Sony BRAVIA KDL55HX820 55-Inch 1080p 3D LED HDTV with Built-In Wi-Fi, Black
By Sony
- Wireless BRAVIA Internet TV and Widgets for a wide variety of streaming media and other Internet content
- Experience smooth and precise motion detail during fast-action video with Motionflow XR 480 technology
- Brilliant Full HD (1080p) picture quality for 2D & 3D
- Dynamic Edge LED backlight with local dimming for incredible contrast, slim design, and energy efficiency
- 55-inch display with full HD (1080p) 2D/3D picture and sleek "monolithic" OptiContrast panel with Corning Gorilla Glass
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Wireless BRAVIA Internet TV and Widgets for a wide variety of streaming media and other Internet content.Experience smooth and precise motion detail during fast-action video with Motionflow XR 480 technology.Brilliant Full HD (1080p) picture quality for 2D & 3D.Dynamic Edge LED backlight with local dimming for incredible contrast, slim design, and energy efficiency.55-inch display with full HD (1080p) 2D/3D picture and sleek "monolithic" OptiContrast panel with Corning Gorilla Glass..
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Reviews for Sony BRAVIA KDL55HX820 55-Inch 1080p 3D LED HDTV with Built-In Wi-Fi, Black (Electronics) Mine arrived this week and it is beautiful! The monolithic screen design with the Gorilla glass / Opticontrast panel is totally black when the set is off. When it is on, the image is stunning. Pair this with a nice Blu-Ray player and it will knock your socks off. It's bright and clear with great colors and the blackest blacks I've seen on a TV. The MotionFlow 480 makes for extremely smooth motion with no snapshotting that you see in sets with lower frame rates. It's also very light. One person can pick it up with no problem as long as your arms are long enough to reach.
It comes with a nice pillar and plate stand but I think I'm going to move mine to the wall. I'm really tempted to put a nice frame around it. Seriously. Another very nice feature is you can turn off the light behind the Sony logo at the bottom center of the screen. It's visible enough for me as is and I personally don't like all the extra lights that so many sets use to light up their logos. So nice and subdued it is. The set also locates where people are in the room. It has a camera (not sure how I feel about that on an internet-connected TV) and captures full-on images of you as you watch it. It uses this for adjusting the internal speakers, the 3D effect if you are off center, and to determine if nobody is watching to turn the set off to conserve energy. I might just put a bit of black tape over it and turn off the energy conservation so it doesn't always think it is alone and shut down.
This thing also synthesizes 3D from 2D images. You can watch regular TV or DVD's/Blu-Ray, or any of the streaming functions in 3D if you want. It actually does a pretty good job and for the life of me I couldn't tell you how they pull it off. It's basically magic. For true 3D input it is absolutely amazing. You also have the ability to adjust the apparent depth to the 3D effect.
I looked at other 3D sets and the images on the Sony don't pop out into the room like some of the others. (Edit - this is a setting and you can bring images out into the room.) It's almost like you are looking into the 3D scene as opposed to having it come out into the room (on the default settings). I think looking into the 3D scene is a bit more natural though not as startling or stunning as having things look like they are basically in your lap. That has lots of wow factor but seems more gimmicky and less realistic. There are a number of adjustments for the 3D image and it's possible the Sony will push them out into the room too. (It can.
Reviews for Sony BRAVIA KDL55HX820 55-Inch 1080p 3D LED HDTV with Built-In Wi-Fi, Black (Electronics) So I have owned both of these TVs over the last month. I am no expert and will break my review based on my subjective experience.
Design
This is a subjective matter (would encourage others to take a look at both the TVs at stores before final purchase). However I felt that the Sony TV has a much better finish as compared to the Samsung D8000 (My Samsung had top right end slight protruding out of the bezel edges). The Sony looks just like a picture frame and feels picture perfect with the all glossy Black finish. With a Sony you can also tilt the TV to a certain angle (The angle is fixed though), similar to tilting a laptop screen while working.
Picture
Most important part. The Samsungs have really Vibrant color and they seem to come and hit you right in your face while the Sony seems more balanced and authentic (Compare a Bose system Samsung to the high end audiophile systems Sony.).
The 3D, I felt looked better with an WOW factor (like in Movies) in Sony as compared to Samsung. Things seemed to fly out of screens unlike in Samsung.
However I had a very interesting observation. While watching movies on Samsung I felt I was watching a Home Video (Video shot on your personal Handycam). With Sony I felt I was watching a real movie. Do others feel the same while watching a Samsung??
Sound
Sony performs much better here and also has 5.1 output when connected to external speakers through an optical cable from the TV.
Reviews for Sony BRAVIA KDL55HX820 55-Inch 1080p 3D LED HDTV with Built-In Wi-Fi, Black (Electronics) I spent a long time reviewing TVs before making a purchase and I'm very glad I took a chance on this relatively new Sony. It appears to have all the features of the more expensive XBR series but uses local-dimming edge lit LEDs rather than back-lighting. This makes it thinner, which was more important to me than image quality for my application. I also like that it has a uniform thickness and looks great mounted on an island in my home. It is strange how few companies care about the view from the back...
Update the firmware as soon as you get it so that the newer features like video streaming and iPhone media remote (available through app store) work properly. Qriocity didn't work due to the recent security breach but should be back up soon. Netflix streaming and Pandora work perfectly. The presence sensor is nice when set to only do motion detection otherwise it performs poorly for facial recognition when you are heavily backlit. I have windows behind me and many times the settings page would say the presence sensor is not functioning properly. I thought it was broken until I tried later at night. It worked great then and was almost creepy how it changes the sounds and picture based on where you are in the room. I also like the feature which prevents children from getting to close to the screen. The facebook and weather widgets are based on Yahoo! widgets and I have to say that they are pretty gimmicky.
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