• Sony BRAVIA KLV-40NX500 LCD TV

    Sony BRAVIA KLV-40NX500 LCD TV

    Roydon Cerejo, Apr 05, 2010 1821 hrs IST

    A stunning 40-inch full HD TV that is competitively priced

    Great picture quality, slick menu interface, bright and vibrant colors, 7-band equalizer for sound, good placement of ports

    Cannot skip songs or videos through USB easily, no NTFS support,no DivX support

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Sony has been very aggressive with their pricing of late and this is very evident in their notebook line up. Their new 'E' series notebooks are very competitively priced and have really good specifications that will give even Dell a run for its money. Coming to their television line up, the 2010 Bravia models have already flooded the market and we can already catch some of the commercials on TV tempting people to rush out to malls and hand over their plastic.

The new NX series of television are a stunner, especially the monolithic design flagship model. Today, however, we have a tail-ender from the line up, the KLV-40NX500, which is a 40-incher full HD TV. It comes with Sony's proprietary features like Live Color, Bravia engine 3, Intelligent Picture Plus among others. What is great is the pricing, which isn't as exorbitant as one might imagine, given it's their new line up and is at par with Samsungs 5 series LCD TVs. So let's see if the NX500 has what it takes to compete with Samsung's ever so popular 5 series.  

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The TV comes with a standard bundle, a power cord, remote and an operation manual. The remote is quite unusual actually and it's supposed to be kept upside down. The main area with all the buttons has a concave surface to protect the buttons. The remote is quite large and even someone with big hands will find some buttons hard to reach.


