Sony Bravia KDL40X2000 Reviews: Bravia, 40" Screen LCD Full HD 1080p TV

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+ This television scores high on design. - It has no outstanding negative points. “The look of the product fits very well alongside our contemporary furniture.…” Anonymous verified purchaser View all 52 real customer reviews

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Design	9.5
Ease of use	9.2
Image quality	9.3
Sound quality	8.7
Value for money (at time of purchase)	8.6
Overall rating	9.1

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Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ The look of the product fits very well alongside our contemporary furniture. Picture quality is excellent, particularly HD and overall I'm extremely pleased with the product.

- Reviewer left no comment

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Dec 2006

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ A fantastic looking product, with exceptional picture quality (albeit much better with a High Def source).

- As I use a surround system with subwoofer for my Audio, the sound of this TV feels quite thin to me... but I guess it's all about what you're used to!

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10 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Nov 2006

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great design, the best picture I have ever seen in a television, I cannot wait to get HD installed. The remote is designed such that commands are intuitive this makes it very easy to set up and input preferences, apart from putting the base on I never needed to use the guide at all.

- The bezels are overpriced

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Mar 2007

Score 10.0/10

Doug, Trowbridge

+ good appearance--looks good in the room as a focal point
stands out as a quality piece of equipment
good image--visitors are very impressed with overall quality and appearance

- Reviewer left no comment

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 11 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ style, picture, looks.

- on screen menu is not the best ive come acrosss

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 May 2007

Score 8.0/10

Chris, Southsea

+ Great colours; wonderful contrast. As good a LCD as I've seen. But the technology is still improving and it's still jnot perfect with movement yet.

- OVER-PACKAGEDE AND MADE A LONG WAY, SO BUYING THIS IS BOTH REALLY BAD NEWS FOR THE PLANET AND FOR MY PERSONAL CARBON FOOTPRINT.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Jun 2007

Score 10.0/10

Mike, Northampton

+ Absolutely superb picture quality particulary with Sky Hd a fantatstic TV set.

- The sound could be improved on as it can appear faint.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

David, Seaford

+ design, picture, build quality

- size of the remote control

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Aug 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ good design; compatibility with other sony products i own; picture quality

- Reviewer left no comment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Aug 2007

Score 10.0/10

T.D., Kent

+ Looks fantastic on the wall and the image quality is second to none.

- Not a thing.

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purchased 20 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Its Sony

- Its a bitb on the pricy sisde, but then again its sony

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purchased 03 Nov 2007

Score 10.0/10

gary, hawarden

+ Beautiful looking TV very easy to set up and looks great mounted on the wall

- none

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purchased 09 Nov 2007

Score 9.0/10

Alastair, Stirling

+ Easy to set up. Everything you would expect from a Sony product.

- None so far

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purchased 14 Nov 2007

Score 9.0/10

Gareth, Stoke-on-Trent

+ almost everything

- when you only use the av and hdmi ports like i do it dose not go back to them when you turn on the tv it gose to a free viwe chanel and you can not use the program + - to change av you need to contiuasly need to press av and go all around the houses to get the input you want.

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purchased 01 Nov 2007

Score 10.0/10

Steve, Stevenage

+ The picture quality is outstanding. The sound quality is far better than I expected/have experienced for "regular" TV speakers. Very easy to set up and use. Plug it in and away you go. The TV does it all for you. An added bonus was the remote can be programmed to control other appliances regardless of manufacturer. Another excellent product from Sony.

- None.

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purchased 16 Nov 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ easy to set up. sharp picture

- have found none so far

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purchased 06 Nov 2007

Score 10.0/10

Steve, Dunfermline

+ excellent tv

- no bad points

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purchased 06 Dec 2007

Score 9.0/10

Sarah, St Neots

+ It has a excellent picture and the actual TV looks good.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 08 Oct 2007

Score 10.0/10

tom, london

+ everything

- none

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purchased 08 Sep 2007

Score 10.0/10

JOHN, ROTHERHAM

+ everything

- paus when changing stations

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purchased 21 Jun 2007

Score 8.0/10

rick, doncaster

+ easy to use

- some difficulty getting to operating ports when on the wall

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purchased 09 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Ernest, West Sussex

+ With the perimeter edge bezel. it gives an overall pleasing & stylish appearance to the television, which enhanses any room. The picture quality is second to none.

- The sound quality at times is ot 100% and unsatisfactory, However I would suspect that this would be overcome should I have gone for the surround sound additional remote speaker system, As I did'nt want the clutter of the additional speakers

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purchased 15 Oct 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

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A nice large screen for easy viewing. Also the silver surround frame makes it look like a moving picture.

- As yet i haven't found any.

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purchased 16 Aug 2007

Score 1.0/10

Lee, Sheffield

+ Great looking TV

- These panels have a very bad clouding issues on them - i had 2 sent to me before i demanded a refund.
Go for a Panasonic instead. Betting picture and alot cheaper.

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purchased 25 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy menus. Attractive design.

- None obvious.

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purchased 17 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ stylish,good sound quality and good value for money

- would have been better if control buttons where placed on the front instead of the right hand side.

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purchased 13 Sep 2007

Score 8.0/10

Martin, Guisborough

+ The image quality is superb. The outer bevel design looks terrific.

- The sound quality maybe could be slightly better.

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purchased 16 Jul 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ great picture and plenty of ports for computer,hdmi,scarts etc

- none

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purchased 23 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Phil, Worthing

+ This is an excellent display, well worth the money

- Only 2 hdmi

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purchased 14 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Morne, salisbury

+ lovely look
very good picture for both gaming and movies

- only one hd connection

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purchased 20 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy user friendly set up and controls. Picture quality superb. Sound quality also great.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 02 Nov 2007

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Product Features

Screen Size in 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.
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 vertical resolution of 750 pixels (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.
HDMI Interface	2
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 Interfaces	3
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.
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.
Contrast Ratio (X:1)	7000
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.
Screen Resolution (pixels)	1080i
The number of pixels the screen has. The more you have, the more detail the screen can display, given a high quality source. A breakdown of resolutions can be found on Wikipedia here
Response Time in ms	8
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.
Screen Format	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.
Brightness in Candela per square metre	450
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.
PC Interface	Yes
If you’d like to use your TV as a PC monitor you’ll need to make sure it has a port to allow you to connect it. This is usually a VGA port, but some TVs include a newer DVI port. Adaptors are availible to allow VGA to DVI and vice versa.
USB Port	No
Socket for connecting devices such as a computers and other components
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.
Picture in Picture (PIP)	1 Tuner PIP
TVs with this feature are able to display a preview of another channel while you are watching your current channel.
Energy Savings Trust Feature	No
A Yes means this this product has been rated as being energy-efficient by the Energy Savings Trust. Good for the environment and good for your electricity bill!
Weight (kg)	35

Freeview	Yes
Freeview is free digital terrestrial TV. Many newer TVs have Freeview built in. For other TVs you will need a separate Freeview set-top box.
FreeSat Tuner	No
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.
Sound System	Dolby Pro Logic II