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Sony Bravia KDL-XBR6 Series LCD TV ( 32", 37", 40", 46", 52" ) Reviews Analysis

32" BRAVIA LCD TV - widescreen - 1080p (FullHD) - HDTV - gloss piano black More product details

Sony Bravia KDL-XBR6 Series LCD TV ( 32", 37", 40", 46", 52" )
alaSCORE 92

186 reviews

November, 2009

87 / 100

8 Experts

Product Age

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93 / 100

178 Users

What people think about the Sony Bravia KDL-XBR6 Series LCD TV ( 32", 37", 40", 46", 52" ): (BETA!)

We compute this summary by analyzing 186 reviews from across the web.

image quality

5

  • Poor rushed quality
  • Takes a minute for picture to appear after it's powered on--but it's worth the brief wait
  • No picture in picture
  • Somewhat dim picture takes some getting used to
  • picture
  • Outstanding picture quality
  • LCD with 108p resolution, Wealth of multimedia connectivity options, Outstanding picture quality, Minimal glare and reflection from bright lights, Built-in 3 speaker surround sound technology
  • numerous picture controls
  • Clear picture
  • Perfect picture quality
  • Needs Some adjustment for optimal picture
  • Amazing picture quality
  • Great Picture quality
  • Good image quality
  • Great desain and picture quality
  • lifelike image
  • good picture and sound quality
  • bright picture
  • Excellent HD and DIGITAL picture
  • Great picture clarity
  • Crisp Picture
  • 120 Hz, Crisp Picture, Vivid Colors
  • Excellent Picture
  • easy setup good price deliver crisp high def picture quality
  • HD picture
  • HD picture, style
  • Picture Quality, easy set up
  • Best Picture of all the premium t.v's
  • Very good picture quality & very good sound
  • Excellent picture detail
  • Picture Quality
  • The picture clarity is awesome
  • The picture quality is great with digital signal from DirecTV
  • The picture quality is great with digital signal from DirecTV, and Blu-Ray
  • Picture quality, sharpness and color
  • Awesome Picture and features
  • Awesome picture quality
  • Bright, clear picture
  • High quality
  • Outstanding picture in HD
  • The picture quality is amazing
  • even on non-HD channels and the DVD quality is excellent
  • The picture quality is amazing, even on non-HD channels and the DVD quality is excellent
  • This TV has an amazing picture
  • This TV has an amazing picture, with vibrant colors and deep blacks
  • Sony Quality
  • Excellent picture qaulity
  • GREAT Picture
  • GREAT Picture, 4 HDMI's
  • excellent product quality
  • Excellent picture, excellent product quality
  • superb picture
  • The picture quality is everything I expected it to be and more
  • Picture is superb
  • Everything, Easy Set up, Great Picture,
  • Picture quailty
  • everything awesome picture they best i have seen and i work at an electronics store
  • Picture Quality, Design
  • picture quality and design
  • QUALITY IS UNBELIEVABLE
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price

0.5

  • Expensive
  • Little price but it's a Sony
  • slightly more expensive
  • Still too expensive
  • Price
  • The list price is high
  • not worth the extra money
  • It's expensive
  • It's expensive, not much else bad
  • Cost of the television is expensive
  • A bit expensive
  • that every hard working man can't afford one
  • Pricey
  • Price, Needs Some adjustment for optimal picture
 
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color

4.5

  • some color accuracy issues
  • Dark picture background at default/best color settings
  • color
  • accurate color temperature and color decoding
  • Color options are good but it took me a while to set color to the picture I wanted to watch
  • sharpness and color
  • Coloring is very realistic especially compared to Samsung's "cartoonish" appearing color
  • Plenty of color correction adjustments
 
  • Good color
  • Color and refresh rate are top notch
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zoom

5

  • Voice Zoom and ease of control
 

sound

4

  • Sound
  • The speaker bar is oddly placed and its sound is accurate but wimpy
  • Poor sound system compared to my other Sony's
  • Sound is up and down
  • color, sound, picture, motion, brightness
  • Built-in 3 speaker surround sound technology
  • good picture and sound
  • TV sound is good by itself
  • Crystal-clear picture, TV sound is good by itself
  • and pretty good sound
 
  • A very physically attractive model with decent sound quality
  • Picture and sound are outstanding
  • GREAT PICTURE, GREAT SOUND, PERFECT
  • Sound is fantastic
  • Sound is fantastic, too
  • Viedo and sound great
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black level

