Looking good in its usual glossy piano black finish, the Sony Bravia KDL-40V5810 40” LCD TV smiles at you knowingly. ‘Come on now, find a fault with me’ it seems to mock. And so I set out to study the darn thing closely and boy was I in for a surprise. The TV has a 1920 x 1080 pixel resolution and the dynamic contrast ratio is quoted to be 60000:1. To be honest, I was bent in finding something to complain about this TV and I started with the pictures. To by disappointment, the pictures were as clear as they can get, with no blurs or dims reaching my narrowed eyes. Shrugging off ( the TV features the BRAVIA ENGINE 3, no wonder.) I turned to motion.
This Full HD LCD TV from Sony truly impressed me with the way it handled motion, and just when I began to slacken, something caught my eye. Aha! Gotcha! There were the subtlest of flickering around the moving parts of the picture. With a triumphant smile I moved further down to explore the connectivity. The TV is well connected – there are an ample 4 HDMIs, a USB input and a PC Input as well. More still, it sports a USB Media Player, Photo Viewer and a Music Player – which, I have to say are pretty decent for the price.
Plugging in my Blu-Ray player, I learned that the KDL-40V5810 can render movies with jaw-dropping clarity and with as real as possible colours. Tweaking my ears, I narrowed down on audio. This time the Bravia lost – audio never did impress me. May be I raised the bar too high, but nevertheless, I was not impressed. At last! Now I can readily oppose this TV. But no, dear readers – I dare not. The TV is cheap for all what it has to offer. It definitely is a winner. Oh well, I’m not done yet. I’m still keeping my radars ticking to find that ultimate sluggish TV and knock it hard with all my heart.
