote them to complain -- hey, Monday Night Football was too blurry to tollerate -- sometime the players feet or the ball would disappear, during fast motions.
But that aside, now that I have my ...
[Sony 4" TV (KD34XBR970) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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01/26/2007
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Big, Heavy...BUT BEAUTIFUL!!!!
As a former high-end television salesperson, I must say if you are interested in picture quality (blacker blacks, whiter whites, a sharp picture, bright picture from all angles) This is your television. Let me start by pointing out a couple obvious negatives.
(1) This t.v. is a monster, two adults at a minimum to carry, this cat is H...E..A..V...Y.
(2) This T.V. is NOT light.
There are good reasons why Circuit City / Best Buy / Local T.V. Dealers, do not place this...
[Sony 4" TV (KD34XBR970) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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11/03/2006
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Liquid Crystal Display HDTV vs. WEGA-KD HDTV
The 34XBR may be the largest HDTV screen available using the old technology, but for buyers considering this size screen there are options of 32 and 36 inch LCD.
Advantages of 34XBR:
Price is lower than LCD, viewing from side (anything other than straight on) is better than LCD, reliability and service should be better with 34XBR, picture quality is better because colors are more vibrant and resolution is sharper.
Disadvantage 34XBR
It takes up about five -- yes five -- ...
[Sony 4" TV (KD34XBR970) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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11/11/2006
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If you dont own it, you have NOT seen what HDTV can be.
Do you want to see what HDTV is REALLY like? Forget all the noise about LCD and Plasma sets, because in order to sell those things, the vendors have to hide this baby in the back. Someone mentioned this in another review, so I went to Best Buy, and the sales person confirmed it before I had even seen this Sony in action. They dont put tube HDTVs on display in stores because the picture is so superior, nobody would buy the more expensive flat screens. I had seen lots of HD material before on frie...
[Sony 4" TV (KD34XBR970) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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12/24/2006
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Terrific HD TV at a bargain price
Contrary to popular opinion, you don't have to buy an expensive plasma or LCD (liquid crystal display) TV to get a great high-definition picture. In fact, many experts (including Consumer Reports) assert that high-definition TVs using traditional cathode-ray tube technology -- as this high-definition Sony does -- currently offer a sharper picture than plasma and LCD TVs, plus they are much less expensive and more reliable. This widescreen HD Sony TV has a very good picture with standard broadcas...
[Sony 4" TV (KD34XBR970) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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05/08/2006
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Possibly the best TV you can get today, a great bargain and a dieing breed, get one while they last
Let me start by saying this... all those newfangled tv technologies you see in your local electronics store... LCD, DLP, Plasma... are nice, sure. They can be super slim, super light, hang on a wall, or they can have very large screens, sure. In many ways they may seem superior to the good ol' tube television we have all grown up with.
But there is one way that they still have not caught up and in many cases, don't even come CLOSE.... PICTURE QUALITY!
ANYONE who would ...
[Sony 4" TV (KD34XBR970) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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08/16/2006
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Excellent Set Especially Considering the Price
I've been looking at the previous two high end CRT sets that Sony made (the KD-34XBR960 and the KD-34XS955) for many months but had a hard time justifying the price ($1899 & $1699 respectively).
Our local Sears still has a 960 set up so we were able to compare the pic quality to the new 970 which, quite frankly, I expected to pale in comparison.
Boy, was I wrong!
The image quality of the new 970 is so close to that of the previous top-of-the-line CRT tha...
[Sony 4" TV (KD34XBR970) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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04/18/2006
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Best HDTV so far.
This HDTV deliver incredible image accuracy, wide viewing angles, outstanding contrast, and corner-to-corner detail. Don't be afraid about to buy a "old fashion" CRT TV. First, it is capable of reproducing deeper, darker blacks than any other display technology, rendering images of excellent contrast and realism. It is bright enough to be viewed in a fully-lit room, and the picture's superb color characteristics remain intact regardless of viewing angle.
If you can afford the space, and do...
[Sony 4" TV (KD34XBR970) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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05/18/2006
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Is this the end of a legacy in favor of inferiority?
The ATSC tuner is for use with an antennae. Someone also mentioned something about theoretically LCD's and Plasma screens being better... That's wrong, too. They're lighter and flatter, but everything else is theoretically inferior, not to mention functionally inferior. DLP, DLA...all have more problems. The best tubes Sony has ever produced were actually the large 4:3 HD tubes that did a 16:9 squeeze. 16:9 tubes have higher incedences of geometry distortion and corner/edge focus issues th...
[Sony 4" TV (KD34XBR970) review can be read at Amazon.com]
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05/15/2007
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84%
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