Sony Bravia XBR-Series KDL-32XBR6 32-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV

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.

I'm giving the one star review specifically because Amazon uses the worst delivery service I've ever seen. When I purchased the TV I read about their "white glove delivery" service on all HDTVs 27" and larger. I got nothing but runaround and took the box off the truck myself and well as all the setup, as the driver from Eagle Logistics was too busy telling me why he showed up at 7:30pm instead of the 1pm he told me or even the 5pm the company told me. The box smelled like body odor so bad I had to put it on the porch overnight and you could still smell where it had been on the carpet in our living room. I emailed Amazon customer service alerting them to all this and I've heard nothing back. Next time I buy at the store if I'm gonna wind up dealing with this garbage.

I bought this LCD a week ago and I have no complaints, it took a few days for the onscreen guide to get the lineup, but it is all good in my opinion. I think the remote is fine and put my hand on the screen and it is not hot or smelly or anything. I put my hand on many LCD's and Plasmas in Circuit City and they were all very warm. HDMI with my Onkyo upscaling to 1080p is excellent quality.

No dead pixels. The picture is crystal clear. It has a fabulous ATSC digital tuner (as well as a conventional NTSC analog tuner). I really don't think the Sony KDL-32XBR6 runs hot like other posters have said. I guess "hot" and "cold" are relative (as well as subjective) terms.

We mostly use the TV to watch OTA (over-the-air) high definition free television broadcasts. Thus, we appreciate the included TV Guide. I think the sound is fabulous...absolutely no complaints. As you flip through the various menus, the "eye candy" is simply icing on the cake.

The TV has controls on top. We have kids that aren't able to reach the buttons, so we bought them a Sony RM-EZ4 "big button" remote control so that they can change the channels and the volume.

Originally we had our eye on the Sony KDL-32XBR4 television. We were waiting for the price to drop to something more reasonable. My wife informed me one day that the "XBR4" was no longer available and that it had been replaced by the "XBR6". She said it looks like the major difference is that it now has 1080p instead of 720p. Well that was enough to peak my interest again.

We went to Best Buy to see it, and we were wowed! I asked the salesman if Best Buy would match an online price. Well, they came down $100 off their listed price. I called them back and they were out of stock, so I ended up purchasing the TV from B&H Photo Video.

I've had this TV for about a month now, and let me first say that it is an amazing monitor. It's bright, sharp, and I definitely concur with all of the other positive reviews about it. However, my low rating is more a reflection on Amazon and other websites that continue to "cut and paste" their product descriptions either from previous year model specifications or from really flawed research. In purchasing a new TV, the 3 criteria I had was LCD (Plasma is great but a real drain on electricity); 1080p (we have HD satelite and a Sony PS3/blu-ray); and last but probably the most important for me was 120hz capability. If you look both on this site and on sites like ZDnet or CNET, they all describe this as having Motionflow (Sony's version of 120hz) which dramatically reduces judder. I know that some people don't find the "sopa opera" effect all that appealing, but I really like it for some things and wanted it for my next TV.

THE SONY KDL-32XBR6 DOES NOT HAVE MOTIONFLOW/120hz.

I've researched the forums and because of coflicting reporst (some coming directly from Sony Technical Support) I know that their is still debate on whether it does or not. I've concluded that it DOES NOT. I've spoken with Sony's tech guys...they say it doesn't. Their website suggest from an ommission of this specification on their product description that it does not. And finally, I've spent the better have of a month renting Blu-Ray after Blu-Ray trying to replicate the 120hz "look" and have not been able to do it. I've played with settings on both the tv and my PS3 and their is nothing to indicate that it has Motionflow. It does have Cinemotion which is definitely NOT Motionflow. Even the manual for the TV idicates that only their new "W" series has Motion Enhancer which activates Motionflow (even this isn't entirely accurate because I know that some of the other larger XBR4, 5 and 6 models do have Motionflow.

Anyway, as I said, this is a non-essential feature for some people, but it was a major reason for me choosing this model, and I'm now extremely irritated by Amazon for posting misleading product information.

With all of this said, I am still satisfied with the TV for all of my other needs. The PS3 games and movies look beatiful, and I've seriously become spoiled for HD (it's actually pretty jarrig to go back to standard definition when switching to non-HD channels). Would I still recomend this TV?...yes but as most know, Sony relies heavily on its name recognition which allows them to hike up the price point of their stuff. I would certainly look at Samsung's LCDs as well. Just as good (if not better) and usually marked $50-$200 less.