Sony Bravia KDL-46W5500 Reviews: Bravia, 46" Screen LCD Full HD 1080p TV

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Score: 9.1/10

78 Real Customer Reviews - In Summary

+ This television scores high on image quality. - It has no outstanding negative points. “Looks great. was easy to set up. easy to switch between hdmi inputs. great images.” Marcus, Huntingdon View all 78 real customer reviews

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78 verified purchasers have reviewed this product.
98% of people recommend it.

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All purchasers (78)
Design9.1
Ease of use9.0
Image quality9.3
Sound quality8.1
Value for money (at time of purchase)8.7
Overall rating9.1
Multi-purpose viewer (16)
Film and documentary lover (7)
High spec fanatic (4)
Sports and games fan (4)
Occasional TV watcher (2)
Other (45)
 

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Score 10.0/10

Marcus, Huntingdon

+ Looks great. Was easy to set up. Easy to switch between HDMI inputs. Great images.

- Reviewer left no comment

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9 of 9 people found this review helpful

purchased 24 Jun 2009

Score 9.0/10

ANDY, BRECHIN , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ HAD IT A WEEK LOOKS THE PART EASY TO USE TOP PICTURE WELL HAPPY

- NONE

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9 of 10 people found this review helpful

purchased 03 Jun 2009

Score 9.0/10

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

+ Easy to install. Power saving feature very useful. 4 x HDMI ports very useful. USB slot a good feature. Great picture, sound etc.

- Still expensive. Can't think of any bad points, we're delighted with this TV.

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6 of 6 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jul 2009

Score 8.0/10

john, Middlesbrough , “Occasional TV watcher”

+ great looks, easy assembly onto stand, easy set up

- Reviewer left no comment

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5 of 5 people found this review helpful

purchased 09 Jun 2009

Score 7.0/10

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

+ nice picture, good in HD

- voice quality could have been much better i think i'll have to buy Homecinema system to augment the voice

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6 of 7 people found this review helpful

purchased 23 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Excellent picture quality in a really beautiful TV.

- Reviewer left no comment

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9 of 13 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 May 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ The quality of the product stands out from thr crowd. The system interface and compatability yo link up with other Sony and "other" manufacturer products such as cinema systems or blu-ray makes this a seamless and very upgradeable product. The picture quality on HD is immense. You ultimately only get waht you pay for and backed by a 3 year warranty for peace of mind.

- The price as I would love to have been able to afford the 56 inch screen option !

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 12 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Barry, Gravesend , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Sound & Picture quality very good, loads of extras including photo album.
Easy to use. Excellent swivel stand so you can position TV to suit your veiwing.
Highly recommend.

- Reviewer left no comment

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 15 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ very stylish looking. sets off any living room. Digital sourced much better than analogue. HD sources amazing.Sound quality is acceptable but its the same storey with most tv's now that the whole surround sound package be purchased and set up. Just a point to make to anyone buying the surround sound package -I also bought the RHT 950 sony stand and found that on dvd and blue ray i have to turn off the sound system as the tv on its own is much better - failure to hear important things like talking if alot of background noise say if a scene near traffic as an example. It may be possible to fix this but i dont know how. Just wanted to raise this point as many others will go for this product as part oif a package. May be better to buy a ordinary glass stand and sepearate surround sound. but very happy with the tv

- the motion plus (100hz on this tv) makes watching games and sports slightly off putting as it seems to speed up whats happening. It makes the scene slightly fake looking as movements are not picked up as normal by the eye. It almost is like wearing someone else's glasses where objects seem to sway. Best to just leave the motion plus at Standard setting to limit this. Some people might find it ok on high setting. leaving the tv to do all its tricks automatically will sort out any problems whcih only tend to appear when operator tries to control what tv does themselves.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Andy, Helston

+ Good standard picture and a fantastic blu-ray picture, motion is handled very well. Sound is very good, in fact never used my surround amp for first 2 weeks. Plug sd card in side (via usb adaptor) to show off digital photos.

- Slight delay with the wii that takes a bit of getting use to.

