Wow!! What a difference a bulb makes!!

[Steelmaker]

OK so I've just replaced the bulb in my 5 year old Sony KDS60A2000 (2nd one) and oh...my...God!! The difference is incredible!! I am 100% convinced that this bulb gives off more luminance than either of the previous bulbs I've had in the set (including the factory bulb that came with it). As a result, EVERYTHING is so much crisper, more detailed, more "alive!" It literally feels like I have a brand new TV and I don't think I'm imagining things. I didn't notice this big of a difference the first time I replaced the the lamp nor do I recall the TV looking this good when I first got it. I mean the brightness is "LCD" like in it's appearance and the way all of the images "pop." I even had to dial down the iris from medium to low it was so bright!

I'm telling you, it's a crying shame that Sony abandoned the SXRD technology and didn't further evolve it because to my eyes, this set still holds it's own against all but maybe Kuro and the highest end plasmas on the market today. Gonna be real sad to let this one go (it's a tank and the wife wants it out of the living room and replaced with a flat screen). The 2000-3000 series SXRD is just possibly the best TV Sony has ever built!