Sony Bravia KDL-40Z5500 Reviews: Bravia, 40" Screen LCD Full HD 1080p TV

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Score: 8.9/10

31 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This television is a good all rounder. “Beautiful picture. very easy to set up and use.” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 31 real customer reviews

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31 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
93% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (30)
Design9.3
Ease of use8.7
Image quality9.2
Sound quality8.3
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.3
Overall rating8.9
Multi-purpose viewer (6)
Film and documentary lover (2)
High spec fanatic (2)
Sports and games fan (2)
Other (18)
 

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Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Film and documentary lover” More like this »

+ Beautiful picture. Very easy to set up and use.

- Can't think of anything

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purchased 07 Aug 2009

Riaz, Falkirk , “High spec fanatic” More like this »

+ The picture and sound are impressive, as well as the motion processing when watching sports.

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

terry, manchester

+ excellent picture,good design,1st class value

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 25 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Sports and games fan” More like this »

+ Sony Design and averall value

- not many videos can be play with use of dnla

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purchased 30 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Great image quality, easy menu to use, Bravia sync is great

- Environmetal features took a while to get set up correctly (very minor point)

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purchased 27 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Jerry, Barnstaple

+ The TV is everything I wanted and in choosing one of the best currently in the market place for this size and technical specification. I hope it lasts as long as my last TV which incidently cost almost the same as this one but was purchased just over 10 years ago. To me that says value for money.
Also this new one is sleek and chic whereas the old one was the size of and weighed almost as much as a Volkswagon

- My other kit at this moment in time : Sky box, DVD player and of course the video player / recorder are all old school (SO LAST CENTURY) that they are a warp drive away from HD quality so it'll be a while before the full quality of the TV can be realised. Keep buying the lottery tickets.

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purchased 08 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

DAVID, ANGMERING , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ excellent looks,easy set up,great picture,suberb for fast moving sports

- None really

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purchased 08 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ good all round tlevision

- no points to report

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purchased 25 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

David, York

+ Sound quality as good as any I have heard from a flat screen tv. Superior picture

- Manual both on screen and off is a poor advert for all the features and workings of this tv.

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purchased 03 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Don, Braintree

+ Great vivid colours, great design, Ease of installation

- Sound quality not great with no ability to tune frequencies seperately - so buy an amp and get cinema.

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purchased 11 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Stunnig picture qualities and beautiful design.

- Very disappointed it doesn't play AVI files. It has DLNA enabled but doesn't allow one of the most common video file types (AVI) to be played off your PC or USB stick.

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purchased 10 Sep 2009

Score 7.0/10

Gary, Portsmouth

+ Ease of use

- Image not as sharp as expected

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purchased 11 Sep 2009

Score 7.0/10

Melissa, Gower

+ Like being able to turn the tv off completely at the side of the set.

- Don`t like the controls on the controller. Find them difficult and cramped to use , especially when trying to change channels up/down /see what can be viewed on all channels.
Sound can be a bit muffled at times or rather...isn`t as distinct as I would have liked.

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purchased 09 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Ian, Durham , “Sports and games fan” More like this »

+ The picture is amazing when viewing HD sources like my ps3, and it sounds great too. The design of the tv is awesome too and looks really good on the wall.

- When watching SD the picture looks quite poor when compared to our 28 inch panasonic crt.

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purchased 22 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Rhys, North Wales

+ good picture quality

- Menu structure is complicated for some people, I have a PS3 so I'm used to the Sony design, but other people who have used the TV have a really hard time understanding how to use it.

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purchased 24 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Fantastic product just what we wanted, great picture and clarity!

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 18 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ I have had 3 Sony TV's. This is the best so far. It has a very clear picture and has a good style.

- Sound quality is not great. I have a sound system as an extra which helps

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purchased 05 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

wayne, timsbury

+ all i can say is its perfect

- none

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purchased 15 Oct 2009

RICHARD, PORTSMOUTH

+ very ease set up

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 15 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “Film and documentary lover” More like this »

+ Very decorative, polished anodised surround...but it reflects like a mirror, so if TV faces windows, it can be very distracting when viewed during the day.
Maybe I still haven't fathomed all the menus, but my last Sony automatically selected the input channel when I changed over from watching Sky to a DVD - I have to tell it what input channel I want.
MOST IMPORTANT: unlike my previous Sony, the picture and sound through my home cinema sound system when watching Sky were out of synch. Sky has an AVsynch feature, from 0-200milliseconds - and it took a setting of 180ms to get them in synch: just made it.
BUT BEAUTIFUL PICTURE

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purchased 21 Aug 2009

Score 4.0/10

John, Lymington , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Style

- Picture quality, Poor instructions, Can't turn off digital clock, Has to be left on standby to get digital program update.

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purchased 13 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Alan, Northants , “High spec fanatic” More like this »

+ Picture-once time is spent getting it right-out of the box it does not impress. Now after a bit of time, I would rate the PQ excellent.
Sound quality.

- None really!

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2 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jul 2009

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches 40
Type of Screen LCD
HD TV Full HD 1080p
Freeview or Freesat Tuner Freeview
Built-in Disc Player No
HDMI Interface 4
Number of Scart Interfaces 2
Frequency (Hz) 200
Contrast Ratio (X:1) 100000
Screen Resolution (pixels) 1080p
Screen Format 16:9
USB Port Yes

Also known as: Sony KDL-40Z5500, Sony KDL40Z5500

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