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3 of 3 people found this review helpful

purchased 05 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “High spec fanatic” More like this »

+ Great TV Quality

- Expensive but Sony always is

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 17 Jun 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Excellent TV, Good value now price has droped. Great for all sports and action films, my son says "awesom for gaming".

- none

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2 of 2 people found this review helpful

purchased 13 Jul 2009

Score 10.0/10

darren , st.austell , “Film and documentary lover” More like this »

+ Great Picture in HD

- None

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3 of 4 people found this review helpful

purchased 10 Jul 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Outstanding - love it, love it, love it! Tried to wait for as long as possible before buying LCD to see the quality improve - and it was worth the wait - I paid just over £1000 it is worth over £1500 in my mind.

- I can't watch it when I'm at work :-(

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purchased 04 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser , “High spec fanatic” More like this »

+ Connected with ease. Simply brilliant picture and stunning television all round

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 14 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Wendy, Goole

+ Sony is the top brand name for me very good design

- NONE

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purchased 21 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Frank, Larne

+ Saves space, good size to weight ratio. excellent picture with wide viewing angle.

- large cabling bundle. (will be reduced when sky+ HD is fitted)

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purchased 18 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Fantastic 1080p picture. Standard definition looks good too. Vibrant colours. Very black blacks. Matt finish reduces reflections from other light sources. At just over £1000 for a 46inch Sony LCD with Bravia 3 engine technology is pretty good value.

- Basic looking design. You'll probably want to hook it up to a surround sound system.

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purchased 06 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Bob, Cobham

+ Picture, sound is ok, I like it very much, with HD sky box the picture is fantastic.

- Can not play movies on USB.

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purchased 17 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Frank, Larne

+ no bad points!!!

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 18 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Jeremy, Ottershaw , “Film and documentary lover” More like this »

+ superb picture and excellent funtionality

- expected a bit more from the sound quality

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purchased 15 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

W, GOOLE

+ Reviewer left no comment

- non

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purchased 21 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Barry, London

+ Superb picture quality. looks fantastic too.

- Only thing I can say is the Standard Definition most definitely looks blurry. Could do with a decent integrated upscaler to dance over this.....

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purchased 12 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Carl, Wallasey , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Sleek, slim and modern design

- None

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purchased 22 Sep 2009

Score 9.0/10

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

+ Great picture, nice design

- Port configuration split between side of set and rear. It is unsightly from the side of the set if you want to use all the HDMI ports.

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purchased 20 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Alan, Fareham

+ Simple to use, looks good (except teh clear plastic bit but that's a persnal choice), great picture but with the usual upscale fron SD issues. Great HD picture. It's shown up my Humax PVRs quality so I'm havin g to upgrade to Freesat to get more HD content.

- None really.

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purchased 29 Sep 2009

Score 8.0/10

Jan, Ilkley

+ Great image. Excellent for gaming. Sleek looking.

- Hard to figure out how to play dvds.

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purchased 03 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Aside from the obvious superb quality when watching Blue Rays, what does impress is the standard deff picture from normal telly.

- If I had to be picky then I'd say the type of plastic used for the frame and base is a real nightmare to keep clean. You can never get the dust off....!

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purchased 28 Sep 2009

Score 10.0/10

Ian, Winchester , “High spec fanatic” More like this »

+ Excellent image quality (ie resolution, brightness, contrast) on HD and also very good on non-HD. Better than all other high resolution TV sets which I've seen displaying non-HD material, which often look worse than low resolution TV sets. The colours, including skin colours, are spot-on. The connections are simple and the controls easy to use. The rotating stand is quite useful too. Moving images (eg watching soccer on Sky HD) are good.

- None. I only give an 8/10 for sound because I would reserve 10 for the quality of sound you'd expect from a full separate surround-sound system, so maybe I'm being a bit harsh. Clearly you can't expect that on a TV. The sounds is as good as I would expect from a TV.

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purchased 02 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Very easy to use, great picture.

- None so far

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purchased 05 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

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

+ Sharp picture quality, plenty of features, stylish.

- Connection to pc a little slow

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purchased 07 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

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

+ Picture quality, good sound, good range of connections.

- None.

