Sony KDL-32W4000 - 32" Widescreen 1080P Full HD Bravia LCD TV - With Freeview

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Customer Reviews:

• 
  2008-09-19
  By P. Hughes, wrexham
  This tv is brilliant for
  a) hd in any form
  b) ps3, 360 running through hdmi
  
  It's poor at
  a) normal tv signals
  b) freeview
  c) sky
  
  I do not own this product, however a friend has bought one and this is my opinion after having messed around with it, trying things through various inputs etc.
  
  
• 
  2008-10-07
  By TREVARTHEN Alan,
  We bought our Sony Bravia KDL32W4000E HDTV a month ago. We look forward to watching the 4 HDTV 1080i mp4 channels that start transmitting here in Brittany in mid October 2008 and 4 more by the end of the year.
  
  But the main reason we bought this TV was to watch HDV video from our Canon HV20 camescope, and to watch our photos on a large screen in HD.
  
  The HDV tapes.... I give you 5 stars Sony, without question
  When we play the HDV tapes into the TV using the HDMI cable the results are superb. Better than any sort of TV we have ever seen before. Thanks Sony, this is a marvel.
  
  The photos.... Sony, you should sack your young designers and hire their grandmothers instead.
  We tried viewing photos on the TV. Initially the results were disappointing because I put them onto CD and DVD disks without realising that the DVD players only output the standard TV picture size of 576 pixel height, so no matter how high a definition the photo, it gets downscaled to 576 pixel vertical definition in the DVD player.
  I then tried transferring the photos from computer to TV via USB key. The key was not recognised because I use Mac computers and my keys were formatted for Macs.
  However, when I formatted a key in MS-DOS and then put my photos on on the key in the Mac (photos presized in Adobe Photoshop Elements to 1080 pixel height) it worked. My test photos appeared on the TV screen in 1080 HD, and the results were amazingly good, so good that you really realise how grainy the old 35mm films from the 1960s and 1970s were. The difference in quality when seeing your photos in 1080 definition compared with only part of 576 pixel height (old photos are 3x2 format, not 4x3, so not all the 576 lines are used on a SD TV because of the letterboxing), then the difference in quality is spectacular.
  At this point I was ready to give Sony and this TV set 5 stars several times over....
  Until -- and here is my gripe.
  I made up a folder with 700 photos on it, then made some changes, eliminated some photos,added others, opened some and changed the colours and light levels, resaved, etc. Then when the folder was small enough to fit onto a 1 Gb USB key I transferred the contents to the USB key and settled down to enjoy a slideshow.
  This is the point that sometimes happens with a Sony product - you start to pull out your hair in frustration..... How could they spoil, due to limited thinking, what could otherwise have been a totally perfect product? My photos started to play in a different order to how I had them on the key. The reason is that on this TV only two viewing orders for photos are possible
  1 - Latest saved photos first
  2 - Oldest saved photos first.
  This is OK for somebody with 50 or 100 photos on a digital camera but absolutely useless as a viewing system for people who have tens of thousands of photos archived on computer and who make changes and improvements all the time.
  I title my photos by date taken, film roll number, negative number, then subject;
  For example "19440606 R295-36 Sword beach, Normandy".
  Obviously I want to see this photo immediately after "19440606 R295-35 Landing craft at sea"
  This indexing system makes it possible to view several hundred photos in the correct order.
  I dont want to watch 50 photos that should be seen one after the other scattered instead amongst 700 photos. I want them all together.
  I want an option on the Sony TV to chose the order by title (A, B, C, 1, 2, 3, etc
  How about an urgent software update Sony to correct this defect in what otherwise seems an almost perfect TV
  
  
  
• 
  2008-10-18
  By P. Miller, Oxted, Surrey, UK
  Ordered last Friday and arrived next day at 11am at £150 cheaper than the high street stores! Picture and sound superb, and auto tuning makes life very easy. IMHO this is the best 32" set I've seen.
  Update 2/11/08: Now have Sky+ HD and the quality of picture received on a) normal broadcasts is excellent & b) HD broadcasts totally amazing. If you are thinking of taking the HD Plunge, then you won't be disappointed by the superb qualities of this Television.
  
  
  
• 
  2008-11-09
  By Nico, North London
  Having just recieved the Sony KDL32W000 I am a very happy bunny. The TV is everything the experts promised and more.
  
  Picture: Excellent! I am a Virgin Media customer and have the TV drive box and all I can say is "You will be amazed" The blacks are black, the whites are white and the motion is smooth. The football looks great, as does all the fast moving stuff!
  
  Sound: The sound is also good, better than most other LCDs I have heard. I have to admit I use an AV amp, the Sony STRDG820, together with a set of Yamaha NSP110 and all I can say is AWESOME!
  
  Overall this TV provides the best picture I have seen at this price.
  
  I have connect the TV to my PS3 and I am lost for words. Crisp, sharp, clean images.Wow!
  
  
  
• 
  2008-11-15
  By extremeski, London
  Read all the other reviews here before making the purchase and found them very useful, informative and helpful in making final decision and supplier. The television is superb and has an amazing picture, even with our old school video recorder. This is a good incentive to now buy a hard drive recorder or a blu ray disc player! Maybe next christmas!
  
  Price was excellent value, with no charge for delivery. We received the telly within 48 hours and gave me a treat to play with in time for the weekend and to watch the rugby. Great job!