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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
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It’s finally come in for a review, and this time they have sent it in style. What am I talking about? It’s none other than the flagship series from Sony, the dizzying X-series LCD TV. The model name is KLV-46X350A, and it’s brand-new. So I’m going to skip the long-winded intros and cut straight to the chase.

Design and Features
It almost looks as if the TV knows it's expensive. It looks classy. To be more descriptive, it has the familiar glass rim around the bezel, which itself sports a brushed metal-type finish, with a very smooth surface. Logos and buttons light up in red when the TV is on.

The stand is blockish, rectangular and sturdy. Actually the whole TV is heavy and firmly built. The speakers are on the side for this series. I have no issue with that; it’s seamless, and that’s what matters. The back has a central, outward facing cutout for the I/O, and the side also has a few connections. Overall there are 3 HDMI, a single USB-in, a VGA-in, component-ins, and the rest.

The screen is a 46-inch job, with a 16:9 aspect ratio and a 178-degree viewing angle. These specs are common enough; so now let me tell you what's not so common: a 18000:1 dynamic contrast ratio. Forget dynamic contrast ratios, the native is 2200:1, which is sweet. Full HD is the offering here, with 1920 x 1080 pixels making up the panel. Brightness is at 550 cd/m2.

This is a high-end TV, and comes packed with features, such as 100Hz motion conversion, Wide Color Gamut support, 24P true cinema etc. This last one I particularly like, as it nullifies artifacts created by frame rate conversion.


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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.
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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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