Customer Reviews

Sony KDL-40L4000 - 40" Widescreen 1080P Full HD Bravia LCD TV - With Freeview

5 star:		(22)
4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(2)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(1)

 

 

Had the TV for 2 days now ,it was very easy to set up and tune in. Still waiting for Sky to install a HD box ,but the picture quality is very impressive even without it. The sound is good but not as good as on my old flat screen 36" Panasonic but that could be down to the size of the cabinate. But all in all I would go out and buy this model again now I've seen and watched it.I now have Sky HD and the results with this Sony are simply amazing.

OK so this telly probably isn't the best on the market and those folks who post on forums and really care about numbers and gadgets will probably look down on it because it doesn't have this feature or that feature...Big Deal!

This is a fantastic set, particularly for anyone making the first move to HD. It does everything you really need and more without asking you to pay for technology that isn't even available (and probably wont be available for a good 5 or so years).

Easy to set up out of the box, nice and light and the remote and interface are as user friendly as you would expect (its a Sony after all). The Freeview is a little clunky when switching channels but the tv guide feature more than makes up for this and the picture quality is superb. My 360 looks Lovely through it and as soon as funds allow I'll have it wired up for Blue Ray also (via a PS3 of course).

My only regret is that I didnt have it before the F1 Season ended - roll on next season!!!

Perhaps I'm alone, but I really dislike a glossy black (aka "piano black") frame on a TV - I find it distracts from the image to see reflections in the frame.
The KDL-40L4000 is the only TV I've found of this size to have a MATT frame. So, regardless of all the techie stuff, that's why I chose this TV above all the others.
Why have so many manufacturers gone to such lengths to produce non-reflective screens, only to surround them with a distracting reflective frame?

BTW - even ignoring the frame, this is a great TV.

My Sony Bravia arrived this morning, after setting the television up, I was amazed instantly by the quality of the picture. I had to tinker with a few settings, but with such a clean and user friendly interface, it was a simple and very easy. I've played both PS3 games and Blue rays - Both look simply fantastic. The model is stylish to boot, A fantastic full HD TV for a cracking price.

Bought this model nearly 3 weeks ago, and love the styling, quality build and what sold it to me was the Bravia 2 engine and 33000:1 ratio, which is better than most more expensive top range models. Obviously Sony's outstanding reputation is speaks for itself.

Unfortunately I have been experiencing blurring pictures, white lines and not matter what I do trying to get a clear and sharp picture is becoming tasking.

Every day I have fiddled with the settings but always get pixelation or something when watching football or sports. I just cannot get a consistent picture, even with my Sky digibox linked up with a gold Ixos scart lead. I will now work through the Bravia handbook for help.

If anyone can recommend settings for a good picture on this model I would be ever in debt to them.

Maybe I have a duff model, or setting wrong I just don't know.

Don't be put off with this review, as I may be the only person currently having these issues.

Following positive press reviews for the Sony KDL40V4000, This great t.v KDL40L4000 seems to be overlooked and why? The V has 3 hdmi connections and piano black frame the L has 2 hdmi and does not have what I personally think the distracting reflective P.black frame, otherwise its the exact same t.v. Oh and one other thing the L is about £80 less. The freeview picture quality is excellent and is better than what I receive through my BT vision box. The dark night watched on Blu ray through my laptop via a 10m hdmi lead at only £10 from Amazon far exceeded my expectations of how far affordable home cinema has come.. Highly recommended.

I spent a LONG time researching HD TVs, dragged around endless shops looking at them, and spent hours and hours looking through internet reviews, forums etc. In the end it was driving me crazy so I took the plunge and bought this model, and I'm very glad I did.

One of my biggest worries was that ordinary (non-HD) TV would look bad and blocky, as I had seen on friends' tvs and in showrooms. But I needn't have worried - the freeview picture quality on this set is excellent, whether using the inbuilt tuner or running it in from a set-top PVR as I am. The quality does vary depending on the channel - due to the limited bandwidth of digital terrestrial TV some channels are broadcast at a higher bitrate (ie. more detail) than others. The major channels look superb, with no visible artifacts at my 10' viewing distance. But even the channels that are of a lower quality are still perfectly watchable.

My DVDs, played in through the component interface look superb. This set does a great job of 'upscaling' non-HD pictures.

As for the HD display, that is also superb. I have only a few test videos and trailers that I can run through it at the moment, but they look stunning.

The relatively low price of this model means it doesn't have as many HDMI inputs as some others (only 2), and not so many features. But that in no way detracts from it's overall quality.

If you're struggling to decide which HD TV to buy, go for this. You won't be disappointed.

I've had this TV for about a month now, at the start I was disappointed with the picture, I was getting loads of ghosting, especially in scenes that were shot at night, I found this really off putting and was nearly going to return it.

I tried every setting there was to try to make things better without success, then one day I decided to restore the factory settings, lo and behold the picture is perfect, the best it has been, even out of the box.

I'm not sure what has happened but now every image is perfect. If you find excessive ghosting then try this.

The sound is ok and nothing more so a surround sound kit is going to be my next purchase.

Thought I'd give my thoughts here, I've been the proud owner of the 40L4000 for the last month now and had issues with constant picture fiddling trying to get it to look as good with sd sky as my last tube based Sony was. I realised the answer after buying the Toshiba XDE500 dvd player with some cash I won one the horses. The quality of dvd through the hdmi port is outstanding, so the tv itself isnt at fault, its the source of what I'm feeding it, in this case a sd sky box through a monster scart cable. I'm figuring most people will be in the same boat here. I watched the bristol city portsmouth game last night and spent most of the time messing about with the settings before going back to defaults which seemed pretty reasonable after all my tinkering. I hear the noise reduction argument but setting mine at medium takes care of the white lines and distortion on football which is what I use it most for.

So my setup is currently:

Toshiba XDE500 through a Synn HDMI 1.3b cable (Superb)
SD Sky Box through Monster Scart RGB Cable (Poor) - Upgrading to Sky Hd Next Paypacket!
Nintendo Wii through Official Nintendo component cable (Superb)
HP Laptop through XVGA cable (Superb)

I wouldn't hesitate in recommending this tv to anyone who appreciates high quality AV, just dont expect to pour tizer into a wine glass and get Dom Perignon.

Great TV and decent value. Rubbish delivery service from TJ Hughes (they expected me to take a day off!) and - only by chance - I only got the TV by picking it up myself from a depot. Pants really and I won't buy from them or Amazon again...Unless I get my £30 express delivery fee back!