Sony KDL32V2500 Reviews: Bravia, 32" Screen LCD HD Ready TV

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Score: 9.0/10

112 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

This television is a good all rounder. “Excellent picture quality, connectivity, menus and flexible setup. i paricularly…” Geoff, West Sussex View all 112 real customer reviews

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Real customer reviews

112 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
99% of people recommend it.

Reevoo's summary of reviews:

Most people can't find anything wrong with this Sony, although it is pricier than many competing products. Picture quality scores highly, with users noticing a sharp picture from SD sources. Several reviewers mention that the sound quality is a bit below par, which could be a factor if you are looking for a cinematic experience without paying for an external speaker set-up.

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All purchasers (112)
Design9.1
Ease of use9.0
Image quality9.0
Sound quality8.4
Value for money (at time of purchase)9.2
Overall rating9.0
 

*not all purchasers provided a score or review

Score 9.0/10

Geoff, West Sussex

+ Excellent picture quality, connectivity, menus and flexible setup. I paricularly like the information given onscreen, as inputs are selected, concerning the picture setup and whether interlaced or progressive is in use. The customisation capability of each input is impressive. The cabinet finish is outstanding. Highly recommended.

- HDMI connections should be vertical for a tidier cabling.

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20 of 20 people found this review helpful

purchased 31 Jan 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Another excellent product from Sony with good looks and design.

- Reviewer left no comment

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18 of 18 people found this review helpful

purchased 22 Jan 2007

Score 9.0/10

Alec, Wirral

+ Excellent build quality and performance. Very good interconnectivity. Extremely straightforward to setup.

- None

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16 of 16 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Feb 2007

Score 8.0/10

Terry, North Wales

+ Great picture and sound.

- Unable to tune into some Digital Channels - it appears this is a problem with most Sony models.

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11 of 11 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Apr 2007

Score 9.0/10

Graham, Nottingham

+ Easy to set up and easy to use

- Haven't found any, but I'm no expert

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Apr 2007

Score 9.0/10

Tim, Lincoln

+ Stylish, easy to use, good picture, good sound.

- none

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8 of 8 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 May 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Nice slimline looking tele went with the name and have been very pleased.

- None but it is worth getting a cardboard cutout with the size as it is difficult to imagine what it will be like in your room. I think I may have gone for the 40" instead of the smaller version.

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Mike, Bath

+ This is an excellent product, easy to set up, and certainly lives up to the reviews. Digital picture quality is very good, crisp and sharp with almost no discernible blurring - watching Wimbledon was a joy! Sound quality is better than I expected. List price is expensive but there are plenty of good deals, so shop around.

- Reviewer left no comment

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7 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to set-up, plenty of different inputs, stylish design.

- Can be disappointing with HD experience unless you have an HD source. The improvements to non-HD sources are noticeable, but not in itself a reason to upgrade.

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

John, Kent

+ Easy set up. Excellent clarity and colours. Looks amazing. Extremely good value for money.

- None worth mentioning!

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Jun 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ ease of use,

- still not perfect picture quality - old 32 inch CRT sony better quality picture

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 May 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good quality picture.
Easy to follow setup instructions.

- None so far

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4 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ simple to set up, plug in and ready to go in 30 minutes

- Reviewer left no comment

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Gareth, Taff's Well - Cardiff

+ Good quality and looking LCD product. Very easy to install and use. Excellant picture.

- Operation manual not user-friendly. Sound could be better.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good looking, smaller footprint than previous conventional TV's, dead easy to use, good instruction book, superb picture quality.

- The sound was a dissapointment after my previous tv that had a bass box. Piping it through the HiFi helps though.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 May 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ It is very good in all aspects.

- Reviewer left no comment

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 16 May 2007

Score 8.0/10

Roger, Rugby

+ Design & colour & clarity of picture & sound

- Slight fuzz on fast movement on screen

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 02 May 2007

Score 10.0/10

Rob, Notts

+ Excellent picture. Worth every penny. Well designed with good connectivity.

