Sony Bravia KDL 42″ W654A

Introducing, one of Sony’s latest 2013 LED HDTV model. The Sony Bravia KDL 42W654A, this TV is one of the most high end HDTV’s in the market today. You’ll see that technology today is evolving everyday, and Sony’s new lineup for 2013 clearly shows that they are still top in the playing field when it comes to HDTV’s and other electronic devices. Before anything else, let’s talk about the design first. Sony’s new design is simple but elegant. They call this design a “Sense of Quartz”. New vision for the ultimate clarity and experience, “Sense of Quartz” is an expression of essential value through genuine materials. They use a monolithic glass slate that appears to float over a ring shaped base or a silver top table stand that can act as a wall bracket as well. This core forms an aesthetic connection forming an intelligent core of elegance and quality design. The composition displays the distinctive silhouette of Sony Bravia. The Sony Bravia KDL 42W654A also has a slim aesthetic into it. That’s the advantage of being a LED TV, and it also consumes less power. So, you don’t have to worry about your electricity bills.

Now let’s talk about Picture quality. Sony has a well known reputation of delivering the best picture quality of their HDTV’s. In this model, it seems that they did it again. Now they use an new engine called X-Reality PRO. This new engine heightens the picture quality even though if the original source isn’t that good. You’ll experience stunning picture quality in almost everything that you do. Whether you’re watching TV or you’re watching Blu Ray disc movies, you’ll notice the level of quality that this TV brings. The colors are also vibrant, Sony’s latest generation processing engine analyzes, cleans and refines the images. Thus, restoring beautiful results from any source with more natural detail, richer colors and high contrast. Super Resolution processing optimize images for incredible detail and quality. So each time you watch, you’ll have the best picture quality. There are also certain modes you can choose from. Like Game, Cinema, Sports, Graphics, Animation, these are called scene select. You can choose these pre-sets to enhance your viewing experience. It will optimize the most effective and proper scene quality. Whether you’re playing games or watching sports, scene select helps you indulge into a great viewing experience. X-Reality Pro also reduces noise, this is useful especially if you’re watching low res videos, like streaming, etc. The new engine basically, makes everything better. Vibrant colors and superb level of quality, you’ll definitely enjoy. As with every Sony TV, this also has Motinoflow 200Hz.

Let’s talk about the sound. In this model, you’ll have a Rich bass compact speaker.  This newly designed speaker reproduces rich, powerful bass and low midrange sounds, adding to it an extra punch and depth when watching movies, music and dialogue. This bulkier speaker aesthetic helps in creating the perfect bass sound. It doesn’t make the bass sound distorted or muddy. The TV’s loudspeaker has also evolved and this feature is unique to Sony. This is called a Magnetic fluid Speaker technology. This allows a thinner more efficient loudspeaker that offers faithful reproduction of sounds. This includes crisp mids and highs. You’ll never go wrong with this kind of sound technology.

There’s also a screen mirroring feature. This lets you use your tab or Ipad. This lets you see your content, whether videos or pictures into the big screen. You can also stream youtube from this TV and you can use Skype as well. However, in this version, you need a dongle to get the Wifi signal. I will show you the specs of this HDTV.

Bottomline:

This HDTV is worth the money. If you’re a gamer or a person who watches Movies often or a music lover, then you won’t be disappointed with this new model from Sony. Sony’s HDTV’s are always great and the quality of this TV is spectacular. Perfect image quality and clear crisp sounds, the KDL 42W654A won’t disappoint.

 

Here are the specs:

Display Resolution Full HD
Video Processing X-Reality™PRO
Motionflow™ Motionflow™ XR 200 Hz
Backlight Module LED
Live Colour™ Yes
Deep Color Yes
Intelligent MPEG Noise Reduction Yes
MPEG Noise Reduction Yes
Advanced Contrast Enhancer (ACE) Yes
24p True Cinema™ Yes
PhotoTV HD Yes
Viewing Angle 178° (Right/Left), 178° (Up/Down)
Screen Format TV: Auto Wide/ Full/ Normal/ Wide Zoom/ Zoom/ Caption/ 14:9/ PC: Full 1/ Full 2/ Normal
Picture Mode Vivid, Standard, Custom, Photo-Vivid, Photo-Standard, Photo-Original, Photo-Custom, Cinema1, Cinema2, Game-Standard, Game-Original, Graphics, Sports, Animation
CineMotion/Film Mode/Cinema Drive Yes
3D Comb Filter Yes
Sound Mode Standard, Cinema, Sports, Music, Game, Compressed Audio
Sound Enhancer Yes
S-Master Yes
S-Force S-Force Front Surround 3D
Dolby® Dolby® Digital, Dolby® Digital Plus, Dolby® Pulse
Simulated Stereo Yes
Stereo System NICAM/A2
Audio Output Power 5W+5W
Speaker Configuration 2 Full Range (30x60mm) x2
HDMI™ Connections 2
USB 2.0 1 port
Ethernet Connection 1 (Bottom)
Composite Video Input(s) 2 (1 Rear/1 Bottom Hybrid w/Component)
Component Video (Y/Pb/Pr) Input(s) 1 (Bottom/Hybrid)
RF Connection Input(s) 1 (Side)
Analog Audio Input(s) 2 (1 Rear/1 Bottom)
Digital Audio Output(s) 1 (Bottom)
Audio Out 1 (Side/Hybrid w/HP)
Headphone Out 1 (Side/Hybrid w/Audio Out)
MHL (Mobile High-Definition Link) Yes

 

BRAVIA Sync Yes
Fast Zapping Yes
USB Play Yes (USB viewer supports FAT16, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS file systems.)
DLNA MPEG1/ MPEG2PS/ MPEG2TS/ AVCHD/ MP4Part10/ MP4Part2/ AVI(XVID)/ AVI(MotinJpeg)/ MOV/ WMV/ MKV/ WEBM/ 3GPP/ MP3/ WMA/ LPCM/ JPEG/ MPO
Picture Frame Mode Yes
Scene Select Photo, Music, Cinema, Game, Graphics, Sports, Animation
Parental Control Yes
Clock Yes
Sleep Timer Yes
On/Off Timer Yes
Teletext Yes
PAP (Picture And Picture) PAP(Variable)
OSD Language Afrikaans/ Arabic/ Persian/ English/ Fench/ Indonesian/ Portuguese/ Russian/ Swahili / Thai/ Vietnamese/ Chinese(Simplified)/ Chinese(Traditional)/ Zulu/ Assamese/ Bengali/ Gujarati/ Hindi/ Kannada/ Malayalam/ Marathi/ Oriya/ Punjabi/ Tamil/ Telugu
TV Guide On-Screen/EPG Yes
Network Features
Screen Mirroring Yes
TV Sideview Yes
Wi-Fi Connectivity Wireless LAN Ready (requires Wi-Fi adaptor UWA-BR100)
Wi-Fi Direct Yes
Skype™ Ready Yes
Sony Entertainment Network
Internet Video Yes
Facebook and Twitter Yes
ECO Features
Dynamic Backlight Control Yes
Backlight Off Mode Yes
Light Sensor Yes
Power Saving Modes Yes
General
Power Requirements DC 19.5V
Power Consumption Approx. 84W
Standby Power Consumption Approx. 0.5W
Dimensions (W x H x D) with Stand Approx. 954 x 595 x 197mm
Dimensions (W x H x D) without Stand Approx. 954 x 568 x 69mm
Weight with Stand Approx. 11kg
Weight without Stand Approx. 9.9kg