High on Hi-Def
Blu-ray players won’t remain blue for long
Sony dropped us a big one, it made us feel human again; a screen so awe-inspiring it left us drooling right down to our sneakers. The culprit? The full HD Sony BRAVIA KLV-40X200A LCD TV. We repeat, this is a full HD LCD TV that’s capable of 1,080 lines of eye melting progressive scanning.
What does that mean? It means that if you’re the type who splurges on luxuries like the Sony PS3 and/or an HD-DVD player half a decade before they became mainstream then this TV deserves to sit smack dab in the middle of your setup.
First: there are two HDMI ports and three component ports – basically more than enough for today’s standards. Audio is pumped in through the usual red and white stereo plugs and for nostalgia freaks there are the passé S-video and RCA composite jacks. Though we’re all for stretching the life of our non-HD equipment, they just wouldn’t work well with this TV. An upscaled DVD played at 480 looked uglier than Mahal on her best day.
By far, the most “primitive” equipment deserving of this BRAVIA’s ports is the Xbox 360. Games and videos look absolutely marvelous at both 720p and 1080i although at these settings, color banding is still visible especially during the boot screen but we’ll let it pass. We could’ve ran the Xbox at full resolution but unfortunately the 40X200A only allows displaying 1080p images through HDMI. E.B. Mendoza
SONY BRAVIA KLV-40X200A | P249,990
www.sony.com.ph
TECH 40-inch full HD LCD TV. 1920x1080 resolution (1080 progressive lines). Ports: HDMI x 2, Component x 3, Composite x 2, S-Video x 2. 7000:1 contrast ratio. 450cd/m2 brightness. 8ms response time. 178-degree viewing angle. 1111x657x121mm. 30kg.
LOVE Full HD resolution. Amazing performance with both light and dark scenes.
HATE Cheap-looking steel trim. Tinny speakers.
WE SAY True future-proofing at its best. Another price cut and we’d buy two.
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T3 Magazine Philippines - September 2007 Issue
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 SONY BRAVIA KLV-40X200A
In detail
A TV with a resolution of 1920x1080 pixels and is capable of 1,080 lines of progressive scanning is considered to be full Hi-Def. Older screens that are capable only of 720 progressive scan lines are also considered Hi-Def but will not be able to maximize the content of Blu-ray and HD-DVD discs.
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