- Reviewer left no comment

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Jun 2007

Score 10.0/10

fred, manchester

+ excellent picture. beautiful design.

- tgook some time to get picture settings right

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Apr 2007

Score 8.0/10

Mark, Camberley

+ HD image quality good.
SD image quality from cable also good.
Weight and Size both good.

- Only one connection which 'asserts' when the device is switched on - its needs more.
More HDMI connectors needed.
Bigger speakers needed to improve sound - but the sound is still ok

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 01 Jun 2007

Score 10.0/10

Robert, Oxford

+ This is a brilliant TV with lovely sharp bright picture from the digital tuner

- Unable to use the new HD box supplied by sky as it interfered with some of the digital channels. No problems using the TV with the older sky plus box.

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 21 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very easy to set and use

- do not any to comment on

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

Paul, Liverpool

+ Ease of setup,design, good picture quality

- None so far

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great if you have a xbox

- Not much H/D tv out at the moment

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Mar 2007

Score 9.0/10

Steve, Thetford

+ The picture quality is exceptional. The freeview performance is also far superior to my previous equipment.

- Nothing too much. The mounting bracket is quite expensive if you want to mount the TV on a wall.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 06 Mar 2007

Score 9.0/10

Peter, Reigate, Surrey

+ Good looking product, easy to set up, easy to use. Just what do you expect from Sony.

- Not found any yet!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 30 Apr 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Generally good picture quality and sound

- Would like to see less power consumption

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to use.

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 28 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Fantastic sound and picture quality.

- Programme guide could be better.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Roy, Builth Wells

+ Good quality TV with good viewing and simple initial set up

- Doesn't have any really

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jun 2007

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Really easy to set up and quality of product is as excellent as expected from Sony

- None

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 May 2007

Score 10.0/10

Georgina, Morecambe

+ good picture, sound and colour quality. nice surround.

- none

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 May 2007

Score 10.0/10

jonathan, maldon essex

+ the colors are fantastic. the picture beats my friends 50" pioneer and he has sky hd.

- cant find any

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 14 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Peter, Shifnal

+ Great picture quality and sound very good too. Easy to operate. Loooks good.

- Can't think of any!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 25 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Andy, Droitwich

+ Good all round picture and sound

- A bit pricier than its competitors

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Aug 2007

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Sound system very poor

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jun 2007

Score 8.0/10

Jon, Norwich

+ nice sophisticated piece of equipment

- none to date

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 19 Jun 2007

Score 10.0/10

Gillian, Bury

+ Its a good size for the room, the picture is fabulous and the sound is really good. Just love the television.

- Not found any yet!

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 04 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Neil, Durham

+ Vibrant colours, vivid picture quality - good selection of connection points.

- Cheaper model may be more value for money.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Marcin, Wellingborough

+ easy to use with superb image quality

- mmmm..... dont know any till now

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 18 May 2007

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Easy to set up and use.

- Maybe caused by area in which we live but we have ghosting on the screen and poor sound playbak from our dvd player. Can be fiddley for men to swap between sky and errestial/freeview channels.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 20 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

ROBIN , CHELTENHAM

+ Sony quality - this means for a very good price you get an LCD TV far better than any other makes. Whatever you do, check out the sound, you'll be amazed.

- Being only 32inch you don't get full HD 1080p but that's the compromise for the cost. Still a very very sharp picture though.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 08 Jul 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ the picture and sound quality is very good and the size of the tv fits in the room very well .it does not over power the room so the picture is very clear.

- the only bad point is the pictures creaks up on the digital stations which is very annoying.

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1 of 1 people found this review helpful

purchased 07 Jul 2007

Score 9.0/10

PHIL, LEAMINGTON SPA

+ Great TV

- ONLY 3 SCART SOCKETS

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purchased 11 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

David, Barnsley

+ a very high quality product

- none

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purchased 15 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

IAN, BROXBURN

+ Excellent picture.

