AMAZING TV...But....Clouding Issues are a problem! I have owned a 46xbr3 for over a month now. I would 1st like to say that the image of this TV is awesome. The menu options you have to tweak the look of the image is very very detailed. It helps if you run component and HDMI signals and need to have different tweaked settings to optimize look and reduce pixelization. 1080p with your playstation 3, blu ray or hd dvd players. The tv does not run 1080p component, only hdmi and vga, so your xbox 360 will have to run in 1080i (still looks great). The...
[Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV (KDL40XBR2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 01/03/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (15 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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My 2 cents... First of all let me state that I bought my 40XBr2 for $[...] out the door and I was also lucky to get an August manufactured date. I was originally going to buy this unit during Thanksgiving from a local store but when I read some reviews about some units having clouding (mura effects) issures, I held off so I could do more research. I'm glad i did because I was able to save several hundreds of dollars and was lucky enough to get a unit that so far doesn't suffer from clouding (knock on wood)....
[Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV (KDL40XBR2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/14/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (11 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Fantastic television: phenomenal picture, features galore, good looks, but PRICEY! This television replaced a Sony KDL-40S2000 I had purchased. During my 30-day return policy I realized if I were to invest (ha!) in a LCD television I should get one with a full 1080 resolution. I returned the KDL-40S2000 and got this model.
Out of the box the television is gorgeous, however, a bit wider and thicker than my previous Bravia. Not a problem for me, but check the measurements before you buy.
Picture quality is phenomenal; previous to this set I've always be...
[Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV (KDL40XBR2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/15/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
96% (181 of 187) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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One unbelievable TV! This was my first purchase of a HDTV and it was well worth it! Yes, the Sony is on the higher end of the price range, but if you can afford the extra cost, it is well worth buying. Before purchasing, I did the research, checking out consumer magazines, internet newsgroups, and even reviewers on different sites. There have been some owners that reported problems, but most of what I found has been about the Bravia 46" sets, not the 40's, but Sony isn't the only manufacturer out there that are hav...
[Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV (KDL40XBR2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/20/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
93% (14 of 15) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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A reason to rewatch your favorite DVD?s! First, I have owned the Sony 40XBR2 for over three months now with no problems! The TV remote has been programmed to work with an aftermarket DVD player as well.
The most important feature of a TV to me is the picture quality. The XBR2 series of televisions stand out in any store that has them on display. The picture is easily 20% brighter than any other Sony model that is currently available to the public. While some televisions are bigger, the XBR2 series makes up for it in resol...
[Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV (KDL40XBR2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 07/12/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
90% (10 of 11) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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No clouds here I recently purchased this exact make and model of TV from a local retailer, along w/ a product protection plan. Being adamant about gaming and movies I wanted the absolute highest quality TV available. That being said, I did my research and settled on the XBR. I brought it home and set it up and immediately hooked up my Xbox 360 and put in a game w/ very dark environments. I even went so far as to pause on a totally black screen. Not a single cloud, just a perfectly black screen. So I wouldn't o...
[Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV (KDL40XBR2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/19/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
90% (9 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Manufacturing defects affecting Sept '06 through present sets Sony's XBR line of LCD displays are near or at the top of the most amazing on the market in terms of picture quality, but anyone considering a purchase of an XBR2/3 model display should be aware that there is a significant manufacturing defect with displays produced post-August of 2006 that results in extremely splotchy or "cloudy" backlighting. During playback of dark content, clouds of bright spots can be seen across the display. Sony has yet to officially acknowledge this latest stumble in th...
[Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV (KDL40XBR2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/01/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
89% (116 of 130) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Excellent, but has a few draw-backs After comparing this television to other HD LCD TV's in this size range, I've found that it does have an excellent picture quality (comparable even to higher-end plasmas and without the burn-in problems associated with plasma technology). The design of the enclosure is unbeatable, in my opinion. With that said, the response time on the display is 8ms, which is much better than many other cheaper models, but still not the best out there. I would recommend researching the response time to see h...
[Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV (KDL40XBR2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 11/21/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
87% (29 of 33) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Serious defect reported; token self-serving response by Sony Cloudy defective backlit panel--sometimes called "mura effect"
I would encourage anyone who is contemplating purchasing the Sony KDL-XBR2, XBR3 in either 40" or 46" to reconsider for the time being. The percentage of consumers who have purchased this HDTV and have reported the above problem ranges now from 69.85 to 90 percent. Perhaps, this may explain why the online and retail price has steadily fallen at a rate of almost $100.00 every 2-3 weeks.
The clouding backlight...
[Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV (KDL40XBR2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 2.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 01/26/2007 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
87% (27 of 31) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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HD is great, but just remember that most programming is is SD I have to be careful here. I don't want to come across as someone who is griping about something that was hammered into his head from the beginning of this process: these TV's all look great in HD but SD is another story. It was and we understood the potential pitfalls in advance. So I'll be clear--I'm not faulting anyone for this issue. This is not a knock against Sony as it is a lament on the pitiful amount of HD programming. And I'm looking for comments here. Perhaps we're doing something wro...
[Sony Bravia 40" LCD TV (KDL40XBR2) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 6.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 12/06/2006 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
85% (29 of 34) Users Found This Review Helpful |