Sony KDL40HX853 40-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand

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Sony KDL40HX853 40-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand

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• 102cm / 40", Full HD 3D TV with Dynamic Edge LED, X-Reality PRO, built-in Wi-Fi and Sony Internet TV
• Life-like picture quality and immersive Full HD 3D
• Wi-Fi for easy access to catch-up TV, movies & apps
• Integrated sound system and 6 degree angle

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40" Consumer LCD

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

4.0 out of 5 stars Really good but not quite perfect, 8 Feb 2013

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Reader "Reader" (London UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony KDL40HX853 40-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand (Electronics)

I've always liked Sony TVs and this one has an excellent picture from all sources - TV/Sky/Blu-Ray - with strong blacks and good contrast - at least as good as my now retired Panasonic plasma. I prefer it to the highly-rated Samsung TVs which I find too bright and digital looking. The menu system is a little bit too complex and counter-intuitive, but does have lots of options for fine tuning the picture. Having said that, and after lots of fiddling about, I find the default settings strike the best balance, at least to my eyes.

Downsides are that the viewing angle is a little narrow, and there is a very slight magenta cast to the picture that is noticeable in some very specific circumstances (dark scenes with heavily graded flesh tones, if you must know). The screen is very reflective, but the 6 degree backward tilt of the stand mitigates this somewhat. The sound, like most TVs of this type, is pretty feeble so I have had to get a soundbar to beef it up a bit (which is a whole other world of pain). And being a "smart" TV it does seem to take 30 seconds or so to get going before it's possible to access the menu system.

Overall, a really good TV but not quite perfect.

5.0 out of 5 stars I love the picture on this TV. The sound is the worst you could imagine., 7 Feb 2013

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PaulD - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony KDL40HX853 40-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand (Electronics)

Superb picture, worst sound. Buy this TV without any thought if you are going to run the sound through another system. Otherwise you have an amazing picture and rubbish sound.

I run my sound through a B&W Zeppelin so I have an amazing TV watching and sound experience - you will have to do something similar to get the sound.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

3.0 out of 5 stars A little let down, 7 Feb 2013

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JimmysSX - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony KDL55HX853 55-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand (Electronics)

I bought the 55" version of the TV on the back of so many positive reviews but I have to say I felt let down by it and returned it.

I currently have a 40" Sony LCD which is a little lost in our room so I've been looking for a good 55" set for a while that didn't come with Samsung ES8000 pricing. As I spend a reasonable amount of time on my PS3 input lag, motion clarity etc was all crucial which is why I opted for this set. When I got the set unpacked it looked amazing and really filled the space well but when I switched it on things went downhill.

We spend a lot of time watching 720p or 1080p TV and films through Apple TV and they did look spectacular but when switched back to SD on Freeview it was virtually unwatchable. The few free HD channels looked fine but unfortunately there simply arent enough channels to only watch HD. It took some soul searching as this was the TV I had dreamed of, but it couldn't stay it really was that bad on SD. So it was packed up and the old set re-instated and life was good, if a little distant, again.

My advice would be if you have Sky, Virgin and only watch HD then go for it, I've no doubt you'll be happy. On the other hand if you're stuck with Freeview you'd be better to have a good look around before buying, just make sure you get to see the SD picture.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic, 28 Jan 2013

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kristian - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony KDL55HX853 55-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand (Electronics)

I have always liked Sony Bravia TVs for their crisp and clear screens but this one is out of this world the colours are so vibrant and clear. Like the other reviews the sound bar doesn't sound great but have been spoilt by the sound from using my Bose iPod doc as a speaker (highly recommended) for the past year so I recommend just using the sound bar as a stand. I often stream ice hockey from NHL gamecenter via my laptop and even this looks 50% better compared to my old Bravia. This can also be put into stimulated 3d mode.
The 3d to me seems better than the Samsung smart tv that my friend has mainly due to the 3d glasses as you can't see the flicker on them they also block out a lot of the light to to improve the experience. My only disappointment would be the Internet it is a little slow and using the iPad for the curser is a little jersey but for what you might need it for it is still usable. Would I buy this tv again yes!!!!!!!! Also got the free smart 3d blueray player and the bond collection and Spider-Man 3d blue ray free bond and Spider-Man through redemption though hope this was helpful

