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Can't find a fault with the TV - no white sparkles here. Price dropped 250.00 5 days after I bought and Amazon would not budge.
It's at its best when you watch Blu-Ray movies on it. It has a USB port so you can look at your digital photos on the big 52" screen, and believe me it makes them look fantastic--and huge. The price is right and it's worth every penny and then some. They just look incredibly beautiful and the sound is gorgeous, even with just the onboard speakers. Great picture, terrific color, easy to set up and use, great features, very attractive sleek design. Pilot Air Freight called ahead to make arrangements for whatever delivery time was convenient for me. I got a great price from Amazon and the product itself is wonderful.
I ordered it late on a Sunday evening and it was already out for delivery to my home on Wednesday morning. Non-HD over the air broadcasts look fairly decent on it. I love it. Ordinary DVDs look excellent--even from an ordinary DVD player. I did a lot of research over a period of many months before making this purchase and it really paid off.
You can't go wrong with this TV. They bring it into the house, unpack it and put it on your TV stand, all in just a few minutes--and in perfect condition. I can't wait to hear how it sounds with my new receiver and surround speakers. And it can play Master Audio disks. They gave me free white gloves delivery with a very friendly, prompt, and careful delivery person. I am simply thrilled with this TV.
You choose your own time right down to the half hour, in fact, my deliver person was actually early. It allows you to either go with the standard settings or make all kinds of adjustments to the sound and picture from the easy-to-use menu options. You can customize your settings (and save them) for the various HDMI and other inputs. Thanks again to Amazon for a great product at a great price with super fast high quality free delivery.
When I was shopping I saw big HDTVs where the non-HD picture was stretched and distorted, but you don't have to set it that way. Nevertheless I did a lot of research before springing for this one. Haven't watched any blu-ray disks yet (no player) but the standard DVDs look fabulous.This was a big purchase but I am very happy with it. You can set it so that each program comes in at its optimal picture quality.
We even get a San Jose station that we haven't seen in years.Everything on the digital channels is gorgeous. The last TV was a 6 year old 20 inch JVC tube, so you might think we would be easy to dazzle. And--at least in the SF Bay area-- delivery was faster than projected and the CEVA white glove service was fine. The old analog stations (say, channel 9) come in pathetically, but usually there are other stations associated with each number. Some day, hopefully, it will all be HD, but the SD stuff looks pretty good on this set.
For example, we now get digital 9.1, 9.2 and 9.3 --three different programs where we used to get one. We got digital versions of all the old channels and 7-8 new ones.
As for the Bravia XBR6 specifically, great black-blacks, but your detail within shadows is not sacrificed. It came set to "vivid" color setting, but I find the standard setting more natural.
REally stunning picture. This was a big jump up.
This was all a pleasant surprise. Got it to watch DVDs; we don't have cable or dish, just an indoor antenna.
We were really surprised at all the new (digital) channels we got, even without upgrading our antenna --so don't be hasty in assuming you need to have an outdoor antenna, cable, etc., especially if you are in a metropolitan area. They do not connect your components for you but they do put it on a stand and power it up so you can be sure all your pixels, sound, etc, function.
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