Sony Bravia KDL46EX703U 46-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p 100Hz LED LCD Internet TV with Freeview HD
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MarvoGing (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony Bravia KDL46EX703U 46-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p 100Hz LED LCD Internet TV with Freeview HD (Electronics)
It was time to upgrade from a trusty old Trinitron and after some research online opted for the sidelit 46" Sony. Our purchase included the tv, the sony Blu-ray, and the sony theatre sound with the golfball sized speakers, and a nice black glass table.As you'd expect, the whole viewing experience is several hundred percent more enjoyable, and i am a relatively light tv watcher. Ive become a light tv watcher because in my view the current free program schedules offer increasingly little of interest. For this reason i wanted a new tv that would offer other options, and i feel i have succeeded.
With the blu ray player we now have the choice of upscaled DVD, Bluray, DivX (on disc or stick) assorted online content (underwhelming), the excellent BBC iPlayer (sometimes in HD), and mp3 music. We are supposed to be able to patch into our home network also but we havent achieved that yet, its early days, there is a small issue with our router WEP key or our pc firewall.
The first telly arived with the back panel not properly attached (not Amazon) so we sent it back. The replacement is fine, as you'd expect from Sony. But there is now a question mark in my mind over Sony quality, and i note that it says on the delivery packaging 'Assembled in Slovakia'. I dont know if this is significant. It is a beautiful item of furniture switched off, and a beautiful screen when in use. After 3 weeks I am very pleased with the picture quality, I believe it is slightly better than equivalent lcd. The colours are bright and natural and only slight pixelation is seen when viewing content from our dodgy tiscali box (expected). The sound from the tv is fine, but moves into new territory when the theatre sound is switched on. Sometimes we watch the tv with 'ordinary' tv audio, because we dont necessarily want the big experience.
I had been worried that a 46" screen might be too big for our lounge. But we sit about 12-13 feet away, and it is absolutely perfect. The difference is, that with the Trinitron when something moved on the screen, one might just move one's eyes, now i find i'm sometimes actually moving my head in natural preference. The whole experience is more immersive of course. We now have 3 sony remotes and a tiscali one. The sony items can be Bravia Sync'd and to some extent this works agreeably. But you still need 4 remotes on the couch next to you if you are going to add these other devices. Overall ' I'd happily recommend this Sony TV, it sure is a treat in our lounge.
Update @ December 2010; unsuccessful thus far in connecting tv to pc via cable to router.
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Lee (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony Bravia KDL46EX703U 46-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p 100Hz LED LCD Internet TV with Freeview HD (Electronics)
Well I purchased this TV after months of "what one do I go for" reading reviews etc. I was orignaly looking for a sony 40" and undiceded if to go for the EX or the Monolith NX. Then amazon emailed and this 46" was on offer. I was undecided about the size worrying it would be to big etc.However when the TV was delivered and setup I am very happy with my choice. This TV is very very simple to setup it basically sets up itself. I don't use freeview just sky hd and the most important thing is the picture which is quite simply stunning in HD and normal definition. You will have to play with the several options that Sony have included but once you find you preffered levels of brightness colour and contrast then you will not be disapointed.
If you are lucky enough to have a Blu-Ray player or PS3 then movies in 1080p are stunning it will fell like you are in the film rather than watching it and Avatar really shows what this TV can do.PS3 games come to life aswell and theres even a game setting on the TV.
My advice however would be wall mount it, it is far to big to sit on a tv stand and be atleast 9 to 10 feet away for optimal picture quality, second thing is use this TV with a home cineam system I have a Sony AMP which is Bravia Synched, the sound qaulity on the TV alone is not the best.
In all this TV is a Sony and it is made with the quality you would expect from them, it looks stylish has an awsome picture and you will not be disapointed.
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Good for the price I paid. Would not buy for the actual price., By
Paulo Seth (Berkshire, UK.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Sony Bravia KDL46EX703U 46-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p 100Hz LED LCD Internet TV with Freeview HD (Electronics)
I didn't see it at 750 as mentioned before, but I bought it at 790 on the 1st of November. I agree with the previous reviewer that its an excellent TV for this price, but I was sincerely expecting more from Sony. Had lots of problems with Network setup. 3 days after I had opened a help case online with Sony support no one had answered (they say the max is 48 h). I then called in, but the level 1 phone support was totally useless. Only after escalating the issue that a knowledgeable person from Sony called and gave me some hints that allowed me to "sort of" workaround the issue. This TV doesn't seem to comply to UPnP and can't talk to the router to open up the ports it needs. Since documentation in this regard is completely non-existent I had to put the TV's IP in the router's DMZ for now to get it internet working. The few sheets of paper Sony calls user's manual that comes with the TV is a joke. The built in digital manual on the TV is also useless. It is good, however, to watch BBC iPlayer or You Tube at 46" without the need of a computer. It could have been an easy 5 stars for Sony, but it turned out it became a reluctant 4. What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
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Those are some great reviews and I keep hearing good things about Sony TVs. Reading them I think I understand why one of my coworkers at DISH recommended that I check into Sony first, once I mentioned that I was looking to buy a couple of new TVs. I’m excited to be doing this upgrade because not only will I be getting new HD TVs, I’m getting a Hopper installed in my house. Not only is the Hopper a whole-home DVR but it’ll also send all my HD channels to every room—which is why I’m so determined to upgrade the TVs. And it’s a long overdue improvement. Ever since we upgraded half the rooms to HD, the family always seems to be arguing over who gets to watch what and I’m sick of hearing all the bickering.
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