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Sony BRAVIA KDL-40VE5


$1,700.00 Released March, 2009

Product Shot 1 The Pros:Setup is simple and user-friendly, great wizard. Extremely low power draw, great for the environmentally conscious. Plenty of inputs, enough for everything in the house.

The Cons:Light sensor is over-active, tends to make the screen darker than needed. Tends to get a lot of vibration in the speakers even at medium volume.

The BRAVIA VE5 is Sony's line of environmentally friendly LCD HDTVs that contain specific features that reduces energy consumption. The three main features Sony touts is the "near zero-watt standby mode", high-efficiency HCFL backlight, and a presence sensor for automatic shutoff.

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For more information refer to the full VE5 Series report.

Specifications

  • 1080p native resolution
  • Motionflow 120Hz technology
  • Environmentally friendly features
    • Presense sensor
    • Zero-watt standby
    • HCFL backlight (high efficiency)
    • Exceeds Energy Star 3.0 standards
  • BRAVIA Engine 2
  • BRAVIA Sync, BRAVIA Link
  • 24p True Cinema
  • Spring 2009 release date
  • Inputs: 4xHDMI, VGA, Component, USB

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    setup is simple and user-friendly, great wizard

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    extremely low power draw, great for the environmentally conscious

  • 1

    plenty of inputs, enough for everything in the house

  • 1

    fast-moving video is rendered sharply without skipping any frames, great for sports

  • 1

    color rendition is very good, brings out all the details really well

  • 1

    sharpness is so high it almost looks 3D

Cons
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    light sensor is over-active, tends to make the screen darker than needed

  • 1

    tends to get a lot of vibration in the speakers even at medium volume

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