| Sony Bravia KDL40EX703U 40-inch Widescreen Full HD 1080p 100Hz LED TV with Freeview HD | 
| Brand: Sony
Buy New: £819.00
as of 7/9/2010 00:57 BST details
New (9) from £819.00
Rating:  reviews
Media: Electronics
Display Size: 40
Shipping Weight (lbs): 39.2
Dimensions (in): 41.7 x 28 x 7.1
MPN: KDL40EX703U
Model: KDL40EX703U
EAN: 4905524644791
Release Date: April 16, 2010
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| Customer Reviews:
 Excellent TV August 16, 2010
Mr. R. Lilleyman (Brunei Darussalam)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought to replace a five year old Samsung which was replaced mainly due to appalling sound quality. Was not sure of the sound quality I would get with the Sony LED as it is so slim but it is very impressive, this has to be all the TV you will ever need. The picture is fantastic in all modes and the sound is great, operating the set and navigating the menus is simple and the build quality is excellent. Highly recommended.
 Good HD and features but room for improvement August 1, 2010
Ian the geek
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I have had the television for 2 weeks now which I thought would be an appropriate time to give my thoughts. I am not a perfectionist when it comes to Audio Visual equipment but I am technically savvy and certainly did my homework before purchasing this particular model.
Initial impressions and setup
It takes only a few minutes to install the stand. The screen is thin but sturdy and doesn't display any flex or poor quality control. The whole TV is quite light and I had no problems performing the whole process by myself.
I connected it to my Virgin Media V+ HD box via HDMI and turned on. I selected the HDMI input and the picture appeared. Couldn't be easier. As I have the V+ Box, I don't have any aerial and so will not be setting up any of the internal tuners on the TV.
Connecting the TV to the internet was a different matter. I object to being ripped off for the official internet dongle and so decided to setup a second router as a wireless bridge and then connect the Ethernet port to the wireless bridge. This was a complete pain, although I did get there eventually. One thing that stumped me for a while, I setup all the network settings manually and the TV could see the connection and the router but not the internet. This was only solved by not doing everything manually but instead, in network settings, choosing wired => manual => auto. Even now, I find that the network settings occasionally mysteriously disappear and I have to go through the process of manually re-entering them and setting up the connection afresh. In short, unless you have spare time on your hands and are technically proficient, just buy the dongle even though it is a complete rip-off.
Once connected to the internet, enabling the internet channels was easy. I use Windows 7 on my main PC and have Windows Media Player 12 installed. I registered with internet.sony.tv in order to download and install the Connect PC to TV official add-in. I was then able to use WMP12 to stream video, music and photo content to the TV (although I had to disable the computer firewall in order to see the TV).
Overall, although the internet connectivity is a key selling point for the TV, most people will need to purchase the official dongle to get it working and even then, they will need to be reasonably technically proficient to enable streaming.
In terms of DIVX, I registered the TV with DIVX, downloaded the activation movie to USB key, played it through the USB port on the TV and so enabled DIVX playback. The playback quality is what you would expect, based on the quality of the source that you have. However, it is VERY picky on how the video has been encoded. I have a lot of movies encoded using DIVX and XVID. Some play, some don't. I have never had this problem with other DIVX playback devices.
Picture Quality
I used settings from the HDTV.co.uk review of the television:
Scene mode: CINEMA
Backlight: Min (depending on your viewing environment)
Contrast: 90
Brightness: 50
Colour: 51
Hue: G3
Colour Temp: Warm2
Sharpness: Min
Noise Reduction :Off
MPEG Noise Reduction: Off
Motionflow: Standard
Film Mode: Auto2
Advanced: All Off, Gamma 0
White Balance from top to bottom:
-2 0 -11 +2 0 -2
I found these settings provided a high quality picture and have not needed to adjust further.
Some AV experts are quite critical of LED edge lit TV's because they provide an uneven light source which leads to cone shaped light patterns emanating from the top edge of the TV. I have no doubt that this is true but haven't noticed anything myself and think you would have to go looking for the problem to find it.
Overall, the picture quality from HD sources I find to be excellent.
However, poor quality SD sources show huge amounts of pixilation and are quite challenging to watch. The TV attempts to upscale SD pictures but, from what I have seen, it is much less successful than other brands of TV.
Video streams are of a generally poor quality despite my having an excellent wireless connection. I would suggest using streaming for audio and pictures only.
The internet channels are a nice addition but provide poorer than SD quality playback. I understand that iPlayer is still expected for the TV but no definite date for delivery as yet.
Sound Quality
I am using the inbuilt speakers and am quite impressed with them given the poor reviews they receive. Certainly I have no complaints on this front.
Looks
The TV is quite attractive and very thin. However, to my mind it lacks the wow factor that some of the Samsung LED sets have.
Overall
I am happy with the purchase and managed to get everything working (eventually). If you plan to watch mainly HD sources, it is a good purchase. If you plan to watch mainly SD sources, look elsewhere.
The internet connection is attractive but lacking in quality so best left alone. The DIVX playback is particularly disappointing due to lack of format support.
Upgrade from 27" Sony CRT TV August 20, 2010
Trav (Glos. UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Having looked around at various TVs, I was impressed by the picture clarity of an LED set operating from an HD video. I wanted a set that was to a degree future proof (at least for my needs) with facilities to accept inputs from a PC, USB memory stick and digital camera plus others that grandchildren may require.
Assembly to the stand was reasonably straight forward once you had looked closely at the instructions and was completed single handedly although a second pair of hands would have made life easier manhandling the screen.
Tuning of programmes is automatic once you have mastered the idiosyncrasies of the control unit and understood the terminology of the on-screen menu.
The picture quality is much better than the old CRT set (quite acceptable but too small) with Analogue & Digital inputs from our existing aerial/recording systems. Pixelation is (rare) far less frequent than occurred while using a set top box.
We also have used the USB input from two different digital cameras where the input was automatically recognised with a perfect slide show to follow. (except for the portrait jpegs being displayed as landscape)
 Great product but misled over BBC iPlayer June 15, 2010
J. Keatley
14 out of 27 found this review helpful
This is a good product - great HD performance and good internet streaming however, do not get conned into thinking that this device will allow you to watch BBC iPlayer. It does not (as at 15/06/2010)
I bought mine thinking this would be the case only to discover that Sony has not yet released iPlayer. Mot disapointing. Suggest you hold off buying until iPlayer release is complete.
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The best bargain I have purchased. This TV (Hannspree) looks and sounds better then the well known brands, but at half the price £299. Thanks!
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