Comments on: Exclusive: First Review of the Sony KDL-46XBR4

By: John Watson

John Watson — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:44:04 +0000

KDL-46XBR4 died after 15 months – 3 months beyond warranty. It costs more to repair than to replace. LCD panel color/power is dark and motion is gone on right 2/3 of display. Chatting with the service tech I learned that 50% of his calls are for bad panels. Don’t buy a Sony XBR unless you also pony up for an extended warranty to cover their shoddy workmanship!!

By: bobby

bobby — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:04:21 +0000

Sony BDP-S550 Blu-ray and 46XBR2. Whats the best setting to view blue rays.

By: Ted Blakeman

Ted Blakeman — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:53:49 +0000

I have a KDL-46W3000 just notice a red line on the right side of the screen 4 or 5 in. from the side running top to bottom.My tv is 45 days out of warrenty. Is there any ajustment that I can do to avoid a service charge? Also does it hurt the tv to run in vivid mode I like the brightness?

By: Little Buddy

Little Buddy — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 04:34:48 +0000

Thanks for your review. It was very fair and you did a professional job.

By: Richter

Richter — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 18:43:41 +0000

friends,

I wonder if this loss of resolution in default mode is the case with all Sony Bravia TVs?
Because I have a W3000.

By: Joe

Joe — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 01:41:04 +0000

I recently bought a Sony KDL-46XBR4. Due to a bright room (5 Windows), we like the Vivid setting. However, I set the picture to Custom and Cinema after reading your review, but the picture looks dull or washed out. Can you offer some settings that would brighten the picture in Custom or Cinema so we get a simular picture to Vivid, and get the benefit of the full resolution? Thanks

By: Pot Roast

Pot Roast — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:33:36 +0000

My experience with Sony LCD’s has not been good.

REcently upgraded to a Samsung from my old LG 32 inch. Much better performance

By: Omar - d guy from Mexico

Omar - d guy from Mexico — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:53:37 +0000

I just purchased a Sony 40″ XBR4 LCD with 120 Hz @ Best Buy and imported into my home in Mexico last week, also purchased the Samsung DUO BD-UP5000 (coz I was left with a big library of HD-DVD movies), I already own in my house a Samsung 42″ Plasma 1080i, a Mitsubishi 73″ DLP 1080p (in my custom made home theater) and 2 other LCD’s 20″ as well as old 21″ CRT in my kitchen, ……. I have to say of all of my tv’s, the XBR4 is by far the best tv I have ever owned, I hanged it on my bedroom wall, my prior bedroom tv was also an XBR but was CRT and I had owned it for 14 years. The video quality from either HD-DVD or Blu-ray content is AWSOME, BEUTIFUL, AMAZING, on the other hand, the XBR’s ability to upconvert 480p content to near HD is AMAZING, see, in Mexico we have no aray of HD channles to choose from, we have at most 3 over the air channels, but when using cable the most we can get is possibly 480p and the XBR does a marvelous job upconverting the signal to near HD, …. on the XBR defence Vs Plasma, I would have to say that the BIGGEST ADVANTAGE Vs other Plasmas would have to be the SOUND, audio from this particular TV is extreemly good, the other day I was watching a movie and my wife thought the sound was coming out of my custom made home theater where I have an Onkyo receiver with 7.1 channels feeding 7 speakers + the subwoofer, but I was in my bedroom with my XBR, …. sound is by far better than any other TV I currently have and that I have seen out in the market, …. so future LCD buyers, look for XBR’s, they give EXCEPTIONAL Audio and Excellent Video quality

By: ToLawyer

ToLawyer — Wed, 28 May 2008 19:33:55 +0000

I have owned a 52Xbr5 for one week. I have the same problem as Jim (random clicks and pops from my TV). Actually these clicks are most noticeable when turning my set on and off. But I also hear the occasional click while watching my TV (could be once an hour could be less in frequency) but the clicks are noticeable.

Has the cause been determined? Is it fixable?

Thanks for your response(s).

ToLawyer

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:18:34 +0000

I bought a 46XBR4 last September. It’s in a finished basement and doesn’t get used much. It’s hooked to Charter Cable thru their DVR. There is infrequent random audio popping and much more frequent random audio outage as well as picture breakup. I know the audio outage and picture breakup are cable problems because we get them with smaller regular CRT TV’s in the house. My concern is the occasional random popping noise, which could also be called a sharp crack. What is the likely source of the popping noise?