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02-25-07
Duration of ownership: 3 Months
Strengths: Great picture! I never noticed the differencew between 720P and 1080P until now. WO!W! What a difference Simple set up. I like the flat black casing much better than the black lacquer on the Sharp AQUOS. and other tv's I looked at. I think well worth the money spent, and I prefer this over the XBR models (and it's more cost effective). I'm looking forward to many years of viewing pleasure. My boyfriend was impressed that I bought this without him.
Weaknesses:PIP would have been nice. I don't know if it's just me; or have the remotes from SONY become "cheaply" (for lack of a better word) made & look like poor craftsmanship? (Although it works fine) I would have thought ithis would have a universal remote - I ended up purchasing a Sony Universal remote just because I don't like having all those remote controls 1 for the tv, 1 for DVD , 1 for cable (dish or whatever), VCR etc.
Overall Evaluation: I'm very happy with my purchase. I read up on KDL-40V2500 compared it to Mitsubishi, Sharp, Panasoniic and Sony XBR. AFter going back and forth, reading and re-reading, looking at the other LCD & Plasmas in person as well; I finally decided I got more bang for the buck with this model. I got an excellent deal on the tv & the warranty as well. I like the way it looks, picture and sound is great; I really can't complain. Money well spent. I highly recommend this.
01-29-08
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Strengths: better than i thougt
Weaknesses:none
Overall Evaluation: just bought mine for 1,199.00 at best buy compared to 1,299.00 that was the sale price. i got a steal !!! picture is unbelievable when direct tv and hooked everything for hd. at first i was disappointed at the picture quality. but that was just regular satalite. when it got connected , holy crap, i was amazed and fell in love! i would recommend this tv to anyone!!!!!!!!!
01-26-08
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Strengths: Full 1080P HD, price is just right $1,298, anti-glare screen, the TV stand swivels
Weaknesses:none to report
Overall Evaluation: I read a lot of comments before posting my review. I noticed that there was several reviews that did not like the look of the analog channels. I agree with all of them, but I don't think of it as a problem. The channels on my old 32 inch Panasonic, "Which I purchased 8 years ago", look a whole lot better than my brand new Sony HDTV LCD.LCD's and Plasmas were designed exclusively with the use of a Digital/HD cable or satellite box. There is no difference in picture quality for any LCD or Plasma, a $500 TV or a $15,000 TV will look EXACTLY the same for the analog channels. You just have to ask your Cable/Satellite provider for the HDTV service to get the best picture quality. It may cost you a few more bucks but its worth it.I hope this helps everyone deciding on whether to buy this Sony LCD model.
07-13-07
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Strengths: This picture brings TV and DVDs to life. I'm saying this, despite the fact that I do not presently have either HDTV or an upconverting DVD player.
Weaknesses:I don't like that you have to turn the TV's speakers off in order to be able to operate the external speaker volume via the remote. Why can't the volume control work for both?
Overall Evaluation: I purchased this unit after much research and deliberation. It came down to the Sharp Aquos 42" unit and this smaller 40" unit. Since I was purchasing the unit on-line, I did not want to have to deal with returning a defective unit, so I went with the brand and model that seemed to have higher quality conrol: Sony. The unit arrived in perfect condition from BestBuy Plasma, and worked perfectly out of the box. I have never seen HDTV, so I don't know what I'm missing, but I can say that this unit brings regular TV and DVDs to life. My wife and I absolutely love the vivid, sharp picture. An upconverting Toshiba DR 400 is on its way, and we're looking forward to enjoying an even better picture. However, we aren't yet ready to pay $20 extra per month for Dish HD service (plus the $150 setup fee). We don't watch much TV, so we're not sure this will justify the cost.Overall, I am extremely happy with this purchase, and I would recommend this unit to anyone who is willing to put around $1500 into an LCD TV. You can't go wrong.
06-25-07
Duration of ownership: 4 Weeks
Strengths: the best HD1080p LCD on the market period.
Weaknesses:the price... but if you look hard enough... you can get it for the same price as a crappy HDTVs.
Overall Evaluation: I've bought 2 of these now because I was able to get great deals of them from the internet. I read dozen of reviews about this and dozens of other HD 1080p TVs... and it was clear that this was the best of the best (with the exception of the XBR series from Sony... but those are just way to expensive).
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