Sony KDL-26V4000 - 26" Widescreen HD Ready Bravia LCD TV - With Freeview - Electronics / Photography (Sony)

26" LCD TELEVISION WITH FREEVIEW. BLACK GLOSS SET.

Customer Reviews of Sony KDL-26V4000 - 26" Widescreen HD Ready Bravia LCD TV - With Freeview

Heather

19th November 2008

Subtitle Setting
For subtitles to appear or be removed far too many buttons have to be pressed. There is no one button function that most manufacturers install.

Dave C.
UK
13th November 2008

Thank You Amazon and Sony
As usual Amazon's service was first class, early delivery and it's nice to have a 3 year warranty with the TV. We already have a 32" Bravia in the living room which has been exceptionally good, and this one for a smaller room upstairs promises to give just as much pleasure. It looks elegant, was easy to set up, auto-tuned without any problem, and the analogue pictures are very good considering we only have a small indoor aerial in the loft. We are waiting for a digital service from Virgin Media, an extension of the one downstairs, and if the pictures are as good as there then HD is almost superfluous!

LoneBird
UK
29th October 2008

A very good LCD TV
I bought this TV one week ago and I will say it is a very good choice. The 26" size is suitable in my small size living room and also good in a bedroom. The image quality is perfect whether in analog mode(5 channels) or in digital mode(30+ freeview channels). Someone above said the TV would lose all its recorded channels information after unpluged it power cable from wall. I did the test however I found it was not true. All channels were still there after one night power off(unplug the power cable).
The delivery was quite fast. I ordered it at 1:50 afternoon and the TV arrived in the early morning next day.
All in all, for this price 26V4000 is a wonderful purchase.

Ben Hall
West Sussex, UK.
26th October 2008

better than expected
Excellent picture quality and sound and as big as you'll need in a small living room.

Some reviewers have complained about the KDL26V4000's ability to tune to a weak Freeview signal. The digibox I had with my previous TV was never able to pick up Freeview using our existing elderly aerial. This set has located it with little problem however.

Gives a fantastic HD picture from freesat too. Pity that Sony don't make a freesat box which can be controlled with the TV remote.

I was slightly worried that it would be vulnerable to the attentions of our toddler, but the heavy metal base is quite enough to stop it falling over even if pushed, and the on/off controls are located on top of the set where she can't reach them.

J. Westbrook-finch
Great Britain
26th October 2008

DISSAPOINTING PRODUCT BUT GREAT SERVICE FROM AMAZON
I ordered this TV Friday at 2.30pm and paid for express delivery (£8.99) and it arrived Saturday at 8.40am. Very impressive service.

I already have a Sony 40" Tv in lounge (KDL40X2000) whish is fantastic, and I ordered this one for the bedroom but was very dissapointed in it and returned it for a refund. (Again Amazon's service was superb, I printed out returns labels, followed instrunctions on the couriers website link to arrange collection, which was free, and made an appointment for the next day)

The TV picture was no where near as good as our lounge tv, it was grainey and you could see pixel fuzziness when about 6 foot away from TV.
I was really dissapointed as I expected much better quality from Sony.

If you remove the plug from the mains when its all tuned in it does not need re-tuning as the previous reviewer was told by sony because I tuned it in upstairs then switched it off at plug for a few hours then put it on again downstairs and all channels were still tuned in, so don't let that worry you with the sony range of TV's.

I always turn my lounge tv, dvd, sky plus box, computer and video off at the plug every night and everything stays tuned in and nothing is lost, and it saved me £11 a quarter on the electric bill and helps the planet!

If you're used to a better model tv in the sony range as I am with my lounge TV (X range) then you'll be dissapointed with this, I wanted a good quality TV for the bedroom but sadly this wasn't good enough, however someone with a less critical eye may find it adequate.