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Sony Bravia KDL52V5500U 52-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD TV with Freeview and 3 Year Warranty

Sony Bravia KDL52V5500U 52-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p LCD TV with Freeview and 3 Year Warranty
From Sony

Price: £1,169.00

Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Dispatched from and sold by PRC Direct

6 new or used available from £1,117.00

Average customer review:
Best Price LCD TV Sony KDL52V5500U, KDL52V5500, 52V5500 Sale.

Product Description

  • Dynamic Contrast of 60,000:1 to deliver high levels of detail in darker scenes
  • DLNA technology to share your multimedia content with DLNA certified devices in your home network
  • USB Media Player allows easy access to photos, music and video through your TV
  • AppliCast™ allows you to view internet information while watching television


Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #4103 in Consumer Electronics
  • Brand: Sony
  • Model: KDL52V5500U
  • Released on: 2009-03-31
  • Dimensions: 67.24 pounds

Features

  • 52 Diagonal Screen Size (inch)
  • Analogue & Freeview Tuner
  • Smartext with EPG
  • Virtual Dolby
  • 24p ( Frames Per Second)

Editorial Reviews

Manufacturer's Description

A BRAVIA LCD TV is no ordinary television. Design is sleeker, pictures are brighter, details clearer. All BRAVIA televisions are HD Ready as a minimum, with up to 4 HDMI connections, and come with an integrated digital tuner so there is no need for a set-top box to view Freeview TV and radio channels. Most of the BRAVIA LCD TVs feature BRAVIA Sync technology, it takes just one button to turn on your entire Sony home entertainment system, while XrossMediaBar helps you navigate your TV easily with its best-in-class menu screen. After all advanced technology should simply mean technology that does more for you.

Packed with the latest Sony technology, the BRAVIA V5500 lets you experience HD entertainment in all its glory. BRAVIA ENGINE 3 digital processing delivers excellent image quality, with vivid colours and sharper edges. It's DLNA-enabled, allowing it to become the hub of a home network of other compatible devices, so you can enjoy all your music, video and pictures on a whole new level. Meanwhile, a built-in USB Media Player enables you to connect other devices to your TV screen. Plus you can use the AppliCast™ feature to check on-screen RSS feeds of news and other information while you're watching your favourite programmes.

HD1080 gives you the ultimate standard of high definition

HD1080 gives you the ultimate
standard of high definition

HD1080 for cinema quality in your home

High Definition lets you enjoy home entertainment with stunning picture quality and sound. The BRAVIA V5500 goes way beyond the specification of an HD ready TV: its screen resolution of 1920 x 1080 can accept Full HD1080p/24p input signals with no downscaling. In a nutshell, the more pixels you have, the better the resolution, the finer the detail - and the more amazing the experience.

BRAVIA ENGINE 3 for the ultimate HD experience

An LCD television creates pictures by switching millions of pixels on and off. In the V5500 this process is controlled by the BRAVIA ENGINE 3, the latest version of Sony's advanced digital processing technology.


The unique technology of BRAVIA ENGINE 3 optimises the quality of every single scene
The unique technology of BRAVIA ENGINE 3
optimises the quality of every single scene
Using a collection of unique Sony algorithms it applies a digital perfecting process to reduce noise and produce cleaner images, higher contrast and smoother motion sequences, resulting in enhanced overall performance regardless of source.

Specifically, it analyses each individual scene, controlling the peak brightness level to generate advanced colour and brightness, and optimising the noise level. It also detects and adjusts the overall colour distribution of each frame and smoothes diagonal lines of pixels in fast-moving pictures to prevent jagged edges and bleeding colours.

In short, it delivers exceptional performance in every single scene.

Connect your home with DLNA

Create an entertainment network in your home with DLNA

Create an entertainment network
in your home with DLNA

The BRAVIA V5500 means you can finally create an easy-to-use home network that lets you share music, video and pictures from around the house on your TV. As part of the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), Sony has adopted a universal standard for connectivity that enables your electronic devices, regardless of brand, to 'talk' to one another.

So now it's easy to move files between your TV, PC, printer, music player, phone, camera and more, wherever they are in the home. By integrating your TV into a home network, either wirelessly or via a cable, you can use your BRAVIA remote to find photos on the DLNA-enabled laptop in your bedroom and call them up to your living room TV screen. If you want hard copies, just send them to print on the colour printer in your spare room.

As well as BRAVIA TVs, Sony offers a range of DLNA Certified™ devices such as VAIO notebooks, the Sony Ericsson mobile phone, the PLAYSTATION®3 and the GigaJuke hard-disc drive music system.

Connect USB devices direct to your TV with USB Media Player

Connect USB devices direct to your
TV with USB Media Player

More ways to enjoy photos, videos and music with the USB Media Player

The BRAVIA V5500 also comes with a built-in USB Media Player that means you can connect devices directly to your TV. Content from your USB device is transferred directly to your BRAVIA TV, so you can listen to songs, see a slideshow of your favourite pictures or your latest home video clips.


AppliCast™ brings live internet feeds to your screen while you watch TV

AppliCast™ brings live internet feeds to
your screen while you watch TV
AppliCast™ keeps you in touch while you watch

AppliCast™ lets you see internet information on your BRAVIA TV while you're watching television. You don't have to switch on your PC - just call up widgets onto the TV screen. Three widgets, including a clock and calendar, are already installed on the on-screen XrossMediaBar and you can add RSS feeds of news, weather and more by connecting your TV to the internet via the Ethernet port at the back. Just select the information you want with your BRAVIA remote and it's right there whenever you need it.


Customer Reviews

WOW Fantastic Picture and Size5
I was very pleased with the look and feel of the TV. The stand was already fixed to the base and what imprested me was that it was on a turn table which rotated the TV.
I found the contestability to be excellent.
The only fault I would level at this 52" Sony TV is that the USB function is TOO SLOW!!! You have to wait ages for your pictures to scroll through and it almost makes itself obsolete. You would be better of connecting you PS3 and watch your pictures that way. This brings me to the excellent menu system which emulated the same style as the PS3.

Over all impression was that this was an excellent purchase.

Great Large TV, Great Price, 3 Year Warranty included5
We've had this TV around 4 weeks now and I have to say that its a real pleasure to sit down and watch it. The picture is outstanding and better than the 42" Panasonic plasma it replaced. Sound is good as well and its easy to set up and the remote is easy to use as well.

The SD picture is surprising god and well detailed. The HD picture is fantastic.

If you are looking for a large TV this must be on your list to consider as it is great value for money.

Learn to take the tv off standby5
A great television with amazing picture quality and sound, the star rating amazon is showing is mared by one purchaser not knowing how to take the tv out of standby, this isnt a product defect rather a person defect !

All in all a great price for a great product, I would say that the V series and W series are virtualy identicle in all respects and the 100hz scan on the w series (and to a greater extent the 200hz scan of the x series) arnt worth the extra money.
grab a bargin get the v while there still avaulable.