- none

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purchased 26 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Chris, Manchester

+ Great picture qualtiy and very intuitive!

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 23 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Rob, Essex

+ Not top of the range but good value. Image quality was great and sound very good.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 20 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Looks excellent and really good picture and sound quality. Absolute bargain at the price.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 22 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Kevin, Swindon

+ Image quality is fantastic

- Not enough depth to the sound

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purchased 28 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

keith, pencader

+ Ease of setting up and quality of product

- Nothing to date

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purchased 04 Jun 2007

Score 9.0/10

John, Forest Hill

+ Price and design.

- Picture quality could be better.

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purchased 28 May 2007

Score 10.0/10

Graham, Felixstowe

+ Easy to use, good menu structure, good quality audiovisual experience - just what you'd expect from Sony

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 28 May 2007

Score 9.0/10

Paul, Nottingham

+ Easy set up and go, good looking model

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 02 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ all round good tv

- none to speak off

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purchased 13 Jul 2007

Score 7.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Reviewer left no comment

- Navigation through degital canals involves more than one step and takes time.

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purchased 05 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Good size screen for a standard lounge. Not too bulky. Easy to handle/light in weight.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 19 Jul 2007

Score 10.0/10

Alan, Gloucester

+ The picture is very good, sharp and clear, and the colour is natural.

- I have no complaints.

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purchased 09 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Roger, Liverpool

+ Design and look of TV are very classy.

- Freeview menu blocks out half screen when reviewing listings.

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purchased 02 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great TV with a pin sharp picture and easy to use

- None that I have found

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purchased 03 Sep 2007

Score 8.0/10

Brian , Doncaster

+ Great picture and good sound with what seems like a good quality tuner.

- Favourites and information re programmeas is not intuiitive.

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purchased 27 Sep 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Nice design, good quality picture ans sound what more could you ask for!?

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 18 Sep 2007

Score 10.0/10

Richard, Oxford

+ The colours are amazing, very vivid. Looks great, usual sony understated black and silvers. Easy to use - menu and remote. Blacks awesome. A great TV, simple.

- The sound is fine for watching a tv programme. But for films and anything requiring a little bass/warmth, you're best plugging it into your hi-fi.

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purchased 27 Jul 2007

Score 8.0/10

Donald, Newcastle upon Tyne

+ Picture quality is excellent, sound is very good compared to quite a few other makes and models (and a lot better than my old Sony TV). It has both Analoge & Digital tuners with a quick and easy way to switch between them.

- I live in a low signal area and it struggled to find all the digital channels at first, though it is now working correctly.

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purchased 30 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Attractive design Easy to set up and operate Good vision and sound

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 13 Aug 2007

Score 10.0/10

Rachel, Manchester

+ Great looking television with an amazing picture and sound, a must to buy.

- Make sure you buy the correct screen cleaner.

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purchased 25 Aug 2007

Score 9.0/10

Michael, Aylesbury

+ Extremely easy set up - just a couple of minutes.
Auto set-up produces excellent results but you can then fine-tune to your own requirements.

- The program display band at the top half of the screen is somewhat annoying - perhaps a smaller band at the bottom of the screen would have been better.

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purchased 31 Aug 2007

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches 32
Type of Screen LCD
HD TV HD Ready
Number of Scart Interfaces 2
Frequency (Hz) 50
Screen Resolution (pixels) 768i
Response Time in ms 8
Reflection Angle 178
Screen Format 16:9
Brightness in Candela per square metre 450
USB Port No
Electronic Program Guide (EPG) Yes
Energy Savings Trust Feature Yes
Freeview Yes
Sound System Nicam Stereo

Also known as: Sony KDL32V2500U, SONY KDL-32V2500, Sony 32, Sony 32in, Sony Bravia KDL-32V2500

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