Sony KDL-40EX520

Zitat: Pro: + Natural Colors + Internet and Video Streaming Features + Laudable Detailing Contra: - Wobbly Pedestal Construction - Average Motion Processing Having placed the EX520 through the necessary hoops, it´s now time to review its strengths and weaknesses. First, the bad news. For its table-top construction, you might want to take note of the display´s unstable fixture, meaning a wall-mount assembly is possibly the next best option. We seldom encounter cadence issues with Sony´s fleet, so it was quite a surprise when we found out that the EX520 faltered when dealing with reverse pulldowns. While Sony has made tangible improvements to their video engine, they might want to work on this BRAVIA´s motion processing a little bit more. Perhaps throwing in MotionFlow on this model might help, as much as we aren´t fans of excessive frame interpolation. Media playback was laudable, then again, perhaps the HDTV could have fared better if Sony chose to expand on their video format support. Nevertheless, the EX520 managed to offer more incentives than shortfalls. Apart from its Internet perks and widgets, we´d rate this panel highly for its accurate and natural picture renders. And despite the subtle backlight clouding caused by its edge LEDs, Sony has created a display capable of reproducing true colors and even gradients. We know it´s harder to spot irregularities on smaller screens such as a 40-incher, but this set was definitely up to the task of displaying 1080p sources without portraying too many obvious deviations. In addition, the new X-Reality really proved its worth, and mainly so with SD content. You can say that the EX520 triumphed with Blu-ray, but truly shone with lowly DVDs. It´s a pity we were unable to fiddle with some of Sony´s newer playthings such as the Remote Keyboard feature, but at just S$1,599, we´d still consider this Full-HD piece a steal.