What people think about the Sony XEL-1: (BETA!)
We compute this summary by analyzing 59 reviews from across the web.
image quality
5
- Fluid picture
- Fluid picture, no blur, stunning colours
- Absolutely staggering image quality
- The best picture quality we've seen - absolute blacks
- The best picture quality we've seen - absolute blacks, good colour saturation and control
- Astounding picture quality and cracking design
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price
0.5
- Ridiculously expensive
- Expensive
- High price
- very expensive
- Tiny, not high-def, very expensive
- Unattainably expensive
- Absurdly expensive
- Absurdly expensive, and far too small
- Super pricey
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color
3
- inaccurate primary colors
- excellent color saturation
remote control
5
- Equally svelte remote has easy-to-push buttons
- good colour saturation and control
black level
5
- Produces absolute black levels
- depth in black and brightness
contrast
5
- Exceptional contrast
- Exceptional contrast, depth in black and brightness, - Thin (3 cm), - Large range of colors, - Extremely fast response time
- Excellent picture contrast
- Amazing contrast ratio
- Incredible brightness and contrast
control panel
4.5
- thin panel cannot be removed from base
- sleek design featuring ultrathin panel
- No backlight makes for an absurdly thin panel - just 0.12 inch
- No backlight makes for an absurdly thin panel - just 3mm
battery
3
- Higher energy consumption than LCDs
- Higher energy consumption than LCDs, - Not available in Europe or in large sizes
LCD
0.5
- tiny screen
- screen reflects ambient light
- Very small screen
- Lilliputian screen doesn't exactly deliver a home theater experience, but Sony promises that bigger versions are on the way
- Small screen size
- superb viewing angle and screen uniformity
- reflective screen
- Lilliputian screen doesn't exactly deliver a home theatre experience
- Lilliputian screen doesn't exactly deliver a home theatre experience, but Sony promises that bigger versions are on the way
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resolution
1
- less than HD resolution
- Low resolution
- non-HD resolution
- Unattainably expensive, reflective screen, non-HD resolution
- Superb motion resolution (minimal blurring
- 960 x 540 resolution
- OLED technology, 960 x 540 resolution, Darkest blacks, Neon like colors
performance
5
- Extremely fast response time
design
5
- Cool retro-futurist styling
portability
5
- Thin (3 cm)
- Incredibly thin
size
3
- Not available in Europe or in large sizes