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Review summary: The bottom half of the unit features a shiny, mirror-like strip, with stippled black effect. Below this, there's a stippled speaker bar. The entire contraption then sits on top of a glossy black stand. All in all, the styling is entirely Sony W-Series ...

Pros: Black level and contrast are superior to many other LCD TVs, Design is fairly pleasing, Greyscale is shockingly accurate out of the box using "Theatre" mode, And in this case, could be improved further with the calibration options, Standard def video ...

Cons: Colour accuracy (although an improvement on older Sonys) could still be improved, LCD panel has response time issues with black, and viewing angle is still an issue, OSD is slightly unresponsive

Verdict: Above Average

Award: Highly Recommended!

Review summary: Probably the most hotly anticipated flat screen HDTV this spring, the Sony KDL40W5500 LCD television has finally arrived on our test bench this week. On paper, the Sony KDL40W5500 Bravia LCD TV improves upon its predecessor the W4500 series by ...

Pros: Blacks among the deepest on a non-LED-backlit LCD TV ; Very good standard-definition upscaling ; Highly competent SD film mode deinterlacing ; White balance and gamma controls available in user menu ; Motionflow 100Hz reduces motion blur without ...

Cons: Mediocre SD video mode deinterlacing (limited jaggies reduction) ; Slight red push (colour decoding error) ; Input lag may affect sensitive gamers ; Mild clouding and LCD backlight bleed (negligible once calibrated) ; RSS widget very fussy about feed ...

Verdict: Besides offering media streaming (DLNA) and internet connectivity (Applicast), the Sony KDL40W5500 LCD television successfully addresses the few gripes we had with its predecessor the W4500 series:

Review summary: The Sony impresses in all areas, although it's the backlight issue that costs the set a valuable star

Pros: Takes all the brilliant aspects of the KDL-52V5500 and adds even better motion

Cons: but also suffers from the same uneven backlight

Review summary: Sony's 'W' series is back to winning ways with a belting, benchmark-setting performance

Pros: Full feature-set ; punchy whites ; natural colour palette ; excellent depth and detail

Cons: Blacks could be truer