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8.4 out of 10 based on 527 reviews.

Sony KDL-32CX523 with 32" Full HD 1080p LCD screen, 4 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	8.2
Image quality	8.9
Sound quality	7.4
Design	8.5
Value for money	8.5
Overall rating	8.4

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N, Glastonbury Sports and games fan

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Features.
Quality.
Bad points:: Sound is not as good as the old 28 Sony CRT it replaced.

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

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Confirmed purchase: 28 Jul 2012

judith, Inverness

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Reviewer left no comment
Bad points:: The Internet explorer is very very disappointing and not in the least user friendly. Prefer the wii explorer. Do not understand why tv one is so poor. Hard to read log in screen icons to small unless up at screen.

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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Confirmed purchase: 19 Oct 2012

paul, LINCOLN Multi-purpose viewer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: PICTURE QUALITY VERY VERY GOOD
EASY TO USE
LOOKS GREAT
Bad points:: NOT SO MUCH A BAD POINT,BUT SOUND QUALITY NOT THE VERY BEST.

Ease of use	8.0
Image quality	9.0
Sound quality	6.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 19 Jun 2012

jeff, cardiff Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: easy to set up and HD freeview tuner works great. picture quality is excellant and factory settings are spot on, so no adjustments to make. Remote control is self explanatory and guides you through menus.
Bad points:: sound is OK, but may invest in a sound bar for a fuller sound effect

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

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Confirmed purchase: 18 Jun 2012

George, Sunderland Sports and games fan

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Free view HD
Bad points:: Remote responds slow sometimes

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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Confirmed purchase: 18 Aug 2012

Alasdair , Watson Multi-purpose viewer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: stylish, good feature set, very good connectivity, usb, hdmi, hard drive recording feature, internet access.
Bad points:: internet browser is practically unusable. internet dongle is appallingly bad, some widgets are unwieldy to use. could not activate lovefilm widget.

Ease of use	7.0
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: 05 Jan 2013

David, Northwich in Cheshire Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Ease of access to all channels and loads of information.Controls are simple the remote is well designed and easy to use.
Bad points:: No bad points really just the sound quality is not as good as I would like but played through my sony sound system it isn't a problem.

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

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Confirmed purchase: 04 Aug 2012

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Product Features

Screen size (Inches)	32
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.
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.
Connections	HDMI

Smart TV	Yes
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.
Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	192

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	1080

Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	No
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	No
Release date	2011-03-15
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony KDL32CX523B, Sony CX523, SONY Bravia KDL-32CX523

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