This has been my experience, too. Right up until a $3500 TV died 18 months after I bought it, with the logic board shorting out (again, another well-known issue

This has been my experience, too. Right up until a $3500 TV died 18 months after I bought it, with the logic board shorting out (again, another well-known issue with them). At that point, they lost me for (almost) good. I will not "trust" Sony. They have to prove that their products are worth it, and, so far, they aren't.