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Sony BRAVIA KDL55HX800 55-Inch 1080p 240Hz 3D-Ready LED HDTV Review
Connections:
4HDMI 1 optical outand a pair of RCA'sare certainly enough.A couple of USB'sround and an Ethernetconnector round outthe input out puts.Note to consumersskip the Sony onlywireless and find away to hard wire toyour network. Theamount of internet streaming is such that the wireless USBis really just too slow to keep up. You can stream Netflixwith it but the process is painfully slow. Same with BDlive it works but you won't want to use it. Connected to aNetgear powerline system it was MUCH BETTER working with online content. The E570 3D blu-ray player only has 1 HDMI, 1 optical in, Ethernet and 2 usbconnectors and an FM antenna. The wireless USB comes
with it but again, online content overwhelms it.Unfortunately it also has proprietary connectors for thespeakers so you must use the speaker it comes with or slice in the wires for your favorites. This actually provedto be a blessing in disguise.
Picture-
Stunning. The out of the box settings were verynear what we saw in the store. That was Good and BAD.Good from the stand point that if we bought the TVexpecting to see the vibrant picture we saw in the store,we would not have been disappointed. Bad because thepicture in the store is not very accurate, its oversaturated,over bright, way too much contrast and too sharp. Once Igot it calibrated which was somewhat frustrating becausethe set is smart enough to make adjustments for contenttype, signal type, ambient light, bright scenes dark scenesect... Turn all that OFF before trying to adjust the picture.Once you get things set correctly you can turn them back on to good effect. Once adjusted the picture and contrastlevel on this set are just amazing. True 1080 content is justbreath taking. You can see every detail down to the textureof the fabrics and pours in the skin, for everything that isin focus. Anything not in focus in the shot gets a bit of agrainy if you don't tune the sharpness WAY down. Onceyou do the picture is simple great. The COLORS arebeautiful, on our set the green gain needed to be adjusted
down quite a bit to look natural and balance with the redand blue but again once done it was just magnificent. Veryvibrant when it was supposed to be. Now here is the rub.Once adjusted to be accurate, you will not like watching480 content because it will just look sharp enough. 720 or better and you're in heaven. On this set you can see thedifference between blu ray , dvd, 720 and 480. Yes HDMIdoes make a difference and the set is accurate enough toshow you.
Sound
- The sound on the Set is adequate for watching thenews and can do a mediocre job of simulating surroundsound but frankly this tv was designed with home theater in mind. It has speaker just in case. Now combined withblu ray home theater it's a whole different ball game. I hadno intention of using the Sony speakers that came with thehome theater set fully intending to use my old Bosesystem, but since the connectors required using the specialconnectors I hooked it up just to give them a try. WOW...these little guys have some guts. Crsip highs well definedmids and decent lows. My anaylser showed them torespond much flatter than my Boses( translation, better accuracy with less EQ tweaking) . The sub absolutelyTHUNDERS. I had concerns about firing bass into thecarpet but the diffuser held make the bass even moreOmni directional and with a measly 1000wats the system
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