Sony Bravia KDL52W5500U 52-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD TV with Freeview, 100Hz Motionflow and 3 Year Warranty
Product Description
Quite simply innovation at its best: This TV is a keeper.The W5500 delivers the next generation in picture excellence with unrivalled depth, richness and clarity. What's more, you can connect to your favourite digital devices for total entertainment.
Reviews
I have been waiting for Sony's new model for weeks and am not disappointed.
Even turned off it looks great with its piano black finish but when turned on the picture is truly stunning. The images are clean and crisp and the colour is extremely vibrant. The 100000:1 contrast ratio makes most of the other sets I considered look shabby in comparison. It seems to handle fast moving images with ease without much of the noticeable juddering that I have seen on most TVs. I have seen no sign of the uneven back lighting problems that have been discussed with the smaller version of this model.
I intend to use my surround sound system for most applications but the quality of the TV's own sound is much better than you might expect and as is perfectly adequate for general viewing purposes.
I bought this TV with the Sony BDP-S550 and, as I have said, the results are extremely impressive. However I am also very impressed with the picture from the digital receiver. I had expected it be stretched and grainy but this is just not the case. I fully intended to make sky hd my next purchase but am now seriously reconsidering if I need this.
Setup is extremely easy and is completed with a few button presses. It did take about 20 minutes to download all the tv guide but I don't know if that is normal or not. This model has the stand pre attached so it is just a question of lifting off the box and placing the TV on the cabinet.
My one and only gripe would be that even though I spent nearly £1900 on a tv and blue ray player I still had to purchase a separate HDMI cable as none was provided. Very tight Sony!
In summary, an awesome bit of kit and definitely the best purchase I have made in years. I also have placed an order for this Sony set and have received it. I also like the other reviewer placed an order for the Sony BDP-S550 Blu-Ray drive, as it was version 2.0. I have had a few LCD's in the past, but nothing above 40" and I was a little weary of picture degredation on a bigger screen. How wrong could I be it is gobsmacking. Also like the review above I can not see anything on my set that warants people going on about the levels of black. No problems here at all. I really love the fact that it's DLNA and I can use my media server and other gadgets with this LCD. Applicast is also great as I have my RSS feeds come through, and it looks like these will be updated and new stuff come via updates as it is connected to the internet.
9.5/10 overall. Sound could just be slightly better although the one I have is connected to a 7.1 reciever.
Even turned off it looks great with its piano black finish but when turned on the picture is truly stunning. The images are clean and crisp and the colour is extremely vibrant. The 100000:1 contrast ratio makes most of the other sets I considered look shabby in comparison. It seems to handle fast moving images with ease without much of the noticeable juddering that I have seen on most TVs. I have seen no sign of the uneven back lighting problems that have been discussed with the smaller version of this model.
I intend to use my surround sound system for most applications but the quality of the TV's own sound is much better than you might expect and as is perfectly adequate for general viewing purposes.
I bought this TV with the Sony BDP-S550 and, as I have said, the results are extremely impressive. However I am also very impressed with the picture from the digital receiver. I had expected it be stretched and grainy but this is just not the case. I fully intended to make sky hd my next purchase but am now seriously reconsidering if I need this.
Setup is extremely easy and is completed with a few button presses. It did take about 20 minutes to download all the tv guide but I don't know if that is normal or not. This model has the stand pre attached so it is just a question of lifting off the box and placing the TV on the cabinet.
My one and only gripe would be that even though I spent nearly £1900 on a tv and blue ray player I still had to purchase a separate HDMI cable as none was provided. Very tight Sony!
In summary, an awesome bit of kit and definitely the best purchase I have made in years. I also have placed an order for this Sony set and have received it. I also like the other reviewer placed an order for the Sony BDP-S550 Blu-Ray drive, as it was version 2.0. I have had a few LCD's in the past, but nothing above 40" and I was a little weary of picture degredation on a bigger screen. How wrong could I be it is gobsmacking. Also like the review above I can not see anything on my set that warants people going on about the levels of black. No problems here at all. I really love the fact that it's DLNA and I can use my media server and other gadgets with this LCD. Applicast is also great as I have my RSS feeds come through, and it looks like these will be updated and new stuff come via updates as it is connected to the internet.
9.5/10 overall. Sound could just be slightly better although the one I have is connected to a 7.1 reciever.
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