Sony Grand WEGA KDF-50E2000 50-Inch 3LCD Rear Projection Television
Finalised after research of 3 months
I FINALLY ordered this KDF-50E2000 on July 6, 2006 from Amazon - J&R for $1599. The price jumped down from $1799 in 1 day and I pulled the trigger. <br /> <br />Have been comparing different models since last 3 to 5 months. Actually saw the items at BestBuy and Sears. For first 2-3 months was almost decided on Samsung DLP 5067. But read lot of online reviews and personally talked to the store guys and everybody voted for Sony. Now all sales people in BestBuy know me as I have gone so many times to see and get feel of the 2 brands - Samsung and Sony :-). <br /> <br />I have place for 55 / 56\\" also but prefered to go for 50\\" because the image in 56\\" gets little distorted because of enlargement. I viewed both the TV in different lightings and played around a bit with menus and setting at the store itself. <br /> <br />The sharpness of Sony is ULTIMATE. Mine is bit brighter room so real techies suggested that Sony LCD should be better than Samsung DLP. DLP are not bad though, they are pretty good too. <br /> <br />I would say Quality wise this model is exactly same as their previous model KDF-E50A10, this one just has few additional ports. Resolution and contrast is exactly same (some people with half knowledge suggested me that this model has higher contract but its not). This surely is lighter in weight than the earlier A10 model. This is launched recently and very few stores actually have this. They still are selling older A10 model. Even Sam's club has older model. <br /> <br />Oh yes did I mention I had started with shopping for Projecter which is much cheaper but finally voted on this model of Sony even though I paid about $800 more. Projecters are good for completly dark rooms and are ok for occassional movie or game watching ...not for daily TV watching. You don't want to spend whole evening in dark room. Down the lane I shall install projector in my basement. <br /> <br />I am waiting for my item to arrive and shall update the review with first hand comments ofMY OWN TV !!! <br /> <br />