Sony BRAVIA V-Series KDL-52V5100 52-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV, Black | 
| Brand: Sony
Category: CE
List Price: $1,999.99
Buy Used: $1,199.00
as of 3/12/2010 17:09 CET details
You Save: $800.99 (40%)
New (14) Used (33) from $1,199.00
Seller: yourgreenation
Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 3,283
Color: Black
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Native Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Display Size: 52
Shipping Weight (lbs): 66.1
Dimensions (in): 49.8 x 4.6 x 32.5
BRAVIA® Sync capable3
ACE (Advanced Contrast Enhancer)
Light SensorTM technology
24p True CinemaTM capable
Display Resolution : 1920 x 1080p (Full HD)
Dynamic Contrast Ratio : 50,000:1
Dimensions (Approx.) : 49.75 x 34.25 x 14.375 in (1262 x 869 x 362mm) with pedestal; 49.75 x 32.5 x 4.625 in (1262 x 823 x 115mm) without pedestal
Weight (Approx.) : 76.3 lbs. (34.6kg) with pedestal; 66.1 lbs. (30kg) without pedestal
Wide Mode : Full, Normal, Wide Zoom, Zoom
Picture Mode : Vivid, Standard, Cinema, Custom, Photo-Vivid, Photo-Standard, Photo-Original, Photo-Custom
Warranty: 1 year warranty
MPN: KDL-52V5100
Model: KDL-52V5100
UPC: 027242752948
EAN: 0000272427529
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 52-inch 16:9 Full HD 1080p Resolution Panel provides optimum resolution | | • | Dynamic contrast works in real time to produce deep blacks in darker scenes | | • | Engineered Motionflow 120Hz technology further reduces blurriness and juddervideo processor uses unique Sony technology | | • | Seven HD inputs, including four HDMI inputs, HD component and combo inputs (1080/60i capable), and a PC input | | • | BRAVIA Link compatibility lets you expand your HDTV's capabilities with BRAVIA Link modules |
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Product Description
Keep pace with fast-action movies, sports and game play. Equipped with Full HD 1080p and Motionflow 120Hz refresh rate technology, the KDL-52V5100 52-inch BRAVIA V series LCD flat panel HDTV provides a more fluid, natural and realistic viewing experience while enjoying fast-paced entertainment. Additionally, every scene will be sharp, vibrant and life-like thanks to BRAVIA Engine 2 fully digital video processor. Plus, a 50,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio yields deep blacks in darker scenes. The V series also includes 7 HD inputs to ensure you get impressive image quality from all your HD components such as PlayStation 3, Blu-ray Disc player and your PC.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 64
A Solid HDTV if you Like to Tweak - FiOS users beware!!! February 28, 2010
Dr. Bonkers (New York, NJ)
I received this HDTV as an Xmas gift to replace a 5 year old Sanyo tube-based HDTV that was going nutty (green tint to the picture suddenly).
Pros:
* The blur motion control, Bravia Sync, and input switching are great.
* The menus for calibration of the picture (if you have a THX calibration disk) are simply very easy.
* Watching Blu-Ray movies or playing PS-3 games on this are awe inspiring- incredible details, rich blacks, no motion glitches.
* Hooking a Nintendo Wii up to this TV via component cable was a nice surprise too in terms of picture quality and motion tracking.
* So many inputs, you will be hard pressed to fill them up.
Cons:
* The sound of the TV speakers requires you to have a separate receiver/speaker array system. The speakers are rather tinny sounding with no bass.
* The quality of this HDTV, like most on the market, requires that you learn how to calibrate the TV to THX or another standard. Otherwise, you are not getting all the quality that the TV is capable of.
* The HDMI input does not communicate well with the current Verizon FiOS Motorola HD QIP 71001 set top box. The picture flickers intermittently, goes to green screen, or goes to black depending upon the channel selected. Switching the set top box to feed this Sony using component cables solves the issue, but it is disappointing that neither Sony, Motorola, nor Verizon want to take ownership of this HDMI problem.
