Sony KDL-37V4000 TV reviews

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Sony KDL-37V4000 with 37" HD ready LCD screen, 3 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	8.9
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	8.8
Design	9.1
Value for money	9.2
Overall rating	9.1

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Darren , Weston super Mare Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: No network connection

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Review date: 31 Jan 2010

Purchaser Multi-purpose viewer

Score 3.0/10

Good points:: Nothing particular, just an average TV set
Bad points:: Difficult to set up, poor instructions for use, out of date with no USB ports, difficult to use remote control, disappointing below average picture quality, bulky thick shape

Ease of use	2.0
Image quality	4.0
Sound quality	5.0
Design	4.0
Value for money	2.0
Overall rating	3.0

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Review date: 31 Jan 2010

Steve, Neath Sports and games fan

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Superb picture quality. Looks classy.Easy to use.
Bad points:: Sound is a bit weak.

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Review date: 30 Jan 2010

Cathy, london Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: It is simply on the button. What I expect of a sony product with bells on!

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Review date: 28 Apr 2010

Bob, Tadley, Basingstoke Occasional TV watcher

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: Nice Picture and Sound.
Bad points:: Has a habit of lossing the plot and will not respoond to the Remote. Easily sorted though turn of for ten seconds and it recovers.

Ease of use	4.0
Image quality	8.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Review date: 17 Feb 2010

Purchaser Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: easy to set up easy to add thearter sound to
Bad points:: none

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Review date: 08 Jun 2010

mike , redditch Sports and games fan

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Overall great product
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Review date: 05 Feb 2010

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	37
Screen size is measured diagonally from corner to corner.
Type of screen	LCD
Most small flatscreen TVs have LCD screens. Some larger TVs have plasma screens. Some very new TVs have LED screens. Traditional TVs are called Standard or CRT.
3D	No

HD TV	HD ready
‘HD Ready’ is a Europe-wide standard designed to made HD technology less confusing. HD Ready TVs must have • Minimum resolution of 720 horizontal lines (in widescreen format) • Ability to display 720p and 1080i formats • An HDMI or Digital Video Interface (DVI interface) Full HD is a higher standard. Full HD TVs have screen resolutions of 1080p and can output at least 24 frames per second. Full HD is becoming common, but you won’t see Full HD on normal TV channels for a long time, so it remains optional for many people.
Built-in disc player	No Disc Player
Some products come with built-in DVD players or Blu Ray players.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	Freeview
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service, which gives you HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You need a dish to receive Freesat but not Freeview. For more information see the Freeview site or the Freesat site. FreeSat is a free digital satellite TV service. The main benefit is that you can get HD programming from people like the BBC without having to pay for a subscription to a service like Sky. You’ll need a dish to recieve the signals though.
Number of HDMI ports	3
Like a scart interface but capable of carrying HD signals from or to other devices. You’ll need these to link your Playstation 3 or your Blu-ray player to your HD-ready TV.
Number of scart ports	2
Scart sockets are places where you can connect other devices to your TV. If you already have a DVD player, a VCR and a Playstation you might want to make sure your new TV has enough Scart interfaces so you don’t have to keep crawling round the back of the TV.
Connections	HDMI

Smart TV	No
TVs with internet capability allow you access to a range of online services.
Frequency (Hz)	50
A TV’s frequency is how often the picture is updated per second, and is measured in Hertz (Hz). A higher frequency, such as 100 Hz, means that a TV is more likely to show fast-moving images with high detail.
Response time (Milliseconds)	8

Screen aspect ratio	16:09
This is a ratio of the horizontal to the vertical size of the screen. 16:9 is standard widescreen format for TVs, replacing the older 4:3 format.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	22000
This figure is designed to tell you how much difference there is between dark and light colours on the TV. It is quoted as a ratio, between the brightest white and the darkest black. 500:1 means the brightest white is 500 times more bright than the darkest black. Plasma screens have historically boasted better contrast ratios than LCD screens.
Reflection angle	178
Also known as the viewing angle, it’s a measure of how good the picture looks when you are not face on to the screen. Higher is better.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	136.6

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	768

Brightness (Candela per square metre)	450
Brighter TVs, such as LCDs, tend to provide a better experience in lighter rooms, whereas TVs with a lower brightness, such as many plasma TVs, are often better suited to darker rooms.
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	Yes
TVs with this feature have an on-screen guide to all the programmes that are currently showing or coming up, so you can find your way around all the extra digital channels easily.
Headphone Socket	Yes
Weight (kg)	17.5

Release date	2008/07/29
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony KDL37V4000U, Sony 37", Bundle: Sony KDL-37V4000U, Sony Bravia KDL-37V4000

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Manufacturer's Description

Experience sharp, vibrant and life-like images with BRAVIA ENGINE picture enhancement technology.

Experience sharp, vibrant and life-like images with BRAVIA ENGINE picture enhancement technology
Watch digital TV with the integrated standard definition digital terrestrial tuner (MPEG-2, also receives analogue)
Watch cable TV with the integrated digital cable tuner (subject to country and with supported operators only)
Three HDMI™ inputs (on rear, all with CEC) make it even easier to connect to High Definition sources such as Blu-ray Disc™ and PLAYSTATION®3
Control your entire home cinema set-up with just one click on the TV remote thanks to BRAVIA Theatre Sync
Featuring a “Piano Black” finish, the BRAVIA V4000 looks stylish and has a versatile swivel function
Experience the effect of digital surround sound from only two front speakers with Virtual Dolby® Surround and BBE ViVA sound technology
Wall mountable with the optional bracket SU-WL500
Power consumption data: 0.6W in standby, 123W in operation

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