Sony KV-28FQ75
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Sony KV-28FQ75
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I've Had This Sony Kv-28fq75 Television For Two Ye
I've had this Sony KV-28FQ75 television for two years and paid £1300 for it. I still think that it's one of the best pictures around.
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Just Bought This As Brand New Clearance Stock From
Just bought this as brand new clearance stock from a Sony shop for £379 with 3 year warranty! Last one unfortunately for anyone else! I put it down to newer versions being available but maybe they've realised the bad PR this set has had and decided to get rid. Can't believe that some online retailers are still selling this for over £1000. I'm very happy so far getting a top quality set (albeit with a dodgy reputation) for the price of a budget supermarket version. Not noticed any of the blurring that others have mentioned yet but will report back if I notice any later. Already got a KV32FQ80 for the living room, got this one for the bedroom to replace my Goodmans which knackered after less than 3 years. Hopefully this Sony will last longer, but if not it didn't cost much more than the Goodmans did 3 years ago.
I'm Very Unimpressed By This Sony Kv-28fq75 Set, A
I'm very unimpressed by this Sony KV-28FQ75 set, and have seen better pictures on a cheap £250 'supermarket special' no name set. The fact that this cost over £1500 is just rubbing salt in the wound. The set is out of focus on the left, the picture bows in at the top, and I get an annoying series of dark bars going from left to right. The retailer tells me this is normal for a Sony widescreen TV - a fact I believe as they have replaced the set 3 times.
I have a Sony 61 " rear projection and I had to call out an engineer 4 times. I ended up getting the codes and focusing the screen myself and it worked perfectly. If you want the codes email me or call me on my NY number 718 204 8993
Regards
John Paul
I agree totaly with your comments. I am on my second set now and still have the grey bars problem. Sony say they are going to modyfy my set to reduce the problem. I still think it is scandalous how they can sell these sets with this problem
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Sony Kv-28fq75 Widescreen Tv-my First Purchase Of
Sony KV-28FQ75 Widescreen TV-My first purchase of a widescreen has yielded nothing but sorrow. Two sets and one repair later and I feel cheated and misinformed. I used to think Sony was a brand you could trust. However, it seems that money is the only thing they are interested in and not the quality of yesteryear. Only thing is which TV do I buy? They all seem to be no better than one another, why not get the technology right before releasing it?
I have also had the deep misfortune of buying this TV. With mine the teletext and OSD chip went capput exactly 12 months and 2 weeks after I bought it. Paid £250 for a repair - thanks Sony - good service that. I asked Sony if there was a known problem or high failure rate for this component - but they wouldn't comment.
When I got it back I noticed the vertical scrolling contrast line badly - it's very visible and highly distracting.
My personal experience is that Sony product is very poor quality and massively over-priced. This is compounded by contemptous customer service. I will avoid Sony in the future like the plague.
I found this review very accurate and helpful. I purchased a Sony KV32FQ75 and noticed it's faults straight away: Bending on the horizontal and vertical lines and when I was viewing Sky television I found that the browser had a bend in the middle which was completely unacceptable.
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The Sony Kv-32fq75 Tv Gives First Rate Pictures, A
The Sony KV-32FQ75 TV gives first rate pictures, almost to computer VGA monitor quality. In fact it is so good that particularly when using an RGB signal source, all sorts of digital nasties present in the original broadcast are quite noticeable (Telewest cable and Sky). It is often necessary to use the pre-defined MOVIE picture mode to remove the worst syptoms. On HIGH noise reduction cleans up most of the crud but at the expense of outright resolution.
The DRC50 mode gives staggering resolution on DVD sources with flicker being barely detectable, even on large bright areas.
The sound is OK but I use an external Hi-Hi system anyway.
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I Have Had This Sony Kv-28fq75 Tv For Nearly A Wee
I have had this Sony KV-28FQ75 TV for nearly a week (after spending all of friday evening building the stand) and I am overall very impressed. The shop had the KV28LS35 (50 hz) the KV28FX65 (100hz but has the oven style stand) and the KV28FQ65 (100hz DRC - digital reality creation, which is something which smoothes the picture I think) and you could see a marked difference in all three - the KV28FX65 being the best - I was noticing blemishes on the faces of the newsreaders which I hadn't seen before! However there is an underlying buzz coming out of the set - same sort of sound that comes out of a video. When there is any volume on the set then you cannot hear it, but ass soon as thereis silence, then you can hear it. It is annoying, but I am not sure whether I just have a faulty one or whether they all do it, but apart from that it is great.
