Tag : sony kdl, 40″ xbr, v40xbr1 bravia, television, r lcd

Company : Sony List Price : $3,599.99 Amazon Price : Used Price : Average customer review :

Features

• Built-In ATSC Tuner for Over-The-Air HD Reception / NTSC Tuner for standard analog reception / CableCard Slot
• Dynamic Picture Processor Circuitry - Black Corrector (High, Medium, Low, Off)
• Direct Digital II Circuitry, Contrast Enhancer
• 720p Native Resolution (1366 x 768 Display Resolution)
• Screen Modes (4 - 3) - Wide Zoom, Normal, Full, Zoom, Off

Product Description

Packed with the latest technology, Sony’s 40″ KDL-V40XBR1 BRAVIA XBR LCD Flat Panel HDTV features the WEGA Engine system, which delivers superb picture quality from any video source minimizing signal deterioration. Other features such as WEGA GATE guide allow the user to easily navigate television functions: favorite channels, television channel lists and external input list of settings. The exciting PC Input function allows the user to connect a PC to the KDL-V40XBR1 for viewing PC activity in a 16:9 HD Resolution environment. And with Integrated HDTV capabilities, the user can enjoy digital programming with enhanced audio and video reproduction. Watch your living room come to life with Sony’s 40″ KDL-V40XBR1 LCD Flat Panel HDTV.

Customer reviews

It Is Okay
Unfortunately I purchased this before the price drop, so I paid about $1,000.00 more for it almost a year ago. I purchased it because Sony just seems to have better products. I purchased this model when I saw it at the store next to other plasmas and lcds. If anyone is looking to purchase this I would suggest going and comparing it side by side. The picture is incredible compared to other brands. You will see what true black is compared to other tvs.

After a year of owning this I find that the picture is very dark. I have tried playing with all the settings and cannot get it to brighten up. I am going to contact sony to see if there is a patch or something for this. Probably in 6 months I will have to replace it because I won’t be able to see anything.

Also, although I am sure that it would be the same for all wide screen tv’s, when you watch something it is not on the full screen so you have a black border around the entire picture. If I modify it to make the picture wider or zoom in it distorts the pictures and cuts off the closed caption.

At its current price I would recommend it

I will be looking at replacing this this tv shortly.

Good TV
A good TV! HD pictures are excellent! Standard definition pictures are, of course, not great, but not awful at the same time. I am eagerly waiting for more HD material to watch, as the HD picture is stunning. This TV has a lot of picture parameters that can be adjusted, and I don’t understand some of them. The manual assumes the reader understands all about “white levels” and other similar things, but it really hasn’t hurt my enjoyment of my flat screen TV. More HDMI inputs would be a welcome addition. There don’t seem to be the “clouding” problems the XBR2 and XBR3 models are currently experiencing.

SONY SERVICE SUXS
Actually i bought this TV online at another site. 4 months later it’s still sitting on my living room floor & has never worked from day one! Sony’s treatment of me has been disgusting. They don’t want to fork out for the expensive replacement part so keep the service contractors coming back & forth trying all sorts of things. Logical solution would be to tell the service guys “Hey try this, this, & this but if they don’t work then here is the part to take with you to install so we don’t have the customer waiting & inconvenienced.”But NOOOO, Sony don’t give a damn about their customers. It’s impossible to reach anyone at Sony apart from a telephonist at the customer service # & when you do get someone with authority they don’t return your calls in a timely way & are inflexible, unhelpful & just plain unsympathetic or concerned with making customers happy. My advice? Don’t buy Sony because if you have a problem with your appliance their service is almost nonexistent. Also don’t buy any large appliance online. Buy it at a local store where you can easily return it if something goes wrong. Needless to say i will NEVER EVER buy Sony again!

Very pleased!!
I read and reviewed LCD tv’s for close to a year before finally deciding to make this purchase. I am quite satisfied with my choice so far! I have had the tv for close to 2 months and ran it through the ringer with different applications. Xbox, PS2, Gamecube, Xbox 360, upconversion dvd player, and digital cable. Every application on this tv looks spectacular, excellant color depths, wonderful deep blacks(which can be hard to come by with lcd), and phenominal picture quality in all HD settings.

The one complaint that I have with this tv is that it is quite time consuming to get the settings right with dffferent setups. I went through numerous changes in my A/V equipment and each time I changed a cable I spent obscene amounts of time adjusting the picture quality again. Although with that being said the hours upon hours of adjustment that I made to the set in order to get the picture to my likings was well worth the end result.

Video games, even the last gen systems(xbox, ps2, and gamecube) look awesome with the right component cables. Xbox 360 will blow your socks of and leave in you in complete awe of the clarity and crispness of a console video gamer. Dvd’s through HDMI is incredible and will have you glued to the tv for days!

Bottom line if you have the 3 grand to put down on a tv.. this is the one!!

I love this TV so much …
I bought two! It true what they say about LCD TVs: the color saturation in not as rich as plasma TVs (the blacks are not as dark). But what LCD TVs have is crystal clear, crisp moving pictures. The 1080i picture quality of the Bravia 40 is so sharp its simply amazing. I have seen many plasma TVs including the Pioneer Elite and the Bravia 40 beats them for clarity. And if you set the Color Space from Normal to Wide, the colors are simply more vibrant. (I am not sure why this is not the default setting for this TV).

As a bonus, this TV also comes with a built in HD tuner and I can use it to pick up HDTV broadcasts using an antenna or using my cable company’s basic service. The other thing I like about this TV is that is has a VGA connector to connect to my laptop and the picture and sound quality there is excellent too. LCD TVs don’t suffer from the picture burn-in that plasma TVs do. They are much lighter in weight. And they have a longer life span. The speakers are wimpy so buy a good home theater system to do this TV justice.