Sony KDL-52Z5500 TV reviews

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This TV is a good all rounder.

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Sony KDL-52Z5500 with 52" Full HD 1080p LCD screen, 4 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	8.8
Image quality	9.4
Sound quality	7.5
Design	9.4
Value for money	8.4
Overall rating	8.9

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Ian, Edinburgh Multi-purpose viewer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Lovely image, quiet, cool. Relatively light, good connectivity. Very slim. Excellent for motion artifacts. The notorious backlight "bleeding" is very good on this particular unit. Image quality from BD or HD is superb, and on SD is good enough to view from much closer than the usual "rule of thumb" distance. This display replaced a 32" CRT, and in spite of being 52" is less intrusive.
Bad points:: Sometimes will not respond to the remote, have to "initialise" using the direct controls. Audio is rubbish, I suspect it won't be long before large, slim displays like this don't include audio at all. Off axis viewing limited but acceptable. I'm not convinced the anti-topple mechanism is up to the job, this display should really be wall mounted.

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	1.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Review date: 22 Jan 2010

Mike, Spalding Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Great Tv, easy to set up, clear instructions. Bravia sync is a great addition as all my Sony items link together under one control. Could not say that I have noticed the differance between my 100hz tv and the new sony bravia 200hz but as it is so smooth how could I? Overall a great TV from the Sony range, very happy with my purchace.
Bad points:: The sound is a bit suspect in a large room we had to have it on almost max to be able to hear properly.
this problem was cured by the addition of a sound system, but of course more expence.

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

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Confirmed purchase: 21 Dec 2009

Jim, Bishops Stortford Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Excellent design - but that's typical Sony. This is a big television so needs quite a bit of space but it's a triumph of the design that it does not swamp the space in a 4m x 6m room. Excellent picture quality, great sound from built in speakers. The sound is so good I haven't even bothered to hook it up through an amp. Good interface design makes it easy to setup and to change settings.
Bad points:: Haven't found any bad points 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: 20 Mar 2010

julie, sheffield Multi-purpose viewer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: because we have a large room the sound is very quite even on max sound so we have got to go and buy some extra sound system now to go with it

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

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Review date: 17 Feb 2010

Steve, Falkirk High spec fanatic

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Picture quality is best in class without doubt - Blu ray and Sky HD signals are first class, sd is good considering!! Blows away the competition.
Bad points:: Not cheap.

Can't comment on sound quality as I have never used the speakers.

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

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Review date: 15 Feb 2010

Purchaser Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: High quality sound and picture, especially HD, east of use.
Bad points:: On screen settings / options menu a little hard to follow.

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

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Review date: 06 Apr 2010

Richard, Felixstowe High spec fanatic

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Very good with SD content , but it's when HD/Blu ray content are played, this Sony really has class leading pictures! I previously owned a Pioneer 506 xde and i have to say the Sony leaves it standing in the HD department. Colours are vibrant & natural with razor sharp HD images,simply fantastic with jaw dropping results. Love the styling of this tv too.
Bad points:: Slight colour lag with picture noise in some dark SD scenes. Takes a fair amount of set up time to achieve the best picture results. Poor viewing angle & the sound could be far better for its size. Some back light issues.

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

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Confirmed purchase: 01 Mar 2010

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	52
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	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	HDMI

Connections	Ethernet

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	16:09
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)	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)	1920

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)	27.2

Release date	2009/07/01
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: SONY KDL52Z5500U

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Manufacturer's Description

Picture of innovation

Our stunning picture quality reaches a whole new dynamic level with the V5500. Experience true colour that comes alive in Full HD, and start home networking with all your digital devices to open up endless entertainment possibilities. All this and it conserves energy too.

See another way

Watch all your favourite shows in stunning HD detail. Like a window to your favourite stars, enhanced contrast, advanced colour reproduction and even crisper clarity will have you gazing in awe at its clarity.

Give it centre stage

Share photos, music or videos and even check which time it is on the other side of the world with the V5500’s new home networking features. What’s more, at the touch of a button you can select movies stored on your DLNA-enabled PC in another room and watch them on the big screen.

Pure elegance

Featuring a new, slimmer and even more stylish draw the LINE concept, this TV doesn’t just work like a dream, it looks like one too. Accented by a subtle mirror finish ornament, the deep piano black finish creates an effortlessly contemporary look to flatter any living space.

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