Sony KD-LV26XBR1 26 Inch LCD XBR(R) Television
KDL-V26XBR1 - Nice Unit
I recently received my KDL-V26XBR1 and have used it for about 3 weeks now.  Overall I am very happy with it; the picture is great, setup was fairly easy, there are numerous inputs on back for DVD, HD cable box, my Mac mini, Xbox, Tivo, and VCR.  Still have inputs left over.  The picture is very clear and superb on HD channels.  TV can be viewed straight on or at severe angles, and can still be seen nicely.  Speakers sound good if you dont have AV system hooked up.  Overall, I would recommend this TV highly.  I'd give it 5 but for the huge remote, the huge oval base, and the poorly-executed wake timer functionality (or lack thereof) (see below).<br /><br />I do have 3 gripes.  First, the base is very oval and protrudes a lot from front edge of TV, so you wont be able to put it on edge of table - the TV must be pushed back about 6\\" so that the oval base isnt sticking out.  Second, the remote control is FAR too large.  Although rather narrow, the remote is almost 12\\" (yes, as long as a ruler!) long.  It doesn't have too many buttons so could have been condensed into half the footprint with a little planning.  Third, and my biggest gripe (although not likely an issue for many people) is the TIMERS function.  I like to wake up to the TV playing - and on this TV you can set an automatic 'turn-on' time (that's good) (actually there are 2 timers).  However, when the TV turns on by itself via the timer function, it defaults to the cable (coaxial) input - which I do not used because I have HD cable box.  All my inputs are on auxiliary video inputs (i.e. not on the coaxial input, it is unused).  Hence, when the TV auto ons by the timer, all I get is white fuzz.  This is strange because if I manually turn TV off, then on again, it starts \\"where I left it\\" i.e. on the input it was using when I turned it off.  But not for timer - it turns on ONLY to the coaxial input so if you use the HDMI, s-video, component, or composite inputs youre out of luck via the auto-on/wake feature.  This is unfortunately a huge oversight on an otherwise great unit.  You should be able to set timer to turn onto a desired video input since you can adjust just about every other setting imaginable on the TV.<br /><br />Overall rating:  3.75 rounded up to 4.nfortunately a huge oversight on an otherwise great unit.  You should be able to set timer to turn onto a desired video input since you can adjust just about every other setting imaginable on the TV.    Overall rating:  3.75 rounded up to 4.