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic Product, 27 Jan 2013

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j4son - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony KDL55HX853 55-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand (Electronics)

Recently purchased KDL55HX853 and must say it is Amazing!!!
Straight out of the box it is very easy to setup whether using the soundbar stand or wall mounting. All fixtures and fittings slot together easily and are very intuitive.
When first powering up you are guided through a very easy to understand basic setup guide which guides you through all the normal language selection, tuning and network setup.
The HD picture is fantastic with all the factory default settings but it is possible to make them better with the amount of picture adjustment options!!! Analogue or digital pictures can be a little hit and miss but this is more down to the filming and age of the broadcast but even the worse pictures can be adjusted to an acceptable viewing level and some very close to HD quality.
I've used the set with the soundbar stand, home cinema and just the integrated speakers. I am currently just using the integrated speakers and although with the default settings it's not great, have found with a little bit of setting up the sound quality is pretty damn good. NOTE like the picture setup if the broadcast is old then don't expect miracles with the sound.
If using Youtube, twitter, facebook or general web browsing I would recommend the Iphone/pad remote control app to make typing a lot easier.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars TV Calibration, 26 Jan 2013

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UserID (UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony KDL55HX853 55-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand (Electronics)

My review is about how to get the best picture out of your new Sony HX853, and calibrate it to a near professional standard.

The Sony HX853 has a very good 'out of the box' picture, but you could have an excellent picture for a true cinematic experience 'as the director intended'. When you've spent all that money of a top of the range TV, why not now try and get the best possible picture out of it you can!

Most TV's and the Sony included exaggerate the colour blue in the display, which like washing powder make your whites brighter. Some people like their TV's this way, like turning up the bass on your stereo when listening to music - its a personal preference, but if you want the picture correct like you are in a cinema your picture will typically need correcting.

Before you do this there a a bunch of forums that have lots of helpful hints how to do this and it is worth reading through them (watching their videos)to understand what you are trying to achieve. I would recommend going to the AVforum website first as they have helpful videos WHY you need to calibrate your TV in the first place [...]

To be able to calibrate your TV you will also need a couple of things

1. A Calibration DVD with colour filters (most THX certified DVD's come with test patterns but not with the glasses required for setting your colour balance). You can also download a free test pattern disc from [...]

A calibration disc with get you a lot more out of your TV, especially using the test patterns to correctly set your Brightness and Contrast, so your whites are white and your blacks are a gorgeous inky black without loss of detail (eg a scene in a dark cave, where the whole thing look black and there are no shades of dark grey)

A while ago for my previous TV I brought Digital Essentials DVD/Bluray off here on Amazon which has all the test patterns and colour filters for setting up your TV as best as you can, with out going to the next almost professional level.

And to take your calibration to a professional level

2. A Colour Meter with HCFR colormeter software. This is very useful for setting your 'Greyscale' which is found in the TV setting 'White Balance' menu.

Colour filters with set-up discs enable you to set your colour balance correctly, but a colour meter lets you set the 'intensity' of those colours. Typically when you see a 'Greyscale' pattern, (a test pattern that shows bars from white to black with shades of grey in-between) light greys have a green tinge and dark greys have a red tinge. Setting your White Balance correctly will eliminate this.

I used a 'ColorMunki' as my colour meter brought off here on Amazon - see my review on how to use it. In conjunction 'HCFR colormeter' which is free software available from [...] and an easy user guide on what you are trying to achieve with it [...]
Now my Sony 55HX853 is truly outstanding, a marvel to behold.

Here is the list of my settings, if you search online for sony hx853 settings, you will find other peoples, and magazine professionals [...] Room conditions, ambient light, reflections all affect the picture and the best settings for YOUR ROOM.

If you have never calibrated a TV before, the oddest setting is changing you colour temperature to 'Warm 2' This is what the colour white should look like on a piece of white paper in the midday sun - and what all films use as a reference. To most people (me included) when you first change this setting everything looks yellowy, but when your eyes get used to it, you will realise it is correct - the same as when you go to the cinema.

These are my settings, and if you want to try them you are more than welcome, and you are only a reset button away if you dislike them. Also bear in mind my TV during daytime gets a lot of reflections from a window.

