Sony 36 widesceen

Had mine for 2 weeks and I'm very very happy. Had to wait 4 months for it
though like almost everyone.

It had a very minor setup prob - the overscan was slightly excessive
resulting in some loss at the edges of the picture - but I really wouldn't
have noticed it without the test cards which came on my R1 copy of Fight
Club. I managed to fix myself using service mode (info at
#).

My only outstanding problem is that Telewest Active Digital does not send
the right info to switch into widescreen mode for true widescreen
(anamorphic) broadcasts. This is currently a problem with all Sony and
Phillips TVs. To get round this I have to set the set top box to "4:3
letterbox" which obviously loses some image quality. But, the set does such
a good job in DRC50 mode of improving resolution that its not that big a
problem. Telewest also told me last night that they now have the
instructions from Sony and plan to do a software upgrade end of
October/early November to fix.

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Yes, the silver one.

There were colour patches in the corners of the screen. These colours
were not always visible, but sometimes they would radiate across half
of the screen.
The technicians thought the problem was down to the room, but with two
replacement sets setup in different rooms with the same problem makes
one think differently.

Before you buy ask the retailer that in the event of problems you can
have a refund.

Good Luck

Ivan


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Before you buy.

I've had my Sony 36" for about 3 weeks now. Absolutely wonderful TV.
Stunning picture. No probs so far.

I said I was going to purchase the Sony 36" in May, but then had to wait
nearly 4 months till one was available.

Good luck...

Tony

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yep, i've had problems. You'll find that every TV set ever made has
problems. I bought mine from letsbuyit for 1799 I in the process of
replacing it as the picture starts shaking and jumping around. I don't think
anyone else has had this problem. Also, when i use the svideo jack on the
front with my dreamcast I get annoying bands of grey panning across the
screen.

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What problems did you have with the Panasonic - Was it the Panasonic 36"
(Silver one)

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