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It's a small, black, rectangular spot near the middle of the screen. (It's small enough that I'm not entirely sure that it's rectangular-- it may be square). Moving the screen (by pressing gently on it) doesn't change the relative position of the dot. I.e., I don't think it's a dirty spot on...

Doug_E_P-- The DLPs also have pixels go out. The one in our local CC's showroom has one pixel out, for instance... It is a _lovely_ picture, though... Me

Grant-- you're right-- it does say in the manual that "When you select 'Receiver' on Video Label, your projection TV's input is fixed." Of course, that's only true on Video 1, and it's not actually fixed (well, it's fixed w/ respect to channel changing, but not TV/Vid...). So I don't feel too...

Bill-- that's a great point! I tried it, and the behavior only manifests itself on input 1. Thanks a lot for the suggestion. For anyone who cares: It only happens on input 1 when it's set to "Receiver". (Tried all the other possibilities). It does not happen on inputs 2, 3, or 4 when...

Steve-- thanks for the advice. It's always good to hear how people make their decisions. However, my next RPTV may well not be a Sony. Anyway, my point is that if they can't fix this unit, then replacement doesn't really help me. This unit is quite amazingly good-- if I'm going to replace it, it...

Wowzers! 58 minutes for a careful, insightful, well-written, and exactly on-target reply. Is it any wonder that I recommend this board to every single one of my customers with a brain? Steve-- given how good this TV looks (and after another day at work looking at other TVs, I've...

Sorry if this is a known problem, but I couldn't find anything (frankly, couldn't find any good terms to search on). I just got a Sony KP51-WS500 (WooHoo! Awesome!). It looks great, but after I named my Video 1 input ("Receiver"), I have the following behavior: When I'm on Video 1 and I...

Can't speak to downtown Seattle, but A) The best antenna is an appropriate length of wire. Have you tried that? Experiment with different antennas, in different places in your house... B) Your cable company should supply the STB-- if they don't, a random HD decoder probably wouldn't work. Me

That is an excellent price. Anything below $2100 would qualify as a good price. New models are coming out, but you're not likely to get that price on the new models anytime soon. PQ won't be hugely different (MHO only), but some features may well be added. Me

Jeremy-- thanks for the amusing, well-written and informative tale. Me

That's a great price for this virtually new TV. At our store, we haven't even taken our display out of the box yet, but given what it's replacing, I'd expect it to look pretty good. Me

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Okay. I'd just about decided to get the Sony KP-51WS500* So anyway, I had my decision made, and then Sony announced their new lines. The 51WS510 comes out in July. The only significant difference I can see on the WS510 is the addition of a manual convergence option (from hometheaterspot's...

Alayn-- to answer your original question: Features-wise, the 140 is great (firewire, DVI, ethernet connectivity, built-in web browser, can even have a keyboard). The picture is quite decent. Tweaking is less easy, and there's not as much of a community out there. Biggest problem is the...

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