| The 40" Sony Bravia KDL-40V2500 is an awesome | | | | There have been some reports on fogginess in dark |
| LCD HDTV displaying 16:9 1080p at 1920x1080 | | | | scenes, but not many owners have seen it. Maybe |
| resolution. Sony has hit the mark with the Bravia | | | | messing around with the display or lowering the |
| KDL-40V2500 especially with the lowered price to | | | | brightness will help if you see this in your own TV set. |
| compete with other LCD HDTV companies like | | | | Also, if you see a white line above the screen, just |
| Samsung, Sharp, Panasonic, and Toshiba. The quality is | | | | raise the vertical display a little bit to make it disappear. |
| top notch. The colors and contrast are near perfect | | | | You can also change the display area from "full pixel" |
| and pictures even appear to jump out of this LCD | | | | to normal and that will get rid of the white line. |
| HDTV more than other LCD TV's when compared | | | | The Sony Bravia KDL-40V2500 LCD HDTV comes |
| side by side. | | | | with two hdmi inputs. If you're buying hdmi cables, you |
| Watching non HD content is not a problem with the | | | | don't need to get the expensive ones. You can buy |
| Sony Bravia KDL-40V2500. Even playing regular | | | | hdmi cables for under $15-$20 and they work just as |
| DVD's look almost HD with an upscaling or | | | | good as the ones that cost an arm and a leg. If you |
| upconverting dvd player like the OPPO DV-980H or | | | | plan to buy the warranty for the Sony Bravia |
| Sony's own DVP-NS77H. I heard you can use the | | | | KDL-40V2500 LCD HDTV, you can get it cheaper |
| remote from Sony's dvd player to operate the V2500 | | | | straight from Sony instead of from Amazon. |
| series. SD (or standard display) is also good and better | | | | Overall, the 40" Sony Bravia KDL-40V2500 LCD |
| than other LCD TV's and almost to the level of your | | | | HDTV is an awesome television with stunning visuals |
| old CRT tube tv set. | | | | that will drop jaws like when people went from |
| The remote control is not bad, but there have been | | | | b&w to color TV's. The refresh rate is not |
| some dissatisfaction with it from some owners saying | | | | extremely fast as is expected from an LCD TV, but it |
| that it feals cheap or clunky. You'll probably end up | | | | shouldn't be a big impact on the viewing experience. |
| getting a universal remote anyway if you don't like the | | | | The sound is as good as any LCD HDTV on the |
| factory TV remote. Any negative thoughts caused by | | | | market if not better. I didn't cover the sound much, but |
| the remote are easily made up for with the excellent | | | | it is definitely not weak and may surprise you with how |
| and simple menu. Going through the Bravia 40V2500's | | | | good it sounds. Sony has put together a complete |
| settings is a breeze. One great feature of this LCD | | | | package in the Bravia KDL-40V2500 with great |
| HDTV that you should enjoy is the ability to label the | | | | visuals and audio to deliver an immersive experience |
| inputs and skip the unused inputs. This should be | | | | to the viewer. This LCD HDTV may be the best bang |
| included with every TV set. | | | | you can get for your buck. |