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Jagannadha Rao
,New Delhi (central), on Aug 11, 2011 10:26 AM
I want to purchase NX-500-KLV-40 Sony Bravia, but after going through the above messages from dear freinds and their continuous, endless obligations repairs soon after warranty period, I now realised that purchasing a Sony Bravia by giving more money is a fools work "BEKUFI". So I will try for panasonic or Samsung now. Dear Friends can you please suggest me about samsung or better brands. thanks
NK Maiti
,Bangalore, on Jan 03, 2011 04:15 PM
I had bought Sony Bravia Model KLV-26U300A ME 1 Serial No: 4111731 from a dealer Reliance Digital (Cunninghuam Road Bangalore) on 26.04.2008. I paid INR 32100/- for it and it is the first TV I have bought. "ITs a Sony” and the brand was fixed in one's mind to be trusted. On May-2009 I found that my TV is not switching on properly. After switching on it will trip instantly. I was really surprised to see the sony quality. We have never expected that a sony can sustain only the warranty period and after that it will start problem. I called customer care and logged complain. Sony engineer visited my home and confirmed that the Power supply unit went off and it will cost Rs.3500/-. After many argument and since I have not claimed any replacement during my warrantee period they replaced it free of cost. Before seeing the Purchase bill and Warrantee Card the same engineer asked me from where did I purchased this model? He told me “this model was sold in Middle East Country and very less quantity in India at various Malls because of its continuous customer complains”. On Oct-2010 I found that picture is coming little late after switching on the TV, first one cloudy screen will appear and then picture will come. After few more days no picture is coming, only sound and cloudy screen. I called local service centre and they sent the service person. And he confirmed that Front Panel needs to be change. And he gave an estimate of INR.10000/- + Service Charge. Ref. Estimate Dated 25.10.2010. I paid him estimation/visit charges of INR.100. How such a SONY TV can sustain only Tow and Half year only? The New Business Policy of SONY is now to sell sub standard goods which will survive the warranty period only and then make money - tons of it on service and spares. Its a blow to one's belief in the brand. I always suggest all of my friends not to purchase any LCD TV from Sony.
Kumar p
,New Delhi, on Apr 20, 2011 05:02 PM
Maybe your comment look so advertise. I don't like to sony. They are very high Cost. I would buy LG FPR 3D TV. They will come India soon
khushboo
,jodhpur, on Feb 21, 2011 11:55 PM
wanna to know which model is much better NX 500 {lcd} or NX710 { LED} . IS IT WORTH TO PAY 10000 MORE
neethul
,kannur, on Nov 25, 2010 09:55 PM
"The weirdest thing is that while playing a movie or a song, there is no way to skip to the next file without going back to the main menu" .........no no. there is option......
dilip kumar
,oman, on Nov 04, 2010 11:21 AM
i like this lcd. so could u give the price and where i purchase this sony lcd tv.
Raj
,New Delhi, on Oct 29, 2010 09:33 AM
Sony Co is offering this TV to there employees for Rs 35K. Should I buy.
Ganesh
,Indore, on Nov 02, 2010 04:25 PM
Ask them will they give panel or board for free after it conks in 1or 1.5 years. Will they have panels or spares for this model after 2 years?
Yathish
,Chennai, on Oct 19, 2010 06:57 PM
Sony LCD tv will only last 1or 2 year after that there will be panel or board problem. Be careful with Sony.
Ravi
,Kanpur, on Oct 15, 2010 11:22 AM
This TV like all other Sony TV's has poor viewing angles. Moreover the screen is extremely reflective. This will hurt you during day as well as night viewing. Sony copied frame less design from some other company. Bluff masters !
Shailesh
,Kolkata, on Oct 14, 2010 12:01 PM
Sony is just not worth the money you pay. They are ridiculously over priced. Nowadays they are giving silly freebies like head phones and USB. Also I have heard of lots of people telling about major failure occurring in their TV's during warranty period itself. Sony is running a Chop shop in India.
sakhil
,pune, on Oct 05, 2010 01:30 AM
how to watch movie from usb? which video converter is need to convert any kind type of movie into tv"s format?
Krishna
,Mumbai, on Sep 29, 2010 07:12 PM
Do you want a TV that lasts 1or 2 years? Do you want to fight with service center people? Do you want to waste phone calls by calling branch office / head office? Then buy SONY TV. After 1or 2 years it will show some trouble. You rush to service center They tell you that panel or board is gone and give you estimate You wait at home for your TV to come and call service center They tell you spare parts for this particular model is not available as production of this model is stopped. And you wait, wait, wait, ...................................................................... ................................................................ call, call, call,.................................................... .......................................................
bestlcddeal
,Hyderabad, on Aug 30, 2010 10:23 AM
you can get good discount on all LCD TV at bestlcddeal (dot) com or call 7396947211. we can deliver all India
Tanuj
,Delhi, on Jul 26, 2010 02:39 PM
Hi, I have Brand new sealed packed Sony Bravia 32 LCD for sale @ Rs. 27,500. It has HDMI, USB etc.with International Waaranty Call me at 9811280191 and collect from my home at South Delhi
cheapo
,mumbai, on Apr 06, 2010 04:13 PM
lcd tv 25k ke under kab ayega???
Chintu
,Mumbai, on Apr 07, 2010 08:25 PM
Jab tu budhaa ho jayega
Anonymous
,Delhi, on May 05, 2010 12:35 PM
Check ezone website or visit their stores. you can get 32' HD Ready LCD below 25k.
Anonymous
,Delhi, on Apr 08, 2010 12:28 PM
I just bought the 47" LG LH50 for 63.5 K and I believe the LH50 or Jazz series is any day greater VFM than the Sony. My experience with Sony Sales folks is that they just shy away from talking anything technical about the product... forget justifying the brand premium
sudhir
,mumbai, on Apr 07, 2010 06:54 PM
The old V series is better and cheaper
Aman
,Hyderabad, on Apr 07, 2010 04:02 PM
The reviewer has completely missed the point in comparing it with the 5 series Samsung which retails for far less. The real comparison of this TV should be with the 6 series. The 40" 6 Series Samsung retails for close to 63k these days. For the price of the 40 NX500, users have even got 46" B550 with Sun HD bundled free.
riteshk
,pune, on Apr 06, 2010 09:43 AM
koi muze gift de de...

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