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

Great Television, especailly when you have a big family, the size of the TV is great viewing for everyone in the family.

The only complaint is: The price is high. But you pay for what you get. It is worthy.

I waited over a year before making this purchase and I am sorry that I waited at all. This is a great LCD TV and I could not be happier. The SONY PS3 style interface to controll the set is great and easy to use. The digital picture is so good, you don't need to go to a more expensive HDTV box.

After one month of operation this TV is in need of service.
The power light transfers to stand-by mode and then back to power. This
cycle repeats over an over with no picture to access set up.

When it is working the picture quality is excellent. The fans noise was a concern when purchasing, but turns out to be a non issue.

Sony warranty seems to be accomodating but requires serial number to initiate the service call. I agree with this policy but it is a bit of a hassle if your TV is wall mounted at 5'0" on center. I would recommend that you log your serial number before installation so you do not have any delays if service needs to be called.

LET THE BUYER BEWARE!!
We bought a brand new Sony Bravia XBR this past May from Amazon. The TV stopped working 10 days ago. TV still under warranty. The red stand by light blinks and the TV turns off by itself after about 30 seconds. We have gotten no resolution from Sony after numerous phone calls/online chats to their service dept. They have sent two technicians over the past 10 days. One came yesterday and finally replaced a part that supposedly went out-- it worked for one day only. They TV still has the same problems and turns off by itself after a minute. Customer service is no help-- it is a call center in the Philippines. All they do is say I am sorry. I have tried another service number-- they also are very apologetic-- but again no one can give any resolution--it is impossible to get this issue escalated. This is is obviously not a good product-- Sony refuses to own up to this. We cannot get past the customer service reps to escalate to someone who can actually do something. We do not know what to do. We are out $3600-- Sony has ripped us off. I have contacted some media outlets in the NYC area to see if they are interested in exploring this story.

I have a XBR4-52 and it works fine for the first 4 months, then a vertical dead line appeared and propagated every day.
Called the Repair center and realized this is a typical problem for this TV. Now it is Olympic time and I have no TV to watch!
Simply DO NOT buy this TV, or if you really want to give it a shot, buy it with extended warranty.
I am lucky since this TV broke down while still covered under warranty, if not, be prepared for another 2000+ for display panel replacement.

BTW, as mentioned by someone before, SONY custom service is a disaster!