Sony KDL-40W5500 review now online

[Anonymous]

its amazing they have not bothered to make sure that all reviewer samples are perfect , i mean theres a thread on here with 150k views about sony backlight bleed , and they then send what hi fi a set with bleed , ???? maybe thats a good thing as far as punters go , but from sonys point of view its just careless .......

 

[Andy Clough]

richdj:
hi everyone just found this forum, after searching for a review on the sony w5500.

I just bought a 37 inch model, yesterday, after reading about this bleed thing, Im quite concerned, however i cannot see this?

How can i tell if mine has bleed? what exactly is bleed?

the picture looks great to me.

Also i read people talking about calibrating it

can anyone tell me how to calibrate it properly - or point me to a link ?

thanks

Not all LCD sets suffer from bleed, but some do more than others. Essentially if you look at a blank screen when nothing is playing, you may see clouds or 'pools' of light (brighter areas) that contrast with the darker areas. Normally these will cease to be visible when a picture from a TV broadcast or DVD/Blu-ray is shown on the screen.

It's a well-documented problem on some Sony Bravia TVs. We never encountered it on our test samples of the KDL-W4500 series, although other owners did, but most certainly did on our first sample of the KDL-40W5500 as you can read in our review.

To set up your TV correctly, take a look at our How to Get the Best from Your TV video. If your set doesn't suffer from backlight bleed, then don't worry about it.

 

[Anonymous]

I have seen many, many sony lcd sets and have never seen any of the problems suggested, on any size. Maybe you have to question where these TV sets are being sourced from....

 

[Andrew Everard]

In our case Sony UK's press office.

 

[Anonymous]

optimus:I have seen many, many sony lcd sets and have never seen any of the problems suggested, on any size. Maybe you have to question where these TV sets are being sourced from....erm ? sony centres , john lewis , dixons , currys , etc etc , thats where jo public source them from , what is your point ?

 

[Anonymous]

I bought the KDL40W4500 last yr based on the review from what hifi and It has been brilliant.

RICHDL - if you can't see anything wrong with then just enjoy it and don't look for trouble.

ÿI think you can read some of these posts and start looking for things that aren't there.

ÿp.s. my friend just bought the 5500 and its perfect!ÿÿ

 

[Anonymous]

My point being that most problem sets i've encountered/heard of are from the internet, therfore are they from Sony Uk? Are they being handled intransit aswell?Are they being manufactured to the same quality control?Buy from a reputable dealer and i think you'll be fine, buy from the internet where taking your cash, not giving service/quality, is the priority, and take the risk. If you buy from the net, don't rely on sony centres, etc to fight your corner when you bought it elsewhere!

 

[Anonymous]

if you buy a new product anywhere , online or in a shop , it should be the same quality .. full stop , the online retailers and the likes of the sony centres get their tvs from the same source , SONY ..... unless they have their products graded , ie , grade A for sony centres , and grade B , for online retailers ??? i think not ... if you know otherwise i think there might be one or two ( or very many ) people that would be interested to hear about it ??

 

[Anonymous]

But they don't buy them from Sony Uk i bet! Most internet prices are way under the Sony UK Trade price, so they are sourcing them from elsewhere. If there knocked and battered in transit from Sony Austrailia for example, that could well affect the screen! Also, nothing is perfect, and if sony sold a million LCD Tv's and 10,000 go wrong, thats still a 99% working so i think we need to get things into perspective here, I see many more panasonic plasma panels needing replacement, then Sony LCD screens.....

 

[Anonymous]

it doesnt matter if they get them from sony outer mongolia , if they are selling them as new then they should be 100% ... if they are not 100% they should be replaced with one that is ... have you seen how a flat screen tv is boxed ?? i bet only a handful are damaged in transit ...have you read the other reviews of last years sony w4500 tvs ?? from other websites , many of them point out backlight bleed and clouding issues that they say are not acceptable ...yet whfi had perfect review sets , its up to sony to ensure the quality of their products is maintained ... same as any retail company.... if they cant do that its not the online retailers problem ....

 

[Anonymous]

Where is you evidence for this? the Internet? Not everything is going to be 100%, From Sony, Pansonic or anyone! I think you need to go inot reputable retailers and see thier sets, the ones we have had problems have been sourced off the internet from foreign based websites, like i said earlier, i have seen hundreds of W series ets over the years and yet to see one with a problem bought from a UK based retailer!

