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Technical Details
- 40-inch HDTV with Full HD 1080p resolution and integrated Blu-ray Disc Player
- BRAVIA Engine 3 fully digital video processor; Ambient Sensor adjusts color based on room light
- Wi-Fi ready (with optional dongle); access to BRAVIA Internet video; USB port for photos, music and video playback
- Inputs: 3 HDMI, 2 component, 2 composite, 1 PC, 1 USB, 1 Ethernet, 1 optical digital audio output
- Includes removable stand; measures 39.1 x 25.1 x 11.1 inches with stand
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Experience Full HD 1080p, incredible contrast and sharp, vibrant images with this 40-inch Sony BRAVIA EX40B Series HDTV (model KDL-40EX40B). It features Ambient Sensor and LightSensor Technology that automatically adjust the color and backlight based on a room's lighting. And it includes a built-in Blu-ray Disc player--helping you save space in your entertainment center while allowing you to enjoy today's highest resolution movies.
The Sony BRAVIA EX40B Series HDTV with integrated Blu-ray Disc Player.
Connect to the Internet and instantly stream a wide variety of movies, TV shows, videos and music from leading content providers including Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, YouTube, Slacker and more. You can even add a Wi-Fi adapter (sold separately) to wirelessly connect to your home network and access the internet without the mess of unsightly wires. Additionally, you can connect a USB drive and share your favorite photos and music with family and friends.
The BRAVIA Engine 3 video processor produces superior, life-like image with amazing contrast and color. Other features include 5 HD inputs (3 HDMI, 2 component), an Ethernet port (for wired networking), and VESA compliant wall mounts.
See a comparison of all Sony HDTV models below.
Key Features
Full HD 1080p Resolution: Experience Full HD 1080p picture quality, the highest at-home resolution, and take full advantage of HD sources like a Blu-ray Disc Player or PlayStation3 gaming console via the 16:9 wide screen panel (1920 x 1080).
Built-in Blu-ray Disc Player
BRAVIA Internet Video: Instantly stream a wide variety of movies, TV episodes, videos and music from a large selection of entertainment apps including: Netflix, YouTube, Slacker, and more. (Learn More)
LightSensor Technology: Automatically increase or decrease the level of brightness of your TV's backlight based on a room's lighting conditions with the integrated LightSensor technology. Dim the lights to watch a movie and the sensor dims the backlight, which also helps reduce unnecessary power consumption.
Ambient Sensor: Get a natural looking picture whether you are watching movies late at night or playing video games during the day with an Ambient Sensor that automatically adjusts the picture color based on a room's lighting.
BRAVIA Engine 3: Enjoy Sony's most advanced processing system for superior image detail, exceptionally vibrant, life-like images, reduced noise and optimized contrast and color with the BRAVIA Engine 3 fully digital processor.
5 HD Inputs: Get versatile HD connection options with 5 HD inputs, including 3 HDMI inputs to connect a Blu-ray Disc player, PlayStation3 gaming console or any other HDMI-capable equipment. Two HD component inputs provide added HD-capable connectivity, while a PC input (HD-15 pin) lets you use your HDTV as a computer monitor.
USB Input: Share your photos on the big screen or listen to your favorite music. Simply connect your digital camera, USB-enabled MP3 player, or USB storage device directly to your HDTV's USB input.
BRAVIA Sync Compatible: Conveniently operate and control other BRAVIA Sync compatible devices--including BRAVIA HDTVs, Blu-ray Disc Players, surround sound systems, Handycam camcorders and Cyber-shot digital still cameras, all with one remote control.
VESA-compatible hole spacing uses an industry-standard mounting-hole pattern that can be used with VESA-compliant mounting brackets, taking the guesswork out of selecting the proper hardware for hanging your TV on the wall.
