I can tell you first hand that the XBR8 will be huge for Sony. I've seen it in action, and it looked at least as good as a Pioneer Elite. From blacks, contrast, and even motion blur (thanks to Motionflow Plus using the LEDs), it didn't look like an LCD at all. This thing is one notch down from OLED, which still looks slightly more vibrant, but it's really close.
It's a fatty though. Unless they change the production model, the 55" I saw was a bit thicker than your standard LCD. Still not in DLP or SXRD territory by any means but they must have made the chassis a bit larger to fit that LED array, I'm guessing. And the other downfall is that it's also going to run around $7000. Ouch.
It may actually be worth it, though. It's incredible.
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I can tell you first hand that the XBR8 will be huge for Sony. I've seen it in action, and it looked at least as good as a Pioneer Elite. From blacks, contrast, and even motion blur (thanks to Motionflow Plus using the LEDs), it didn't look like an LCD at all. This thing is one notch down from OLED, which still looks slightly more vibrant, but it's really close.
It's a fatty though. Unless they change the production model, the 55" I saw was a bit thicker than your standard LCD. Still not in DLP or SXRD territory by any means but they must have made the chassis a bit larger to fit that LED array, I'm guessing. And the other downfall is that it's also going to run around $7000. Ouch.
It may actually be worth it, though. It's incredible.