My mom bought a Sony Bravia 40" LCD like 4 years ago for $1,100. Recently, i had to replace the TV in my room so since prices have gone down in the years, i can now afford to go bigger. I decided to move the 40" Sony into my room and get a 55" for the Living room. My mom wanted another Sony Bravia cuz she liked the one she had before. Originally i went to Frys for a different TV but stumbled upon this one for $799. Seemed like a really good deal for a Sony. Besides, the other one i was gonna get was Plasma and i like LCD better cuz there's less glare. And since it was a Sony Bravia it worked out perfectly

Set up was a 2 person job but pretty simple. After i set it up i was looking for the power cable in the box and realized it was attached to the tv. It's not detachable so that may be an issue for others. Mine sits on a tv stand so it's all good. and there's a piece that was supposed to hide the screws but i didn't even bother putting it on cuz u can't tell... Read more

I received this TV new, but as a replacement from my extended warranty company. I had a 52" Samsung LCD that was too expensive to fix.

While the picture quality is as-good-as, I had to supplement the TV with a soundbar/subwoofer HT-CT150 combo to achieve sufficient sound quality and volume.

Only 2x10W speakers is a joke for a LCD TV where there is plenty of space for big speakers and amplifier components. I can understand how slim LED TV's having underpowered audio due to size limitations. I guess LCD's are a dying breed and they give them the same lame audio drivers until they completely go away.

== Pros ==
55" Screen.
Great picture quality.
Handsome appearance.
Bravia works good with other Sony components.
Wide mode enables viewing 4:3 input signals full-screen with less stretching.
Input/output including PC, component, and digital optical audio.
USB for pictures, video, music, thought limited formats... Read more

We purchased this for under 1k through Amazon and it arrived 4 days later. Setup was painless. Tv comes with 2 hdmi inputs and 1 set of AV jacks, enough to suit our needs.

Speakers are mounted on the underside offering somewhat better sound than our rear speaker 46". The picture and controls were easily adjusted and simple to understand.

The only issue we have found so far is the headers during searches suggest this unit was wi-fi ready but that is not the case, THIS TV IS NOT WIFI READY. We are using a wifi bluray so this is not a huge issue overall. The other confusing part is the 120 mh motionflow which I understood to be an
enhanced 120 but it appears to be an enhanced 60mh , we are still trying to confirm this but I will say whatever it is is good enough for our eyes.

We watched transformers 1 and 2 and the picture was fantastic with no studders or blurring.

For the low cost and large size we don't feel we could have done better... Read more