Sony KDF-E50A10 Reviews

So far, so good.
by tyger88 from AR, 2010-04-27

We've had this model of Sony tv since February 2006 and haven't had any issues or problems with ours yet. We bought this to replace our dead RCA big screen and it took some time to adjust the the widescreen format. It still bugs me that many programs are not shown in widescreen format so you end up with the black bars on each side. You can zoom the picture (2 ways) to fill the screen and I don't mind it, but it bothers my husband because it either chops off the top and bottom or it distorts the image just a bit. My other complaint is that some widescreen movies are still shown in a tiny letterbox format on our large widescreen tv, just doesn't make sense to me. We use this tv in our living room as the main tv and have a blu-ray dvd player hooked up to it and movies do look better than they used to. I just hope this tv lasts us until we are ready to upgrade to a larger size with true 1080p at 120Hz or better.

DO NOT BUY THIS SET!!!!! DEFECTIVE OPTICAL BLOCKS!!!!!
by lil'Jimmy from Chicago, 2010-03-09

This product and all Sony Rear Projection TV's Have an ongoing Optical Block Problem. You will get only 2-3 years usage before you have problems.

Avoid Sony projection TVs
by G. Helton from Calif, 2010-03-07

I paid $2200 for new product and it was junk in less than 4 years. Worse, I spent $200 on repairs before determining I should send it to recycling. Product line discontinued now. Never buy one used or try to fix one. Just replacing the $110 lamp is not going to work. Even Sony support told me to avoid ever trying to fix one of these terrible products.

KDF-E50A10 Disaster
by Michael Dexter from New Mexico, 2009-09-18

After only 3 1/2 years my A10 series is developing "blue blotch" disease. Sony customer service is useless. This is my last Sony product....

Defective optic blocks after 3 years. DO NOT BUY USED!
by Stephen J. Simoes from Hamden, ct United States, 2009-04-23

My TV has just failed after only 3 1/2 years. there are countless reports of other customers with the same problem. Sony extended the warranty on other RPTV LCDs made around the same time, but they have not done so for this model. Avoid at all costs. 100% failure rate.