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Sony Grand Wega SXRD TV Class Action Settlement
By Mike Holter
A federal court has preliminarily approved a class action lawsuit settlement between Sony Electronics and consumers who claim Sony falsely advertised the screen resolution of its Sony Grand Wega SXRD 1080p TVs. If you purchased or received one of these rear-projection TVs as a gift, you may be eligible to claim a $60 gift card from the proposed class action settlement.
The Sony TV settlement will resolve a class action lawsuit (Date v. Sony Electronics Inc., et al.) that alleges Sony and ABC Appliance Inc. falsely represented and advertised that certain Sony Grand Wega SXRD rear-projection TVs had a 1080p display resolution, when they were actually incapable of accepting input of 1080p signals and could not accept and display video content at 1080p resolution via the televisions’ PC and HDMI Input.
Defendants deny these claims but have agreed to a class action lawsuit settlement to resolve the litigation.
Class Members of the Sony Grand Wega SXRD class action settlement include all U.S. consumers who purchased, or received as a gift from the original retail purchaser, one of the following Sony Grand Wega SXRD rear-projection television models on or before December 22, 2012:
- KDS-R5OXBR1
- KDS-R6OXBR1
Class Members are eligible to receive a $60 gift card that does not expire and is redeemable for the purchase of any item available at a Sony retail store or online at store.sony.com ONLY if they also have one of the following 1080p output devices:
- Any manufacturer’s Blu-ray DVD player;
- Any manufacturer’s computer or laptop with 1080p HDMI output;
- Any manufacturer’s camera or camcorder with 1080p HDMI output (such as AVOID/NXCAM camcorders);
- Gaming systems with 1080p HDMI output capabilities such as the Sony PlayStation 3, the Microsoft Xbox 360, and the Nintendo Wii U; or
- Set top boxes with 1080p output capabilities such as the TWO Premiere DVR, the Direct TV Plus HD DVR Receiver, the Xstream HD Pro Media Receiver, and the Dish Network Hopper.
If you do not have one of these qualifying 1080p output devices, you will not be eligible to receive a gift card, but you will remain in the Settlement Class and release your claims in this litigation unless you choose to opt out of the class action lawsuit settlement.
If you wish to receive the $60 gift card, you must submit a valid Claim Form no later than June 10, 2013. This is the same deadline to opt out.
Claim Forms and more information on your rights in the Sony Grand Wega SXRD 1080p TV Class Action Lawsuit Settlement can be found at support.sony.com.
Updated April 26th, 2013
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4 thoughts onSony Grand Wega SXRD TV Class Action Settlement
have my claim approved,per mail received.however,sony possibly deliberately deleted my account with them.the last time i logged on was just last july 2013 to print my receipt dated 2005,which was successful.now my acct is non existent.this could be,so that i would not be able to calim the $60.if you have similar situation,then perhaps sony is doing this on a massive scale to renege thier financial obligation.shame on them!
I am replacing my build in my 60 in wide screen every year. I real on line that Sony engineers found that to be s problem. Have anyone heard anything or experience the same problem.
Is there a toll free number to contact as I am in a different state
send info and a claim form thanks