Excellent Flat screen TV

This is probably the best TV I have ever purchased --- the picture, sound and colour are consistently excellent. It was a Which Magazine best buy. Free view tuned in automatically. If you like playing with buttons this is not the set for you. PS It looks great too.

Sony KDL-40L4000

Fantastic tv,Looks great,the standard digital picture is pretty good but running sky hd through it the high def content is awesome. Vivid colours nice deep blacks,crisp picture. I got the Sony BDPS350 Blu-ray Disc Player hooked up to it and that is breath taking combined with a dolby digital 5.1 surround sound system and WOW you got yourself a great home cinema system.The only bad point is the sound quality,its ok but if you like some decent volume then you need srs.

SONY LCD TV KDL-32L4000

I bought the Sony 32L4000 at Christmas 08. It's a great looking television, very well constructed and nicely designed - contemporary matt dark gray finish. However, once switched on, I immediately became aware of a general absence of certain hues in the picture, with unrealistic beige flesh tones. Dissatisfied, I started to research other Sony 32" LCD in a similar price bracket. I then decided to purchase the 32V4000. On opening the box of the 32V4000 I was immediately aware of it's physical inferiority in comparison to the 32L4000. The so called 'piano finish' is poor, very plastic looking, the tension of the screws holding the casing in place are visible as indentations in the thin plastic surround. However, when I switched it on I saw that the picture was clearly superior to the 32L4000, beautiful contrast, tone and a subtlety of colour ascent in the 32L4000. I decided to return the 32L4000 and put up with the poor physical appearance of the 32V4000 for it's fantastic picture (great sound too).

well worth the 700 notes!!

This tv is simply in a class of it's own. Maybe a touch too big for some people's rooms, but as the ladies would say...size matters! This is one heck of a tv, not to mention the total envy you will see on the face's of your mate's when they pop round!he he. This bravia is so easy to set up, REALLY quick to tune and before you know it your enjoying all it can offer. The picture quality before even fiddling with any of the menu options is fab, the colours seem fresh and full of life. After clicking it to 'cinema' in the picture menu I can safely say I haven't seen Die Hard so clear before, must add that was just off Digital tv! The sound to my well trained ear seem's perfectly balanced with no need to have the volume too loud to appreciate the great tone's these speakers can produce. I'll spare you the techno jargon that every bloke can rhime off as it bore's me too! All in all I couldn't be happier as I would have spent at least another £300 if I hadn't shopped around which I can now spend on my girlfriend, she wrote that! Honest.

Milhaud

I bought this set between Christmas and New Year. Great picture, but soon the sound went tinny. Sony's approved repair firm took it away for repair twice, to no avail. If this the sound quality on this set is 'normal', as the repair engineers claim, then 'normal' for sony = rubbish! As is the warranty. My advice: DON'T BUY THIS MODEL.

Big is Beautiful

After buying a DAV system earlier this year, I had been looking for a decent TV on which to watch my ever expanding DVD collection. After a couple of days of umming and ahhing, I went for the FQ 75.

The first thing that you will notice is the style. Once again, Sony have opted to go for good looks with their equipment. The stand (which can be bought separately) finishes off the look quite nicely.

Performance wise, it is amazing (with a decent signal-- possibly worth investing in a digital tv receiver if you haven't already) and the picture in picture feature comes in really useful for when you want to watch the match, but the missus wants Corrie (or vice versa-- we'll have no stereotypes here). Although you obviously can't have the sound for both channels. This wonder of wonders is bought to you by the FQ's twin tuners, and both pictures can be shrunk or enlarged as you wish.

For anyone who still uses Teletext or Ceefax, you will find that there will be no more missing the last line of text, as you the FQ allows you to change sub-pages using the remote. So your are able to read at your leisure.

Connectivity wise, you have three scart sockets at the back (one of which is RGB enabled for all the gamers out there-- I recommend investing in an RGB cable if you plan to use it with one of the next gen consoles.) not to mention S-video and Video inputs at the front.

Set up is simple; the autosetup feature searches and stores the strongest channels, and if you have a smartlink compatible VCR with a decent scart connection, it is easy to copy the channels direct to your VCR.

Unfortunately, there is a major downside; the size of the unit. Be not mistaken; this TV is huge. When delivered, the box stated a weight of 78 Kilos, and it does not lie. Choose your tv positioning carefully, for once you have unwrapped it, you will not be able to move it (without the risk of some serious damage- to the TV or yourself- and you don't want that). This, I guess, is one of the advantages of Plasma screens over the Standard TV.

Overall, worth every penny.