Sony KDL-46XBR5 - 46" BRAVIA XBR LCD TV - 120Hz - widescreen - 1080p (FullHD) - HDTV

Product Description

XBR series televisions represent the very best Sony has to offer in high definition viewing.The XBR line of Full HD 1080p televisions incorporates all of Sony's latest technologies (including HDMI v1.3 features such as x.v.Color and Deep Color). Additional features like Motionflow 120Hz enable smoother motion when viewing movies or fast-action sports. BRAVIA Engine PRO with Digital Reality Creation upconverts all interlaced and progressive video signals including HD signals directly to 1080p for amazing detail and sharpness. And it's only fitting that your XBR make a statement not only through breathtaking picture quality, but by taking your breath away with optional color bezels. Now your LCD TV can be as distinct as your own personal style...Sony KDL-46XBR5 - 46" BRAVIA XBR LCD TV - 120Hz - widescreen - 1080p (FullHD) - HDTV

Sony KDL-46XBR5 - 46" BRAVIA XBR LCD TV - 120Hz - widescreen - 1080p (FullHD) - HDTV

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #3312 in Consumer Electronics
* Brand: Sony
* Model: KDL-46XBR5
* Dimensions: 36.00" h x 55.00" w x 15.00" l, 105.00 pounds
* Display size: 46

Features

* 46" widescreen HDTV (16:9 aspect ratio)
* high-gloss black finish
* built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required)
* built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required)
* 1920 x 1080 pixels

Customer Reviews

Better Than Expected
I have been waiting for 2 years to join the flat panel, high def TV crowd. The thing that always stopped me was price, quality of standard def on a fixed pixel TV, and the number of high def stations to actually watch. Prices have come down and the number of high def stations has gone up so picture quality was left.

After researching it as much as I could, I got this TV. The floating glass perimeter with piano black surround looks sharp; I think much better than the XBR4.

On to picture quality: high def is fantastic as you would expect but standard def looks as good or better as a regular tube TV. It says in the owners manual that the picture is as good as the input. I have a satellite digial signal and get the results I describe. If you have cable or over the air then you may get different results.

Another thing I will mention is the remote has easy to use buttons on it to adjust the picture settings as well as the size. This means you can change the settings to the default picture settings for cinema, for example, which tweaks alot of calibrations on color, motion, etc. You also can easily toggle thru the picture sizes to stretch or unstretch the picture. I find the longer I have the TV the less I use these because I have found the ones I like best but it is nice to know they can be easily adjusted if desired.

Finally, I also got a Toshiba upscaling DVD player/recorder for about $130. It says it upscales DVD's to 1080p and they do look fantastic. I may have to hook up a regular DVD player to see if there really is a difference but overall this TV has worked out great for my situation.

Good deal, fantastic picture quality, beautiful set.
This was a terrific buy. The price has dropped considerably at local stores, but the best deal was from Van's with free shipping. We was able to track delivery all the way, and it came in a day early. It arrived in perfect shape and the driver even helped me bring it into my living room. I had to offer him a tip at least three times before he'd accept it.

We almost didn't spend this much money on a flat screen based on what I looked at in the Best Buy showroom. This one is worth it. We have a brightly lit family room during the day, and it doesn't get washed out at all. When we first tuned in to an HD channel our jaws dropped. HD channels are amazing and there's enough of them now that we spend most of our time watching only HD programming. We have an older DVD player, but movie rentals and home movies look great. With the 16:9 aspect ratio it feels like we're really watching a movie compared to just watching a movie on TV. There are a few artifacts and some of the older TV shows are blurry, but about 95% of what we watch is excellent. FIOS should fix these minor problems.

Setup was easy, about 30 minutes. To setup the TV you'll want to connect your cable directly to the TV first, then connect it to your DVD player and the HD box you get from the cable company.

We've been able to watch an HD movie from my new laptop that came with an HDMI output. We've also been able to work on the laptop hooked up to the LCD TV using a wireless mouse and keyboard from the couch. At 1920 x 1080 pixels, I had to increase the font size in the browser but I was off surfing in no time.

The style of the TV is beautiful. We placed it in a Stanley Furniture Lincoln Park Plasma TV Bookcase and the combination is stunning. We bought the bracket to mount it, but when we set the TV in the bookcase on it's own pedestal it was just fine. We love every aspect of it.

Not perfect, but there is no better LCD in the market
I owned the KDL-46XBR3 for a year, then I had an unexpected opportunity to replace it with the KDL-46XBR5.

If I thought that the XBR3 picture was amazing, the XBR5 is even better, much better. Movies get unprecedented realism, almost 3D. It is a visual experience I never had with any TV I ever watched.

Of course, a few analog channels look bad when stretched to 46", but that is true for anyone upgrading from a 27" low-def tube to an HD big fixed-pixel screen.

The XBR3's menu was easier to use than the fancy XMB in the XBR5, and both sets have big but basic remotes which are not good for anything other than controlling the TV itself. No buttons for even cable box's info, guide, page up/down etc.

And yes, its design is a stunner on the wall, when turned off.

Don't forget to read the reviews for KDL-46XBR4, it is the same TV...Sony KDL-46XBR5 - 46" BRAVIA XBR LCD TV - 120Hz - widescreen - 1080p (FullHD) - HDTV