Overall, the picture quality of this TV blew away other 120 Hz LCD HDTV's both priced at this level & even $1,000 more. To get a better picture, if you know how to calibrate an HDTV, you would have to spend several thousand dollars more. Even then, the amount you will spend versus perceptible picture quality improvement is not really worth the bang for the buck IMHO. I would recommend this TV with the above 3 caveats.
 OK sound, great picture, great buy! February 28, 2010
J. Proffit
The picture quality is spectacular. The sound is kinda "meh" But typically if you're using a TV this size your using some kind of surround sound system of your own choosing - like myself. Which in turn makes it a 10/10 for me. A great buy, the colors are vibrant and the blacks are deep. Very nice with ZERO ghosting on the dark scenes. However, like others have stated, the standard def channels look poor but that is to be expected on an LCD this size. Someone mentioned some issues with a "popping" noise when changing channels using the HDMI or switching through the inputs. I have NOT experienced any issues like that or of any other nature with this model. A great buy indeed.
Great TV February 14, 2010
N. Ayres (Atlanta, GA)
Great picture and good sound quality. This is my first HDTV and it looks great with vivid and bright colors. HDTV takes it to the next level and I love Sony TVs. A great combination with my new TIVO HD - the only way to watch TV. Free shipping from Amazon gets it to the curb (or garage if you are lucky), you will need help getting it unpacked and in the house.
nice tv & what you can connect to it February 13, 2010
Todd Chapman (Sterling, MA United States)
I've had this tv for 3 months and I like it a lot. This is a big upgrade from the 27" tube tv it replaces. If you watch any amount of tv and still have an old, small tube tv, a new HD tv will improve your experience in a big way.
This TV: After much research, deliberation, and a number of showroom visits, I decided on this TV. I purchased from another vendor for a bit lower cost, but I did so reluctantly because I have had very good luck with Amazon. The TV showed up well-packaged an in good condition. Set up is easy.
I selected this TV because it is in a bright room with many windows. LCDs are better than plasma for such conditions, I've been told. Also, this Sony has a less glossy screen than other worthy competitors, like Samsung. You can test this by going to a showroom and looking for glare from the store lights on the screens. This TV has worked well in bright conditions.
The picture quality is very good. There are adequate inputs, we have an HD cable DVR, a Sony blue ray player, and an xbox 360, all connected with hdmi (there are 4 hdmi inputs), and a Wii. There is a standard connection for your pc, if the pc doesn't have an hdmi port.
Network / Internet devices: I found that I could view video and pictures stored on my Windows XP PC on the TV using the xbox (connected to a Cisco wireless ethernet bridge, bought at Amazon, works great). To connect to a computer through the xbox, you will need a wired network or a wireless router with an ethernet bridge near the TV. The Blue Ray is a Sony BDP-N460, which connects to the internet and allows viewing of some free and some pay content, including movies, from a number of providers, including Amazon. It is pretty neat and gives choices for on-demand movies that seem less expensive than my cable provider offerings.
To connect multiple devices to the internet you can get a TrendNet ethernet switch at Amazon for $10, which will allow up to 4 internet connections from one cable or wireless bridge. I purchased inexepensive HDMI cables from Amazon, and they seem to work fine (you can pay a lot for cables, the $5-10 versions that I bought work well).
TV sound is OK. I ran an rca cable out to an old stereo and use that for movies when quality sound is desired (obviously a surround sound system would work as well).
Overall, I'm very happy with my purchase of the TV, and the other components that make the TV more functional. We live in an amazing era.
Everything I Wanted February 11, 2010
Julian (Georgia, USA)
Great picture, great sound, and Sony quality all for a good price.
Others have gone to much greater detail than I care to, but I'll just say I don't think anyone will be disappointed with this TV purchase.
Although I realize this isn't much of a review, I simply wanted to express my satisfaction to others.
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