Sony BRAVIA V-Series KDL-52V5100 52-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV, Black by Sony
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Digital camera reviews of Sony BRAVIA V-Series KDL-52V5100 52-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV, Black
Digital camera Review: DO NOT BUY THIS TV
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this model off Amazon in Aug 2009, and in Nov 2010 now have a major screen defect. After paying Sony's repair service $100 to diagnose, the TV is shot. The panel is bad and estimated cost to fix is an outrageous $2,200, more than I paid for the TV.
Sony customer service was horrible. Even though this is obviously a major defect, they refuse to offer anything reasonable to make me whole as I am a mere 4 months out of warranty. They can only offer 2 other models, neither of which is a 52" like I have. Price of the model that is bigger 52" is $1,400 plus tax at the discounted rate. Rediculous.
Stay away from Sony, you've been warned!
Digital camera Review: Dare to Dream!
Summary: 5 Stars
The 52V5100 was everything I hoped for from an inexpensive, big-screen, HDTV.
Set up was no effort (open box, remove TV, plug in, turn on) but took 20-minutes to find all of the available channels. The 52V5100 found more than I expected. Not only did it bring in the analogue cable TV channels (I haven't upgraded yet) but also the 50 or so, over the air, digital channels (in the Philadelphia PA area). Therefore, watching analogue cable looked bad on the big screen but there were also all of the local HDTV channels. Watching football on Fox was in HD and much, much better than the regular cable version.
Once the channels were in it was time to be judgmental. My last HDTV was a 32-inch LG and I spent two weeks trying to get the colors the way I wanted them. The 52V5100 was perfect out of the box. Blacks look ideal in programming however some people's jet-black hair lacked definition (too black?). Picture quality looked excellent. No blurring during a football game. Colors looked perfect. Images look good even at angles.
First video test was a standard DVD using an up-scaling DVD player and the images looked very good to me. No blurring through action sequences. Two people said that "King Kong" looked fake. I don't know if that was the movie itself or the player leaving out some detail.
Negatives:
No picture in picture (get what you pay for).
Remote is nothing to be excited about. It's a little thin with a rounded bottom. It doesn't have the Sony "return button" that goes back to the last entered channel while channel surfing. It could be more intuitive by having the primary buttons in the middle. I've had worse remotes (like Comcast's).
Monitor's HDMI slots are mostly on the side of the TV, with only one located on the back.
Sound is average.
Definitely would recommend. Price paid at local Mom/Pop TV shop in January 2010 was: $1,199
Digital camera Review: Do NOT expect consistent picture quality and beware of contrast issues!
Summary: 1 Stars
Apparently a firmware update will not resolve an issue with the contrast automatically shifting depending on the types of colors being displayed. Whenever there are bright blue/red backgrounds on the screen, the contrast is constantly going up and down, even after disabling the Advanced Contrast Enhancement "feature". Others elsewhere online and on Amazon have complained that service technicians that Sony sends will try to replace the board inside the TV, but it won't help.
Normally I'm not too picky about minor things like Advance Contrast Enhancements not working well and needing to be disabled, but even when I turn that feature off, it remains really annoying when watching shows with bright colors and talking heads (pretty much all news shows, pre-game shows, and Daily Show/Colbert).
Unacceptable. I bought this from a big box retailer (with that big yellow tag logo), and unfortunately, I doubt there's much they would do for me considering I've had the TV since Sept. I hope Sony will be able to work something out with me to provide a different model from a different series that's more reliable.
Digital camera Review: EXCELLENT TV, BUT DELIVERY HASSLE
Summary: 4 Stars
THE SONY TV HOOKED UP TO MY FIOS PRODCUCES OUTSTANDING AUDIO AND VIDEO.GOOD PRICE AND ON TIME DELIVERY. THE ONLY PROBLEM WAS WITH THE DELIVERY. WHEN YOU MAKE THE PURCHASE THE COMPANY TELLS YOU THE DELIVERY DRIVER WILL ONLY DROP THE SET OFF IN THE DRIVE WAY. SO,YOU HAVE TO HIRE SOMEONE TO HELP YOU GET IT INTO THE HOUSE. IT'S DELIVERED DURING THE DAY, SO NEIGHBORS ARE AT WORK AND UNABLE TO HELP. ALSO, THE SALE COMPANY WANTS YOU TO DO A DELIVERY CHECK LIST BEFORE ACCEPTING THE TV. HOWEVER, THE DELIVERY DRIVER WAS IN A BIG HURRY AND REFUSED TO STAND BY WHILE I RAN THE CHECK LIST. ANYWAY, IT'S A GREAT PRODUCT. JUST BE PREPARED FOR A DELIVERY HASSLE.
Digital camera Review: Everything I Wanted
Summary: 5 Stars
Great picture, great sound, and Sony quality all for a good price.
Others have gone to much greater detail than I care to, but I'll just say I don't think anyone will be disappointed with this TV purchase.
Although I realize this isn't much of a review, I simply wanted to express my satisfaction to others.