All Eco Settings: Off

Scene: Cinema
Mode: Cinema 1 For daytime viewing, and Cinema 2 for night-time viewing.
Backlight: 8 When Cinema1 (cinema 2 night-time viewing back light set at 4)
Contrast:95
Brightness:51
Colour:52
Hue:0
Colour Temp: Warm2
Sharpness: 50
Noise Reduction:Off
Dot Noise Reduction:Off
Reality Creation:Off
Smooth Gradation: Off
Film Mode: Auto1

Advanced Settings:
Black Corrector:Off
Adv Contrast Enhancer:Off
Gamma: 0
LED Dynamic Control: Standard
Auto light limiter:Off
Clear White: Off
Live Colour: Off

White Balance: This varies from one TV to another, and is where you need the ColorMeter to set right, but mine was
R-Gain: -3
G-Gain: 0
B-Gain: -6
R-Bias: 0
G-Bias: 0
B-Bias: 0

Using these settings in MY ROOM ENVIRONMENT the picture is OUTSTANDING and it was worth spending the extra money (approx £120) to get a TV that when reviewed costs on average £1500, which is still a lot less than getting a professional out to do it for you!

HAPPY VIEWING

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding picture!, 23 Jan 2013

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Tanzanite (Dorset UK) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony KDL46HX853 46-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand (Electronics)

I was deliberating between this one and the 753 model and as I couldn't see much difference between the two apart from a £300 price difference I plumped for the 753 model, admittedly I ordered it from John Lewis, then I came across more info that this model was vastly superior in picture quality so I immediately cancelled the 753 and tried to order this from John Lewis but alas they don't stock it any more due to new models being released this spring so I decided to purchase from Amazon as I've always been happy with and secure in the knowledge they are one of the best for replacements/customer service etc if anything should be amiss. I was somewhat miffed I had to purchase a separate warranty buying from Amazon as John Lewis offers their own free 5yr one. I only buy extended warranties for an expensive purchase such as this which should last numerous years.

Anyway, this beauty arrived very quickly and was very easy to set-up on its included stand. The 6 degree tilt backwards I was worried about before ordering but I have not noticed the tilt whatsoever so it's not a problem for me as I thought it might be. I was also not keen on the glossy screen, I can't stand reflections on tv's. Thankfully it hasn't been too much of an issue, the only time I've noticed a reflection is watching in the evening with a dim lamp next to me with the rest of the room in the dark. I can see a bit of the lamp reflected in the screen but it's not a big problem to fix, I'll just need to move the lamp!

Coming from a 32" HD ready Sony bravia that I've had approx 7yrs, the 46" initially looked massive! Within a few days it now looks more normal in my room. I connect the tv, dvd player, sky HD box, XBox etc through a Sony amp so I can't really comment on the poor sound described by others through the tv speakers but modern thin tv's are designed really to be used with surround sound systems anyway so if you don't have one make sure to include one in your budget or even a decent soundbar if you don't have enough room.

Out of the box the picture is really decent but having lurked on forums where they discuss the 'perfect' picture settings, set to scene: cinema. I proceeded to follow them but to my eyes it looked an awful lot worse! So I started fiddling and tweaking myself and let my eyes guide me. This is my 'perfect' settings:

Eco settings, all turned off. Scene select off.
General tv (24p)
Picture: Vivid.
Backlight: 5.
Contrast: 92.
Brightness: 62.
Colour: 60.
Hue: 0.
Colour Temp: Neutral
Sharpness: 25.
Noise Reduction: High.
MPEG Noise: Auto.
Dot Noise: Auto.
Reality Creation: Auto.
Video Area Detetction: Auto
Resolution: Max.
Smooth Graduation: High.
Motionflow: Smooth.
Film Mode: Auto 1

Until I made these adjustments I saw quite a bit of light at each corner of the screen, using these settings has minimised it so much I barely notice it unless I'm in a menu which isn't a problem. These settings also gave me a really good crisp, sharp, high quality picture that blew me away! I could be heard saying 'wow' quite regularly under my breath whilst watching tv for the first two days I had it! I hope my settings help someone get a good picture and you can then tweak it further if necessary to suit you. While I'm a bit of a female geek, I am not a total tech head who knows all the ins and outs of calibrating tv pictures but I found these settings worked for everything from general tv watching, xbox games, blu-ray player and streaming films from lovefilm at least for me so may be a good place to start.