5

  • black levels fluctuate somewhat in dark scenes
  • black levels
  • Static electricity picks up dust on the black frame
  • Produces the deepest black levels of any non-LED LCD TV we've tested
  • Fantastic black levels
  • Fantastic black levels, comparable to high-end plasma
  • Very nice black case
  • Very nice black case, bright picture, and HD all the way
 
  • Great black levels
  • Great black levels, nice sleek design, amazing colors
  • true black
  • Crisp picture, true black, and pretty good sound
  • The best black yet
  • black levels and sound
  • Good color, black levels and sound
  • Picture, Conections, Black Levels, Relaiblity
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connectivity

5

  • Wealth of multimedia connectivity options
  • good visual and audio quality
 

energy efficiency

0.5

  • blew the speakers during a power outage/surge
 

glare

5

  • Minimal glare and reflection from bright lights
 

screen

5

  • Flat-panel
  • HDMI auto device link
  • Intuitive, sets up in minutes, HDMI auto device link, etc, etc
 

remote control

0.5

  • No sleep button on remote
  • The remote is definitely not intuitive, and it would have been nice if it worked better with the Directv box
  • Learning remote
  • Remote
  • great remote
 

contrast

5

  • The picture may require some tuning contrast
  • The picture may require some tuning contrast, sharpness, blues, reds, etc
  • contrast
  • Picture Quality, connection options, theater link, contrast
  • Great Contrast
  • Great Contrast, Motionflow, Voice Zoom and ease of control
  • Contrast and black controll gives a well defined sharp picture
 
  • Great contrast ratio
  • Amazing Picture quality, Great contrast ratio, 120hz
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appearance

1.5

  • ugly bezel
  • look
 

LCD

4

  • below-average screen uniformity
  • I have to be carefull cleaning the screen, and I have left instructions for my family
  • Please clean your LCD with the LCD cleaner ONLY
  • liquid crystal display panels
  • Crystal-clear picture
  • Blacks are very rich considering a matte screen
  • Consistent screen
  • Great picture quality, Accurate coloring with little effort, Impressive 1080p resolution, Deep blacks, Consistent screen, Easy to use on-screen menus
 

control panel

5

  • 10-bit panel
  • 10-bit panel, 10-bit processing
  • panel design
  • Picture quailty, panel design
 

reception

0.5

  • Cleaning the lower color optimization - is on the signal
  • signal and sattilite or cable connection gets lost
 

battery

5

  • energy efficient
 

portability

3

  • Auto Light Sensor and 120hz Motionflow feature
  • NOT Slim
  • NOT Slim, and NO led
  • Compact and light weight
  • thin bezel
  • Outstanding picture in HD, thin bezel
  • Many outputs, not too heavy
 

video

4.5

  • No magic stick slot and no THX Video Certification
  • No video streaming with built in DLNA option
  • solid dejudder video processing
  • Video Gaming and Movie made more realistic/life - like
  • Video is amazing
 

size

0.5

  • 1080p isn't useful at this size
  • A little expensive for the size...but worth it
  • A little Pricey
  • I could have enjoy the appearance a little more
  • I could have enjoy the appearance a little more, but very few drawbacks
  • Accurate coloring with little effort
  • It is really big
  • Wife says it's too big...lol
 
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resolution

5

  • LCD with 108p resolution
  • Impressive 1080p resolution
 

memory

0.5

  • Does not have virtual surround
  • Computer hookup difficult
 

performance

5

  • good job on fast moving scenes
  • Great picture clarity, good job on fast moving scenes
  • Good performance
  • Good performance, many facilities
  • Overall performance is excellent and superb
 
  • There is much less lag time on start-up
  • Great Performance Good 1080P
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usability

2.5

  • Manual controls on top
  • Donot use Windex
  • Somewhat Vague & Confusing Installation Manual
  • setup is confusing and cannot use CC (closed caption
  • No cables are provided, setup is confusing and cannot use CC (closed caption
  • use newset technology
  • Easy set up and easy to use menu.The sound is better than what I've heard on other sets
  • easy to setup and use
  • Awesome Picture and features, easy to setup and use
  • Easy to use on-screen menus
 
  • Easy Set up
  • Easy hookup
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design

5

  • smart styling
  • Nice design
  • It even looks great setting in a room when it's turned off
  • looks great (lots of compliments when people visit)
  • Colors are awesome, blacks are best I've seen, looks great (lots of compliments when people visit), 120 Hz is good (intermittent judder)
 
  • awesome design
  • nice sleek design
  • Looks very elegant
  • It's like looking out of an open window
  • Design
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interface

5

  • For being one of their top of the line products, you would expect better
  • The picture quality and the user interface
  • User friendly
  • User friendly, superb picture, all around excellent TV
 

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