Sony Bravia XBR-Series KDL-46XBR4 46-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

The Sony BRAVIA XBR KDL-46XBR4 46-inch 1080p LCD Flat Panel HDTV continues Sony’s tradition of making outstanding televisions. With a 46-inch screen, you’ll be able to see every little detail without any need to squint. Sony does not hold back with any technologies, and the XBR series is its flagship line–so with the XBR, you know you’ll get the best quality home theater experience available.
The XBR KDL-46XBR4 is a 1080p television with a full 1920 x 1080 resolution, the highest resolution available for the sharpest, clearest picture. The KDL-46XBR uses the most recent HDMI 1.3 interface, which houses both audio and video signals in one connector and has the bandwidth to support the data needed for the high resolution. Sony’s Bravia Engine Pro Full Digital Video Processor upconverts all video signals to 1080p so you can watch all your old DVDs on this glorious display.
Sony complements the high resolution with the latest technology in color reproduction. The KDL-46XBR is a 10-bit display with 10-bit processing. Most panels are only 8-bit. The added bit depth here means a larger color palette for more faithful color reproduction and smoother transitions from one color to the next. Additionally, the display also supports the new x.v.Color standard, which dramatically increases the available color space. The end result is a picture that is so detailed, colorful, and vibrant, you’d have a hard time distinguishing it from real life.

Technical Details

* 10-bit 16:9 Full HD 1080p Panel (1920×1080)
* Motionflow with FHD 120 Hz high frame rate capability

* BRAVIA Engine PRO & Live Color Creation? system
* 1080p Inputs: HDMI? (x3), YPbPr (x2), PC
* Advanced Contrast Enhancer (ACE)

Customer feedback:

1. Now that I’ve had this LCD for over a month I’m very pleased with it. One additional comment is the built in speakers are quite good. I also recently purchased a 34″ Sharp with built in speakers and immediately noticed the difference in the poorer sound quality in this Sharp. The Sony sounds so good I haven’t spent the time to hook the sound output jacks up to my surround sound system. Changing channels could be quicker, but my guess is the TV is trying to figure out what kind of signal it has (480i, 720i, 1080i) and make adjustments.

2. Picture is incredible. With Motion flow turned on and sharpness turned up, contract and back-light turned to max it looks like you are looking through a window. If anyone wants my settings let me know. I am just thrilled with quality. I have a PC-VCR attached to the VGA connector. I have a DVD player connected using HDMI and using the scaler from the TV take it to 1080p. With sharpness turned up motion flow turned on, detail and edge enhancer turned on the DVD’s look amazing I can’t wait for a Blu-Ray player, can you say PS3?