Sony Bravia KDL32W5500U LCD HDTV Review
KDL32W5500U - 32″ Full HD LCD TV with Motionflow from Sony
By designing Sony Bravia KDL32W5500U, Sony has tried its best to overcome all the shortcomings that it encountered in the previous version, its W4000 series. The result of the hard work is quite good. The slim and elegant KDL32W5500U is the latest 32″ wide screen LCD TV from Sony. It stands out to be the best example for an innovative set of features and sleek design.
Sleek design:
Sony Bravia KDL32W5500U LCD HDTV has a very sleek design. The thin piano black bezel is the trade mark of Sony, and is the current trend too. The built quality is outstanding and overall, the TV looks stunning in its piano black half mirror ornamental finish. Being sleek, it is light weighted too, having its dimensions as, (W x H x D) 79.8 x 53.7 x 8.9cms. The swivel table allows you to place the screen in the best viewable position.
Connectivity:
All of Sony’s Bravia TVs are HD Ready, with around four HDMI connections, and come with an integrated digital tuner which eliminates the need for a set-top box to receive Freeview TV and radio channels. SonyKDL30W5500U LCD Television has enough inputs for all your devices, with 4 x HDMI sockets, USB sockets and all the necessary AV inputs.
All in one remote control:
The remote control offered has the Bravia Sync button that helps you to exercise control of your home cinema control with just one click. The KDLW5500U acts as a hub to all other Sony devices with the remote control provided and can therefore control Sony Home theatre systems, AV receivers and Handycams, Blu-ray dvd players, as well as your VAIO notebooks, the PLAYSTATION 3, the Sony Ericsson mobile phone and the GigaJuke hard-disc drive music system.
XrossMediaBar menus:
The on screen menus are designed to be very attractive and are intuitive too. Sony has employed its best in class XrossMediaBar. This menu system helps you to navigate through the system with ease. The menus are the same for Sony’s Handycams.
Extremely easy set-up:
The set-up of the Bravia KDL32W5500U LCD HD TV is extremely easy as all that you need to is, plug-in and from then on, the auto set-up takes care of everything.
The home networking technologies:
The home networking technologies that are available allows it to be connected to the other digital devices, ensuring absolute entertainment and enjoy music, video and pictures. If you posses a DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) enabled PC, then you could watch your movies in KDL32W5500U’s widescreen in just a touch of a button. The built-in media compatibility technologies helps you with world time, music, videos, photos and movies. When you are not watching TV, you can set it on Picture Frame Mode to display your picture or any pre-installed image.
The Sony 32W5500 Widescreen LCD TV can now centralises all your files from your TV, Printer, PC, camera, in fact virtually any device. And with the help of the Sony Remote Central, you will be able to find the files on your W5500 HD TV. So for instance, if you wanted to see files from your PC in any other part of your house, you can draw it wirelessly or by cable to the KDLW32W5500 to view them, If you want a hard copy, you can send them to your printer, all through the 32W5500’s remote control.
AppliCast feature in KDL32W5500U:
The AppliCast feature can be used to check the on screen RSS feeds of news and other information while you are watching your favourite programmes. You do not have to switch on your PC, all that you need to do is, call up widgets onto the TV screen. The three widgets, including a calendar and a clock, are already installed on the on-screen XrossMediaBar. Just select the information that you need using the Bravia remote control.
Picture features:
The Sony Bravia KDL32W5500U 32-inch Full HD LCD Television is so sophisticated that it virtually eliminates motion drag and blurring, which is a problem with most of the HD TVs out there, and thereby giving a crystal clear image at all times, and with all W5500 series it deliver a dynamic contrast ratio of 80,000:1 which gives deep blacks and pure whites and 100% colour saturation.
The live colour technology allows you to enjoy vibrant pictures on the screen with optimal colour purity. Four options are available for you, which includes off, low, mid and high in order to adjust the colour vividness to enjoy the optimal picture quality. The Advanced Contrast enhancer allows you to experience the deep black levels even in the darkest scenes.
You can easily switch the picture and sound settings to best suit what you are watching with the one-touch Scene Select on the remote control for the most atmospheric, dynamic and realistic results.
Excellent performer:
This HD TV not only looks the part but is certainly a true performer. The KDL32W5500U delivers ultimate picture quality with superior depth, richness and clarity. BRAVIA ENGINE 3 digital processing delivers this picture quality. The Motionflow 100Hz technology keeps the fast moving sports and action scenes crisp and clear. It does so by unlocking the amazing detail they posses. This blur reduction technology gives you a smooth, ultra-realistic viewing experience by doubling the conventional number of frames in a sequence. After every frame it creates an additional unique frame before the next one, based on key factors that it captured in the preceding and following images. While similar technologies simply duplicate frames, Motionflow 100Hz intelligently applies information to make movement appear even smoother.
Audio:
Sony’s advanced S-Force Front Surround technology allows you to experience the effect of digital surround sound from only two front speakers. You can also Alter the volume of voices without changing background volume with the Voice Zoom technology.
Package contents:
The box contents of Sony Bravia KDL32W5500U includes the TV, Remote Control, Batteries AAx2, AC Power Cord, Operating Instructions, Warranty Card and Table Top Stand.
Warranty:
Sony offers Bravia KDL32W5500U free three years warranty.
Verdict:
Sony Bravia KDL-32W5500U is no ordinary TV as everything about it is new with a better sleeker deign, a better picture quality and more precise details. Thinking of buying a new TV with all the new and innovative technologies included? Sony Bravia KDL32W5500U can be the best option.
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Sony Bravia KDL32W5500U LCD HDTV - Technical Specification Details
| Manufacturer | Sony |
| Model Name | Sony Bravia KDL32W5500U |
| Dimensions W x H x D | 98.7 x 63.8 x 9.3 cm |
| Weight | 21kg |
| Display resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixel |
| Supported colours | 2250 trillion colours 17bit RGB |
| Contrast | 30000:1 Dynamic screen contrast |
| KDL32W5500U’s features | Motion Flow 100 Hz Bravia Engine 3 Live Colour Advance Contrast Enhancer 24p True Cinema 4 HDMI inputs Dynamic Contrast Light Sensor Digital Comb Filter |
| Remote Control | Remote commander RM-ED016 Home Theatre system |
| Other features | USB 2.0 PCMCIA Card Slot Parental Control DLNA Ethernet Picture in Picture Standard Definition Digital Terrestrial Tuner Power Saving Mode |
| Input and Output | DLNA certified 4 HDMI Sound system B/G & D/K Minijack ( Head Phone) |
| Accessories | AC Cable Operating Instructions VESA Mounting Holes VESA Hole Spacing VESA Screw Dimensions Table Top Stand Remote Commander Wall Mount Bracket |
| Power | Standby 0.17 Shop mode 172 Home Mode 131 |
| Warranty | 3 years |
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