| Sony Bravia KDL32V5500U 32-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD TV with Freeview and 3 Year Warranty | 
| Brand: Sony
Category: CE
Buy New: £489.00
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Seller: hughesdirect
Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 1,126
Media: Electronics
Display Size: 32
Shipping Weight (lbs): 32
Dimensions (in): 40.9 x 25.5 x 7.8
MPN: KDL32V5500U
Model: KDL32V5500U
EAN: 4905524550733
Release Date: March 6, 2009
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 52
 Brilliant and one crucial point........ March 7, 2010
Robert (St. Neots, Cambs, ENGLAND United Kingdom)
I've compared this TV to the Panasonic Viera TV and the SONY wins with no question, particularly for viewing DVD's. When you play a DVD of a widescreen, subtitled film where the subtitles are shown below the picture, the SONY Bravia has a button on the remote to raise the picture up. This is vital to be able to view the subtitles which would otherwise be hidden by the size of the picture (i.e: 1.66:1, 1.85:1 or 2.35:1). But the Panasonic Viera does not have this function, so when you watch such a DVD on Panasonic, you can't read some of the subtitles beneath the picture! Buy SONY.
Great TV. Buy with confidence. January 29, 2010
J. HUNT (London)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought this TV to replace a Samsung LE32R88BD. Overall, it is a fantastic TV. I thought it would be useful to address some of the negative comments regarding this model that I came across when I was researching the various TVs within my budget.
Faulty components - One reviewer stated that the LCD panel developed a fault after 20 months. This particular model comes with a free 3-year guarantee from Sony. It is possible to get a 5-year guarantee from several high street stores at the time of writing.
Picture colour - Several reviewers complained that the picture colour was unnatural. All the settings can be changed and you can use a calibration DVD to set the TV to D65 imaging standard. In addition, the TV also boasts several "scene" settings including cinema, sports, photo, music, game, graphics, general, and auto.
LCD clouding - Several reviewers have complained of LCD clouding. I am happy to say that I have not noticed any clouding on my TV. However, even if this fault were to develop, it would be covered by the guarantee.
100Hz Motionflow - This TV does not have a 100Hz Motionflow feature. I deliberated for a long time whether to purchase the KDL32V5500 or the KDL32W5500 which does have Motionflow. However, on a 32 inch TV, you really cannot tell the difference between 50Hz and 100Hz. The KDL32V5500 handles fast-moving objects very well and I have not noticed any artefacts. If you were considering a bigger TV (over 40 inches) it might be worth going for a 100Hz model.
SD quality - Several reviewers commented that the quality of SD pictures is poor. Perhaps this depends on the quality of your TV reception, but I am perfectly happy with the quality of SD pictures via freeview. In fact, the quality is marginally better than my old Samsung.
Input lag - This was probably one of my biggest concerns about this particular model. I have played several FPS games on this TV including MW2, Killzone 2, and Operation Flashpoint 2. I have not noticed any input lag whatsoever. Generally, the PS3 looks superb on this TV.
Slow menus - Some reviewers have complained about slow menus across the Bravia range. If you have this problem I suggest you change the batteries in the remote control. The ones that ship with the TV are useless! If that doesn't solve the problem, try installing the latest firmware. The menu on my TV is just as responsive as the XMB on my PS3. The EPG is also very impressive (once you have turned the Guide+ off!).
Hope that is helpful and clears up some of the issues that confused me when I was looking to buy. Who'd have thought buying a TV could be so complicated!
Sony Bravia KDL32V5500U January 29, 2010
J. E. P. Bingham (Murcia, Spain)
Not had this TV for long but so far "it does everything it says on the tin"
Fantastic - Just what we wanted January 28, 2010
Green Glass Goblin (warwickshire United Kingdom)
We needed a new TV for the master bedroom. THe 32" Sony is just exactly what we wanted. Lovely picture, sound and talks to all of our other add ons DVD HDD etc effortlessly. We have yet to use all the facilites and I have not attached the PC yet. So, 5 stars and we have only just scratched the surface.
 Flawed Diamond January 28, 2010
Paul Condren (England)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I ordered one of these TVs in December to go with the imminent delivery of Shy+ HD having read several reviews both on line and in magazines - this is a What Hi-Fi home Cinema 5 start TV so I thought it should be good. And it is, kind of. The TV itself looks great and is well built. The picture was great after a fit of fiddling about.
You see the Eco energy saving settings and the light sensor always want to dim the TV to save energy, this to me always meant the picture was too dark, even with the affect set to low I found myself turning up the brightness and backlight settings. After a while I decided the best picture came from turning off the eco settings and then the backlight could go down to 2 or 3 out of 10 and the picture was great.
The main problem though, which became more apparent when watching a movie, was a severe case of LCD clouding - a 3 inch strip down the centre of the screen, most noticeable on dark scenes in movies - I first spotted it watching the night scenes in Castaway on Sky movies.
It was present on both Sky and DVD inputs via HDMI so I returned the TV - Amazon were great and shipped me a new one before I returned the faulty one. Problem was the new one had the same problem - a 1 inch strip down the left edge of the screen. Not as bad a as the first but bad enough.
So, this one is going back too. Not for a replacement though. Handily this months What Hi-Fi magazine is testing 37" TVs, including the 37" version of this, in which they report significant LCD clouding spoiling a good TV. This seems to be a common problem and for that reason I am switching to the winner of this month's 37" test - a Samsung LE37B550A5, which not only wins the test with five starts, is also larger screen for less money here on Amazon. Hopefully this will be problem free.
Lastly, its also worth noting that the details for this TV are incorrect - it does NOT have Motionflow 200Hz or indeed any kind of motionflow feature - this only comes on the `W' series of Bravias from what I can see.
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