Customer Reviews:
 great while it lasted September 8, 2008
I owned the 1080i version of this model (no longer available here on Amazon, so I'm reviewing here). Everything was great...incredible picture and sound...for about 7 months. Then it started turning itself off randomly...it would just turn off, then come back on about 5 seconds later. Sometimes it would do this about once a week, then it would go on a spree and shut off 10 times in 30 minutes. Sony customer service was USELESS...at their prompting I spent hours rewiring the thing in different configurations to see if it was the cable or DVR causing the issue, and never had it get better. Finally it shut off, never to come back on. It was 13 months after I bought it...1 month after warranty, and even though I'd been working with them for months on it, Sony has taken the stance that the warranty has expired(!). I take it to a local shop and they say the main motherboard is fried, $800 to fix. I cough up the $800 and it works...for 3.5 months. Then the thing blows a gasket, crackling like sizzling bacon and filling the entire house with acrid smoke. Again, Sony says 'so sorry, you're hosed'. I always thought Sony was a quality outfit...guess things have changed.
 Great TV from Sony September 3, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Pros:
Sony reliability (ignore angry reviewer)
No reflections on screen
4 HDMI ports
Nice looking package, neat see through glass
Excellant picture from any HDMI source
Great menu's
Cons:
No 120Hz
Stand is difficult to get perfectly straight
No Surround pass-thru over optical in/out
Comments:
Don't worry about the 120Hz/24p stuff for blu-ray, they look great without it. I would consider the 120Hz if you happen do read a lot of scrolling text. Buy a blu-ray player, and buy all your cables online at a tenth the price.
A fine television set August 30, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
A great set for the living room, well worth the money. The Sony "V" series of LCD sets have all the same features as the more expensive "W" series sets, with the exception that the "V" series sets don't have the 120hz motion enhancer feature or the logo illumination feature. I think the average viewer won't notice the difference.
Sony Bravia HD 42" LCD TV August 4, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Received the TV it was packaged for shipping very well.
Took it to my computer room and connected it up and it worked very well from 8:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Suddenly it would not display the the upper HD Channels. I came to the conclusion that the new TV was not the problem. Somehow it had to be my newly installed COX HDMI receiver for the new TV. Contacted COX the next day they came out and located a filter that had been previously installed by COX in the line serving the modem for my computer and now the new Sony TV. After the COX one way filter was removed from the cable line I have enjoyed watching the HD channels very much on the new Sony HD LCD TV. Excellent clear 1080 pixcel pictures. Can't wait to watch the Olympic games this month on the newly received TV.
If you'd asked me yesterday... July 8, 2008
22 out of 33 found this review helpful
I'd have said I loved it. Excellent sound (without additional speakers); awesome color and sharpness with DVD and HD cable. Lots of little "extras" like variable sleep timer (up to 2 hours), timer settings (I've been known to use this as an alarm clock), dimmer options, ambient room lighting automatic adjustment option, many device inputs, and more.
HOWEVER. There's always a "however," isn't there? Mine is just 5 days old. I thought it was by far the best TV for the price (and I got mine very inexpensively indeed, thanks to my extended warranty on my old television). Then, today, it went white. The entire screen (even the black "bars" set around a 4:3 picture - I don't like to distort the image, so I leave bars) is a purplish-whitish-grey and it doesn't matter which input setting I use. Other televisions hooked up to the same inputs are fine - I checked. I wasted hours trying to get Customer Service or Technical Support at Sony. Finally, I contacted my vendor for a replacement, which they agreed to provide.
If it had lasted years, I'd have said nothing. If I had done something to the television, like dropped it, spilled something on it, or pushed some bizarre button sequence on the remote, it would have been my own fault. But I just got this thing five days ago, and the screen went white in the middle of my viewing a DVD. FIVE DAYS? That's a new low. And NO customer support from Sony - which just added insult to injury.
Since I have no way of knowing what actually went wrong with the screen, or how likely it is that I'll have this problem with the replacement, I will give this two stars (instead of one). But be careful if you choose to buy this item - and make sure you get a warranty!
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