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16:9 Full HD 1080p resolution panel (1920 x 1080) accepts virtually any high definition video signal and renders it with optimum resolution, so you can take full advantage of Blu-ray Disc players and Sony PlayStation 3 entertainment systems that can deliver 1080p content.Engineered for fast-action sports, movies and games, Motionflow 120Hz technology reduces blurriness and judder. Overall, motion is smoother, sharper, and more natural when watching your favorite HD content, DVDs, and even broadcast movies and prime-time programming.Personalize your viewing experience by selecting, positioning, and resizing widgets on your Bravia HDTV display. Bravia internet widgets aresmall applications that can be accessed with the touch of one button providing you with the latest in news, weather, stock info, and much more right on your Bravia W-series HDTV.Bravia Engine 3 is the newest fully digital video processor from Sony. It uses a collection of enhanced algorithms to significantly reduce noise, enhance overall image detail, and optimize contrast so every scene produces sharp, vibrant, life-like images.Connect your compatible camera, USB-enabled MP3 player, or USB storage device directly to the HDTV's USB input to view photos on the big screen or listen to your favorite MP3s.
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Technical Details
- 52" screen (measured diagonally)- Widescreen 16:9 aspect ratio
- High-gloss black finish
- Built-in digital (ATSC) and analog (NTSC) tuners for over-the-air TV broadcasts (antenna required)
- Built-in QAM cable TV tuner receives unscrambled programs without a set-top box (cable service required)
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By Denis McCarthy (Birmingham, Alabama)
Santa Claus brought this TV to our home on the 25th. I couldn't wait to power up the unit even though it was late in the evening after getting home from our annual Christmas gathering at my folks home. My previous unit was a Pioneer Elite 50" second generation projection. Nice picture, really big and heavy, terrible off center view, but overall a nice tv. This thing just blows that old technology away. While shopping with Santa, I purchased a Sony BDP-N460 Blue-ray Disc player to go along with the new TV. I think this is a must if your are planning to move up to this level of picture quality. The Blue-ray player will up-convert your older DVD's to a HD signal, and the TV will indicate it is receiving a HD signal via a little LED on the front panel by the power "on" indicator. The picture is just stunning!
Over the Holiday week I have enjoyed watching older Pixar movies such as Monsters Inc, as well as The Incredibles. I just couldn't ask for better picture quality! I do have to warn you though; once you see a Blue-ray movie on this tv, its over. You will only want to by Blue-rays from now on! Your jaw will surely drop when you watch Monsters Vs Aliens on this tv through a nice Blue-ray player.
Another interesting feature that I have been playing with is the Bravia Internet Widgets. The TV has a LAN port on its back so you can connect it via a CAT5 cable to your high speed internet connection. I had to run out to BestBuy and pick up a ethernet switch to make all of this work... but it did work after making all of the connections to my router. When you push the Internet Widget button on the remote it will take you to a list of applications that you can apply to the tv such as the latest news or weather, or stock updates. Things like that. I thought that was kinda nice.
I would recommend that you utilize the HDMI ports for all of your equipment if possible. This type of connection will offer you the highest possible quality thats currently available. And go with the middle to topend levels of quality with these cables. They are a bit costly though, but the quality of the picture and sound is incredible.
I read the other reviews on the 5150, one reviewer indicated the sound was not as great as they had hoped. I really thought the sound was really good for the provided TV speakers. But really, if your going to buy this tv, you really need to set up a 5.1 or 7.1 sound system. I have mine running through a Denon AVR-3806 and then through seperate speakers. I believe this will give you the greatest enjoyment.
Overall, I would highly recommend the Sony KDL-W52W5150 to anyone wanting a fantastic TV! We love it!! Thanks Santa!
By Daniel Kim (Sunnyvale, CA)
My Sony 52W5150 is a thing of beauty! The pictures are fabulous and it looks great in the living room also. My old 60 Hz Sharp 46 inch cannot compare to this TV in terms of deep blacks and motion picture quality.
First, the pictures are amazing! The blacks are so ridiculously black... my biggest pet peeve on a HDTV is the greyish black when there's supposed to be a black background on some older TV's. You don't have that problem with this TV. This TV has Bravia Engine 3 (Sony's latest video processor) and has a 120 Hz refresh rate. Inbetween those two, the motion judder that I used to see on my old Sharp TV during fast action scenes in movies or sports are gone. All I see is smoothe motion which is a thing of beauty. Once you turn off the "Vivid" colors mode, the colors look real and true to life. I just love it. In fact, my wife told me how she noticed for the first time all the intricate details of the makeup on the TV news anchors' faces. That's high picture quality.