Glad to read Pete's comment to reassure me that I had not misread the main review! I hope he is correct in his judgement of the picture quality as I have just purchased a Sony KV28FX65 due for delivery next week. It replaces a Toshiba purchased in Nov 2002 the sound of which was much too boomy and vibrating, making it painful to watch/listen to. Our dealer was fair in his treatment and we hope to have many happy years with the Sony.
If the KV 28FX65 has the best picture then why did you get the KV 28FQ75
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I've Only Had This Sony Kv-28fq75 Tv For A Couple
I've only had this Sony KV-28FQ75 TV for a couple of weeks but it has been excellent. The initial setup is a doddle and the picture is great - have not seen the blurred picture mentioned in other reviews.
The sound needs some help which I am going to provide via an amplifier and surround sound speakers when cash allows. I knew that I would want more sound than the TV would provide so I concentrated on the picture when making the purchase.
The double picture, teletext and other toys all work well and are easy to use - it also looks great.
Its an expensive TV but worth the money - I would buy the same again.
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Nice Looking Tv, However The First Day I Noticed T
Nice looking TV, however the first day I noticed that the left hand side of the screen was out of focus, even more so on Text based items, like SKY menu or TeleText. So another one was delivered after an enginner could not retify the focus problem. Second TV exaclty the same with Focus problem.
Sony said "not a characteristic of the set" however all these sets in every shop I look at them in seemed to suffer the same fault.
Actually the guy in our local Sony centre was not pleased when I showed him it, as he had just ordered one for himself.
Sorry Sony not a good picture.
The blurring of Sky digital text on the L.H. side seems to directly relate to how high the picture contrast and to a lesser extent, the sharpness settings are. Straight out of the box I found there was no blurring when the picture settings were left on the factory defaults but for me the picture was too dull. I still managed to get an excellent picture with minimal Sky text blurring by doing the following:
Reset the picture back to the factory settings (button is under the remote control flap), then bring up the Sky digital all channels programme guide on the screen. Gradually increase the contrast to the point where the text on the left hand side just begins to blur. Then adjust the brightness and colour settings and lastly the sharpness settings to suit your personal preference.
There seems to be a problem with this set and I have now replaced mine with a Panasonic widescreen, which I am happy to say is much better in all departments, and its got 5.1 DTS too :-)
People who think that they dont have the focus problem, Try watching Snooker when the BBC broadcast it, then split the screen so you have Teletext on one side and snooker on another. Then when the scores for the players appear across the bottom look right along the text and then flip the screen to the other side. You will see a focus problem. Some people I showed it to were not able to see the problem. But many did!
I have just bought the same TV and have the same left focus problem.
Is there a solution - should I bother trying to get a new set or just buy a different TV?
Steven
I've had 4 of these sets now (due to bad picture geometry), and the last 3 have had this focus problem on left hand side.
I have just installed the same TV but I cannot see the out of focus thing anywhere. One thing I would like to know is how you set the TV up to automatically switch to 4:3 mode when that type of signal is transmitted. I have tried everything.
Also if anyone has access to Jumanji on video or DVD can they put it on and listen to the left hand speaker when the game is calling for attention by playing the jungle drums. I watched this film on BBC1 on Xmas day and the speaker crackled, not a loose buzz but an actuall crackle. I haven't heard it on anything else at all. I look forward to reading any further comments.
Phil
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I Have Just Had One Weeks Trial Of The Sony Fq75 A
I Have just had one weeks trial of the Sony FQ75 and though it is a well thought out piece of kit it has sadly gone back to the shop. It was a hard decision to make because the set looks gorgeous but get the dealer to make up the stand assembly, it is the worst I have ever had to build. The set has 100Hz picture with Sony's DRC-MF circuitry which gives a great picture and two tuners so you can watch two channels or TV and text at the same time. Sadly though the sound from this £1300 kit is totally FLAT. Even after turning on Loudness and playing with the menu's it still failed to thrill..so back it went..one sorry Sony!
If the sound was the only problem with my FQ75, I would be a happy boy! Alas, its not to be. I'm doomed to a life of fuzzy, distorted images...
Your reaction is understandable although a bit strange since if you first buy a TV-set like the Sony FQ75 you are likely to go for an external speaker set-up anyway, e.g. when watching a DVD utilising a 5.1 sound system.
Integrated Dolby speakers like the ones in a top Philips TV will always be inferior to an external set-up and in addition you have to pay for the extra built-in features.
Conclusion: Built-in sound is a joke anyway. You should be thanking Sony for keeping sound features to a minimum so that you pay less for a perfect TV picture.
If you are not satisfied with the built-in stereo and you cannot afford a home cinema set-up, you could utilise your music stereo speakers via the RCA out (variable stereo) that the FQ75 has.
Regards
Dfisherking
(not a Sony employee)
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