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Sony Bravia KLV-46X350A
By: Siddharth Bhatia   |   May 02, 2008
  • 4
Good contrast/brightness
Detail in image
Plenty of features
Expensive
'Clouding' on dark color palettes

Performance
I slipped in my calibration DVD and turned on the KLV-46X350A, but to my horror the picture looked absolutely flat and lifeless. I knew there was something wrong, and I dug into the menu system, which by the way is well-arranged and simple. The problem was in the video tools, there was something called ‘target’, which had to be set to the HDMI input I was using. Strange.

Once that was done, things were superb. The contrast and brightness were quite spectacular, and the picture looked very alive and pulsating, once I calibrated it. Blacks were there, though I did have a problem getting blacker than black in the calibration pattern.

I then started playing GTA 4 in full HD mode (ahem!) and I quite forgot I was supposed to review the TV. The picture was crisp and detailed; there were no real instances of dot crawl, and very little aliasing problems (moiré patterns). Quantizing issue were negligible (jaggie lines etc) but visible.

Moving on to color, I really don’t have anything to criticize. It was almost perfect. I really like the color, which was a big part of the reason why the images look so natural. One issue, however, was clouding, or varying black levels in dark planar parts. It’s there in many TVs; I guess one can’t do much about it.

Conclusion
The KLV-46X350A is a good-looking TV, with lots of features, tweaks and gimmicks for the power user. It's ideal for any kind of viewer: gamer, film enthusiast, whatever. It costs a lot, at Rs 2,49,990, but then it’s a premium flagship product from a respectable brand. I'd have loved it if it cost about 20-30K less; that would have made it a killer product. But it still is, actually.


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id prefer a samsung than sony..cause sony is and samsung hav same quality but pricing wise samsung are correct
jignesh @ Jun 20, 2008
it rocks to the clouds above the earth
Pansingh @ May 16, 2008
Hello I want to do a proffer setting and do a callibration on this tv.Can anyone help me to get the technition for me.
Thanks,
Ronald.
Ronald Rodrigues @ May 04, 2008
Big tv will have the option of 16:9 and 4:3 in its setting funtion ,but the dynamic constrat ratio of 18000:1 is quite low when compared to 30000:1 ratio provided by the w 400 series from the bravia platform ,sources say X series will change in 3 months from now ,so better wait for new one then going for the current model
vinay @ May 04, 2008
there is obviously a setting for 4:3, so thats a simple solution,
and mainly the TVs are like that because modern HDTV broadcasts are in 16:9, and film is even more at 2.35:1, 4:3 is old fashioned according to them.Off course Indians still have 4:3 cable TV but they don't care abt that.
shaan @ May 03, 2008
Can anybody tell me why is it that these LCD TVs have such an aspect ratio which distorts the images that are meant for 4:3 standard. Is it worth paying such hefty prices to see distorted figures? A square looks like a horizontal rectangle, human faces look compressed vertically. Maybe there is a setting inside for 4:3 but is there any technical reason for this? Correct me if I am wrong somewhere.
Gilbert @ May 03, 2008
Ummmmm, what more could I want? Can't think of anything. Well then, just gimme more!! :-)
Anil V. Shejale @ May 03, 2008
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