Customer Reviews:
 Excellent when setup correctly July 5, 2006
Mist of Time (UK)
113 out of 113 found this review helpful
This is a fantastic piece of technology, marred only by a garish set of factory settings which makes the actual quality of picture somewhat of a lottery unless you get some help in callibration.
The manual is functional but only provideds superficial guidance. There are a multitude of options for adjusting the picture, most of which seem designed for making it look bright in a shop window under artifical light.
The big secret (I found in one review only) is to turn off most of the advanced options and enable power saving! This unlikely option completely adjust the output levels of everything. If you add in a reduced backlight and low MPEG noise correction this can be outstanding. The built in daylight sensor should also be enabled.
I know have great pictures from the built in Freeview, my PVR on RGB and my DVD on component video with progressive scan.
After a couple of shaky days when I wanted to take it back to the shop I am now very pleased with this purchase - and I have yet to get an HD signal!
Excellent July 24, 2006
Mr. J. Irish (London, UK)
97 out of 97 found this review helpful
First of all, an excellent LCD TV.
Picture quality outstanding, once you have taken the time to change all of the options.
The two high quality RGB scart sockets allow connectivity of good quality dvd players. My Xbox (not 360) playing DVD's gives top notch quality playback although it took me a while to get the settings for the input right. The 'Noise Reduction' feature gives terrible motion blur on the set when playing fast action games (I suggest you leave it Off). However the 'MPEG Noise Reduction' feature is marvellous and does a brilliant job of cleaning up the picure.
The 'Blck Corrector', 'Contrast Enhancer', 'Clear White' and 'Live Colour' options (which can be found on Advanced.. when in Custom picture mode) are great added features to the Bravia and should all be set to about medium for all external inputs and TV.
I have yet to try the digital services or the HDTV but I am still thrilled with the set, recommend to anybody. But, be warned, it takes a long time to change the settings to get the most from the set.
A GREAT TV!! October 12, 2006
G. Fergusson (Leek, Staffordshire)
62 out of 62 found this review helpful
I spent many of an age finding and reading reviews of this Sony LCD TV, although not many seem to exist the ones I managed to find persuaded me to part with my well earned cash and buy this tv, and I am glad that I did!
I was prepared for a rather bright factory setting from a previous review but after an hour or so I got a pretty perfect picture from the very user friendly on screen menus, i found that enabling a low power saving, a medium backlight, contrast, brightness and colour with a vivid picture mode brings a very crisp and clear picture.
As for the sound I hooked it to my expensive hi-fi system, but even this did not compare to the great sound produced by the tv's built in speakers!
All in all I am very pleased with this sony tv and I would recommend it to anyone, I dont think that you could buy another 26" tv of this quality in the £600 - £700 price bracket. Dont be fooled by the rather loud picture when looking through a shop window, part with your cash make your adjustments and enjoy.
Great mid-size HD TV October 28, 2006
Adam Legge (london)
40 out of 40 found this review helpful
I spent a LOT of time looking for a new TV before finally settling on this one. Finally decided to buy it from Selfridges on the basis of how good the picture was- but the they couldn't find one on the warehouse so came out and bought it on Amazon for £150 less. Ordered on Sunday evening- arrived Wednesday morning.
Nothing much to add to the other reviews. It's a truly great picture and very good sound. The out of the box settings are too harsh but ten minutes spent playing with them and you've got great colour balance- vibrant colours, good skin tones and dark blacks.
I wouldn't hesitate on recommending this to anyone- especially at this price
Very pleased September 3, 2006
Small Scale (London UK)
58 out of 60 found this review helpful
Like the other reviewers have all said so far, the default settings for the TV do not show off the brilliant screeen to anywhere near its potential.
But once you've spent a few minutes changing the rather garish factory settings, this TV delivers a superb picture and much better than expected sound. It's very impressive indeed. Now thinking about buying a 40" model.
The only thing that's irked me so far is later the same day that I ordered mine on Amazon, Amazon then dropped the price from 699.99 to 641.99. I'd rather like 50 quid back if you don't mind. Also, Amazon use Parcelforce (Parcelfarce ?) as their couriers, who are absolutely useless.
Still, it's at least 100 quid cheaper than the high street !
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