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1) is it worth the high cost?

2) do you think the TV is really head and shoulders about others?

3) is it a built in HDTV tuner, or can you have a digital cable tuner connected
to it?

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> 1) is it worth the high cost?

"Worth" and "value" are in the eyes of the beholder.
You want to buy it? Go to a Circuit City store and
stare at it yourself. Your eyes are a better judge
than all the comments by anonymous posters in this
usenet group.

> 2) do you think the TV is really head and shoulders about others?
Yes, but what really matters is what YOU think...

> 3) is it a built in HDTV tuner, or can you have a digital cable tuner connected
> to it?

The XBR960 has a built-in CableCard/ATSC tuner. This means
you can use it for OTA-only (antenna) reception. And it
will also work with most HD cable-TV systems...I say 'most',
because the cable-operator must provide you a 'CableCard'
(access card) to put in your TV. You don't need to rent a box
just to watch the premium HD channels -- but some services
(like pay-per-view, VOD, etc.) aren't available through CableCard.
If you want those extra services, you'll still need to rent a
box from your cable-operator.

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>1) is it worth the high cost?
>
>2) do you think the TV is really head and shoulders about others?

The 960 is the evolution of the 910, which was generally regarded as being the
highest quality consumer-grade tube HDTV on the market. It's an amazing set,
and I don't think anyone could be unhappy with it. However, Panasonic, Toshiba
and Loewe all make a very fine HDTV. I think that the Loewe Aconda series sets
have the best color rendition in the world, however they are also very "soft"
compared to the Sony sets. The Panasonic sets have a wonderfurlly rich picture,
but they don't have as good a comb filter as the others and I think that the
Toshiba and Sony sets have more "definition" in their picture. The Toshiba
Cinema Series widescreen is a very nice set, one of the best, but it's also a
little yellow/green in it's color rendition and that tends to bother me a bit.
JVC's new widescreen tube is a fantastic set, and a fantastic value. It's got a
GREAT picture, probably a tie for my favorite with the Sony. But I've seen 2
demo units display a strange "grain" problem and at least 1 poster here says
his exhibited the same issues. So it makes me a bit nervous about buying one,
despite the fact that I've been extremely happy with JVC products in the past.
I think the Sony is the overall best TV you can get, but do yourself a favor
and have it ISF calibrated. A monitor of that quality can't be fully exploited
simply by adjusting it by eye.
Steve Grauman

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>You want to buy it? Go to a Circuit City store and
>stare at it yourself. Your eyes are a better judge
>than all the comments by anonymous posters in this
>usenet group.

Unfortunately this is a poor way of demoing any HDTV. The in-store broadcast
quality at places like Circuit City, Best Buy and The Good Guys is generally so
poor that you can't get an accurate idea of how good the set will really look.
The best is to find a shop that will let you demo the set via DVD. Of course,
the quality of the progressive scan chip in the DVD player will have some small
affect and you'll need at least component connections to see the set really
work, but a comparison via DVD player is probably more accurate than a
comparison by in-store broadcast.
Steve Grauman

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On 11 Sep 2004 04:25:00 GMT, sjs0678@aol.com (SJS0678) wrote:

>1) is it worth the high cost?
>
>2) do you think the TV is really head and shoulders about others?
>
>3) is it a built in HDTV tuner, or can you have a digital cable tuner connected
>to it?

There's a huge 34XBR960 thread over on AVSForum.com:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/sho [...] did=408146

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