 The best TV I ever bought! |
| Review Date: May 30, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Pratheep Chidambaram, Cincinnati, OH USA |
I bought this TV during the Thanksgiving day sale...for a total of $1073 including the Blue Ray player, delivery and setup. To this day, I have not seen a better deal on this combo. The delivery and setup was impeccable.
This is my first LCD TV and did a lot of research. Finally, it was between a Samsung and Sony. The two things that tipped in favor of the Sony was the matte finish screen and the sound quality (that I tested at my local Best Buy). We have a very bright living room and the matte finish makes a difference.
I was not too thrilled with the sound. While it was better than the Samsung, at higher volume I could hear the speakers jarring. So, finally I bought a Sony Sound Bar to get around the issue.Sony HTCT100 Sound Bar with Subwoofer - Black
Picture quality is excellent. I wondered if the 46" was going to be too big since my previous TV was a 27"...but it suited our living room perfectly. I love it's looks. However, I do wish it had a swivel stand. It would have made it easier when I had to reach around the back.
I did not have a wired internet connection to test the internet features. Just last week, I hooked up a wireless ethernet bridge Cisco-Linksys WET610N Wireless-N Bridge to finally start using the internet features. I am not too excited about the internet features...it works well, but there's not enough internet content that I like.
Overall, a great TV. |
Sony Can Has Cheez Burger!
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| Review Date: April 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Steven J. Marsh, |
Ok, so I take my time when buying big-ticket items, and I bought my 46W5100 from Amazon on a deal that matched the price point and feature targets I wanted. Even as of today, in April 2010, some six months after my original purchase the deal I got is still a good deal.
First let me say that I love this Sony TV, the KDL46W5100 its a keeper, even though there are some things I don't like, it does "bring it" where it counts.
PROS: Picture quality, connectivity, internet features, they are all there. The built-in Netflix-streaming widget is awesome and I almost use that more than DVD's anymore.
Picture quality is something to behold, especially when watching Blu-Ray content, spectacular, Sony nailed it here. Connectivity, this unit has lots of HDMI jacks, 100Mbit ethernet, digital audio, line-out audio, etc, etc, Sony nailed it here. Internet Widgets, Sony did a good job here but there are some disappointments, the DLNA connectivity is weak, more on this later.
CONS: Speaker Rattle, DLNA connectivity, and some of the user interface is annoying.
Speaker rattle is caused by bass sounds in movies, its probably common to all large HDTV's the solution? Hook your TV to an external amp + speakers. The user interface makes it unnecessarily hard to toggle the TV speakers on or off, no biggie, but annoying. |
Amazing TV!
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| Review Date: March 31, 2010 |
| Reviewer: R. B. Finneren, Washington, DC USA |
I couldn't be happier with this TV. I held out on buying a TV for a long time, but I'm glad I pulled the trigger when I did. This thing looks beautiful both when it's turned on and when it's off. The picture quality is great, the built-in speakers sound pretty darn good and can get nice and loud. I have an XBOX 360 hooked up to it via HDMI and also an Over The Air antenna.
I have to say the 'internet' features built into the TV are a little weak. I presume whatever CPU chip they have in there is pretty slow, because navigating the internet features is sluggish. Not an issue though if you have other internet devices hooked up to it that you use instead (like an Xbox).
Delivery went really smoothly. I live in downtown Washington, DC and the delivery guy parked his truck on my street and wheeled the TV down the sidewalk on a cart, and then helped me carry it up three floors to my bedroom and helped me set it up on the stand. Very nice!
You won't regret picking up this TV. |
Great TV
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| Review Date: February 7, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Steven Wilke, Texas |
| This is a great TV. I got this with a Blu-Ray player for pretty cheap and it was definitely worth it. the picture is so much better than my old TV. The only thing I don't like about the TV is the inputs on the side, there is only 1 HDMI on the back, and 3 on the side. I really think that should be opposite. Other than that this TV is awesome! |
Love it
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| Review Date: February 2, 2010 |
| Reviewer: M. Martin, CO |
Initially got the 40 inch but returned for the 46 inch (wife's idea even). Both were very nice, but of course we love the 46 inch size and picture quality. got a great deal that included a PS3 player. Blue-ray videos pop.
Hooked up the internet via cat5 cable and signed up for Netflix. We have not had one issue with streaming the video from Netflix - very smooth and already have 47 movies in our streaming queue!
Not too excited about the widgets at this time. Selection and usefulness is limited.
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