Sony KDP-57WS655 57-Inch HD-Ready CRT Projection Television

by Sony

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 234 pounds
• Shipping: This item can only be shipped to the 48 contiguous states. We regret it cannot be shipped to APO/FPO, Hawaii, Alaska, or Puerto Rico.
• ASIN: B00061I8S4
• Item model number: KDP57WS655
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #395,420 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

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Put the "theater" back in "home theater with Sony's 57-inch WS Series KDP-57WS655. The set's enormous screen features a wide, 16:9 aspect ratio that matches the dimension of most movies and HDTV broadcasts, and it comes loaded with dual NTSC tuners, a high-definition ATSC (DTV) tuner, and a High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) for a direct-digital hookup with advanced HD components. The set's authorized CableCARD ability means the set will also receive digital cable television systems services directly from the cable operator without requiring a bulky, external cable box.

The KDP-57WS655 is compatible with just about any video signal out there, from standard-definition 480i and enhanced-definition 480p to high-definition 720p and 1080i--there's no stand-alone set-top box required for HDTV reception. The set uses Sony's HD Microfocus CRT and lens system, featuring smaller phosphor particles, thinner phosphor layers, and other improvements that give the screen a beam spot 28-percent smaller than Sony's standard CRTs. And that means sharper focus, higher contrast, and brighter images.

The set's HD Detailer wideband video amplifier provides high detail from high-res images to give you the best possible image from high-bandwidth sources. Auto 16:9 enhanced mode with auto ID1 detection automatically renders anamorphic DVD content in letterboxed widescreen, using all available display lines for the image and wasting none on the black bars that frame the image when a program's widescreen aspect ratio differs slightly from the set's.

Digital Reality Creation (DRC) circuitry ensures high picture resolution, while proprietary Direct Digital Circuitry increases a video signal's signal-to-noise ratio before it reaches the DRC circuit, ensuring rich, natural-looking images from any source. TwinView 2-tuner PIP (picture-in-picture) lets you view any 2 sources simultaneously--even 2 TV stations. Sony's MID-X (Multi Image Driver) maintains the integrity of a digital signal by minimizing image loss in the scaling process.

Sony's CineMotion 3:2 pulldown detection and reversal is a handy feature for watching progressive-scan movie programs in their native 24-frame format. Digital video mastering introduces a common distortion when adjusting 24 frames-per-second movies to 30 fps video; 3:2 pulldown digitally corrects this distortion, removing the redundant information to display a film-frame-accurate picture.

The set offers an HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface), which permits a direct digital connection with a compatible DTV set-top box. Other connections include 2 component-video inputs, 4 composite-video inputs, 3 S-video inputs (with 1 each composite-/S-video on the front panel for ready connection to a camcorder or gaming console), and 2 RF coaxial inputs for hookup with an older VCR, cable box, or antenna.

An optical digital-audio output lets the set pass a Dolby Digital 5.1-channel surround-sound signal to a compatible audio/video receiver or other surround processor for powerful, enveloping sound through your multichannel speaker system. The set's onboard 2-way speakers are powered by a generous 20 watts per channel (x 2) for dynamic, full-bodied sound even if you're not using external speakers.

HDMI is a lossless, uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface to link the set with any audio/video source (such as a set-top box, DVD player, or AV receiver). HDMI supports standard-definition (SD), enhanced definition (ED), or high-definition (HD) video, plus multichannel digital audio--all using a single cable. It transmits all ATSC HDTV standards and supports up to 8-channel digital audio, with bandwidth to spare to accommodate future enhancements and requirements.

What's in the Box
TV, remote control, remote batteries (2 AA), a user's manual, and warranty information.

Product Description

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Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars great set at a great price, February 22, 2006

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Corey Strail "Corey Strail" (rome ,ny usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony KDP-57WS655 57-Inch HD-Ready CRT Projection Television (Electronics)

My dad and i receanly bought this set at best buy for 1300 bucks. its a great deal.i love this tv the picture is like real life.but its is very dark.but once you ajust it, it will come to life.

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent HDTV - Great price!, March 10, 2008

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LT4CE (Western IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony KDP-57WS655 57-Inch HD-Ready CRT Projection Television (Electronics)

We bought this set at the end of 2005 and are enjoying it immensely. It has a fabulous picture (once you set the video up correctly)and is as good as if not better than my 42" plazma 1080i Hitachi. The sound is great and I rarely turn on my Suround Sound receiver unless we're watching DVDs. This is our second Sony rptv, and will hate to see the rear projection sets go. We use the HDMI connector for DTV and HD-DVD input via an Terk HDMI switcher for the best picture and sound with many less cables.

6 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Black Saturation, November 16, 2004

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Gary Shields (Sacramento California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony KDP-57WS655 57-Inch HD-Ready CRT Projection Television (Electronics)

I have owned this set for a week now and no matter what I do to all the color settings (And there are tons of them) I can't get rid of all the Black Saturation. I'm even on Component cables.

You can get the picture nice and bright especially in HD, but there is always a ton of VERY DARK BLACK that you just can't adjust out. Other than that the set seems to be fine. Sound is great, and it has lots of settings to correct any picture quality problems you might have like noise or grainyness.

Like I said before Black Saturation is a real problem.