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£799 – £1026 at 3 retailers out of 408 retailers checked

8.9 out of 10 based on 242 reviews.

Sony KDL-46W5500 with 46" Full HD 1080p LCD screen, 4 HDMI ports and Freeview. See full product description

Ease of use	8.8
Image quality	9.1
Sound quality	8.0
Design	8.8
Value for money	8.5
Overall rating	8.9

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brian, widnes cheshire Multi-purpose viewer

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: very good money well spent great television a must 4 tele buffs
Bad points:: none

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: 30 Jul 2009

Purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: It's a SONY - been a SONY fan for years because the buil quality and design are always first class. This did not disappoint.
Bad points:: Sound is good but needs a bit more base - always a problem with flat screen TVs

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

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Review date: 25 May 2010

ronan, Multi-purpose viewer

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: super image quality esp on the HD formats. Blueray is very impressive. sound quality average but is too be expected of the flat screen tv's. i purchased the RHT G950 for the tv and completed the package. very happy with how it performs.
Bad points:: The LCD screen needed to be replaced after 1 year. lucky that a special offer was available at the time of purchase where a 3 year warrenty was offered free so i had the screen replaced for free.

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

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Confirmed purchase: 23 Jul 2012

Mark, Atherstone, Warks Film and documentary lover

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Picture quality is excellent, particularly from HD sources
Simple to set up, easy to navigate and tweak settings
Sound surprisingly good for built-in speakers
Fantastic value for money
Bad points:: Same as any TV in that the technology has moved on so fast that it lacks some of the standard features of more recent sets (200Hz, Freesat etc)

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

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Review date: 20 May 2010

Emma, Cumbria Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: it was really easy to install and I really like the TV
Bad points:: havent found any

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

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Confirmed purchase: 10 May 2010

Purchaser

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Great picture on HD, and also suprised on the quality on standard def. Easy to use
Bad points:: In some situations, can see just a little bit of backlight, but on the whole you dont really see it.

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

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Review date: 07 Jun 2010

Mark, Middlesbrough Multi-purpose viewer

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: The easiest telly i have ever had regards tuning in, so easy to pick which input you require from connected devices,
plent of HDMI sockets, still havent used it to its full potential will be streaming movies to it pretty soon
Bad points:: non so far

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

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Review date: 07 Jul 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	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	Ethernet

Connections	HDMI

Smart TV	No
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.
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)	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.
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

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)	24

Release date	2009-03-03
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Sony KDL46W5500U, SONY KDL46W550, Sony KDL-46W5500U, Sony 46", Sony Bravia 46w5500, Sony Bravia KDL-46W5500

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Manufacturer's Description

The ultimate home cinema experience

Quite simply innovation at its best: This TV is a keeper. Available from 32", the W5500 delivers the next generation in picture excellence with unrivalled depth, richness and clarity. What’s more, you can connect to your favourite digital devices for total entertainment.

Upgrade to luxury seats

Experience picture so fluid and life-like, it’s like seeing a movie from the best seat in the cinema. Viewing is smooth and sharp: you won’t get any blur. There’s something to keep the whole household happy.

The centre of modern living

World time, music, photos and films – whatever you want to look at, you can do it all with the built-in home networking technologies. Select movies stored on your DLNA-enabled PC, and watch them on the big screen at the touch of the button or simply plugging in your favourite digital devices.

Great pictures, great looks

Slim, elegant and ultra cool, an updated draw the LINE design concept conveys just how stunning this TV looks. Accented by a subtle half mirror ornament, the deep piano black finish creates an effortlessly contemporary look to flatter any living space.

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