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The newer Bravia series for whatever reasons are inferior to this TV in performance. One minor shortcoming I noticed is that it has mediocre digital tuner.
It was relatively expensive when I purchased it but it is worth every penny. I have owned this TV for over a year and it has performed satisfactorily.
This may not be the fault of the TV though. Picture quality on this TV is outstanding when playing Blu Ray or Regular DVD Movies.
Digital TV pictures look great too but standard definition pictures look awful. Because of this it does not receive good signal with regular indoor TV antenna unless you spend some money for a quality antenna such as the CLEARSTREAM2 Antenna.Even though Sony does not advertise it as having high refresh rate this TV show smooth picture during sporting events.
I am not upgrading any time soon.
We had multiple opportunities to purchase that product from other distributors, but now that product has been discontinued and for the price we could have gotten that for, it is now unavailable. 3 days later received email from bruno at electronics expo saying was temp out of stock. Purchased on 11/25/2009Sony Bravia XBR-Series KDL-32XBR6 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTVWas told it would be shipped. We called Electontic expo several times to speak with bruno, but every time we called he was not at work. then said he could replace our order with Sony Bravia XBR9 (which is actually a lesser deal in respects of quality--read reviews). Then after multiple attempts replace with other models/brands (which he said they do not carry), he then stated in an email "We will not be receiving anymore xbr6 models so, I'm going to cancel this order and refund your purchase". This is just a summary of our transaction with elec expo in brief. We will make sure that anyone who wants to know where to buy their next TV from what to expect from this company.
Amazon is aware of this, but has not forced them to stop advertising on their site. It has been out for over 2 weeks now. They do not have this item in stock. I contacted Electronics Expo 3 times, and they claim that it is a problem with their site. This is a bait and switch tactic. They will contact you and offer the 32XBR9 for the same price, which is a product with many problems and not in the same league as the XBR6. However, the price has dropped 3 times in the interim and the number of units has fluctuated several times. BUYER BEWARE, this is a scam.
After years of our other Sony, got this for a song as a model closeout. Although the sound is weak,as with all HDTV reviews, with the home theatre set up it's an exceptional TV. Twenty years of loving Sony TVs.
Many inputs and ways to select them very simple and easy to use.8. So here is the bottom line on this Sony.1. The options truly due seem limitless, picture, screen, sound, and more with stunning capabilities to adjust even the very finest of viewing detail.3. The built in TV Guide feature is amazing with listings for almost every channel, it will tell you whats on and whats next with many search features (need not apply for those of you with cable boxs)7. The TV will give off a slight hummmm while turned on this can be very irritating in a quite room.4. The TV menu (if you like the PS3 styling) is wonderful and currently supasses most of what is on the market.4.
The TV will create a "new plastic odor" when turned on for the first couple weeks however this is not an issue for most people since the smell is not too strong and is that of just plastic.2. Beautiful appeal, the product simply leaps out of the box it will actually look better then described.2. The TV will dim/adjust the screen brightness based on the lighting in your room.Issues noticed:1. When other reviewers speak of 3D like picture quality yes this is very true, the color reproduction of this TV is outstanding and with the Bravia Engine 2 you will enjoy very life like images.5. The TVs internal software is updatable with a USB stick there is one update available at the time of this review, very neat feature.6. The software runs a tad slow and will lag minorly but is well worth it for its capabilites, also the TV takes a few moments to load.3.
I received a complimentary small scratch on the stand that came with mine, just a thought for the QC consciousFor those who are wondering the digtal compression artifacts and picture judder (MPEG noise) etc is very tolerable on this TV with many options to smooth out such things, also channel changing SD to SD is fairly quick.In summation this TV is a good buy, lots of inputs and nice styling with solid performance to back it up.As always, happy shopping =)
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