Sony Bravia KDL-52W4100 Review

“Very good HDTV and Amazon delivery service is great too!!”

Reviewed By ‘W. Chan’

Sony Bravia KDL-52W4100 Review from Amazon.com

This is my first HDTV and this one fits my budgets. Both picture and sound quality are great.

I was comparing the Sony KDL 52W4100 W4100 series with Samsung 650 and Sony XBR4. XBR4 is very nice, but with $800 more it is way over my budget. I like the contrast on W4100 better. I believe XBR6 will have same contrast ratio or even higher, but price will be definitely much higher too. Samsung 650 definitely has better color on HD content, due to its 10bit panel maybe, but the glossy screen will produce too much glare in my family room where it has windows all around. I was debating if 10bits panel really matters during the shopping process. But now, the TV is setup in my room and I feel very happy with the color (as I won’t remember how 10bit panel on Samsung’s looks like in Frys or Circuit City ).

The PQ on HD content is very good in local cable 1080i and 720p HD broadcast. SD content PQ is decent if you keep the Wide mode at Full mode. If you skretch to zoom to take up the full screen, the result is not good at all.

The sound quality is good too out of the box. I don’t have home theater system, therefore, built-in sound is important.

So far, I enjoy this HDTV set a lot.

Amazon white glove service is nice too. They call before delivery and they unpack and setup the TV set for you. I got this set for $2399 from Amazon a week ago and the 52inch KDL52W4100 arrived within a week. Excellent.