Key Specifications
- Screen size: 40 inches
- CineMotion Reverse 3:2 Pulldown Technology: Yes
- 24p True Cinema Technology: Yes
- 3D Comb Filter: Yes
- Live Color Technology: Yes
- Auto Picture Setting w/ HDMI: Cinema, Photo, Graphics, Game
- Speakers: 2x 10W (20 watts of total power)
- 5.1 Channel Audio Out: Yes
- Dolby: Dolby Digital
- USB Applications: Photo Viewer (jpeg), Photo Viewer (RAW), Music Player (mp3), Video Player (AVCHD), Video Player (AVC), Video Player (MPEG4)
- Tuners: ATSC, NTSC, Clear QAM
- VESA wall mounting pattern: 200 x 200
- Warranty: 1 year labor and parts
- TV with stand: 39.1 x 25.1 x 11.1 inches (WxHxD); 37.4 pounds
- TV without stand: 39.1 x 23.6 x 4.6 inches (WxHxD); 31.33 pounds
- What size TV should you get?
- HDMI: 3 (2 side, 1 rear; HDMI PC input capability)
- Component: 2 (rear)
- Composite A/V: 2 (1 side, 1 rear)
- RF: 1 (rear)
- Ethernet: 1 (rear)
- USB 2.0: 1 (side)
- PC input (15-pin, D-Sub): 1 (rear)
- Analog audio inputs: 4 (1 side, 3 rear)
- Digital audio output: 1 optical
What's in the Box
BRAVIA EX40B Series HDTV, remote control (with batteries), AC power cord, table top stand, operating instructions
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BRAVIA Internet Video
Have your favorite internet content delivered to your TV screen with BRAVIA Internet Video. Stream movies, videos, music and more with BRAVIA Internet Video from a wide variety of sources and services, including:
 | Amazon Video on Demand provides instant access to over 50,000 hit movies and TV shows directly on your Sony BRAVIA HDTV. Watch new release movies as soon as they're on DVD and TV shows the day after they air, with thousands of titles available in HD--all commercial free. |
 | Netflix: Instantly watch thousands of TV episodes and movies streamed from Netflix right to your Sony BRAVIA HDTV--watch as much as you want, any time you want. (Netflix unlimited membership required for Netflix feature functionality.) |
 | Crackle: The next-generation video entertainment network with hundreds of movies, TV shows, and original series from the vast Sony Pictures library. |
 | Pandora Internet Radio: Free, personalized internet radio playing only music you love. Pandora brings an effortless personal soundtrack into your living room. Enter your favorite artists and enjoy stations created just for you. Rate songs as they play, because Pandora caters to your tastes and adapts stations to your feedback on the spot. |
Which Size HDTV is Right for My Room?
 | With standard-definition TVs, the rule used to be that viewers would feel comfortable watching a set from a distance of 3 to 6 times the screen size in inches. With HDTV, the resolution is so much better that you can sit closer to a larger TV without noticing the pixels. So with HDTVs, the rule tends to be you can sit anywhere from 1.5 to 3 times the screen size (in inches) for the best experience. If you know the size of the room you have already, where you want to sit, and where your new HDTV should go once you get it, you can figure out the size HDTV you should get.
