KLV-40ZX1M
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Great Picture- Excellent Sound
This TV has review on the web that are much lower than it desserves. CNET gave it 3 stare, however, I believe the picture on this TV deserves all of 4.5 stars. The only thing I dislike about the set is the lack of inputs (which can be overcome with a switching device) and the lack of speakers on the set, so it costs muck more to mount.
December 15, 2009
WOW!
I love this unit!!!! Wish it were a 50" though, but then it would've been very expensive. :P
November 25, 2009
Stunning, go ahead and spoil yourself
This TV (technically it is just a monitor as it has no tuner) is absolutely STUNNING. It is perfect for the on-wall installation we needed as it weighs only 26 lbs. (one stud mounting). The fact that it has no tuner and only one HDMI in is actually a positive for my use as all HDMI switching and audio are handled by a receiver. And If you have cable or satellite, please let me know when you ever used the tuner in your television. Picked up an open box model at a significant discount and we are really please so far.
November 24, 2009
Not perfect but close!
This Monitor is beautiful & elegant. If you are reading this review is because you love the Sony designs. I have this monitor connected to VGX-XL3 Media Center VAIO.
Monitor is everything I expected and more. Quality is outstanding, it weighs almost nothing, design is elegant and very attractive (it screams expensive). I have no need for speakers since I got HT-IS100 excellent combination (minimalist design).
Colors are very natural (after calibration) and contrast is great, you can see the details on a black suite and the black is just as black as the frame. I do not see any brighter on the corners (like some online reviews complain). The light from the edge-led is evenly distributed.
Just wished that the sony logo would give you the option of being iluminated. Since this monitor does not has the "glass floating design" it reduces weight to the minimum (I love that). It is even lighter than the competition of edge-lit LED tv's.
The only complain I have is that Sony design the TV to automatically detect a PC input or Video input. You might ask, what's the difference?
PC input comes with computer timings, it turns off the video calibration options such as color hue, sharpness, and any filter such as Noise reduction and any Advance settings (see manual pg 11). Therefore video must be calibrated thru your video card settings. You wont have access to 120Hz, Inverse Telecine, Contrast filters, etc... meaning you wont get the very best picture quality this way.
I still haven't being able to trick the TV into thinking is a 1080p video source. The following settings are recognized as video input.
1280X720 @60Hz (considered 720p)
1920X1080@24Hz (24fps, true film video)
1920X1080@30Hz (considered 1080i)
1920X1080@60Hz (considered PC Input)
all other Sony TVs consider this 1080P but not this monitor. Sony should have let the user decide whether to use PC or Video input but not even in the service menu allows you to override this setting. However, when you start a video inside media center in fullscreen the Monitor switches to video input 1080P. The bad is that it changes your video settings and it flickers while it changes. NOT SO GOOD Sony. This is the reason I gave it a lower than 5 star raiting.
Something to consider if you plan to use it with Media Center such as VGX-XL1, XL2, XL3, TP1, TP20, TP25 or any other Media Center computer if you want 1080p.
October 15, 2009
