Sony Bravia KDL-46V3000 — Community

#1 Feb 1, 2008 at 9:44 pm

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My brother wants to buy the Sony Bravia KDL-46V3000. He has a friend who
can give a deep discount, and get it for $1500.

The specs sound great - 1080p/60 and 1080p/24, 2 HDMI, even a VGA port

One review says:

The set's excessive smearing of moving imagery was unacceptable and
proved a constant distraction. Also, the slight improvement after
applying Sony's suggested fix came at the expense of the TV's
video-noise-reduction features. If absolute picture clarity is critical
to your video viewing enjoyment, steer clear of this Sony series.

Questions:

Is it HDMI 1.3? sony.com says no "deep color" - do i care?
Does it accept 1080p/24 from an external source (blu-ray)?
Reviews say "near ink black levels" but I find that hard to believe.
Is the 24p flickery when doubled to 48hz?

Anyone have this set or have good hands on experience with it?

Jason

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#2 Feb 1, 2008 at 11:53 pm

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Jason,

Response to your questions below:

V3000 line:
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Introduced at Feb 07 annual dealers show. Listed now by Sony at $2299 MSRP.

1080p, Live Color Creation with WCG-CCFL backlight, 10-bit panel display for
increasing the gradation level by 64 times from 8-bit panels.

<http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId
=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665118450>

W3000 line:
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Introduced in June 07 as (officially in PR):

#3 Feb 2, 2008 at 3:14 am

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Going from 8 to 10 bits is a 2-bit (no pun intended) increase, which is 4:1, not 64:1. Probably a typo. DJW.

"Rodolfo La Maestra" <[email protected]> wrote:

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>
>Jason,
>
>Response to your questions below:
>
>V3000 line:
>-------------
>Introduced at Feb 07 annual dealers show. Listed now by Sony at $2299 MSRP.
>
>1080p, Live Color Creation with WCG-CCFL backlight, 10-bit panel display for
>increasing the gradation level by 64 times from 8-bit panels.
>
><http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId
>=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665118450>
>
>
>W3000 line:
>-------------
>Introduced in June 07 as (officially in PR):

#4 Feb 2, 2008 at 6:23 am

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On the surface it looks like, but actually is not a typo when you consider
that there are 3 components (sub-pixels) per pixel on the image.

Each pixel has 256x256x256 = 16,777,216 possible combinations in a set of
three 8-bit word component.

At 10 bit per component it would be 1024x1024x1024= 1,073,741,824 possible
combinations.

Which is exactly 64 times of possible combinations from 8-bit resolution.

Best Regards,

Rodolfo La Maestra

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Going from 8 to 10 bits is a 2-bit (no pun intended) increase, which is 4:1,
not 64:1. Probably a typo. DJW.

"Rodolfo La Maestra" <[email protected]> wrote:

>----- HDTV Magazine Tips List -----
>
>Jason,
>
>Response to your questions below:
>
>V3000 line:
>-------------
>Introduced at Feb 07 annual dealers show. Listed now by Sony at $2299
MSRP.
>
>1080p, Live Color Creation with WCG-CCFL backlight, 10-bit panel display
for
>increasing the gradation level by 64 times from 8-bit panels.
>
><http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogI
d
>=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665118450>
>
>
>W3000 line:
>-------------
>Introduced in June 07 as (officially in PR):