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{{Refimprove|date=June 2009}}'''SXRD''' (Silicon X-tal Reflective Display) is [[Sony]]'s proprietary variant of [[liquid crystal on silicon]], a technology used mainly in projection [[television]]s and [[video projector]]s. 

In the front and rear-projection television market, it competes directly with [[JVC]]'s [[D-ILA]] and [[Texas Instruments]]' [[Digital Light Processing|DLP]]. 

Sony has discontinued the production of all of its rear-projection televisions, including those that used SXRD display chips, in favor of flat-panel sets utilizing [[LCD]] and [[OLED]] displays. Sony has now concentrated SXRD on HD home front-projectors and next generation [[4K resolution|4K]] digital theater projection.

==Models==

The following SXRD-branded products have been released or announced:

{| class="wikitable" align="center"
|+'''Sony SXRD models'''
|- align="center"
! rowspan="2" | Year
! rowspan="2" | Size
! colspan="5" | Series and model numbers
|- align="center"
! A2000
! A3000
! [[XBR (Sony)|XBR]]
! [[Qualia (Sony)|Qualia]]
! [[BRAVIA]] SXRD
|- align="center"
! rowspan="2" | 2004
| Projection
| --
| --
| --
| 004
| --
|- align="center"
| 70"
| --
| --
| --
| 006
| --
|- align="center"
! rowspan="3" | 2005
| 50"
| --
| --
| KDS-R50XBR1
| --
| --
|- align="center"
| 60"
| --
| --
| KDS-R60XBR1
| --
| --
|- align="center"
| Projection
| --
| --
| --
| --
| VPL-VW100
|- align="center"
! rowspan="5" | 2006
| 50"
| KDS-50A2000
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- align="center"
| 55"
| KDS-55A2000
| --
| --
| --
| --
|- align="center"
| 60"
| KDS-60A2000
| --
| KDS-R60XBR2
| --
| --
|- align="center"
| 70"
| --
| --
| KDS-R70XBR2
| --
| --
|- align="center"
| Projection
| --
| --
| --
| --
| VPL-VW50
|- align="center"
! rowspan="5" | 2007
| 50"
| KDS-50A2020
| KDS-50A3000
| --
| --
| --
|- align="center"
| 55"
| KDS-55A2020
| KDS-55A3000
| --
| --
| --
|- align="center"
| 60"
| KDS-60A2020
KDS-60A2010
| KDS-60A3000
| <s>KDS-Z60XBR5</s> (Cancelled by Sony)
| --
| --
|- align="center"
| 70"
| --
| --
| <s>KDS-Z70XBR5</s> (Cancelled by Sony)<ref name=crt>[https://gizmodo.com/336008/sony-says-goodbye-to-rear-projection-tvs Gizmodo report] &ndash; Bye Rear Projection: Sony says goodbye to rear projection TVs. Retrieved December 29, 2007.</ref>
| --
| --
|- align="center"
| Projection
| --
| --
| --
| --
| VPL-VW60<br />VPL-VW200
|- align="center"
! | 2008
| Projection
| --
| --
| --
| --
| VPL-VW40<br/>VPL-HW10<br/>VPL-VW70<br/>VPL-VW80
|- align="center"
! | 2009
| Projection
| --
| --
| --
| --
| VPL-HW15<br/>VPL-VW85
|- align="center"
! | 2010
| Projection
| --
| --
| --
| --
| VPL-VWPRO1<br/>VPL-VW90
|-
!2018
|Projection
|
|
|
|
|VPL-VW295ES
VPL-VW695ES

VPL-VW995ES
|}

==Controversy==

While capable of producing good high definition picture quality, Sony have had problems mastering the technology of mass-producing the rear projector version of these displays. A high failure rate of the optical block has required repeated replacements of the optical blocks on some televisions.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}  Sony previously settled a class-action lawsuit filed by owners of the first generation of the SXRDs, and apparently failed to fix this defect. Sony ceased production of all SXRD rear projector sets, as owners of most second-generation sets filed new class-action lawsuits.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}} The second generation class-action suits were recently{{when?|date=July 2023}} filed and are pending in Federal Court.{{citation needed|date=September 2012}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&productId=8198552921665307855 SonyStyle VPL-VW40 product page]
*[http://www.engadgethd.com/tag/SXRD/ All Engadget SXRD articles]
*[http://pro.sony.com/bbsc/ssr/micro-sxrdsite/ Sony Professional SXRD Site]
*[http://sites.google.com/site/sonylcdrptvproblems/ Sony optical block problems site]

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