Sony's 1080p SXRD-powered 60- and 70-inch XBRs now available for pre-order

by Matt Burns posted Aug 18th 2006 at 6:46PM

Sony's long waited revisions of their current SXRD rear-projection XBRs are now available for pre-order. People waiting on the sidelines just sitting on their credit cards can now whip 'em out and pre-order these amazing HDTVs. Sony doesn't take the XBR moniker lightly, except for their XBR970 tube, and hopefully these sets are not going to disappoint. Unlike the A2000 SXRD line, these sets utilize Sony's newest version of their Digital Reality Creation: DRC-MFv2.5. This chip is designed 1080p in mind and will give viewers a better picture than the little brothers in the A2000 line. Plus, they add a few goodies into the XBR line for instance: Cable Card, one more RF input, Control-S input/output, and the 70-inch adds another HDMI input for a total of three, along with the crowd-pleasing detachable side speakers. Surprisingly though, the A2000 line has side component inputs, for a total of three, where the XBR line has side composite, but no component and only two of the inputs on the back. No matter, we are sure people are still going to pick up these XBR's even though they are lack one component input. The sets are going to be available in September, but like we said, they are available for pre-order now with the 70-inch at $6,999 and 60-inch for $4,499.

[Thanks, Ivan]

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Tags: 1080p, dtv, hdtv, sony, sxrd, tv, xbr

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Perrey Z. @ Aug 19th 2006 6:46AM

Is that a stock photo? or are the new models using the same old design as last year models? When i start reading and hearing good praises and positive reviews about them, i **might** consider the 70-inch as an secondary option or replacement over the HP Pavilion MD6580N. Until then, the Pavilion will remain as the best and only true 1080p Micro Display RPHDTV set.

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Fastman @ Aug 19th 2006 5:01PM

Looks nice. I will have to decide between the 60" SXRD or the 56" LED DLPs.

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Victor Morales @ Aug 19th 2006 9:41PM

Hello nice article i was wonder since i have purchased this set i have the kds60a2000. Is there a way to get a copy on how to fix the issue. How can i tell if it present on my set. I think the setting is called the LPF. Any help would be great thanks

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Notafraid @ Aug 27th 2006 6:19PM

The Sony is better than the DLP. Go for the value and quality of 3- 2 million pixel chips over the "wobulated" single, 1 million pixel chip, illuminated by a color wheel spinning at 10-14,000 RPM. If wobulation and a single chip were so "good", Texas Instruments would put it into their pro-sumer line of projectors. Look for yourself and see, those use 3 DLP chips, one for each color RBG (Like the Sony), and now are offering true 1080p with 2 million pixel micro displays (they cost about $25,000). That's because color is more true with the 3 color design. TI is making a killing "selling" wobulation and color wheels. If you buy one, get an extended warranty - how many years do expect a wheel to spin at 14,000 rpm. Or a chip to Wobulate at 120 cycles per second.

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