Sony Bravia KDL 40W4000 LCD TV is Sony's great attempt to set right all the shortcomings of its previous LCD TV, Sony KDL 46W3000. What is the outcome? Well, Sony has definitly done a very good job with this new LCD TV.
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LCD television has been designed on Sony's native “draw the line” concept, which focusses more on the screen and less on extra spaces around it. This Midnight Sky black framed TV, with a metallic strip running along its lower edge would certainly add beauty to your home theatre.
Measuring 986(W) x 646 (H) x 110(D) mm and weighing 18.5kg, this TV can either be wall mounted or stand mounted. A Full HD screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels is offered by this TV, with an image aspect ratio of 16:9 and screen brightness of 500 cd/m2.
The Picture Frame Mode offered by this TV, allows you to display a digital photo of your choice or a set of 6 pre-set pictures, on its LCD Screen. Thus turning your TV into a digital picture frame. The TV consumes 35% less power in this mode than it does during normal viewing. The XrossMediaBar menu feature, allows easy operation of devices connected to the TV. The Bravia Sync feature helps you control your Home cinema system with the single Bravia remote control, that accompanies the TV. The 24P True Cinema technology used, makes picture reproduction more natural with 24 frames per second being shown. The Bravia Engine 2 technology incorporated in this LCD TV, enhances picture performance and delivers quality images. The Advanced Contrast Enhancer that is built into the TV, does a good job of contrast adjustment to suit the brightness jumps in the scenes. Black levels are also taken care of in dark scenes, enabling clear viewing.
A wide range of connections are offered by the Sony Bravia KDL 40W4000 LCD TV. There are 3 HDMI v1.3 connections which are all CEC capable, a D-Sub PC port with audio input as well, a USB input, a Component video input, a Composite input, PCMCIA card slot, a headphone jack, an RF input, RCA audio output and 2 RGB capable Scarts. The other features include Picture-In-Picture, Teletext, Clock, Sleeper, Timer, On/Off timer, integrated standard definition digital and analogue tuner, integrated digital cable tuner, variety of menu languages and MPEG and standard noise reduction routines. The Sony's Live Colour processing technology with x.v. Colour, includes a wide range of colours, and makes pictures look more natural and brilliant. There is also an auto setup feature, to guide you with the features when you first turn on the TV.
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Sony Bravia LCD TV comes equipped with 2 NICAM digital audio speakers with Virtual Dolby Surround and BBE ViVA technologies. Their audio output power is quoted to be 10W each. The runtime power consumption of this TV is 176W while the stand-by mode power consumption is 0.19W.
With great high definition and standard definition performance, good sound effects, a large variety of advanced connections, features and technologies incorporated, the
Sony Bravia KDL 40W4000 Full HD LCD television is certainly here to stay and rule the LCD TV market for a long time.
