Sony Grand WEGA KDS-R50XBR1 50 in. HDTV SXRD TV

Both 50 and 60" model XBR1 TVs have a manufacturing defect with the optical block and light engine assys. After approx 1000 hours the TV develop the dreaded green screen problem. Even if the parts are replaced the problem will reoccur in a matter of short time. Sony has yet to solve the problem and a lawsuit for these TVs has been filed by a NY atty.

My parents have the 60 inch version of this television and love it. So I bought this one knowing there was a defect on it, hoping I could fix it in the future. Bad thing about the make of this tv is that there is a good change a green haze might envelope throughout the display and a huge distracting blob would appear during particular times while watching the tv. You can get around it if you don't mind the green haze but if you can fix it, it's well worth the money. The tv is great on HD and the black levels are amazing. It's great for HD gaming!!! But I hope Sony can help me with this problem

We decided to make this high-dollar purchase on E-Bay because the seller didn't live too far away from us. so we didn't have to pay shipping charges. The price was unbelievablly low for the item itself.

We love the T.V. - it was bigger than we had expected.

Unfortunately, the seller wasn't completely honest about the condition that the T.V., was in. It only cost $200.00 to fix. But, we were lucky to get an honest repairman. The parts were stored inside the television. A dishonest repairman could have charged us for new parts & kept them because we didn't know they were there.

All in all we are very pleased w/our purchase. The way the transaction was completed will be a story we will re-tell for years to come. Our purchsae was sitting on a skid behind a barn in the middle of nowhere. It was covered w/a tatrp, but we felt like we were buying stolen goods because of the circumstances involving the pick-up. There was no one around to make sure we were the owners or even to verify that this was the correct item we had bought.

Again, we did get a fantastic deal - it just seemed a little like a covert operation.