Sony KDL-32XBR9

The 32 inch Sony Bravia KDL32XBR9 comes with full HD 1080p wrapped in a slim, stylish and sleek design. It’s size makes it perfect for your bedroom, office or kitchen. The KDL32XBR9 incorporates advanced power saving features and comes with 7 HD inputs so you can take full advantage of all your HD components.

Sony Bravia KDL32XBR9

Overview

The Sony KDL-32XBR9 brings advanced video technology to your fingertips. It can be used both as a TV or a computer display. With a native resolution of 1080p, the KDL-32XBR9 will certainly give you real life-like images. With a 40,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio the Sony KDL-32XBR9 which produces deep blacks in darker scenes. The LED-backlit feature that was present in last year’s XBR8 series is not there in XBR9 series. Instead of that, a new and improvised fluorescent backlight technique, known as WCG-CCFL backlighting has been incorporated.

As opposed to the 240Hz rate used on the larger sets, this 32-inch set has a 120Hz refresh rate. Even then with this Motionflow™ 120Hz refresh rate technology it will deliver crisp, clear images while gaming or watching sports and fast-action movies without any motion blur especially in fast motion scenes. Additionally, you can connect your camera or USB-enabled MP3 player and view photos or listen to your favorite MP3s.

Actual user review:
“I wanted 1080P for maximum resolution and to make my Blu-rays look the best so the smallest you can get that in is 32′ right now. Also right now there are only like 5 TV companies I think that have 32 with 1080P. After looking at them for a while I would say if you want the best it is this one I think it is the only one I found with 120hz refresh all the rest have 60hz. Also it had the second best contrast ratio but I think the LG is the only one above 10000 and all the others were way below.” – D.Schroder (SD, USA)

Features

The KDL-32XBR9 lacks the Internet-powered TV Guide which looks like a serious limitation as compared to the three larger sets of the same XBR9 series. The Internet-powered TV Guide seems to be an improvement over the standard TV Guide.

Equipped with the Yahoo widgets feature the Sony KDL-32XBR9 expands the television entertainment experience by adding onscreen applications that provides real-time info such as weather reports, financial news, stock updates, Yahoo Video, Flickr images, and additional content.

With 4 HDMI inputs and an additional PC input, the Sony KDL-32XBR9 LCD HDTV has adequate connectivity options. Bravia Sync / Link connectivity is also supported by the new KDL-32XBR9. An improvised XMB Interface has been embedded with the LCD model. And the Networked Media Streaming feature facilitates connecting stream media directly from networked computers.

Conclusion

There are certain striking features of the XBR9 series missing from the Sony KDL-32XBR9, but as part of the XBR9 series, it will still probably be one of the most solid 32-inch LCD TV’s on the market.

“First, let me say this TV excels on many levels. Picture quality is great, pre-set picture settings are almost spot on, but plenty of flexibility to adjust, decent off-angel viewing, matte screen deals well w/ bright lighting (we have a lamp directly across from the TV and only notice a reflection in truly dark scenes), and of course the long history of Sony quality standing behind it.” – Liann (USA)
“I got this as a gift recently. I am an avid video gamer and I have PS3/XBOX 360 and a Wii. I am amazed at the response and color saturation. I would highly recommend this television.” – B.Knits (BO, USA)

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