Another rare Sony... Might have to grab it.

[ChrisW6ATV]

Originally Posted by Eric H

400 lbs! if it was the last one on Earth I'd have to pass.

61" XBR, that must have cost a serious fortune back in 95.

I bought my first rear-projection TV in 1995, it was a Sony KP-61V15. That one retailed for $3995, but with a coupon and a 10% off sale, I got it for a bit over $3000 if I remember right. The regular 61" XBR was $5000, and they may have had this model for $6000, I don't remember.

Charles, does that set do line-doubling? I seem to remember that the XBR sets did that when I bought mine, or maybe that feature came out in the next year or two later.

[kx250rider]

Originally Posted by ChrisW6ATV

I bought my first rear-projection TV in 1995, it was a Sony KP-61V15. That one retailed for $3995, but with a coupon and a 10% off sale, I got it for a bit over $3000 if I remember right. The regular 61" XBR was $5000, and they may have had this model for $6000, I don't remember.

Charles, does that set do line-doubling? I seem to remember that the XBR sets did that when I bought mine, or maybe that feature came out in the next year or two later.

I don't know, but if the V series in 1995 did, I'd expect that the XBR series 1996 does as well. You need it on that huge screen, or you'll be seeing a screen full of scanning lines.

The TV is still in the truck, so maybe this weekend, I'll rearrange the room where I want to try to shove it, and bring it home...

Charles

[ChrisW6ATV]

No, the V series definitely did not have line doubling. What I don't remember is if the XBRs did when I bought my set or if that came out later. In 2000, I bought a KP-61HS10 and sold the V15. The HS10 was Sony's first relatively-low-priced HD-ready TV; one reason for its price was that it was a 4:3 set, not widescreen.