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Sony HDTV Comparison
| Series: | BX300 | EX308 | EX400 | EX40B | EX500 | EX600 | EX710 | HX800 | NX700 | NX810 |
| Models: | 32" | 22" | 32", 40" | 32", 40" | 32", 40", 46", 55", 60" | 32", 40", 46" | 32", 40", 46", 55" | 40", 46", 55" | 40", 46" | 46", 55", 60" |
| Panel type | LCD (CCFL) | LCD (CCFL) | LCD (CCFL) | LCD (CCFL) | LCD (CCFL) | Edge LED | Edge LED | Dynamic Edge LED | Edge LED | Dynamic Edge LED |
| HD 720p |  | | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Full HD 1080p | -- | -- | | | | | | | | |
| 3D ready | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Yes | -- | Yes |
| Video processing | Engine 2 | Engine 3 | Engine 2 | Engine 3 | Engine 2 | Engine 2 | Engine 3 | Engine 3 | Engine 3 | Engine 3 |
| Motionflow | -- | -- | -- | -- | 120Hz | -- | 120Hz | 240Hz | 120Hz | 240Hz |
| Ambient Sensor | -- | | | | | | | | -- | -- |
| Lightsensor | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | |
| Internet Video | -- | Ready | -- | Ready | -- | -- | | | Ready | |
| Internet Widgets | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | | |
| DLNA | -- | | -- | | -- | -- | | | | |
| Wireless LAN | -- | Ready (w/ dongle) | -- | Ready | -- | -- | Ready | Ready | Integrated | Integrated |
| Ethernet | -- | | -- | | -- | -- | | | | |
| Blu-ray Disc Player | -- | -- | -- | | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| HDMI | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Component (Y/Pb/Pr) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Composite A/V | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Digital audio output | Optical | Optical | Optical | Optical | Optical | Optical | Optical | Optical | Optical | Optical |
| PC (DSub) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| HDMI PC input | | | | | | | | | | |
| USB 2.0 port | 1 (svc only) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MP3 playback | -- | | | | | | | | | |
| JPEG playback | -- | | | | | | | | | |
| MPEG 1/2 video playback | -- | -- | | -- | | | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| MPEG 4/AVCHD video playback | -- | | -- | | -- | -- | | | | |
| TV Guide onscreen | -- | | -- | | -- | -- | | | | |
Product Description
Enjoy a Full HD 1080p HDTV featuring a built-in Blu-ray Disc Player with the Sony BRAVIA EX40B-Series HDTV. This great combination features incredible contrast levels and Ambient Sensor and LightSensor Technology that automatically adjust the color and brightness based on a room's lighting so you get a more natural looking picture. Connect a USB drive and share your favorite photos and music with family and friends.
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I couldn't be happier. Everything has worked as advertised and the quality of the unit is above average for all the junk I see these days. I wanted it for my master bedroom to mount on the wall and have as few wires and devices hanging off of it as possible. The Bluray/Dvd player works well and connecting to a network was a snap. I even streamed a video from one of my computers to it, but the streaming quality leaves a little bit to be desired. I believe that is mostly due to the infancy of the technology. The internet functions work great for what I want Youtube and netflix operate just fine.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
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Superb Sony HDTV and excellent networking features,
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We are very pleased with our Sony Bravia 40" HDTV. It arrived quickly, and has exceeded our expectations. The picture and sound quality are very good, which has been our experience with Sony products. However, Sony's new Internet-ready features make this unit one of our best electronic buys. We watch Netflix and even use it in conjunction with our HP EX495 1.5TB Mediasmart Home Server ( Black). The only downside to the latter is that videos will not stream wirelessly. This Bravia uses Sony's wireless USB adapter (Sony UWA-BR100 - Network adapter - USB - 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, 802.11n -- sold separately), which works well though I wish that it could handle dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) wireless N transmission like our Tivo wireless N adapter and and all of our Apple devices. However, although we can view pictures and stream all kinds of music files, we can't do so with our video files. I know that Sony requires pretty specific formatting in order to play video files (MP4 encoded using h.264 codec and AAC audio), and I can actually use my relatively new Western Digital My Book AV DVR Expander 1 TB USB 2.0/eSATA Desktop External Hard Drive WDBABT0010HBK-NESN (also ordered via Amazon) to play the same video files copied from my HP home server; they play well. There's nothing that I can do, though, to make this TV or my Sony Blu-ray home theater system (BDV-E570) recognize those streaming video files on my home server. I researched and confirmed that it's likely not an issue with HP or its Twonky Media DLNA software because the other files stream flawlessly. Hopefully Sony will improve this feature, although I've read posts that indicate that streaming video even via wireless N doesn't work well unless you have superb buffering technology, evidently like that used by Netflix and others. Regardless, we're still well-pleased with this Sony TV and would definitely recommend it. Sony has released a couple of updates even since we purchased our new Bravia several months ago, which have expanded the Internet-based options to include most streaming music websites and plenty of video websites as well. The only other improvement that I'd like to see is the ability to use the USB port more freely, as others have commented, because I think that it only supports Sony's wireless USB adapter at this point in terms of wireless options. As mentioned, it works well with the compatible My Book AV external drive and might even allow a USB hub (not sure about this, but I plan to test it).