 

[Anonymous]

i've had my set now for just over a month, had clouding when i first had it, adjusted backlight down to 5 and seemed to cure it for me as i havent noticed it since anyway!

Not sure what happening tho with picture controls, i adjust them in the menu for individual inputs and yet when i go back to them next day, they seem to have changed back! Am i doing something wrong?

 

[Anonymous]

optimus:Where is you evidence for this? the Internet? Not everything is going to be 100%, From Sony, Pansonic or anyone! I think you need to go inot reputable retailers and see thier sets, the ones we have had problems have been sourced off the internet from foreign based websites, like i said earlier, i have seen hundreds of W series ets over the years and yet to see one with a problem bought from a UK based retailer!nonsence pal...........

 

[Anonymous]

at the risk of sounding boring , a sony is a sony is a sony , full stop , like i said before , unless sony are flogging 2nd rate tvs to online retailers , foreign or not , then the quality of sony centre tvs and online sold tvs should be the same .... again , unless you know different .... in a hole digging deeper springs to mind ??

 

[Anonymous]

I'm afraid you have your head in the sand on this one, if you were in the trade you would know, but sounds like your just believing everything you read in forums!Go around shops like i have and get some real world answers!The internet also says there's an alien residing at Roswell...

 

[Anonymous]

You even say in your early post you have only seen the problem in pictures!!!On the internet let me guess, not in the real world??

 

[Anonymous]

optimus:You even say in your early post you have only seen the problem in pictures!!!On the internet let me guess, not in the real world??its got nothing to do with me , if i have or havnt seen this or that , im no expert , you are saying that the sony tvs sourced online are of inferior quality , im saying they shouldnt be . plain and simple .......

 

[Anonymous]

what I'm saying is that during transit they can be knocked and therfore affected by that, also if you sell lots and lots of them, no matter what it is you would expect some problems along the way!I'm just making the point that i'm out and about in mnay shops and have never seen backlight bleed or clouding on the Sony sets i deal with!

 

[Anonymous]

how are they delivered to the sony centres ? the same way ... im getting bored with this ...

 

[Anonymous]

Your getting bored as your wrong. People read these forums for advice, and if you've never seen a tv suffer from this, i think your being a bit irresponsible in telling people the problem when a very, very small minority have been affected. Stop reading and believing everything on the internet and got to various shops

 

[Anonymous]

optimus:Your getting bored as your wrong. People read these forums for advice, and if you've never seen a tv suffer from this, i think your being a bit irresponsible in telling people the problem when a very, very small minority have been affected. Stop reading and believing everything on the internet and got to various shopstvs bought online should be of the same quality as those bought in shops ... if they are inferior then people are being conned by the manufacturer ....forget about what ive seen or havnt seen .. its nothing to do with it ....

 

[biggus_1961]

optimus:But they don't buy them from Sony Uk i bet! Most internet prices are way under the Sony UK Trade price, so they are sourcing them from elsewhere. If there knocked and battered in transit from Sony Austrailia for example, that could well affect the screen! Also, nothing is perfect, and if sony sold a million LCD Tv's and 10,000 go wrong, thats still a 99% working so i think we need to get things into perspective here, I see many more panasonic plasma panels needing replacement, then Sony LCD screens.....

I live in Australia and purchased a w4000 from Brisbane with no bleed/cloud problems at all...Set was made in malaysia...Purchased from an electrical store that also sells kettles and fridges.

 

[Anonymous]

Like i said, most stores sets are fine, i only see ones with problems that have been bought via the net

 

[Clare Newsome]

My Dad bought his Sony KDL-40W4500 from Amazon, and it's been cloud-free since day-one.... Just one example of several perfect sets I've personally seen from online retailers.

I feel quality control has more to do with these issues than how sets are sold - though I can totally understand people wanting to pay for the personal service buying from a store can provide, especially if they're concerned about potential technical issues.

 

[Anonymous]

optimus keeps saying he only sees problems with sony sets that are purchased online , i find this interesting , if online retailers sets are not up to the same standards as those sold in high st stores , then they must obviously be receiving poorer sets with sonys knowledge ?? now theres a statement ......