Second, it looks great in the room. I love the Sony light that comes on on the bottom center of the bezel when the TV is on. (In fairness, my wife hates it so be aware that all or most late model Sony HDTV's have this feature) And it looks great whether it's on or not... showing the deep blacks and the rich colors. It really does become the center of your family/living room entertainment. Some prefer the touch of color from Samsung... I prefer the all black look of my TV.
Finally, comparing the specs on this TV versus the top of the line Sony XBR9, there wasn't enough difference to pay the extra $500 premium. Both TV's have the same contrast ratios (3,800 native, 100,000 dynamic). For novices, the contrast ratio is a rough ratio of the brightness of the darkest color the TV is capable of versus the brightest color. So the higher the number, the more capable the TV is in terms of reproducing a wide range of colors at a wide range of brightness. They also look very similar, both use the latest Bravia 3 Engine video processor to produce their pictures, have the same # of HD ports, and allow for widgets & broadband access to Internet.
The three major differences are the following: 1) 120 Hz vs. 240 Hz refresh rate, 2) 8 bit versus 10 bit panel, and 3) of course the $500 or so in price premium. Frankly, my research into 120 Hz vs. 240 Hz refresh rates lead me to conclusion that most people can't really notice the difference. People can notice the difference between 120 Hz and 60 Hz (as I pointed out earlier), but the 120 vs. 240 seems much more marginal. I am not such a videophile that I will pay a serious premium for a marginal difference. Then the 8 bit vs. the 10 bit panel is an even more dubious distinction. 8 bit panels allow for 17 million colors... the 10 bit panels allow a billion in theory.... But you don't really need it. That's because no content source available right now (not blue ray, not HD broadcast, HD cable/satellite) can differentiate colors to that degree and no LCD panel can reproduce that many colors at once. My advice is - save your money and buy the 10 bit panels when the content actually catches up. Buying 10 bit panel right now could be like buying a 50 inch plasma TV in 2000 for like $20K when no real HD content sources were available to take advantage of the big screen & TV capability.
The only thing this TV does not have is LED backlighting. This TV and the XBR9 are Sony's best CCFL backlit LCD TV's. Now the latest TV's have started to use LED backlighting technology to really hike up the contrast ratio to 1 million to 1 and beyond. Sony's latest release XBR10 does this as do the Samsung B6000, B7000, B8000, and B8500 series TV's. Those TV's are fabulous TV's, and they look so cool with their super thin form factor (Samsung's are 1.2 inches thick!). But I am not prepared to pay double or even triple the cost of my W series to get a similar sized LED backlit LCD TV just yet. Wait 3 years and the prices will be MUCH cheaper, since by then larger screen true LED TV's called OLED (not the LCD with LED backlighting TV's that are available now) will probably be more widely available.
By the way, the Samsung TV most comparable to this TV is the Samsung 52B650. Both are 120 Hz, near top of line TV's with CCFL backlighting. I could have gone with either, but I ended up going with this TV because I got a great deal on it and because my sound system and blue ray player (PS3) are Sony products - hello Bravia Synch. Some do think the picture quality on the Samsung is slightly better... but I found the differences to be virtually indiscernable to my eyes. Can't go wrong with either as Samsung and Sony are, IMO, the two greatest LCD TV makers right now... but Samsung seems to be pulling ahead lately.
Overall, fabulous TV... well worth the costs. One of the best top tier, large screen size TV's available with CCFL backlighting. LED backlighting is better, but it costs over double. So for non-early adopters, this is the way to go.
By C. Newman (Tampa, Fl)
Great picture on this 52 inch Sony Bravia but the sound is average. It is noticeably thin so I guess the trade off is lack of big speakers to deliver great sound. I have it plugged into a Blu Ray HT system and I'm very happy with the purchase - sounds great. The TV is very easy to use - easy setup -- and connects to the internet via ethernet cable. I would have preferred that the TV wirelessly connect to the internet but that would be more $$$. I think that the Netflix widget which will be available in Oct-Nov 09 will end up being very useful -- the internet widgets all seem cute -- time will tell whether I really use them or not.
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