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purchased 13 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Sophie, Needingworth , “Sports and games fan”

+ Excellent picture and sound quality. Intergrates well with my ps3 and dvd recorder. Easy to set up as well.

- The only item I would consider that Sony review is the Guide, it takes awhile to update and does not always list all the items.

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purchased 06 Oct 2009

Score 10.0/10

maxine, ebbw vale

+ picture is superb, i just love watching it.it was very easy to tune and set up.

- havn'tcome across any.

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purchased 16 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Kypros, Cheshunt

+ Excellent picture and connectivity.Good features.Excellent HD picture.

- Built quality plastics of this model not as good as older models.I had a KDLV model which was better built.Sony seem had cut corners to remain competitive at this model range.Sound still not its strong feature.

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purchased 17 Oct 2009

Score 8.0/10

Grahame, Stirling

+ Great picture, easy to set up and if you have a Sony Blu-Ray and Home Cinema system they work brilliantly together.

- Pretty poor sound quality from the built-in speakers. For decent sound, invest in a proper AV receiver (preferably Sony). Network widgets are a useless gimmick but you can play your music collection over DLNA reasonably well.

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purchased 22 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

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

+ So far so good. A great upgrade from my original Bravia. Changing settings is incredibly easy with the 'Home' button on the remote giving access to the x bar menu. Sound is pretty good and powerful, something my old Bravia lacked. Most important is top quality picture, contrast a big set up and acceptable.

- TV surround not that exciting, thought it'd at least have an illuminated 'Sony'! Only other minor gripe is the remote is fairly dull in design.

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purchased 20 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Picture quality, Design.

- DLNA video streaming only supports a limited number of formats (AVHCD, MPEG2) i.e not avi, mkv etc.
Sound is only average
Remote control design not the best in class

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purchased 16 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Nick, St Leonards on sea , “High spec fanatic” More like this »

+ Great picture out of the box, no need to fiddle with the settings, just use the scenes.

- Motionflow is hit and miss with some settings but just put it on low and all is fine.

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purchased 20 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

James, St Andrews , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Easy to install and easy to set up

- No bad points, feel the free view aspect of it could be slicker

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purchased 04 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ picture fab style great

- sound average or weak

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purchased 05 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ excellent quality!!looks swish!!

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 04 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great picture and sound.

- A litle wobbly on the stand.

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purchased 05 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Richard, Dover

+ Quality build gives confidence

- none - so far ......

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purchased 02 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

Peter, Larkfield Kent , “Multi-purpose viewer” More like this »

+ Excellent quality at a reasonable price.

- None that i'm aware of.

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purchased 30 Aug 2009

Score 8.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ it has some good features and quality of picture is good once you get all the settings right, which is after playing around for a little while. The best thing about it is watching movies for me it makes a big difference

- I think the sound is not that good, could have done with another 1 or 2 speakers somewhere

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purchased 31 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

Roy, Southwell

+ Very easy to follow set up and have the television up and running quickly. Excellent picture quality and extremely good looking product.

- Cannot fault any aspect.

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purchased 31 Aug 2009

Score 9.0/10

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

+ Easy set up. Good Quality finish. Picture quality is superb. easy integration with other equipment.

- None at all.

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purchased 30 Aug 2009

Score 10.0/10

David, Lancashire

+ it is everything it said it was

- None

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purchased 02 Oct 2009

Score 9.0/10

Anonymous verified purchaser

+ Great picture.
Great looking menu.

- Reviewer left no comment

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purchased 12 Oct 2009

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Product Features

Screen Size in Inches 46
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) 100
Contrast Ratio (X:1) 100000
Screen Resolution (pixels) 1080p
Reflection Angle 178
Screen Format 16:9
PC Interface Yes
USB Port Yes
Electronic Program Guide (EPG) Yes
Picture in Picture (PIP) Yes
Energy Savings Trust Feature Yes
Weight (kg) 24
Height in mm 72.5
Width in mm 112.3
Depth in mm 9.6
Freeview Yes
FreeSat Tuner No
Sound System S-Force Front Surround
Colour Black

Also known as: Sony KDL-46W5500, Sony KDL46W5500U, Sony KDL-46W5500U

TV Buyers Guide  

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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