Model : KDL 52W5150
Product Features :
- 52 screen measured diagonally
- Widescreen 16 9 aspect ratio
- High gloss black finish
- Built in digital ATSC and analog NTSC tuners for over the air TV broadcasts antenna required
- Built in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set top box cable service required
>> Great TV very happy purchaser
Great TV very happy with my purchase Shipped promptly and good communication with seller
>> Nice TV But Has Some Issues
This is a nice TV but it does have some important issues First of all the clouding in dark scenes or flashlighting can be annoying and is a common defect on these TVs Sony is aware of the issue and their only suggestion is to turn down the backlight and/or brightness If you like a bright vibrant picture you will not want to turn down either The second issue is the sound You would think that a product made by Sony would have above average sound quality This TV has way below average sound The speakers are mounted in the back of the TV which makes it sound like it s in a box When you do try to turn up the sound to compensate the speakers vibrate and distort You will need to buy a sound bar speaker to get good sound The good features of this TV are the vibrant colors of the picture and the internet capabilities If I had to do it again I would probably wait until the prices of the LED TVs come down but I would still buy a Sony since they have the best picture
>> Incredible Machine
Santa Claus brought this TV to our home on the 25th I couldn t wait to power up the unit even though it was late in the evening after getting home from our annual Christmas gathering at my folks home My previous unit was a Pioneer Elite 50 second generation projection Nice picture really big and heavy terrible off center view but overall a nice tv This thing just blows that old technology away While shopping with Santa I purchased a Sony BDP N460 Blue ray Disc player to go along with the new TV I think this is a must if your are planning to move up to this level of picture quality The Blue ray player will up convert your older DVD s to a HD signal and the TV will indicate it is receiving a HD signal via a little LED on the front panel by the power on indicator The picture is just stunning
Over the Holiday week I have enjoyed watching older Pixar movies such as Monsters Inc as well as The Incredibles I just couldn t ask for better picture quality I do have to warn you though once you see a Blue ray movie on this tv its over You will only want to by Blue rays from now on Your jaw will surely drop when you watch Monsters Vs Aliens on this tv through a nice Blue ray player
Another interesting feature that I have been playing with is the Bravia Internet Widgets The TV has a LAN port on its back so you can connect it via a CAT5 cable to your high speed internet connection I had to run out to BestBuy and pick up a ethernet switch to make all of this work but it did work after making all of the connections to my router When you push the Internet Widget button on the remote it will take you to a list of applications that you can apply to the tv such as the latest news or weather or stock updates Things like that I thought that was kinda nice
I would recommend that you utilize the HDMI ports for all of your equipment if possible This type of connection will offer you the highest possible quality thats currently available And go with the middle to topend levels of quality with these cables They are a bit costly though but the quality of the picture and sound is incredible
I read the other reviews on the 5150 one reviewer indicated the sound was not as great as they had hoped I really thought the sound was really good for the provided TV speakers But really if your going to buy this tv you really need to set up a 5 1 or 7 1 sound system I have mine running through a Denon AVR 3806 and then through seperate speakers I believe this will give you the greatest enjoyment
Overall I would highly recommend the Sony KDL W52W5150 to anyone wanting a fantastic TV We love it Thanks Santa
