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Award: Recommended!

Review summary: Sony rights the wrongs of the past with its latest Full HD 40in LCD TV.

Verdict: After misfiring so badly with its previous LCD set, Sony has returned to form in quite spectacular fashion with the 40W4000. In fact, this TV isn't just good, it's shockingly good.

Award: Highly Recommended!

Review summary: Update: The Sony KDL40W4000 is slowly being phased out... its replacement will be the newly launched Sony KDL40W5500 HDTV.

Pros: Accurate primary colours with excellent decoding ; Excellent black level with decent shadow detail ; Exquisite high-definition detail from "Full Pixel" 1:1 pixel mapping ; Handles 1080p/24 video signal correctly without telecine judder ; Film Mode] ...

Cons: No white balance control in user menu for greyscale calibration ; Motion resolution not as good as those on HDTVs equipped with MCFI/ 100Hz technology ; Fails to apply 3:2/ 2:2 pulldown to 480i/ 576i film-based content even with [Film Mode] set to ...

Verdict: In addition to the inherited virtues of excellent blacks, accurate primary colours, exquisite fine detail portrayal and solid connectivity, the Sony KDL40W4000 does show some areas of improvement over the outgoing W3000 series: calibrated black level ...

Review summary: Dignified successor to the W3000, the W4000 attains a level of contrast and image quality rarely seen in LCD TVs. An excellent product!

Review summary: A worthy successor to the W3000, the W4000 produces a level of contrast and image quality that are rarely attained by an LCD TV. An excellent choice!

Review summary: Where incremental steps forward are becoming commonplace, the Sony is a giant leap - simply stunning

Pros: One of the sharpest, punchiest, most detailed HD performances yet ; terrifically balanced and clean SD playback

Cons: Doesn't quite make the most of poor Freeview channels