Sony Bravia KDL40S2000 LCD TV Review

The Sony Bravia KDL40S2000 also offers integrated HDTV capabilities (with an integrated ATSC tuner), digital HDMI video connectivity, and a bottom speaker design that helps save space. The thin profile of this Bravia TV accommodates VESA compliant mounting systems (separately available).

The removable pedestal swivels 30 degrees left and right and also tilts forward 3 degrees and backward 8 degrees for additional placement flexibility.

Like other TVs in the Bravia line, the KDL40S2000 uses Sony's Wide Color Cold Compact Fluorescent Light (WCG-CCFL) to display a color gamut almost 30 percent larger than a conventional CCFL display, which results in deeper reds, more vivid greens, and cleaner blues.

The Sony Bravia KDL40S2000 also offers a high response time (also referred to as refresh rate) of 8 milliseconds (ms), which is able to clearly portray fast-moving images across the screen with well-defined edges and without ghosting (streaking or shadowing). The set's Light Sensor feature intelligently adjusts the screen brightness to match the ambient light in a room, ensuring a comfortable viewing experience.

The Sony Bravia KDL40S2000 also features the latest in Sony’s unique S-PVA (Super Patterned Vertical Alignment) LCD panel technology, which divides each sub-pixel into two segments per color for a more refined consistency in colors, contrast, and brightness at wide viewing angles. This seventh generation Sony LCD panel was specially crafted at Sony's plant and produced from one of the world’s biggest mother glass (a huge sheet of glass that can be divided to create multiple LCD panels).

The Sony Bravia KDL40S2000 has a 1366 x 768-pixel resolution, 16:9 widescreen aspect ratio, 178-degree viewing angle, and 1300:1 contrast ratio. (The higher the contrast ratio, the greater a TV's ability to display subtle color details and not get washed out by ambient room light.) The Cinemotion 3:2 pulldown cinema video processing detects and compensates film--which is shot at 24 frames per second (fps) compared with video's 30 fps rate--to video for a smooth theaterlike experience at home. The 3D digital comb filter offers 10-bit signal processing that renders superb gradation of grays, resulting in superior picture detail. Other convenience features include:

• WEGA GATE Easy Operation Guide allows you to easily navigate to the most convenient TV functions: favorite channels, TV channel list, external input list, or settings.

• Favorite Channels with the WEGA GATE function, allows you to navigate a list of up to 16 favorite channels without leaving the current channel.

• Wide Screen Mode allows you to watch 4:3 normal broadcasts in wide screen mode (16:9 aspect ratio).

• Parental Control (V-Chip) helps parents monitor what their children watch on TV by establishing rating limits.

• Caption Vision/Info Banner allows closed caption and/or channel programming information to be displayed.

• The Freeze Function temporarily freezes the picture in a separate screen while the programming continues to display, which can come in handy when you want to copy a recipe, phone number, etc. that flashes too quickly across your screen. It pumps out 20 watts of audio power via its integrated bottom-aligned stereo speakers (10 watts per channel). It has a built-in Dolby Digital decoder (for connecting to a surround sound home theater receiver) and it can also produce SRS TruSurround XT virtual 5.1-channel surround sound from its two speakers. This set offers the following connection options:

• Composite (RCA audio/video): 3 inputs (1 on the side)

• S-Video: 2 inputs (1 on the side)

• Component (Y/Pb/Pr): 2 inputs (with left/right audio jacks)

• HDMI: 1 input (with L/R RCA audio connections)

• PC: 1 D-Sub15 input (with L/R stereo mini plug connection)

• RF: 1 input

• Total audio inputs: 5 (1 side, 4 rear)

• Analog audio output: 1

• Digital audio ouput: 1

• Headphone: 1

Tech Talk

Component video (also called Y/Pb/Pr) features a three-jack video input, which provides separate connections for luminance (Y), blue color difference (PB) and red color difference (PR). This results in increased bandwidth for color information, resulting in a more accurate picture with clearer color reproduction and less bleeding than you would get with S-Video or composite (RCA yellow video plug) connections. You will need a separate RCA left/right audio cable for sound. TruSurround XT audio adds three new audio enhancement technologies to produce an amazingly immersive sound experience. Sony Bravia KDL40S2000

• Dialog Clarity brings movie dialog into Focus during the playback of any surround-encoded material to make speech much clearer and crisper.

• TruBass creates incredible deep rich bass allowing a person to perceive significantly deeper, richer low bass tones that are far beyond the physical low frequency capabilities of the speaker itself.

• The SRS WOW feature widens the soundstage by processing standard two-channel stereo material as well as multi-channel encoded material for a dramatic improvement in the playback of any stereo audio over a two-speaker system.

And in case you were wondering, BRAVIA is short for "Best Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture."

What's in the Box?

So what Features Does the Sony Bravia KDL40S2000 have?

• TV type: LCD

• HDTV capable: Yes, with integrated ATSC tuner

• Resolution: 1366 x 768 pixels

• Aspect ratio: 16:9

• Speaker wattage per channel: 10 watts

• Number of speakers: 2

• Response time: 8 ms

• Brightness: Information unavailable

• Contrast ratio: 1300:1

• Viewing angle: 178 degrees

• Comb filter: Yes, 3D digital

• 3:2 pulldown correction: Yes

• Scan velocity modulation: Yes

• Line doubling: No

• Color temperature control: Information unavailable

• Includes DVD player: No

• Includes VCR: No

• Signal type: NTSC, ATSC

• Auto channel setup: Yes

• Closed captioning: Yes

• Last-channel recall: Yes

• Multilingual menu: Yes

• Parental control: Yes

• Picture-in-picture (PIP): No

• Remote control: Yes

• SAP: Yes

• Sleep timer: Yes

• Composite A/V: 3 (1 side)

• S-Video: 2 (1 side)

• Component video: 2

• DVI: 0

• HDMI: 1

• RF: 1

• PC VGA: 1

• USB: 0

• Firewire: 0

• Headphone jack: 1

• Front/Side AV jacks: Side

• Surround sound: Yes, Dolby Digital and virtual SRS TruSurround XT

• Sound leveler system: No

• Item width with stand: 39 inches

• Item height with stand: 28.25 inches

• Item depth with stand: 13.25 inches

• Item width without stand: 39 inches

• Item height without stand: 26.25 inches

• Item depth without stand: 4.1 inches

• Item weight: 37 pounds, 7 ounces with stand

• Stand included: Yes

• Wall mount type: Information unavailable

• Power consumption: 200 watts

• Warranty: 1 year parts and labor

Conclusion

Other features such as PC input allow the user to connect a PC for viewing content in a 16:9 high resolution environment. And with integrated HDTV capabilities, you can enjoy digital programming with enhanced audio and video reproduction. While the KDL-40S2000 is valued priced, it also offers an elegant flat panel design to place anywhere in your home.

PC Input allows you to connect your PC and display the PC screen on your TV ATSC Integrated Tuner allows the reception of local, off-air digital broadcasts providing the viewing of free, true high-definition network programming without the addition of a set top box or a monthly fee - an optional HDTV antenna is required Wide Screen Mode allows you to watch 4 - 3 normal broadcasts in wide screen mode.

With clean lines and styling, the Sony Bravia KDL40S2000 TV looks great in any room, either on a stand or mounted on the wall.

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