Sony LCD TV - Widescreen - Black
Excellent picture, mediocre manual, lip sync issues
Having spent several months with this television it has been problem free, save for lip sync problems noted below.  The picture is outstanding.  After experimenting with setup the blocked highlights problem found in the original setup has disappeared.  Generally the standard profiles have much too much contrast and too cold colour rendition robbing the picture of subtlety and much detail.  However getting close to the &quot;Pro&quot; profile improves the picture dramatically.  I am still fine tuning this setup.<br />On over the air standard broadcasts the reception is good and the picture is far superior to most others I have seen, giving a fine illusion of greater resolution without false artifacts.  <br />On DVD sources the picture is outstanding in every way.  The connection choices are useful and impressive.<br />The manual is fine for initial conncetion but does not even try to give an understanding of the different adjustments and settings.  Who knows what this television is really capable of and how to achieve it?  What settings should you use for given sources and what are the advantages and disadvantages of such setting options?<br />The other serious issue is lip sync.  Strangely the sound is significantly AHEAD of the picture.  This is particularly disconcerting with dialogue.  The effect is to disconnect the sound from the person and break any illusion of reality which you normally get in good programming.<br />When I contacted Sony I was told this was due to my DVD player.  I repeated myself:  the problem is independent of the source and exists on broadcast where only the television is being used.  They sent a service man who was polite but said he could not see anything wrong with the picture, though he volunteered that this was not unusual and they could send a replacment for either the television or him.  He had no means of testing for synchronization other than to watch with me for a couple of minutes.<br />The sound is mediocre as one would expectbut this is not an issue for most people given that it is likely to be used with an external sound system.  It is fine for backup purposes.