Opinions on: SONY 60" 16:9 LCD...

[highdef]

SONY 60" 16:9 Grand Wega XBR LCD HDTV (KF60XBR800).
Does anyone own this set or have an opinion regarding it?
How is the black level and overall picture quality?

[octopus1256]

That's actually a Rear Protector TV, not LCD. I sat in front of it last year, watched a short Jurassic Park entrail and was took back by the vivid colours and excellent detail. It sits on a lovely stand too, and it's quite affordable at £4,995 UK.

[Chromy]

It is a rear projection LCD TV. So, it projects the image on the back of the screen using LCD technology to create the image.

Chromy

[sub780lime]

Originally posted by octopus1256
That's actually a Rear Protector TV, not LCD. I sat in front of it last year, watched a short Jurassic Park entrail and was took back by the vivid colours and excellent detail. It sits on a lovely stand too, and it's quite affordable at £4,995 UK.

was this at a store, because im sure it wont look as nice unless you want to cut its life in half, the picture and color were probably up as high as they go

[I 8 Piglet]

I saw the first run of grand vegas when they made their way to my local HT store and I wasnt very impressed. The RP Pioneer Elite still looked quite abit better. But than some time later I went back and saw the newer models, and was slightly more immpressed, but I still think that when all is said and done, its an RPTV, LCD or not, and has flaws that dont warrent such a high price tag.

[octopus1256]

Originally posted by sub780lime
was this at a store, because im sure it wont look as nice unless you want to cut its life in half, the picture and color were probably up as high as they go

It was at a store, although I can't see them bothering to alter every TV so colour settings are at max. I wasn't sure whether it was an LCD or DLP or CRT projector in it.

[sub780lime]

Originally posted by octopus1256
It was at a store, although I can't see them bothering to alter every TV so colour settings are at max. I wasn't sure whether it was an LCD or DLP or CRT projector in it.

i have seen them do it to try and make a sale, but it all depends the type of store, Bestbuy will do this with any flatscreen TV, they dont bother with the non flats. who wants a round TV anyway