Sony KDL-46Z5800 TV reviews

Score 9.2/10 Read 11
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This TV is a good all rounder.

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Sony KDL-46Z5800 with 46" Full HD 1080p LCD screen, 4 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	8.6
Image quality	9.6
Sound quality	7.9
Design	9.1
Value for money	7.7
Overall rating	9.2

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Andreas , Palmers Green London Film and documentary lover

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Excellent Picture Quality on HD Channels through bulid in Freesat reciever. Blue Ray and DVD play back image via HDMI connection is breath taking.
Extensive range of picture adjusting opinions including separate adjustment of reds, greens and blues if required.
Recommended
Bad points:: Sound quality does not match the high image quality,

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	4.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Review date: 31 Mar 2010

Anthony, Milton Keynes Film and documentary lover

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: This is just an awesome piece of kit, you cannot help but to be impressed
Bad points:: You will always want to go bigger.

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

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Review date: 22 Mar 2010

Mark, Lichfield Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Looks good sounds good. best tv great to watch blue ray
Bad points:: Not the cheapest but you get what you pay for

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

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Review date: 18 Apr 2010

Mike, Chester Sports and games fan

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Excellent HD picture when viewed directly in front of screen.
Bad points:: Looses clarity and has a 'haze' when viewed from the side. Sound qualty not brillant. Supplied manual not very good - better version on-line.

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

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Review date: 18 Apr 2010

Dave, Runcorn. UK Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: See Above.
Bad points:: Have not discovered any, YET.

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

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Review date: 11 Apr 2010

Allan, Cruden Bay Sports and games fan

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Picture Quality is fantastic. Design is very modern.
Bad points:: None.

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

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Review date: 04 May 2010

Keith, Chippenham Sports and games fan

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Great picture, especially in HD. No ghosting or 'ball trails' Can switch easily between Freeview and Freesat, (many reviews say you cannot do this, trust me, you can). Using Ethernet cable can play music and display pictures from your PC. Shortly will be able to get BBC iPlayer via freesat. Set looks great, very little in the way of reflections. Loads of options to customize picture to suit how you want it to look.
Bad points:: Sound is OK, but lacks a bit of depth. So I have connected mine through my HiFi with a simple cable for better sound quality.

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	10.0
Sound quality	6.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 03 Jan 2010

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	46
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.
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.
Freeview or Freesat tuner	FreeSat HD
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	4
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)	200
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)	100000
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.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	192

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	1080

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)	21.9

Release date	2009-09-21
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony KDL46Z5800U, Sony KDL46Z5800, Sony Bravia KDL-46Z5800

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