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Sony Bravia 40W3000

73

Good
  • Pros
  • Very easy to set up and use
  • Ffreeze feature uses PiP
  • Cons
  • Expensive

User Reviews for Sony Bravia 40W3000

  • Reviewed by: Batmite

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Picture, ease of use, # & types of inputs/outputs

    Weaknesses: Audio is average

    Overall Evaluation: This TV is amazing. It has buttons to quickly adjust the color levels to Vivid, Standard, Cinema, or custom and easily change wide and zoom views. The PIP is great how you can resize and toggle the audio between the two. SD even looks great on this TV compared to my friends HD that looks grainy. The audio seems fine, I can't tell the difference with the virtual surround sound and other audio features I enabled compared to regular TV audio. It all sounds the same. Overall the picture is smooth. I did notice slight ghosting when set to Vivid (or the brightness is all the way up) when there are fast or fast dark images. When I changed the color setting I didn't notice it anymore. I first connected the cable coax directly in the TV and the cable signal got analog and digital cable channels, music channels, and only the network HD channels. It was confusing the way the channels numbers were all over the map and some were 113.1, 113.2, etc. Some channels it was able to pull info like the station id, show name, and show length, but most it didn't. I then used the cable box with coax and that worked a lot better and the rest of the HD channels I was expecting came in. Then I traded in my cable box for an HDMI cable box and the picture is perfect through that connection. I couldn't ask for anything else in an HD TV than what this Sony offers.

  • Reviewed by: bmain2248

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Sharpness and quality of picture

    Weaknesses: Speakers

    Overall Evaluation: This is a great television set, beautiful picture, feature-rich and unmatched by the competition for the same amount of money spent. Watching a live sporting event, it feels as if you are right there in the stands. Outstanding value.

  • Reviewed by: softorama

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: Integrated Digital and Analog tunners, 1080p, sharp picture

    Weaknesses: SD picture does not show great.

    Overall Evaluation: I got this set in after thanks-giving sale. Setting up the TV was a breeze. The picture quality is great form HD source. Color is crisp, the audio is good. Since this set is not 120Hz, fast sports may not play well on this set, but I did not see that problem. The only complaint I have is that picture quality of SD sources is not very good and considering that we still have quite a few SD components, this can be a problem.

  • Reviewed by: magiraffe

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: everything except for the sound

    Weaknesses: sound

    Overall Evaluation: I was waiting for this tv to go on sale & it did on black friday....it was worth the wait---the picture is excellent & was very easy to set up... has a variety of inputs which is great..it is a great looking tv & as far as the sound problem I have a home theater system & the sound is excellent through that...watching sports on this tv is like being at the game...would highly recommend this tv....

  • Reviewed by: datelord

    Duration of ownership:

    Strengths: everything

    Weaknesses: Fast and easy

    Overall Evaluation: I have waited a long time to order from Turkey, but i am glad I did. It was easy.perfect view brilliant image good choise.Everything looks to be in order. Looking forward to receiving merchandise.

What You Should Know about the Bravia 40W3000

Good Screen Size For the Bedroom

HDTVs with a diagonal screen size between 37 and 41 inches, such as this model has, are typically LCD televisions with a resolution of either 1366 by 768 or 1920 by 1080 (1080p). Plasma televisions of this size and resolution are less common. The optimum viewing distance for an HDTV screen like this one is about 6 to 7 feet. That makes a television of this size appropriate for a variety of living situations, including the bedroom, the den, or a small living area.

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