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8.9 out of 10 based on 162 reviews.

Sony KDL-40V300 with 40" Full HD 1080p LCD screen, 3 HDMI ports and Freeview.

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Ease of use	8.8
Image quality	8.9
Sound quality	8.4
Design	9.1
Value for money	9.0
Overall rating	8.9

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Purchaser Film and documentary lover

Score 7.0/10

Good points:: Nice attractive overall design. Plenty of useful inputs and outputs for external equipment. Easy to set up.
Bad points:: Occasional picture artifacts. Video processing engine seems to have occasional minor problem in processing human face skin tones.

Ease of use	9.0
Image quality	6.0
Sound quality	9.0
Design	9.0
Value for money	5.0
Overall rating	7.0

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Review date: 29 Mar 2010

David, Bridgend Sports and games fan

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: all is fine apart from the bad point listing.
Bad points:: heavy dark shadows on the screen,in vertical and horizontal positions when tv is turned on.This happens every time.They then finish when tv has warmed up.This also happens sometimes when the tv has been on about 20 minutes

Ease of use	10.0
Image quality	2.0
Sound quality	10.0
Design	10.0
Value for money	7.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 26 Nov 2010

Brian, Paisley Multi-purpose viewer

Score 1.0/10

Good points:: Cant think of any.
Bad points:: Screen went faulty just after the warranty was up. Contacted sony and never recieved any reply. I am a television engineer and used to work on sony products. But I have found that the quality of their products have reduced quite considerably in the past few years. This may be because they are trying to compete with a cheaper market. But the quality of their products have definatly reduced.

Ease of use	7.0
Image quality	1.0
Sound quality	8.0
Design	5.0
Value for money	1.0
Overall rating	1.0

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Confirmed purchase: 24 Apr 2008

Confirmed purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Quality. Excellent with normal tv and also HD input.
Bad points:: No major bad points.

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

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Confirmed purchase: 22 Jan 2011

Niall, Longniddry Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: The image quality is excellent and the image size is perfect for our living room. I love it.
Bad points:: Sometimes the software is slow to respond to the remote and I need to switch the TV off, and occassionally the TV won't switch on, but it passes in a few seconds and then continues to work perfectly.

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: 14 Nov 2010

David, Chorley Sports and games fan

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Good picture and great sound and very easy to use. Usual Sony good quality.
Bad points:: Only 50Hz, since discovered 100Hz.

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

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Review date: 10 Jul 2010

Jose , Gibraltar Film and documentary lover

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Stylish TV with excellent image quality.
Digital tuner DVB-C and DVB-T
Bad points:: Reviewer left no comment

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

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Review date: 09 Apr 2010

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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)	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	16:9
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)	16000
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)	20

Release date	2007-10-15
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: SONY KDL-40V3000, Sony KDL40V3000U, SONY KDL40V300, SONY KDL 40V3000, Sony 40inch, Sony KDL40V3000

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Manufacturer's Description

40" (102cm) Full HD 1080 BRAVIA LCD TV with BRAVIA ENGINE, LIVE COLOUR CREATION and Photo TV HD. Features: * Live Colour Creation producing vibrant and natural colours * HD 1080p compatible to display High Definition signals in breathtaking quality, i.e. Playstation®3, Blu-ray Disc™, etc. * BRAVIA Engine picture technology for enhanced depth, clarity and definition * 24p True Cinema to experience home cinema exactly as the director intended * 3 x HDMI™ inputs for easy connectivity – 2 on rear, 1 on side * BRAVIA Theatre Sync enabling you to operate your TV and entire home cinema system by pushing one button * Photo TV HD technology for viewing high-resolution digital still photographs in optimal quality * Built-in Digital TV (MPEG 2) terrestrial tuner (also receives analogue) * S-Force Front Surround giving full surround sound effects from just 2 built-in front speakers * Audio Description compatible allowing for blind or partially sighted people to follow television programmes (available in selected countries) * Can be wall-mounted using bracket SU-WL500 (optional) * Available to buy from October 2007

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