Sony Bravia KDL 46ex500 LCD TV Review
Model: Sony Bravia KDL 46ex500 LCD TV
Torn between choosing a new Samsung TV or a Sony TV for you home entertainment system makeover? This review may help solve your dilemma, and will tell you exactly why the Sony Bravia KDL 46ex500 wins over Samsung’s 3D TV. First of all, 3D technology is certainly a significant milestone for the video industry, but dressing it down from the big screen and slapping it onto a home TV for your personal viewing pleasure is still a feat that TV manufacturers everywhere have yet to perfect.
Sony Bravia KDL 46ex500 LCD
The usual 3D TV complaints of headaches after watching for too long, the diminishing 3D effects when you’re sitting too close to the screen, and those pesky glasses you have to wear all the time – it’s just not worth it for the extravagant price, and why torture yourself with the unsettled issues of one of technology’s latest works-in-progress when it still has a lot of growing to do? 3D technology is interesting and fun, but it would be wiser to wait for it to reach its peak before adopting it into your home and showing it off to your friends.
Now, as far as the Samsung vs Sony LED TV issue is concerned, they’re probably on an equal footing. Samsung tends to have more problems in the hardware department, while Sony needs to work more on its software glitches. This gives Sony the upper hand, because software bugs take less costs and hassles to fix.
The Sony Bravia kd l46ex500 has really good quality with 1080p, which is as HD as you can get nowadays. The contrast, which is top of the line among today’s best LCD screens, is very good. You get top quality pictures that have really deep blacks and excellent whites. Sharpness is also perfect. This Sony TV also offers a very nice feature: automatic brightness, which alters the screen’s brightness depending on how much light, is in the room.
Sony Bravia KDL 46ex500 LCD
The end result? No more need to grab the remote and adjust the screen’s brightness whenever someone turns the lights on or off, or opens the curtains on a sunny day. The pictures look much more natural, whether your TV is in a brightly-lit room or in a pitch-dark one. Add to that the Sony Bravia kd l46ex500’s rich set of features and options, among which are slide shows and the convenient USB port that makes it easy to connect your TV to a PC or laptop.
A few minor setbacks: Be careful when setting the sharpness when you’re in video mode – with the HTPC connected over the HDMI port, the TV can go into overscan. Only the FAT32 USB stick format is compatible with the TV’s USB port, and there’s a need to register to unlock DivX functionality. You’re going to need to calibrate the colors a little when the TV’s still fresh from the box, but if you’re not particularly nit picky, the manufacture settings are good enough. The TV sounds are a little disappointing, too; a 60/100 on this Sony LCD TV is equivalent to a 30/100 in other TVs like Vizio.
All in all, the Sony Bravia KDL 46ex500 pulls all stops on the picture quality and is a great choice for an LCD TV. It’s certainly one of the best Sony TVs out there today. Whatever it lacks in sound or software can be easily fixed by firware updates and a reliable sound system. For great videos and that perfect HD experience, Sony definitely delivers.
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