HDTV Reviews

The latest in the Sony W Series is the Sony Bravia W5500 series, which is available in a wider size range, from 32-inches to 52-inches, rather than starting at the usual 40-inches. The Sony W5500 series is available as the following models, the 32-inch Sony KDL-32W5500, 37-inch KDL-37W5500, 40-inch KDL-40W5500, 46-inch KDL-46W5500, and the largest, 52-inch KDL-52W5500. Read more

The Sony Bravia WE5 series is the greenest ever Bravia LCD HDTV, consuming 20-30% less power than the previous year’s Bravia models.  This “Eco TV” or the Eco Bravia as I like to call it, will be available this Spring in the UK / Europe (Sony VE5 for U.S models), in 40-inch and 46-inch sizes as the Sony KDL-40WE5W, and Sony KDL-46WE5W, respectively. Read more

The Sony Bravia V Series for 2009, also know as the Sony V5100 series should be a popular range as it’s placed just below of most expensive highend range, so it’s well priced, but still offers very impressive specifications.

The Sony Bravia V5100 series contains features previously only found in the very top of the range models from 2008, such as MotionFlow 120Hz technology and Sony Bravia Engine 2. Read more

Like most companies at this year’s CES, held last month, Sony didn’t announce any prices with their new HDTV lineup. But today that changes, with many of the new models showing up on their business site. Read more

The 55-inch Sony KDL-55X4500 is from Sony’s top of the line Bravia X4500 series of LCD HDTVs. The KDL-55X4500 model is the largest of the three sizes available. The Sony Bravia KDL-55X4500 is a very interesting and exciting HDTV to hit the market, not only because it’s their flagship model, but because of it’s very impressive specifications and features. Read more

Sony has unleashed their official information at this years CES show, announcing six new HDTV ranges.  This is the same number as last year, but all the models are brand new.

First up we have their typical flagship XBR range, this year known as the Sony XBR9 series which is available in three sizes. Read more

Just as I predicted, Sony has announced the “Eco Bravia“, the Sony VE5 series, which is an highly energy efficient television range. The Sony Bravia VE5 series uses 40% less power than most other LCD HDTVs of the same size.

All Sony Bravia VE5 models feature a zero-watt standby power switch which cuts power usage to “nearly zero watts”, along with a motion sensor which can turn the HDTV off if no motion is detected. Read more

The Sony Z5100 series, also known as the Sony Z Series is just one step down from the top of the range Sony XBR9 series.  Much like the XBR9, the Sony Bravia Z series features very impressive Internet connectivity, by combining Sony’s Bravia Internet Video link inside the HDTVs with widgets the LCD HDTV can deliver real time information such as news and weather, and can also stream live Internet video streams. Read more

The newly announced Sony XBR9 series builds on the impressive XBR range, which is known as Sony’s very best, flag ship HDTV model.

Like many other HDTVs we are seeing announced at this year’s CES show, The Sony Bravia XBR9 series are concentrating heavily on Internet connectivity of the sets. The Sony XBR9’s are the first models to feature Internet applications which Sony call widgets. Read more

The 52-inch Sony KDL-52XBR7 is from Sony’s highend XRB7 range of LCD HDTVs, where this 52-inch model is the middle sized version.

Once a feature found only on the very highend models, 120Hz refresh rate technology is now starting to appear on many models now available. Read more