Sony KDL20S3030 Reviews: Bravia, 20" Screen LCD HD Ready TV

+ Attractive style of design with manual controls discreetly placed out of direct vision when viewing, but easily
accessible at top of set.Good quality of picture which perhaps is confirmation that as this model is lcd type
and, is used in a room which gets lots of daylight confirms the Which Magazine report which recommended
lcd television usage rather than plasma in a bright environment.

- Sound quality not quite as good i thought it should be compared to other sony television purchased 2 years
previously, that said previous purchase is a larger model with a 32" screen and cost considerably more that
model kdl- 20s3030 .Would have liked model kdl-20s3030 to have had a facility to swivel as television used
in kitchen where there is a lot of movement. Mentioned lack of swivel option to sony technical who advised
that they had no plans at present to produce swivel stand options which is a pity.

+ Nice design and very user friendly.

- You have to view it full on from the front as the images are not very clear at an angle but I think this may be the norm for all LCD TV's.

+ Large image area, elegant design, cool frame surround, speakers under screen (no in side or back), slimline, easy set-up

- On-off control on top so when wall mounted, short person has to stretch or stand on stool to reach

+ Easy set up. very good image quality and simple to customise. Slim design.

- A little expensive.

+ everything

- none.

+ strong vibrant natural colour which you can fine tune to suit your own taste

- sound comes from small speaker - but I am used to a larger tv with brilliant sound

+ Excellent picture and sound quality for the size. Very easy to use and set up.

- Would like to be able to alter the angle of the screen

+ Excellent sound quality and picture clarity.

- Would ideally prefer more HDMI connectons

+ Excellent picture with natural colours. Easy to set up.

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+ best sound quality available in small setsp

- picture better in darkened room

+ Sharp image. Good colours. Sound quality excellent given such small speakers. Plenty of extra input and output connection provision.

- Annoying display of program information on changing channels (in digital mode). Information occupies too much of the top of the screen and stays there too long. Other TVs simply display the channel identity for a short time and provide information about the program by pressing a button on the remote. Now and next program information could also be provided.
Another negative is that, when the order of channels is changed, the channel numbers are also changed. This can be quite confusing. For me, ITV1 should always be channel3 even if it is listed after BBC1,2,3,and 4
The menus contain rather too much information for a 20" screen. This criticism also applies to the EPG although I can see why Sony want to have the same software for the whole range of TVs.

+ Clean unfussy design, simple controls. Picture quality mostly very good

- Blacks lack detail which can be distracting

+ piture quality. ease of use, easy set up

- should be white at back of set as well as front as it is in a bedroom

+ good picture, easy to commission from box with good instructions.

- )n/off switch on top of set, akward to use when wll mounted

+ for the size it is the sound is awesome!! only 2 front speakers but does very well at sounding surround.
picture qualiity is great after changing some of the settings i.e lowering the contrast, turning off sharpness (taking this off reduces blurs around images) and having it set to vivid image.

- the design is a bit dated, sony have focussed on picture and sound rather tahn design of the tv. I agree with sonys priorities but it does look slightly dated compared with the new samsungs screens. i would defo go for the sony every times.