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Beware of the expression "HD ready monitor or receiver". The Sony series xbr800/910 CANNOT display the full HORIZONTAL resolution of the 1080i HD format. The 910 being about 50-60% better than the 800 based on best avialable data since Sony does not provide the aperture grill pitch for its TV...

John: My issue is that this TV DOES NOT display the 1080i format in the horizontal dimension. It does generate over twice as many scan lines as SDTV (480i) but the horizontal resolution is not equal to the defined 1080i resolution. If I had been aware of this I may have held off buying a "HD...

Jack: I understand this subject has been discussed here before but I think a better response is needed. To me for a monitor to be HD ready it MUST be capable of displaying one of the defined HD formats. Never mind that the format is not readily available or is degraded in transmission for...

First some background. I recently bought a Sony KV-40XBR800 under the impression that it was a "high definition ready" monitor. It was advertized as having 1080i capability which I interperted to mean that it would properly display a 1920x1080i HD format. I believe if the average "Joe Blow" was...