Question about Sony XBR
 

I am Curoius about the sony model number

Some sony televisions has model number containing with "XBR" as I have read up on the operating manual.

I have the Operating manual for the following sets

they are:

KV32V15
KV32V26 AND,
KV32XBR37

According to the spec on the sound system both KV32V15 and KV32V26 has 5 watts per channel and the KV32XBR37 has a whopping 15 watts per channel.

What else differnce between an XBR and non-XBR?

XBR was (is?) Sony's top of the line, they generally have all the features their regular sets don't have including picture refinements.

There are folks here that can give you much better information that I can but I think that's basically correct.

I had a KV27XBR10 from 1990 to 2005, it had the best picture of any CRT set I ever owned.

My sister and her now ex-hubby bought a KV20XBR in '85 or '86. For it's time, it was an advanced TV over most of what was on the market. It had stereo sound with detachable speakers and every kind of A/V jack known to man on the rear. One could even connect a computer to it. That set saw heavy use until the mid '90's, when the CRT got weak.

The KV-20XBR and the KV-25XBR came on the market in 1985, and they were the all-in-one replacements for the Sony Profeel KX-1901/KX-2501 monitors and their separate tuner/switchers. They had incredible performance for their time, even better than the Profeels.

I had one of these, I had the KV25XBR. Beautiful picture. Used tilll 2004 when I gave it to a friend who lost everything in thier home.

As said, it was the "loaded" model of various years. The first ones (KV-20XBR & KV-25XBR, and KP-36XBR) had digital comb filter, multiple RGB and composite inputs, and built-in antenna A/B switch, and all kinds of bells & whistles. They also had a very fine pitch tube, which as Freakaftr8 said, has one of the best pictures of any TV all time. Later however, the CRT was the same from the cheap model to the XBR.

Charles

Sony recently put out a notice advising people to stop using there sets made before 1990, due to "risk of fire":

http://www.sony.jp/products/overseas...100610_en.html

I think I'll still hold on to my old pre-1990 Sony's anyway...

I like the way they DONT tell you what the defective part is. I think I'll keep my old Sony's too.

I smell a class action liability lawsuit.

Are these the sets that use a whole swath of ceramic high wattage resistors and that dreaded "silicon controled switch" in the power supply?

My conspiracy detector indicates however...

They opened a can of worms by making that announcement. thats for sure.

I feel the same way. I have a mid '80's 19" entry level trinitron that I got in around 2001 from a TV shop that was about to toss it. I replaced the bridge rectifier, a resistor, and a fuse and the TV still works fine to this day and I see nothing out of the ordinary that would scare me into thinking it might catch fire. The only thing that might go up in flames would be the flyback transformer; and, there's a risk of that with any CRT set. I think this is more of a stunt to scare people into getting rid of their old TV's.

What is different in a KX-1901 or a KV-20XBR bought at a PX versus one bought in anywhere else?


From their website http://esupport.sony.com/perl/suppor...=1&region_id=1

Notification to stop using Sony color CRT TVs manufactured prior to 1991 that were purchased at a foreign U.S. military exchange Sony has learned that Sony CRT color televisions manufactured prior to 1991 that were purchased at foreign U.S. military exchanges, contain a particular inner component that may suffer age deterioration following very long term usage and thus overheat. This overheating may, in rare cases, cause the component to catch fire and result in a burn to TV set and at times damage to surrounding property. As a result, Sony would like to ask you to stop using these televisions.



Only Sony televisions which meet all three of the following criteria are affected:



Your television model must be listed below: KV-1215 KV-1484P KV-1712D KV-1946R KV-2156R
KV-1216 KV-1513 KV-1713 KV-1955R KV-2182P
KV-1217 KV-1515 KV-1743R KV-1967RWP KV-2184P
KV-1221R KV-1541R KV-1746R KV-1982AEB KV-21VX1P
KV-1332 KV-1542R KV-1920D KV-2073R KV-25XBR
KV-1356R KV-1543R KV-1921 KV-2092AEB KV-27VX1P
KV-1370R KV-1545R KV-1922 KV-20XBR KV-27VX1PH
KV-1380R KV-1546R KV-1941R KV-2101 KV-9300
KV-1424RD KV-1554RWP KV-1942R KV-2142R KX-1901
KV-1442AEB KV-1712C KV-1943R KV-2145R

Note: The model name is usually located on the back of the TV.

The television was purchased overseas at a foreign U.S. military exchange.
The television was manufactured before 1991.
Note: The manufactured date (month and year) is located on the back of the TV.

IMPORTANT: This issue does not apply to any of these models that were produced, sold, or marketed in the United States.

Sony supports a national network of e-Recycling Drop-Off Centers as part of its Take Back Recycling Program. To dispose of Sony televisions covered by this notice, please visit www.sony.com/recycle for details or contact your local waste management and/or recycling center for a drop off location near you.

Please contact Sony at (888) 649-7669 with any additional questions or concerns related to this matter.

Now I really want to know what part this is

I'm guessing this can either be the flyback or those big resistors...

Since it's sets sold overseas on Military bases perhaps something related to Dual Voltage operation? if they had such a feature that is?