Very, very good - but there are better choices In the past six months, I've been fortunate enough to purchase two flat-screen TVs for different parts of my home, and one is the Sony XBR5 LCD TV. I find the picture and sound quality very good, especially on HD sources such as 1080p Blu-Ray. The HDMI and other connections work flawlessly. The controls are well done with easy-to-navigate menus, and all the technology Sony describes adds up to a really good product. Side by side against Samsung or other LCD competitors, I think Sony clearly has ...
[Sony TV - 46" BRAVIA XBR (KDL46XBR5) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0  |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 07/05/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review |  |  |
100% (10 of 10) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Good deal, fantastic picture quality, beautiful set. This was a terrific buy. The price has dropped considerably at local stores, but the best deal was from Van's with free shipping. We was able to track delivery all the way, and it came in a day early. It arrived in perfect shape and the driver even helped me bring it into my living room. I had to offer him a tip at least three times before he'd accept it.
We almost didn't spend this much money on a flat screen based on what I looked at in the Best Buy showroom. This one is worth it. ...
[Sony TV - 46" BRAVIA XBR (KDL46XBR5) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 03/03/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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Pretty good. Pros: Looks good turned off, extensive menus allow for limitless video and audio criteria to be changed, video games and DVDs look amazing, plenty of ports for all your junk, same ol' remote Sony has used for 20 years now so you already know where everything is.
Cons: regular TV looks horrendous, even HD signals from cable only look passable in my opinion, STILL plenty of ghosting issues- the "120 khz" feature makes every TV show look like all the characters are digitally inserted or...
[Sony TV - 46" BRAVIA XBR (KDL46XBR5) review by manwithnoname can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 8.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | manwithnoname | | Review Date: | 01/13/2008 | | User Location: | Stoneham, MA United States | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
60% (18 of 30) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Not perfect, but there is no better LCD in the market I owned the KDL-46XBR3 for a year, then I had an unexpected opportunity to replace it with the KDL-46XBR5.
If I thought that the XBR3 picture was amazing, the XBR5 is even better, much better. Movies get unprecedented realism, almost 3D. It is a visual experience I never had with any TV I ever watched.
Of course, a few analog channels look bad when stretched to 46", but that is true for anyone upgrading from a 27" low-def tube to an HD big fixed-pixel screen.
The...
[Sony TV - 46" BRAVIA XBR (KDL46XBR5) review by A. Peled can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | A. Peled | | Review Date: | 02/24/2008 | | User Location: | Battery Park, NY | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
85% (6 of 7) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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HD Heaven Our old 27" Panasonic finally gave up the ghost just before Xmas. After reading as many internet reviews as possible, I decided to take the plunge and purchase the pricey Sony KDL46XBR5. You know you have made the right decision when the installer is jealous of your set. Great picture, great sound, great televison. This is the standard by which all LCD's are judged. I just wish there was more HD programming available. Saving up for my Blu-Ray player now.Sony KDL46XBR5 46" BRAVIA XBR(R) ser...
[Sony TV - 46" BRAVIA XBR (KDL46XBR5) review by J. Thompson can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | J. Thompson | | Review Date: | 01/14/2008 | | User Location: | Orange County, CA. | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
71% (5 of 7) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Better Than Expected I have been waiting for 2 years to join the flat panel, high def TV crowd. The thing that always stopped me was price, quality of standard def on a fixed pixel TV, and the number of high def stations to actually watch. Prices have come down and the number of high def stations has gone up so picture quality was left.
After researching it as much as I could, I got this TV. The floating glass perimeter with piano black surround looks sharp; I think much better than the XBR4.
[Sony TV - 46" BRAVIA XBR (KDL46XBR5) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 04/21/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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Best lcd on the market. Arrived on time and in excellent condition. Delivery guys even helped me put it on my tv stand. I did have to hook up all the cables myself, but that wasn't a problem for me. Best Buy was selling this for $1,000 more, plus tax. I got free shipping and didn't have to pay sales tax, so I saved about $1,275. I bought from Electronics Expo which is an authorized dealer, and Sony did say I would get the 18 month warranty. It has the best picture and colors I saw in lcd tvs, when I looked at them in a...
[Sony TV - 46" BRAVIA XBR (KDL46XBR5) review by Philip F. Puleo III can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Philip F. Puleo III | | Review Date: | 07/29/2008 | | User Location: | Redlands,Ca | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
100% (2 of 2) Users Found This Review Helpful |
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Sony lover This TV it is so great, it looks wonderful with my dish network hd reciver even in the channels that are not hd. Also I am speachless of how the PS3 looks.
Before I bought it I read some reviews but the thing that make me get it It was the fact that Scott Wilkinson(editor of the ultimateAVmag.com) said that it one of the best in the market. I hear his intervention at the radio show "The Tech Guy" with Leo Laporte every week.
It was a very good deal and if you are a Sony lover like me y...
[Sony TV - 46" BRAVIA XBR (KDL46XBR5) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/09/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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Awsome picture, sound and quality. The Best!!! The quality is unbeatable. I feel like I'm looking through a clear window at what ever I'm watching. ESPN HD is awsome! Much better than I had expected!
[Sony TV - 46" BRAVIA XBR (KDL46XBR5) review can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | | | Review Date: | 09/08/2008 | | User Location: | | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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First Time HDTV Owner I just purchased mine from Ultimate Electronics for [...]. I looked at this years model side-by-side with the XBR5 and could not tell a difference in picture quality (w/ BluRay video). I do not have satelite or cable so I get my HDTV signals over the air for free via 10 year old UHF Amplfied indoor antenna. I now get more digital channels than analog. The shows broadcast in 1080 are amazing (some are even in 16:9 aspect ratio). Traditional analog signal images are pretty fuzzy, so I purchas...
[Sony TV - 46" BRAVIA XBR (KDL46XBR5) review by Supermex can be read at Amazon.com] | | Amazon.com Rating: 10.0 |
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| Reviewed by: | Supermex | | Review Date: | 10/23/2008 | | User Location: | Castle Rock, CO | | Review From: | User Review | | | |
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