Loading ...For the folks looking into the 2006 SXRD lineup from Sony including both the A2000 series and the XBR2 series there are a lot of questions popping up about the differences between the two sets. As usual, the XBR series caries a considerable premium over the A2000 series, and the A2000 series is due to come out a few months before the XBR2 series so a lot of people are jumping on the A2000 series as an equal, but on the specification sheets there are a few minor differences that people have been depating for a while in the AVS forums. One of the biggest differences is the introduction of the DRC 2.5 chips on the XBR2 series while the A2000 series still carries the 2.0 chips from the 2005 series.
Some of the insight into the design of the A2000 series have suggested that they are merely re-packaged 2005 SXRD sets with a few adjustments like th addition of 1080p input while the XBR2 set actually contains new technology. While this matters to some bleeding edge folks, but not so much to others the big concern on everyone’s mind is “is the green blob fixed?”. If the re-packaged argument is true and the A2000 series is just a spruced up 2005 XBR set with the same optic block then no, the green blob is not fixed. I it has a revised optic block then on many people’s mind the A2000 is as good as the XBR2 series picture-quality wise. If it doesn’t have a revised optic block then a lot of folks feel the price premium on the XBR2 series along with the additional technology will atleast make them feel more comforatable about the possibility of the green blob problem being fixed.
For the folks trying to learn more about the XBR2 series and the “DRC 2.5″ revision and what that means, it might be helpful to check out this release from Sony for more information.
Update #1: According to “hschultz” DRC 2.5 will be included in the A2000 series of sets now due to confusion during the press release and manual printing cycle that caused confusion and a lot of upset consumers. So as a “sorry” they will be performing the upgrade before the sets roll out. No idea if it’s legit or not, other posters think it’s bullshit though.
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June 21st, 2007 at 5:25 am
im getting fucked by my local dealer ..
basoicly sole be the xbr 1 , got the green blob , then they replaced the optic block , returned it, screen went blank , returned it again , now they are charging me 500.00 to change a light bulb in a year old tv… took them 5 months to pick it up, it was in warnty the first month , now its out of warnty and they are holding it hostage… i have no tv , and im out 3500.00
June 21st, 2007 at 5:59 am
Oh wow, that’s particularly nasty Paul. The lamp should only be around $250 though, so if they are charging you $500 to do it, consider having them give you the TV back and call around for another service center.
June 21st, 2007 at 6:00 am
they refuse to give the tv back!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 21st, 2007 at 6:02 am
Paul,
I’m not sure if you are exaggerating or if they honest won’t give you the TV back… assuming that they honestly won’t give you the TV back, that’s called theft, and you need to call the police and make sure you have plenty of proof that you own the TV, called them out to service it and that they won’t give it back.
You could probably do a conference call between Police + Service Center so they could hear the conversation and the problems you are having.
June 21st, 2007 at 6:16 am
yes… its at this point , and im calling the police/sherrif, they installed it with out telling me what was wrong and how much it would cost… so if this dosent work ill be “disapointed” ….
June 21st, 2007 at 6:24 am
Good god that’s terrible man… what kind of place is this? Small mom-and-pop shop, or a super-crooked big-city place?
I will keep my fingers crossed for you.
June 21st, 2007 at 6:27 am
Queen city video, Charlotte NC … total dissaray with coustumer service,they refuse to take out the bulb,im not paying shit to them anymore,we all bought lemons and this is how we get treated after we give them 3500.00 of hard earned cash…
June 21st, 2007 at 6:28 am
thanks…
June 21st, 2007 at 6:29 am
if anyone can help/info shoot me an email..
paul@aebn.net
June 21st, 2007 at 7:05 am
(the hole story)
Im getting fucked by my local dealer AND sony ..queen city appliances , charlotte nc,28210
basicly sold me the xbr 1 , got the green blob , then they replaced the optic block , returned it, screen went blank , returned it again , now they are charging me 500.00 to change a light bulb in a year old tv… took them 5 months to pick it up, it was in warnty the first month (dec) , now its out of warnty and they are holding it hostage… i have no tv , and im out 3500.00.. they refuse to hand it over without the fix
back story…..
purchaced this from Queen city video in 24 dec 05
called about green blob in early 11 dec 06 (end of a 1 year warnty) but still under ….
queen city vieo hires “out side help ” to fix tv and and overabundace of tv’s comming back…
“outside help” never picked up television untill mid may!!!!!!! lied and said my phone was off.. for 5 months !!!!
picked up tv in may , returned it to me 2 weeks later…
one and one half week after i pick it up myself… screen goes blank…..( still paying for hd cable at this point too )
i call queen city to find out what problem is again…
two weeks later a call them again to find out i have 500.00 bill and tell me they went ahead and put a new bulb in for 500.00
i went down to the service center and demanded they give back the tv without the light bulb,……….. they refused to give it back to me because the wherhouse guy is on vacation…….
owner call me and offered 250.00 off the inital price i refused and wanted the tv back still without the bulb, he refused to give it back , and i hung up ….
owner calls me back to tell me that deal is off the table i will need the full 500.00 to get it back ….
by the way sony refuses to pay for bulb or replacement tv ..
sxrd should be recalled !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i do not want to commit a crime ….