Sony Bravia KDL-W4000 Series LCD TV (32",40",46",52") Expert Reviews

This Sony LCD's Full HD resolution will tempt gamers and Blu-rayers alike

Sharpness ; Simple onscreen menus ; Vibrant colours ; Superb sound quality

Freeview picture quality ; Some judder ; Steep price

Called XrossMediaBar, its onscreen menus are intuitive and take mere minutes to master

Sony rights the wrongs of the past with its latest Full HD 40in LCD TV.

After misfiring so badly with its previous LCD set, Sony has returned to form in quite spectacular fashion with the 40W4000. In fact, this TV isn't just good, it's shockingly good.

Update: The Sony KDL40W4000 is slowly being phased out... its replacement will be the newly launched Sony KDL40W5500 HDTV.

Accurate primary colours with excellent decoding ; Excellent black level with decent shadow detail ; Exquisite high-definition detail from "Full Pixel" 1:1 pixel mapping ; Handles 1080p/24 video signal correctly without telecine judder ; Film Mode] ...

No white balance control in user menu for greyscale calibration ; Motion resolution not as good as those on HDTVs equipped with MCFI/ 100Hz technology ; Fails to apply 3:2/ 2:2 pulldown to 480i/ 576i film-based content even with [Film Mode] set to ...

In addition to the inherited virtues of excellent blacks, accurate primary colours, exquisite fine detail portrayal and solid connectivity, the Sony KDL40W4000 does show some areas of improvement over the outgoing W3000 series: calibrated black level ...

Dignified successor to the W3000, the W4000 attains a level of contrast and image quality rarely seen in LCD TVs. An excellent product!

A worthy successor to the W3000, the W4000 produces a level of contrast and image quality that are rarely attained by an LCD TV. An excellent choice!

Where incremental steps forward are becoming commonplace, the Sony is a giant leap - simply stunning

One of the sharpest, punchiest, most detailed HD performances yet ; terrifically balanced and clean SD playback

Doesn't quite make the most of poor Freeview channels

GUT

Sony suffers in terms of housing design always something new: The KDL-40W4000E "has a remote speaker bar with intermediate piece of Plexiglas. Foreign hui - and inside? The test shows .

sharp, clear picture, three HDMI inputs, DVB-T receiver, DVB-C Receiver with HDTV, USB port for photo playback built, Drehfu ;

very low viewing angle, slow program change DVB-T ;

well

The 40 inch Sony shines with a good image for full-HD resolution with native 24p support. However, when using component video input or tuner on the joints and will be playing, he shows a few weaknesses.

Good picture Blu-ray discs, very good display readings ECOMOD and real network switch

picture on DVDs and TV is not optimal, running from writings fray

Run scripts in the TV flickered in the test program easy. The entire image, especially faces, in work settings appear to rotstichig, but relatively easy to fix. In movement, we always easy fixed pixel noise. We liked best the picture at the preset "C...

And once again, an excellent TV from Sony: The design of the Bravia KDL-40W4000 is not exactly exhilarating, but it delivers brilliant pictures and impressive sound .

outstanding picture and sound quality, ease of use, attractive menu system

somewhat arbitrarily chosen design, too few HDMI inputs on the back, too bright backlight

A full 1080p TV with advanced image processing and a likeable menu system .