Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #84782 in Consumer Electronics
- Color: black
- Brand: Sony
- Dimensions: 33.00" h x
49.00" w x
2.00" l,
66.60 pounds
- Native resolution: 1920 x 1080
- Display size: 52
Features
- Full HD 1080p Resolution
- 3D in Full HD
- MotionflowTM PRO 240Hz Technology
- BRAVIA® Internet Video
- Built-In Wi-Fi
SONY 52"LCD,1080P,240HZ - INCL.2xTDGBR100 GLASSES - XBR52LX900
Product Description
Sony XBR-52LX900 52" Bravia 3D HDTVFull HD 1080p with 3D built-in (active glasses included), Edge LEDbacklit, Motionflow PRO 240Hz, BRAVIA Engine 3, BRAVIA Internet Video/Widgets, built-in Wi-Fi.Fusing cutting-edge technologies with minimalist elegance, the slim BRAVIA LX900 Series LCD televisionwith built-in 3D delivers a superior viewing experience in Full HD 1080. Packed with features, this3D HDTV delivers incredibly high contrast levels and vibrant colors via the Edge LED backlight. Built-in Wi-Fi lets you connect to the internet and access the widest selection of entertainment including hit movies, TV shows, music and more2. Plus, abuilt-in 3D sync transmitter and included 3D active glasses let you enjoy 3D movies and video gamesin Full HD 1080p picture quality.Features:* Experience Full HD 1080p picture quality, the highest at-home resolution, and take full advantage of HD sources like a Blu-ray Disc Player or PlayStation 3 gaming console via the 16:9 wide screen panel (1920 x 1080).* Motionflow PRO 240Hz Technology: Experience Sony's highest level of smooth motion detail and clarity with Motionflow PRO 240Hz technology deliver a crisp, fluid and realistic viewing experience during fast-action scenes.* Built-In Wi-Fi: Enjoy the convenience of built-in wireless connectivity to your home entertainment network and make accessing your online entertainment - including movies, photos, music, videos and more - even easier!* Edge LED backlight: Enjoy a slim design plus amazing dynamic contrast with an Edge LED backlight. Producing uniform and natural looking colors, Edge LED backlighting is both energy efficient and stylish.* Intelligent PresenceSensor w/ Face Detection: Experience a TV that knows where you are in the room, and adjusts accordingly. Using an advanced sensor system, this TV canturn itself off if no one is watching to make sure there is no wasted power, warns children when they are too close to the screen
Customer Reviews
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46 of 50 people found the following review helpful.
By Alec F1
I first want to say that I based much of my decision to buy the XBR-52LX900 on my past experience with Sony HDTV's and the research I did on the internet (especially from the tests done by [...]). I've paced the big electronic stores and compared many brands and technologies firsthand in the past 5 years and try to make the best decisions I can for what's right for me. Do all the research you can before you buy any TV and try to see TV's in person before you make any decision. I've had my LX900 now for 4 days and I can say that it is a mammoth of technology. With so many features, you can get lost and even side tracked with all the settings and features you can meddle with. I can't count how much personal time I've personally lost to this glowing marvel. I got my LX900 to replace my XBR4, which I thought was pretty good at the time when I purchased it 3 years ago and should be better than my XBR9 that I bought earlier this year. First impressions were the size and design. It's huge, but very thin and quite an elegant, angled creature. I had contemplated the HX909 with the full LED and even the 8000 series Samsung, but decided to go with the LX900 since it's slimmer and comes with the 3D glasses as well as a built-in 3D emitter and WiFi. The HX909 does have a slightly better picture since it achieves deeper blacks due to full LED lighting, but the LX900 touches off an explosion of LEDs's to achieve a brighter picture, so I think the LX900 is just a step behind the HX909 visually in terms of contrast ratio. Right out of the box I wasn't that satisfied with the picture and kept playing with the settings (especially the motion flow). I finally went to [...] and used their "calibrated" settings which really optimized the picture and cleared it up significantly. You really have to come to terms with the fact that source video is everything when it comes to the picture on HDTV's no matter what settings you choose. The colors on the LX900 are really good and it nearly blinds you with the whites that it can display. However, the screen does glow too much in the deepest blacks with splotches of light on the sides of the screen due to it being an edge-lit LED screen and not full LED with localized dimming which lets a tiny bit of light bleed through. However, my blu-ray 1080P source from the PS3 looks impeccable on this behemoth! HD cable channels are pretty sharp, but anything below that is a bit too cluttered. Sadly, I do get excessive judder on fast motion and I'm trying to hold off on tweaking the motion flow since it seemed to degrade the brightness of the screen and have an overall negative impact on the image (something that an elite HDTV shouldn't be doing). There's a "theater mode" on the remote that can benefit the picture of some video sources more than others when you engage it. Some of the signals would get very washed out and grainy, the theater mode helped settle the picture back into a nice soft texture and clear the image up in many cases. Then there's that little 3D button at the top of the remote. Here's where things really heated up! You power up the glasses with a single button, hit the "3D" button on the remote, and poof, any image on the screen is converted to 3D! My first experience was "humph", but that was until I found the 3D settings. The TV default to a "medium" setting in the 3D effect. When I punched it up to high and set the glasses to auto darkness, you really got the feeling that you were looking through a window to the world (something much like looking through an old viewmaster). I unconverted some football, racing, tennis, and golf - which is pretty neat. When I put in "Planet Earth" or any Blu-Ray 1080P source, it really got deep, clear, and started popping out inside the TV! I figured only 3D on a Blu-ray could perform a decent 3D effect, but the LX900 proved me wrong! Since then, I've been re-watching all of my Blu-ray media again in 3D - it really is completely different in 3D. The 3D is really good on the LX900, but I know that it wouldn't look that great without the crisp details and color that it serves up even before you convert it to 3D. I was truly floored when