HDTVsolutions has released an awesome and quite detailed video review of the Sony XBR4 series LCD televisions (available in 40, 46 and 52 inch variations) and although the XBR4 series has been out for a while now and have been succeeded by the XBR5 and soon to be fully released XBR6 series televisions, that doesn’t mean that they are dead.. In fact far from as they have recently received generous price cuts making them quite affordable and still very high end (the XBR4 series was a very top tier and incredibly expensive professional choice 6months ago, although price kept them out of reach for the average person.
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The editor of HDTVsolutions does a great hand on look and takes you for a video preview of the unit, explaining the basics of television performance and detailing how the XBR4 performs in those areas. Alot of emphasis on the design/appearance/connection ports as well as going on to talk about its black level performance and why this is significant.
There are newer choices like I mentioned in the XBR5/6 series, and the recently announced XBR7 and XBR8 bravia televisions will be fully released in the upcoming months before Christmas, but with massive price cuts, the Sony KDL-40XBR4 (40inch), KDL-46XBR4 (46inch), and KDL-52XBR4 (52inch) have finally reached incredibly affordable levels for the everyday person while still maintaining its top tier performance amongst LCD hdtvs in 2007/2008.