Sony KDF-E42A10 42-Inch LCD Rear Projection Television | 
| Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $1,999.99
Buy Used: $500.00
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Seller: lostball
Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 74,622
Media: Electronics
Batteries Included: No
Display Size: 42
Shipping Weight (lbs): 61.7
Dimensions (in): 39.3 x 14.1 x 28.5
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: KDFE42A10
Model: KDFE42A10
UPC: 027242675308
EAN: 0027242675308
ASIN: B000A2K3XW
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 42-inch rear-projection LCD TV; measures 40 x 30 x 16 inches (WxHxD) | | • | Built-in HD/Digital tuner (ATSC), 181-channel tuner (NTSC); Digital Cable ready | | • | Front A/V input for easily hooking up a DVD player or video game console | | • | Inputs: 3 composite, 3 component, 1 S-Video, 1 RF, 1 HDMI | | • | Two stereo speakers, 12 watts apiece (24 watts total) |
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Product Description
Enhance your home entertainment experience with the KDF-E42A10 Grand WEGA(TM) 3LCD Rear Projection HDTV. The KDF-E42A10 features a new design with a thin dark black bezel, a compact body and barely visible speakers located at the bottom of the set. This television also features high-definition picture quality and delivers natural color reproduction and exceptional brightness levels due to 3LCD technology. Additional features include the Sony WEGA Engine(TM) system to deliver detailed picture quality from any compatible video source by minimizing the digital-to-analog conversion process and the WEGA GATE(TM) Easy Operation Guide, which allows you to easily navigate to TV functions, including favorite channels, TV channel list and external input list or settings. WEGA Engine(TM) System Delivers superb picture quality from any video source by minimizing the signal deterioration caused by digital-to-analog conversion and stabilizing the signal processing. The engine features unique Sony technology, including:The first step in the digital processing system, Composite Component Processor2, which enhances input signal-to-noise ratio by chroma decoder digital processing. Digital Reality Creation® (DRC)® Multifunction Technology Unlike conventional line doublers, the DRC Multifunction feature replaces the signal's NTSC waveform with the HD equivalent, while doubling the number of vertical and horizontal lines. This results in four times the density for quality sources, such as DVD, satellite and digital camcorders. The Video Menu allows you to select interlaced, progressive or CineMotion® output. 3LCD technology is a video projection system that uses three LCD panels to produce an image. There are three key advantages of 3LCD televisions: A Brighter Picture even in well-lit rooms; Natural Colors are displayed with intense vibrancy; High Detail for spectacular HD performance. PC Input allows you to connect yourPC and display the PC screen
Amazon.com Product Description
Bring a true cinema experience into your own living room with the 42-inch Sony KDFE42A10 rear-projection LCD TV, which features a new design with a thin dark black bezel, a compact body and invisible speakers located at the bottom of the set. It features built-in analog (NTSC) and HDTV digital (ATSC) tuners. (Digital high-definition programming is available via terrestrial signals (over-the-air) or unscrambled cable signals provided by your cable company.) It's also Digital Cable Ready, so you can enjoy digital cable without an additional box or remote. The KDFE42A10 uses the 3LCD video projection system, which combines three LCD panels to produce an image for a brighter picture in well-lit rooms, intensly vibrant natural colors, and spectacular HD performance. It's driven by Sony's WEGA Engine System, which delivers superb picture quality from any video source by minimizing the signal deterioration caused by digital-to-analog conversion and stabilizing the signal processing. The Digital Reality Creation line doubling feature replaces the signal's NTSC waveform with the HD equivalent, while doubling the number of vertical and horizontal lines. This results in four times the density for quality sources, such as DVD, satellite and digital camcorders. The CineMotion technology feature uses reverse 3-2 pull down technology, providing smoother picture movement when playing back movies or other video sources on film. Other features include the Steady Sound audio equalizer (for consistent output between programs and commercials), parental controls (V-chip), Favorites channel list, front AV Inputs for connecting camcorders or video game consoles,and an HDMI connection for uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface between the TV and any HDMI-equipped audio/video component. It has a 24-watt stereo audio system (two 12-watt speakers) and TruSurround XT compatibility. It features the following video and audio connections: - Composite AV In (RCA): 3 (1 front)
- S-Video In: 1
- RF In: 1
- Component Video In: 3 (1 front)
- HDMI In: 1
- PC In (D-Sub 15-pin): 1
What's in the Box
KDFE42A10 TV, remote control, two AA batteries, printed instructions
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 53
 DO NOT BUY -- see class action lawsuit re: defects March 27, 2010
T. Wilmers
Nearly cried when this TV developed a nasty series of blue blobs on the screen after only 2 years. Learned late that the optic block was known to be defective by Sony but they sold this model anyhow. A class-action lawsuit is pending. The optic block is so expensive and expensive to install that it would cost more than the TV is now worth.DO NOT BUY THIS MODEL. READ the internet re: all the complaints and the pending lawsuit. Never again will I buy a Sony.
Optical block dead like everyone else December 3, 2009
mrnadir (San Diego, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
All SONY rear projection tv optical blocks are going to die in 4-5 years. Sony sold these TVs with a known problem. To me, SONY is a crook company. There is a class action suit against sony for this.
Hot Bulb next to small lcd panels = burnt lcd panels.
STAY AWAY December 2, 2009
GregO
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Stay away from this Sony piece of junk. Mine started to develope blotchy patches in the middle of the picture. Started to do research on the web and found web site dedicated to this. It seems the light engines fail in many of the Sony WEGA and GrandWEGA TV's after a few years. There are several class action lawsuits against Sony because the light engines are defective, and these law suite claim Sony may have even known about the problem and continued to sell the TV's at retail outlets. Sad thing is, when I got the TV the picture was really outstanding. But after just four years I'm in the market for a new TV.
does not last no tech support October 13, 2008
Anthony J. Glinke
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Purchased about 2 and a half years ago, and got the common problem of multi color verticle lines across the display. Online research points to the B block as being the problem ($400.00 non returnable part), but sony technical support will not confirm it has fixed other peoples tvs. Sony did confirm other people have had this same problem with this tv, but they would not tell me how they fixed it unless I called the 1-900 phone number to be charged 3.50 a minute. The TV does not last and sony will charge at a minimum 400.00 dollars to fix it. Do not make the same mistake I did, do not buy this TV.
THE VERTICAL COLORED LINES OF DEAD (CLOD) April 21, 2008
Damian Monroy (MANTA, MANABI Ecuador)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
THE VERTICAL COLORED LINES OF DEAD (CLOD)
This TV has a fantastic image, and a good sound quality. BUT it always maked some kind of weird clicking sounds from time to time. Until last week it worked just fine, but last Sunday it took over 3 minutes to turn on, and when it did no image can be seen, only vertical colored lines were displayed all over the screen. I have no response from the buttons in front of the TV, and neither the ones in the remote. Only S-video source can be barely seen behind the Colored Lines of Dead (CLOD).
Sony support page has a statement from year 2006, saying that all the series of TV models KDF-EXXAXX had some software issue that causes a turning on delay, the clicking sounds, etc. You can check yours entering your model and serial number at Sony Support. Mine it's one of those "blessed" TVs. Thank you very much SONY.
My local technical service has no idea of what's happening to my TV. They are checking with Sony Panama, and no response has been received yet.
I know that I'm not the only one with this problem (aka: The CLOD). I checked recently in [...], and we are 3 by now, but apparently the problem just started to haunt Sony KDF owners.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PRODUCT. THE VERTICAL "COLORES LINES OF DEAD" WILL HAUNT YOU SOONER OR LATER
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