Aw yeah, those svelte Sony XBRs that were
leaked back in mid-April have just been confirmed by Sony, and it's going to be a long, sweaty summer waiting for the whole load to land this fall. Kicking things off is the XBR8 series, headed by the 55-inch KDL-55XBR8 and 46-inch KDL-46XBR8 models, which incorporate the outfit's TRILUMINOS three-color LED backlight technology, 10-bit processing, BRAVIA Engine 2, Motionflow 120Hz and Advanced Contrast Enhancer PRO. The 70-inch KDL-70XBR7 and 40-inch KDL-40XBR7 headline the XBR7 lineup, while the XBR6 features sets range from 32- to 52-inches in size. All the gritty details are waiting below -- if you feel like waiting 'til tomorrow for Sony's glacially slow servers to load, that is.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mr. E @ Jun 5th 2008 7:23PM
33 kilobucks for the 70-incher. Yeah, right. Come on manufacturers, bring back the RPTVs and give consumers a break!
Mr. E @ Jun 5th 2008 7:26PM
Sorry, that was the price of the previous 70" XBR3 LCD. I guess we'll have to wait to see if the 70" XBR7 can break the magic $29,999.99 barrier. LOL.
DJ @ Jun 5th 2008 9:04PM
Wow, a 70" LCD from Sony? You mean just like the one they announced
in September of 2006? The one that shipped in .......?????
Oh that's right, it NEVER shipped! Sony, I still have that blank
space on the wall waiting for it, if it EVER comes........
Video Master @ Jun 5th 2008 11:36PM
Don't know what Sony was thinking with the design with these. The XBR4 and XBR5 looked a helluva lot better than these. Whats up with the ugly floating bars on the sides and bottom? Can u get more BUTT???? At least the new Z series looks decent. Sony is doing themselves in.
Ken @ Jun 5th 2008 11:39PM
55" is a start, but how about a solid 60" model that was say, $6k.
Anyone notice the wall 52" for LCD's? Sure, there are 65 and 70" models, but they are generally 5 digits.
Why was the 57" category abandoned?
Who remembers the awesome 70" XBR SXRD set that was sh!tcanned? They would have been sweet.
Stereodude @ Jun 6th 2008 12:18AM
And the MSRP's for these TV's is???
phoenix1192000 @ Jun 6th 2008 1:24PM
Sony has been shipping a 70" LCD for quite a while. The KDL70XBR3. I work for a custom install company, and when i was at the Sony Dealer show in Vegas a couple months ago, they hinted that the new 70" would be about 1/2 the price.
Darren @ Jun 6th 2008 5:01PM
Why the heck would ANYONE buy a 70" LCD?
They've actually got one here at a Sony shop in Melbourne.
It's pretty cool and all, but I'm sure a projector would have a much better image. Surely, if you wanted that kind of size, a projector is the ONLY logical way to go.
Chris @ Jun 16th 2008 12:45PM
Wow, that would put it at about $16,000.00 MSRP which is still astronomically high and not even in the ballpark when figuring the rumored figure of the 55XBR8 Top of the line series RGB LED triluminous at about $6500.00. If it's more than $8,000.00 MSRP then Sony has waisted it's time and money on the XBR7 series altogether. Remembering back to that canned 70XBR5 series TV that MSRP was around $5,500.00, this version has a few added perks which should add some to it's MSRP but I don't think it should add up to $2,500.00 more so I'm hoping it comes in at around $6,999.00 and no more.
JM @ Aug 11th 2008 11:20AM
I've put together a chart that helps show the differences between the Sony LCD 2008 line up. Hope it helps.
http://www.john-michaeldelvalle.com/2008/07/30/sony-lcd-tv-2008-line-differences/