The Sony Bravia KDL37W5500 – Worth Considering
If now is the time, finally the time for you to go out and buy yourself an awesome flat screen set, you could not have picked a better time to make your purchase. The Sony Bravia KDL37W5500 was launched recently and is on most people’s shortlist for a 37″ television.
One model that provides a screen this size and many more features is the Sony Bravia KDL37W5500U. The U denotes this model has a 3 pin plug for use in the United Kingdom. Otherwise, this model is identical to the KDL37W5500. There is also no difference in specification between the KDL37W5500 and the KDL37W550 0U, which Currys, PC World and Dixons call it.
The KDL37W5500 is a high definition ready set. This television has an aspect ratio of sixteen to nine; this means that your widescreen viewing is unparalleled. With 1080 horizontal lines, your screen will be filled with crisp, sharp images. This high definition ready television is excellent for watching your Blu Ray and Playstation 3 movies. The graphics are great for your favourite gaming console, as well.
The KDL37W5500 is hard to beat when it comes to sharp and crisp images. The contrast ratio is incredibly high, being 50, 000:1. The contrast ratio is the difference between colour values such as the whitest colour to the darkest colour. The high ratio gives the image their clear, sharpness, defining the lines of the image when the colours change.
The KDL37W5500 has a built in digital tuner which makes it fully capable of picking up forty free to view stations in the United Kingdom and tons of network channels in the US. In the US, the Federal Communications Commission cut off all analog signals to TV sets. You must have a converter box in order to pick up channels without cable or satellite. Now, only emergency services have use over the analog signals.
This model features a built in feature that you are going to love. There is a Nicam Stereo system with a 20 watt output for audio that makes this system roar. You will have the capability to use headphones with the KDL37W5500, but who really wants to keep all this awesome sound to themselves?
There are several different input jacks available on the KDL37W5500. It has one standard SCART connector and one RGB enabled SCART connector, a television of audio video inputs for use with standard RCA composite connectors, a port for connecting a PC and using the TV as a monitor, and a CI slot for upgrading to paid subscription channels.
Think you do not have room for a 37″ and all of your friends in the same room? Worried that you will not have a good viewing angle with this TV? Not so. You have a perfect viewing angle from 178 degrees with the KDL37W5500; almost any spot in the room will give you crisp and sharp images.
Among 37 inch tvs produced in 2009, the Sony Bravia KDL37W5500 is very close to the top of its class. Yet, it is priced more like a middle of the road set, making it a very good value for the money. It does not display some of the problems seen with other tvs in the price range. It does provide an excellent viewing experience for those who purchase one.
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