Video Asylum

Posted by Jack G (A) on September 22, 2007 at 04:34:13

In Reply to: RE: Not just the early models. I think it was all of 'em... posted by JoeLip on September 21, 2007 at 21:43:12

I think Sony secretly acknowledged the problem here, and decided to deal with it. They gave up on plasma sets (which were rather nice), and their other TVs aren't all that hot.
You actually proved my point-these sets were a PR nightmare for them.
I'm going to guess here, and say that it may have taken them a bit of time to actually figure out how fix the problem. The new OB, isn't just a replacement, but preliminary veiwing seems to show that its superior to the original, especially in the blacks. Its also still under the same extended warranty, until Oct. 2008.
Did you know there were 2 different types of OB for the XBR1? It depended on when it was made-kind of a pre and post Dec. '05. They have to match up the serial number to an OB.
I don't mean to defend Sony here, and I know they didn't do the extension for me personally, but still, I'm glad they fixed it.
Jack