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Has anyone seen the Sony OLED 27" display at CES in January? Judging by the awesome pictures it looks as if the other technologies are on borrowed time, although OLED may be some time coming to market in a large screen TV.But for the present I 've settled for Sony's KDS-R70XBR2 SXRD set, which I purchased several months ago. When set up correctly the XBR2 SXRD will produce a natural, 'real-to-life' picture (with 1080i/1080p source material) that I've yet to see other large screen TVs equal. The KDS-R70XBR2 SXRD is not perfect though. I'm not overly enthusiastic about its scaling abilities with SD material. But for HD this TV can produce absolutely stunning results. Watching VOOM channels on Dish Network is a real trip.
I'm wondering if its worth getting a scaler such as the DVDO iscan VP50 as the Sony's scaling abilities in SD are not that great... Feedback on this would be welcome
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Hi Jaiello and Jack,the source is dishnetwork VP211. I'm getting the DVR version of the dish net receiver in tomorrow. I also have the Denon DVD 3910. Actually the KDS-R70XBR2 does a good job with the DVD source, but the standard def stuff on dish net is not as good as I would like.
Jack I had the KDS-R60XBR1 prior to upgrading to the 70" XBr2. What surprised me was the impact the 70" has over the 60". It seems so much bigger when you have it at home in the living room. The picture on my new set is better than the 60" I had. I think your right about the scaling on SD source material. This TV resolves everything, and that includes all the imperfections of the original signal. An example of just how good this TV is.. I bought my father in law a Mitsubishi 73" DLP TV several months ago. It can't retrieve detail in the same way as the Sony. It seems overly soft in comparison. In fact the Sony SXRD technology is superior in most ways to the Mitsubishi DLP. I compare both on a regular basis and the Sony SXRD is 'in a different league' in most respects.
What are you using as your source to judge the quality of the SD channels? I am wondering if you are looking at a cable tv set top box.
Nice TV. I have the 60" XBR1 in my living room-too small for my family room. Be aware, that what you may be looking at, isn't really bad upscaling, but just your large set magnifying the flaws of the SD broadcasts. SD TV broadcasts tend to really suck. That said, the upscaling on these sets isn't the best-a good upscaling DVD player will out preform it. Since that seems to be the case, you may wish to get an outboard scaler. I have no experience with them, but I've heard they were quite good.
I've been thinking about getting a bigger set for my family room, and I'm debating the 70"er. I may wait a bit though.
Enjoy,
Jack
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