Sony KDL-52W4100

The Sony KDL-52W4100 is a 52 inch flat panel LCD HDTV from Sony’s BRAVIA W series that features full HD 1080p resolution, Motionflow 120 Hz refresh rate, BRAVIA Engine 2, 30000:1 dynamic contrast ratio, BRAVIA Link ready and 5 HD inputs. It is available in a Piano Black finish and includes an illuminated Sony Logo.
Specifications
The Sony KDL-52W4100 measures 1262 mm x 871 mm x 347 mm (W x H x D) in dimensions when measured including its provided pedestal, and 1262 mm x 829 mm x 119 mm (W x H x D) when measured without the pedestal. It weighs approximately 38kg together with the provided pedestal and 32 kg on its own. The Sony KDL-52W4100 is compatible with video signals including 480/ 60i, 480/ 60p, 720/ 60p, 1080/ 60i, 1080/ 24p (HDMI only) and 1080/ 60p (HDMI/ component). In terms of video features, the Sony KDL-52W4100 incorporates 24p True Cinema technology, 3D comb filter, 4:3 default, Advanced contrast enhancer (ACE), Auto Wide, CineMotion reverse 3:2 pull down technology, game mode, image blur reduction, MPEG Noise reduction, Motionflow technology 120 Hz, and video processing via BRAVIA Engine 2 technology. As for its display technology, the Sony KDL-52W4100 incorporates an LCD panel that has CCFL backlight with a viewing angle of 178 degrees from left/ right and up/ down. In addition to that, it also has Picture Modes including Vivid, Standard, Cinema, Custom, Photo vivid, Photo standard, Photo original and Photo custom. Besides that, it also has wide modes including wide zoom, normal, full, zoom and H stretch for HD. The Sony KDL-52W4100 also has an audio power output of 20 W in total, with 10 W each coming from its two speakers. There are 4 speakers in total. Audio features include 5:1 channel audio out, alternate audio (digital), fixed audio out, auto mute (on no signal), auto SAP, digital amplifier, Dolby Digital, S-Force Sony Original Surround, Sound booster, SteadySound automatic volume control, and Voice zoom. Not only that, it also has Sound Modes including dynamic, standard and clear voice. In general, the Sony KDL-52W4100 features Auto CC on mute, BRAVIA Link Module support, closed caption button, closed captions (CC), and on-screen display with enhanced GUII + XMB. The Sony KDL-52W4100 runs on a power requirement of AC 120 v Voltage. It has a maximum power consumption of 295 W when in operation and 0.1 W when put on standby. For added convenience, the Sony KDL-52W4100 features BRAVIA Sync, BRAVIA Sync menu button, channel block with password, channel jump, channel labels, channel surf, edit channel labels, favourite channel, ID-1 detection, info banner, initial setup, input skip (auto), label inputs, on-screen clock, on/off timer, fixed PAP, PAP (picture and picture), PIP (picture in picture) via PC input, program guide access, show/ hide channels, sleep timer, swap sound, TV guide on-screen, and theatre mode (theatre button). Besides that, it also has a multiple language display that is available in English, Spanish and French. The display has an aspect ratio of 16:9, display resolution of 1920 x 1080p (full HD), dynamic contrast ratio of380000:1, native resolution of 1920 x 1080 pixels, and an on-screen contrast ratio of 3000:1. The Sony KDL-52W4100 is also Energy Star Compliant and comes with Power Saving Modes. It also incorporates LightSensor technology. Inputs and outputs consist of AC power input, six analog audio inputs, analog audio input for HDMI, audio out, two component video (Y/ Pb/ Pr) inputs, three composite video inputs, optical digital audio output, four HDMI connections, HDMI PC input, PC In (D-sub) + Audio In (stereo mini), RF connection input, S-Video detection and S-video input.
Reviews

“Both very solid and highly reviewed products, both the Samsung LN52A650 review scores and KDL-52W4100 review scores are nearly perfect and top of the bunch in television as of summer 2008. If you’re a crazy optimizer, tuner and electronics geek, I would probably say go with the Samsung LN52A650 for its more customizable experience… If you’re the more common family shopper, the Sony Bravia KDL 52W4100 offers a simpler, easier experience and is quite future proof with its expandable options. 50/50, both are solid stellar television and you wouldn’t be wrong to pick either one in my opinion” (HDTVTutors, 2009)

“The Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100 is a very good television, with a full feature set and excellent performance almost across the board. That said the viewing angle issue will be serious for some. If you need a TV that will sit in a room where people will be looking at it from all angles you may want to go with a Plasma like the Panasonic VIERA TH-46PZ80U. If this isn’t an issue for you, then you will be getting your money’s worth with the Sony BRAVIA KDL-46W4100. If you’re looking to spend a bit less but not miss out too much on performance you may want to take a look at the VIZIO VO47L” (Reviewed, 2009)

“The Sony W4100 series is a more budgeted version than the top of the line Z4100 series. If LCD backlighting is not a big selling point, then the W4100 is what you need. LCD backlighting does present a premium in price, but the picture quality improvement might justify the price. That’s where Sony has provided choice in the W4100 series.” (Reviews-LCD-TV, 2009)