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 Awesome television October 9, 2008
Laura C. Frese
Delivery a little slow, but it is free! The television is awesome! Great picture! No complaints! And a great deal on Amazon too!
Excellent choice... September 20, 2008
P. McCants (Conroe, Texas)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
We couldn't be happier with our Sony Bravia 42 inch TV. It arrived quickly and the packaging was excellent. We took it out of the box, plugged it in and never even had to make an adjustment. The factory settings were perfect. We have been buying Sony products for a while now and will continue doing so. Also, the price was better than anything we could find locally. I would reccomend this TV to anyone in the market for this size. You can't go wrong.
Good Size, Good Price, Good Features, Great Value September 16, 2008
Gregory Nichols (Ann Arbor, MI)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
We've had one now for about two weeks and the shakedown period is close to over with it and we've been very happy with this choice. It took quite a while to finally make a decision to dump our 27" Sony Trinitron for a new fangled LCD TV as the thing still sounds and looks good after 17 years! br / br /But that was two weeks ago and now that I'm use to seeing everything (especially good is text) on 42 inches of LCD, I'd never go back. The term "Wow" is an understatement. Yeah, I've seen big LCD TV's in bars and restaurants but until you've got one in the quiet of your own home, you just don't know the difference. br / br /Here's the Pro's and Con's of this 42" Sony V-series TV: br / br /Pros: br /* Exterior design is very attractive. I like the piano black frame and front part of the stand. Very classy. The gray sound bar on the front and the gray on the back part of the stand are nice accents but don't detract from the main color. br /* Setup was very easy. I pulled the TV out of the box (we bought ours from a Big Box Store) and put the stand on the TV cabinet. My wife and I picked up the TV and set it into the neck of the stand. 4 phillips screws attach the TV to the stand. Just have your electric screwdriver charged and ready for duty. br /* The flat, no-gloss LCD screen is the way to go. I looked at some TV's that had a very pretty glossy screens but it doesn't take much additional light to grab reflections. br /* Sony's TV menu system is really good. I find it very easy to navigate to the feature I want to change. If you're use to the Sony PS3 or PSP, it's the same thing. Also, Sony gives you a free connection to an interactive TV Guide station. Very nice to navigate and read but it's only available if you watch the TV through cable without the company's cable box attached. br /* Really good remote. It's long and slim and feels very good in your hand. Nice button distinctions. I'm sad that I don't use it more because my cable company has it's own huge, gray monster that I must use in order to navigate their cable box. br /* The various external connections are plentiful and easy to reach. With 4 HDMI connections, you won't be needing more anytime soon. I've got a cable box, VCR player, DVD player, Stereo receiver, and a game system plugged into the TV and still, I've got many more connections. br /* HDTV cable programs in 1080i looks great on this set (BTW, you can't get 1080p through the cable company). I haven't fiddled with the custom color settings because the standard one is perfect for viewing TV. A press on the remote "picture" button offers you "cinema" and "Vivid" (great for game machines) settings as well as a custom setting option. The standard 480i picture is acceptable on this TV. I have the TV set to wide-zoom any 480i picture which fills the 16:9 screen but cuts off a little on the top and bottom of the picture. You can set the TV to put it into the 4:3 shape if you must but my wife said "we paid for 42 inches and I want to see everything in 42 inches." Wife wins. br /* The sound is very good on this TV. It was one of the top (3) reasons we bought this TV. We don't have any fancy Dolby 5.1 or 7.1 setup. And we watch plenty of "regular" TV that really doesn't need the additional speakers. The sound is crisp and clear coming from the small front facing speakers. Other TV's (won't mention brands) have back mounted speakers that either fire backwards or downwards. You can't get quality sound that way no matter what the manufacturer tells you. br / br /Cons: br /* We wish it had an earphone jack. Like me, you can optionally port the sound (either digital optical or RCA jacks) to a receiver and use the receiver's headphone jack when needed. br / br /And that's it. I honestly can't think of another con for this TV. I won't count it being a 60 instead of 120hz TV because that's not what I bought and I don't think it matters that much and I do watch plenty of sports. br / br /It's early in the life of this TV but I'm impressed so far. I did buy an additional 4 year warranty so I'm covered. This technology is too new and complicated not to get an additional warranty unless you're a penny-foolish gambler or wealthy. br /
 great while it lasted September 8, 2008
Brian D. Ferguson (San Diego, CA)
2 out of 6 found this review helpful
I owned the 1080i version of this model (no longer available here on Amazon, so I'm reviewing here). Everything was great...incredible picture and sound...for about 7 months. Then it started turning itself off randomly...it would just turn off, then come back on about 5 seconds later. Sometimes it would do this about once a week, then it would go on a spree and shut off 10 times in 30 minutes. Sony customer service was USELESS...at their prompting I spent hours rewiring the thing in different configurations to see if it was the cable or DVR causing the issue, and never had it get better. Finally it shut off, never to come back on. It was 13 months after I bought it...1 month after warranty, and even though I'd been working with them for months on it, Sony has taken the stance that the warranty has expired(!). I take it to a local shop and they say the main motherboard is fried, $800 to fix. I cough up the $800 and it works...for 3.5 months. Then the thing blows a gasket, crackling like sizzling bacon and filling the entire house with acrid smoke. Again, Sony says 'so sorry, you're hosed'. I always thought Sony was a quality outfit...guess things have changed.
Great TV from Sony September 3, 2008
A. Conforti (Purdue, IN)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
Pros: br /Sony reliability (ignore angry reviewer) br /No reflections on screen br /4 HDMI ports br /Nice looking package, neat see through glass br /Excellant picture from any HDMI source br /Great menu's br / br /Cons: br /No 120Hz br /Stand is difficult to get perfectly straight br /No Surround pass-thru over optical in/out br / br /Comments: br /Don't worry about the 120Hz/24p stuff for blu-ray, they look great without it. I would consider the 120Hz if you happen do read a lot of scrolling text. Buy a blu-ray player, and buy all your cables online at a tenth the price.
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