Thursday, February 7, 2008

40" BRAVIA XBR manual

One day I will be fortunate enough to see my old TV in the living room will enter eternity - I am already seeing signs of aging... When that bitter sweet day arrives my only consolation will be in upgrading to something... well... worth upgrading to. In fact, I am willing to sacrifice a pretty nice entertainment center presently housing the TV in the living room.

For years, Sony was known among manufacturers of electronics products as their R & D department. Meaning that many features that Sony introduced find their way into devices produced by other companies. So, as it has become my best tool for researching electronics to study manuals of products before purchasing them, here is Sony's current flaghship LCD TV, the XBR series:

http://www.sonystyle.com/wcsstore/SonyStyleStorefrontAssetStore/pdf/KDL40XBR5.pdf

I would like to add that looking a product's manual is like getting a little part of it for free. After all, when and if you buy it, the manual will be a part of the purchase. The cool thing is that you can get this component of literally every product you buy. This way you will get a much better idea about the product's features and their availability. Sometimes, it is enough to look at the instructions to figure out that the menus are just not set up the way someone would find convenient and intuitive. So, get those manuals people!