Sony KDL-XBR9 Series | Compared vs 2009 Bravias

“KDLXBR9 -The cream of the crop so far in 2009 LCD TVs”

Currently holding the title of Sony’s #1 performing (and most expensive) 2009 HDTV, the Sony XBR9 Series is the epitome of performance and function in the current LCD HDTV market. Near the end of the year that will chance with the announcement of the Sony KDL52XBR10 and KDL46XBR10 models, but those are going to retail at the end of the year for thousands more than the current 52″ model (Sony KDL52XBR9) and 46″ model (Sony KDL46XBR9) models, and offering more options at size as well with the 32 inch KDL32XBR9 variation and the popular KDL40XBR9 40 inch variation.

Sony's KDL52XBR9, KDL46XBR9, KDL40XBR9 & KDL32XBR9

With an impressive array and set of cool gadgets and content techie nerds will love, the XBR9 features like internet connected widgets and other Internet media and entertainment streaming and available via the KDL-XBR9’s preinstalled Ethernet, a first this year, for the Bravia family.

“Only size differs 52XBR9 vs 46XBR9 vs 40XBR9 vs 32XBR9″

Lots of people have been asking questions and wondering which Sony Bravia XBR9 is right for them and if there are differences between the various XBR9 line-up units. The answer is simple, there are no technical, performance or feature differences comparing the xbr9 family, with the numbers in the model name just describing its size in inches (diagonally)

• Sony KDL-52XBR9 - 52-inch LCD 132lbs
• Sony KDL-46XBR9 - 46-inch LCD 132lbs
• Sony KDL-40XBR9 - 40-inch LCD 132lbs
• Sony KDL-32XBR9 - 32-inch LCD 132lbs

Straight forward eh? lots of people have no clue though!

Compare KDLXBR9 vs KDLZ5100, KDLW5100, etc..

There are many tiny and insignificant differences when comparing the Sony XBR9, Z5100, W5100, V5100, and S5100 series and models within… below are the most significant differences between them:

Compare the Sony KDL52XBR9 vs KDL52Z5100: Using a different backlight mechanism and some different software and algorithms, this provides the XBR a serious advantage in picture quality and realism over the Bravia 52Z5100 through a much wider color set and more depth, saturation and realism behind those colors.

Compare the Sony 52XBR9 vs 52W5100: Also having the same disadvantage as the above, the Bravia KDL52W5100 also lacks the brand new and 2009 first 240Hz motionflow technology, instead having last year’s buzzed and high end refresh rate of 120Hz. This will result in the W5100 having the picture quality disadvantage as the Z5100, and will also make more noticeable; image noise, breaking and judder during fast moving images and action, a common problem on LCD televisions among their many advantages.

Compare the Sony 52XBR9 vs 52V5100: Moving down the scale towards the low compared to the above 3 high end displays, the Bravia KDL52V5100 takes the differences of the above and also lacks all of the internet and media features of the Z, XBR9 and W5100 Series models. Other minor differences and features are missing, allowing this television to be much cheaper compared to the above counterparts.

Compare the Sony 52XBR9 vs 52S5100: Coming in as the entry level FullHD (1080p resolution) model set of 2009, the Bravia KDL52S5100 skips out on all the goodies of the above units, also lacking the 120Hz and 240Hz motionflow of the v, W, Z, and XBR9 families; going back to the old standard of 60Hz refresh which will make for noticeable judder and image distortions during rapid pace changes of on screen content. The loss of the bells and whistles coupled with the low refresh rate help to make the S5100 incredibly affordable however!