Hi could someone please tell me if this Tv is worth getting iv seen it for £850 or should i go for the plasma
Sony KDL40W4000
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Hi Bobby,
I own a Sony KDL40W4000 and I must say that it really is like the reviewers from What Hifi say it is. It is fantastic and I donït regret buying one. I carefully studied al the models before I bought one.
I use it with a dvd player for the moment Iïm most likely to buy a blueray player later this year. so I canït really say if itïs good with that bud it already perfect with standard dvd.
I say go for it!
I own a Sony KDL40W4000 and I must say that it really is like the reviewers from What Hifi say it is. It is fantastic and I donït regret buying one. I carefully studied al the models before I bought one.
I use it with a dvd player for the moment Iïm most likely to buy a blueray player later this year. so I canït really say if itïs good with that bud it already perfect with standard dvd.
I say go for it!
Hi KuDo
How good does SD and DVd lok on it interms of picture quality/noise and the all important fast motion
Its great hearing it from the reviewers but even better from someone that owns it an watches it every day.
thanks
How good does SD and DVd lok on it interms of picture quality/noise and the all important fast motion
Its great hearing it from the reviewers but even better from someone that owns it an watches it every day.
thanks
Hi Paulinskip,
I think SD look acceptable on the 40W4000. Everything shows on this screen so i guess that it really is a good panel for DVD en Blueray. SD looks as good as comes in. Every little noise thatïs in your SD analoge TV signal is simply magnified by this screen.
As for the speed of the screen I would say that it fast enough. I donït think there is a notible lag or blur. I saw Batman Begins (DVD)night an would say that it was perfectly crisp and clear.
I think SD look acceptable on the 40W4000. Everything shows on this screen so i guess that it really is a good panel for DVD en Blueray. SD looks as good as comes in. Every little noise thatïs in your SD analoge TV signal is simply magnified by this screen.
As for the speed of the screen I would say that it fast enough. I donït think there is a notible lag or blur. I saw Batman Begins (DVD)night an would say that it was perfectly crisp and clear.
thats certainly very encouraging about the blur (or lack of) in batman begins as I can imagine some of those scenes would certainly be classed as fast motion, I presume that bluray on it would be even better
Do you have sky or skyhd hooked up to it at all?
Do you have sky or skyhd hooked up to it at all?
Hi,
I have no sky hd hooked up here just the analoge signal from the cable, we donït have that here in the Netherlands. Maybe in the future I wil buy a cam card so I can watch my digital signal via cable an get rid of the noise of the analog signal.
I have no sky hd hooked up here just the analoge signal from the cable, we donït have that here in the Netherlands. Maybe in the future I wil buy a cam card so I can watch my digital signal via cable an get rid of the noise of the analog signal.
Hi,
I bought mine a week ago from John Lewis for GBP999 as it comes with a 5 year warranty. I found it on Amazon UK for GBP850 but decided to buy it with extra warranty from John Lewis. I bought it after reading loads of positive reviews about the panel in What Hi Fi magazine and on the web. And I must say that I am loving the panel. The colours are fantastic and the sound quality of the panel is suitable for my current needs. I have it hooked up to a standard Sky box feed. But in due course I will be replacing it with Sky+ HD and other bits of home cinema parts. I have a bog standard Philips DVP3120 DVD player attached to it via a QED P21 Scart cable and the picture still looks good. The SD feed is not so good via the Sky box but I am pretty sure that has to do with old cabling as it's been around for over 10 years! Overall I am pretty happy with panel and cannot fault it. I am also planning to get it ISF calibrated but only after getting some sound advice from the gurus here at What Hi Fi.
Cheers.
I bought mine a week ago from John Lewis for GBP999 as it comes with a 5 year warranty. I found it on Amazon UK for GBP850 but decided to buy it with extra warranty from John Lewis. I bought it after reading loads of positive reviews about the panel in What Hi Fi magazine and on the web. And I must say that I am loving the panel. The colours are fantastic and the sound quality of the panel is suitable for my current needs. I have it hooked up to a standard Sky box feed. But in due course I will be replacing it with Sky+ HD and other bits of home cinema parts. I have a bog standard Philips DVP3120 DVD player attached to it via a QED P21 Scart cable and the picture still looks good. The SD feed is not so good via the Sky box but I am pretty sure that has to do with old cabling as it's been around for over 10 years! Overall I am pretty happy with panel and cannot fault it. I am also planning to get it ISF calibrated but only after getting some sound advice from the gurus here at What Hi Fi.
Cheers.
Sorreltiger
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Just a word of caution - I think you should look at the KDL32W4000/SD Picture thread. ÿIt does echo my experience when I auditioned the 4000 but, on the other hand, there do seem to be plenty of happy viewers.
I spent a while in a Sony store today (amazing unhelpful staff!!) more interested in standing outside and watching the weather than serving customers.
They had a BBC HD preview running on all of the screens bar one that was linked up to a bluray player with some blueray previews on (that stopped and sat on the menu screen for 10 minutes!)
The BBC HD varied in quality wildly, there was a programme with Monty Don in it (looked like some gardening type programme) which was simply stunning on the every size screen, the trailer for the Graham Norton show about choosing a nancy for Olive was full of noise and artifacts on all the screen, including the V/W and X screens so clearly the BBCs HD out put varies widly, I actually think that the Graham Norton stuff was SD upscaled which would make it watchable, if it was an example of HD then it was amazingly poor but was clearly not the TVs but the source material.
I'm hoping to head to another sony store this weeks and see all 3 source types running on the 40 and 46" W's to see what they are like.
The TV world really does seem backwards at the moment, 90% of the tv's are HD and 90% of the content is SD!
They had a BBC HD preview running on all of the screens bar one that was linked up to a bluray player with some blueray previews on (that stopped and sat on the menu screen for 10 minutes!)
The BBC HD varied in quality wildly, there was a programme with Monty Don in it (looked like some gardening type programme) which was simply stunning on the every size screen, the trailer for the Graham Norton show about choosing a nancy for Olive was full of noise and artifacts on all the screen, including the V/W and X screens so clearly the BBCs HD out put varies widly, I actually think that the Graham Norton stuff was SD upscaled which would make it watchable, if it was an example of HD then it was amazingly poor but was clearly not the TVs but the source material.
I'm hoping to head to another sony store this weeks and see all 3 source types running on the 40 and 46" W's to see what they are like.
The TV world really does seem backwards at the moment, 90% of the tv's are HD and 90% of the content is SD!
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