This is truly one of the top two sets currently available. Bright, great black levels. Excellent color, very adjustable. Earlier HX929 sets had issues with "creases" in the picture edges which do not appear here. I do not see any blooming either. Off axis quality drops as with all LCD direct view sets, but a little sooner than most. Not a problem for most reasonable viewing positions. Stand is solid unlike the 55. Highly recommended!

If you look at the professional reviews, you will see them all praising this as the best LCD out with deep blacks and vibrant colors. This TV also has lots of wonderful widgets like YouTube HD and Twitter but for me, 3D is the real show here. Yes, this TV's picture quality is one that has to be seen with such rich colors. However, I wanted a show stopper 3DTV has well. Though this TV is 240hz like other sets out there, Sony is using some version of the Bravia engine with a tech they call MotionFlow960 and as far as I can tell, this has taken any form of ghosting and stutter out of the 3D. I'd first seen this TV during CES 2011 and knew that I wanted and finally, a little over a year later, I've got it. The 3D is smooth and doesn't cause headaches. The 3D pops when it needs to and has depth when it needs to (remember that it's up to the film maker to use the 3D as they wish). However, unless passive televisions which only do 720p very eye, Active Shutter based 3D sets deliver a 1080p... Read more

I bought this TV as soon as it became available. The picture quality is outstanding. I read concerns about blooming and viewing angle, but it looks great to me. I have a rather large living room and the viewing angle issue is not a problem for me at all. The feature set is excellent, too, the built-in wi-fi works very well. Energy consumption is excellent, too. There is absolutely no heat radiating from the screen. The only issues that I can point out are not surprising: the sound is lacking; when my tivo makes one of its dinging noises, the speakers buzz badly. However, that was easily fixed with a sound system, which you would expect after spending the bucks on this TV. The other little surprise was that the stand does not rotate on the 65"... I was initially a little worried about that due to the concern about viewing angle, but it has turned out to be a non-issue for me. Highly recommended.