Speaking of changing settings within the menus, I was expecting tons and tons of options that were hard to find and would take weeks and months to figure out after reading people saying they were unintuitive and difficult but I was pleasantly surprised to find that there isn't really as many options as I was fearing. Yes, some of the picture settings are under different option categories but its more tedious to keep delving into them all to change things than difficult.

3D for me is a bit of a gimmick and while it does work fine, I expected something more. Things don't pop out as much as I thought they might but that could just be me not having watched anything in 3D before and yes I was wearing Sony 3D glasses turned on, watching a Sky 3D channel before anyone asks lol

The wifi on the tv picked up my network instantly with 4 bars even though it's 150ft away from the router, shame about the sony 3D blu ray player I bought with £90 off it, bundled with tv, sat next to the tv I was lucky to get an internet connection at all.

I have no stuck or dead pixels, I don't see any banding or clouding, just an absolutely breathtaking picture! I find myself watching programs I never would have before, any excuse to watch and marvel at such a fantastic picture. SD pictures are just as good as my old HD ready 720p tv showing HD programs. It's THAT good!

4.0 out of 5 stars Go with John lewis, 21 Jan 2013

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Mr. D. Jeffers "DJJeffers" (Manchester UK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony KDL55HX853 55-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand (Electronics)

I'll keep this a short review. More like advice really. I've had this t.v for 8 months now. After months of researching i decided to stay away from the Samsung ES series. It's an amazing t.v but please read forums as i've read loads from people who have had problems with the Samsung's bleeeding & clouding and then having difficulty from samsung in getting repairs/replacements. I decided it was down to the Panasonic 55VT50 or the Sony 55HX853. I went with the Sony and WOW. This is a fantastic looking tv and a great feature in any living room. I was a little concerned with the 6 degree tilt as i've always watched t.v's straight on but this is a great experience and only enhances your viewing pleasure. The HD quality is out of this world.....now for the downside. After 8 months i have developed a purple line from the top of the screen to the bottom of the screen but it only appears now and again not constantly. After having a horrible experience with sony's call centre in India who could not understand a word i was saying i went straight back to John lewis who has sent an engineer out and decided it needs a new screen which they are doing in the next couple of weeks once it arrives. Now i have no doubt this will resolve the issue and i will have many more years with a fantastic picture quality. But with this price you need that peace of mind for the next 5 years. I have not seen anyone else who has had this issue with the KDL55HX853 so i think i'm a first. I have seen a few people with a similar issue from previous models but not this new one so i don't think it's that common like the samsung's problems. But with any ultra thin t.v you need to invest in a surround sound system if you don't already have one. The speakers on these ultra thin t.v are rubbish but what can we expect when they are so thin? DFon't be put off though, i would buy this t.v again if i went back in time. It's truly amazing and strikingly good looking, even when it is switched off.

5.0 out of 5 stars 3D like looking out of a window, 13 Jan 2013

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Mr. Charles W. Schofield "Chas" (UK) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony KDL46HX853 46-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand (Electronics)

My girlfriend got me this bit of kit for Christmas/30th birthday. All I can say is, why the hell didn't she get it sooner. This set has a display and picture quality like nothing else. I now play my ps3 in 3d most of the time. Killzone 3, Uncharted 3, Gran tourismo 5, Crysis 2, are the games that I am going through again at present and I just cant get my head round how amazing it is. GO AND BUY ONE NOW THIS KIT ROCKS! I was even given 5 pairs of glasses by various friends that she had conspired with. Funnily enough they have all been round to play....

5.0 out of 5 stars Worth watching, 10 Jan 2013

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KBL (Scotland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony KDL46HX853 46-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p SMART 3D Dynamic LED Television with Built-in Home Cinema System Stand (Electronics)

An excellent T.V. all the functionality I could ask for, great picture quality, on board sound is O.K. but not as good as I would have liked, but who uses on board sound with this type of telly ? A little disappointed that the sound out jack is only a weak mini jack but I use the optical output link to my HiFi which works just fine.
Really cool design. 3-D is terrific,

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