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| Brand: Sony
Category: CE
Buy New: Too low to display
New (10)
Avg. Customer Rating:  30 reviews
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: Yes
Display Size: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 27
Dimensions (in): 21.4 x 31.4 x 4
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: KDL-32XBR6
Model: KDL-32XBR6
UPC: 027242736573
EAN: 0027242736573
Release Date: April 25, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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| Customer Reviews:
 Very happy with TV picture, price and delivery July 20, 2008
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I love the sharp HD picture and the sound and the on-screen interface of the set. The picture is so clear I noticed the newscaster on my local news needs to cut down on the pancake makeup. It looked like he applied it with a trowel. My only complaint -- and it's minor -- would probably be that the 32 inch screen seems a tad too small when you're viewing a non-HD broadcast reduced to the square picture format. (We got the 32 inch model because we needed it to fit into an existing entertainment cabinet.) Someone else complained online that the set smelled like hot plastic when they first used it. Mine didn't and I'm someone who notices things like that. As for the picture quality, the pre-set picture options are well-calibrated and personal adjustments are easy to fine tune. The remote is a bit large but not a big deal. The colors are true and vibrant. The blacks are pitch black, including the "pillars" that come up on the left and right side of the picture when you are watching a non-HD picture (I made that my preference because I don't like to stretch or crop a non-HD picture to fit the wider screen to avoid letterboxing). Both HD roof antenna picture and HD DirecTV look great on it. Free delivery of the TV took about a week and the shipment arrived in pristine condition. The price was about $100 cheaper than I could find in stores around Detroit. In all, I'd recommend the set and the buyer.
Great TV, but the TV Guide function is very poor November 6, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
The TV itself, superb. Brilliant colors, plenty of contrast, tons of features. Viewing angles are good, not as good as a plasma or CRT TV but better than most. As you get to the side, you do start to lose contrast, but the picture is very viewable and when I say get to the side, I mean at least 45 degrees to one side or the other. You can get confused going through the menus on setup, but once you're through them, it's fine and you can go back and forth easily. I do like the menu layouts and the use of the options button on the remote to get to the most useful. I just use the build in speakers, and the sound is great. The simulated surround sound is quite pleasing. The hookup to my VCR/DVD/DVR (1080p upconverting) was simple....one HDMI cable and it's all ready to go.
The TV Guide interface is my one complaint. The interface itself isn't so bad...but the TV guide data is horrible. I get off the air TV in the Denver area, the TV guide, when properly setup, shows multiple different stations on EACH channel! So if you don't put the proper station at the top of the list at each channel....the information shown on screen as you change channels is wrong. In addition, if you hit the TV Guide button, you get an overload of listings. If you turn off any one of the multiple listings for each individual channel...it turns off the channel from being selected. This is mostly TV Guide's problem, not Sony's but the 'turn off any one listing and you turn off the whole channel' is Sony's problem.
Bottom line....I am VERY pleased with the TV, I would buy another one in a heartbeat and would strongly reccomend it to my friends. I tend to be a perfectionist about skin colors and color saturation (to me, most people set their TV's with the color control turned up way too high) so the picture looks natural. I was not disappointed in this TV in this area. For me, it takes a lot of back and forth between all the various options...but the end result is as close to perfect as I've ever seen in a LCD based TV (or computer screen for that matter).
I believe the additional cost over Sony's similar 32" 720p (KDL32L4000) set is worth the extra money. To me, the difference between the two was very visible when looked at side by side. Your mileage may vary.
Excellent for bedroom, kitchen or PC May 30, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Sony Bravia XBR KDL-32XBR6 32-inch 1080p LCD HDTV
Great picture, nice interface with TV-Guide. I bought this to fit my kitchen where I intend to use it with a PC with cablecard. I have a Samsung 46 550 series for my TV room. I love the TV Guide, which I had with my old Sharp 32D7U (this one has some issues, failure to download listings or update time) but I was pleasantly surprised by the improved software. (It lists listings download schedule and progress). TV also adds logos to digital channels based on TV Guide display. It has 4 HDMI, 120MHz, USB. I fit my needs because it is the smallest LCD (32) with a 1920 x 1080 resolution for PC (via HDMI). Easy to mount on the wall.
I would fully recommend as a second TV without a cable box and use with a Home theater PC .
What a Shipping Mess July 22, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
When it finally got here the TV was fine. The white glove shipping turned out a mess when the white glove supplier gave the TV to a trucking company by mistake. After six long phone calls to Amazon, the white glove supplier, and the trucking company, I finally told Amazon to either fix the problem or take the TV back.
The TV was delivered and "white gloved" on a Sunday by a driver in his SUV. He left the box because "I might need it if there was something wrong with the TV". Since he was headed to play golf I suspect the box was in his way.
All is well that ends well.We are enjoying the TV it works very well
awesome TV June 1, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
have it in the bedroom. right size,great picture,plenty of external component options. Came faster than available at retail stores at just as low a price with shipping !
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