it converted my personal photos into 3D from my PS3! I can't wait to get the update to my PS3 to play 3D Blu-ray in September. The remote really is a stand out also. I know that sounds ridiculous, I thought the same thing reading other reviews that went on about the remote. I fully understood what they were talking about when I actually got to play with this thing first hand. There's no battery door to break or lose when you pop it off. Instead, the whole bottom of the remote is a sliding sleeve that moves forward to expose the battery compartment (pretty slick). You can engage widgets and the streaming video over the internet with the press of dedicated buttons (there are plenty of buttons dedicated to one function) as well as navigate the xcross media bar and pull up any settings. The streaming video channels like YouTube and How To TV are pretty neat, but most of the videos are really all sub-par standard definition which looks badly muddled as you could expect. Amazon HD video and Netflix look very good and I have had no buffering problems at all with my WiFi streaming that content. What I can't understand is why there are so many movie services that do pretty much the same thing as the other. Netflix or Amazon should be all you need for movie service. Same with Slacker radio and Pandora, they do pretty much the same thing, no? The widgets are okay, but they really function way too slow and have a clunky feel to them. There's not a lot of variety except for the typical Yahoo and Facebook widgets and I can't stress here how long they take to load. My computer pulls these up quicker and they function much better with a computer and a keyboard. I hope the future holds the integration of app support like the apple store and the android marketplace - are you listening Sony? I am very dismayed by the built-in speakers on this TV, they really sound "tinny" and cheap. I have played with the sound settings trying to get something decent out of them, but for now I have had no success in improving this at all. The i-manual doesn't really give me any help on this either, but I hope to be able to correct this in the future. Since I have it hooked up to my theater system (which sounds outstanding), this is not a problem yet. That's another thing that I don't like about the LX900. It comes with no physical manual. You have to press the button on the remote that's dedicated for the "i-manual" so that it can pull it up off the net. Navigating the manual is again slow and clumsy. They could have used one branch of tree pulp to manufacture and include a printed manual which would be a big improvement over the i-manual. So, was this TV worth the price that Sony wants for it? I'd say no. This is why I only gave 4 stars for it. It's pretty nice to have built in WiFi, 3D emitter, and include 2 pairs of glasses, but for the price it should be a full LED design and really "wow" you with a flawless picture. Then again, the slim monolithic design of the LX900 is the trade-off where you have to make the call. It's a decision between full LED and edge-lit LED or thicker versus thinner. Since my picture is still one of the best looking pictures I've seen (along with the eye popping 3D effects), I am pretty happy with my monster. The widgets and streaming media really weren't very impressive. I would have to say that it's a toss-up between the LX900 and the HX909 (might have got the HX909 if they threw in their 3D package and a WiFi dongle), but since the LX900 is supposed to be their flagship model I chose the LX900. You might even consider the Samsung 8000 series, since they're cheaper. But, I've found that there's something about the Sony (must be the processor) that makes them just a hint more clear to me when they're side by side with the Samsungs and an identical 1080P source. At any rate, I'd let prices settle at least $900 dollars less before buying one a Sony or wait for the next generation in a year or so.Update: I installed the newest PS3 update version 3.50 that enables 3D capability, and yes, 3D Blu-Rays are absolutely incredible on my LX900! I've already pre-ordered more 3D Blu-Ray movies on Amazon. The downside is that for the PS3 to output the 3D signal, they sacrificed the lossless audio through its HDMI output. I didn't think this would be a big deal, but it turned out to really stink. You can tell a big difference when running the sound through an optical cable from the TV to the audio receiver. I'm going to have to buy a standalone 3D player and a new home theater receiver with the necessary HDMI 1.4 input/outputs to satisfy my appetite for this new media.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.
By Phil in Magnolia
I purchased this television on 5/31/11, on sale at the local Sony store in the mall, for less than half the normal price since they were closing out the 2010 models to make room for the latest and greatest. The current price on Amazon is similar to what I paid.This model was Sony's top-of-the-line LCD television in 2010. I have owned many Sony televisions but never the top XBR model, not wanting to spend the extra money which can be substantial if you make the purchase at more normal prices. I was able to purchase this XBR model for less than the current sell price for ANY of Sony's current model televisions of the same size, and basically couldn't pass that kind of deal by.For me, the picture quality and features of this television are quite simply spectacular. Significantly better than I had expected. It replaced a Sony LCD rear-projection television of the same size, and the difference between the two is night and day. I have it hooked to a mid-range Sony Blu-ray home theater system, since the common complaint about most flat screen televisions these days is the substandard sound quality, so I cannot comment to the built-in speakers. It works seamlessly with the Sony home theater and automatically disables the internal speakers and allows the remote to operate the volume from the home theater amplifier.Both the Blu-ray and the television have the ability to connect to my home wireless network in order to do all of the online stuff that you could want. Exploring those capabilities is still on my to-do list at this point.We have not tried the 3-D yet but the set is ready to go with two glasses included, no extra cost for anything to watch 3-D, another benefit to purchasing this particular model.The lesson I have learned is to keep an eye on last years models when the new models are introduced, and look for the close-out sales. I also am very impressed by the quality of the top-of-the-line XBR.
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