Sony KDL-40W4710 TV reviews

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Sony KDL-40W4710 with 40" Full HD 1080p LCD screen, 3 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	8.2
Image quality	8.4
Sound quality	8.2
Design	8.4
Value for money	7.6
Overall rating	8.2

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Confirmed purchaser Occasional TV watcher

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: None other than perhaps a little expensive

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

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Confirmed purchase: 29 Aug 2010

colin , london

Score 5.0/10

Good points:: Easy to set up
Bad points:: Advertised as W4500 but received W4710, which on further inspection is the same spec but wanted W4500 on the front of the tv. The surround sound isn't as good as my old tv and I had to buy additional wireless speakers. Don't like the see-thru panel at the bottom as you can see all the leads running at the back. I could have bought a different make with a home cinema system for the price of this and I can't tell the difference with the picture quality. Wouldn't go down this road again, I'd buy a complete package, can't see what's so special about Sony.

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	7.0
Sound quality	7.0
Design	4.0
Value for money	5.0
Overall rating	5.0

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Confirmed purchase: 26 Mar 2009

Ian, Rugby Warwickshire England Film and documentary lover

Score 6.0/10

Good points:: Good overall product
Bad points:: Picture quality so so may be antena reception am in the process of upgrading.

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	5.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	7.0
Value for money	6.0
Overall rating	6.0

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Confirmed purchase: 25 May 2011

Ernest, Multi-purpose viewer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Neat design, good picture colour
Bad points:: Takes a long time for the picture to come on and changing channels is slow as well

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

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Confirmed purchase: 09 Mar 2011

Mohammed, Sheffield High spec fanatic

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Excellent tv if you have decent size room
Bad points:: No bad points so far

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Review date: 09 Jul 2010

Hazel, Essex Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: amazing picture with blu-ray and games consoles 1080p, and amazing colour. Light sensor great feature to optimize backlight conditions would recommend. Motionflow 100Hz reduces artifacts
Bad points:: hard to find any but general tv viewing is average

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

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Confirmed purchase: 02 Aug 2009

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	40
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	Full HD 1080p
‘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	Ethernet

Connections	HDMI

Smart TV	No
TVs with internet capability allow you access to a range of online services.
Frequency (Hz)	100
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.
Screen aspect ratio	16:9
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)	50000
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)	192

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	1080

Brightness (Candela per square metre)	500
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)	19.5

Release date	2008-10-08
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony Bravia KDL-40W4710, Sony KDL40W4710AEP

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