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Repeatedly cannot access internet content,
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***Update***
Almost 60 days after buying this TV, we experience regular problems with it. In particular, we cannot access internet content (netflix, youtube), even though our internet connection is fine and we can access these services with our panasonic device in a different room. When we call Sony tech support, they make us do a factory reset of the device. This works, but takes 15 minutes. I don't want to do 15 minutes of work every time I want to watch TV. I am doing everything I can to return this. ***Original review*** I ordered this TV mainly for its internet video capability (Netflix etc) since we were tired of paying TimeWarner (Durham, NC) excessive fees. We canceled basic cable and only kept the RoadRunner service (we upgraded to the next tier of speed to help with Netflix streaming - so far (2 weeks) no problems, but it's not clear whether the upgrade was absolutely necessary. The TV arrived just fine and on time and we hooked it up according to the instructions. The first thing we noticed was that the internet capability did not work. After playing around with the firmware updating settings and setting the update to "update now" - nothing happened - it just seemed to hang, we finally tried contacting Sony. First we tried the "live chat", after about 20 minutes, someone came online. I guess this person (Cliff) was either helping other customers at the same time, was really slow, or was chatting or doing something else because the rate at which this was going, it was far from "live" (think several minutes between responses). At first, he told me that my tv did not support internet connections which was false. After I pointed this out to him, he said, "oh you're right, your tv does support internet connections"...and left it at that. I pointed out that it did not seem to be updating even after we left the tv in standby mode for more than 36 hours (24 hours is mentioned in the manual). The internet configuration on the TV's diagnostics showed that all connections were good (I even verified the connection with my computer). After explaining and reexplaining the problem, I decided to call SONY tech support. The person who took my call seemed more informed and told me to check my firm ware version number. It was apparently out of date but below version 4.06 (or something) he told me that the firmware could not automatically update itself over the network (I thought it was strange for an internet enabled tv), but went with this advice. He told me that they would immediately ship out a USB thumb drive with the latest update and that it would arrive within 7-10 business days! I inquired if they would be able to ship it overnight or at least 2 day, but he just told me that this was standard. Well, this was completley ridiculous since there was a 30 day warranty (not business days!) and by the time the update got to me, we would have little to no time to evaluate the tv. I inquired if I could download the update myself and install it and he told me where to find the update. I downloaded it, and put it on 4 different USB drives (3 of which are on a SONY compatibility list) formatted to the correct specs, and the TV would NOT recognize any of them. I thought, ok, maybe it's sensitive to the full capacity of the drives, so I went and got a SONY brand USB drive that was also on the compatibility list (googled it) - still didn't recognize it. Finally called SONY again and they told me that apparently, each tv has it's own compatibility list - WTF!?. Finally got fed up and demanded that they ship the update overnight. Well, it was Saturday and to do that, they have to escalate the request to a higher level and those guys only worked regular banking hours - they took down my information and promised to call on Monday. Well, as you guessed, Monday came and went, and no call. We called on Tuesday and put in the formal request and the update arrived the next day. We went to put in the USB drive to do the update and *nothing happened*. When we checked the TV firmware version, it had apparently updated itself over the network during all this time we spent with customer service. After that, the TV works fine. The only complaint I have is that since we don't have basic cable, when we turn on the TV, it apparently looks for the antenna signal. Finding nothing, you get 1-2 minutes of snow and white noise while it turns on its other functions (network stuff). Calling SONY again, they told us that we should get basic cable to avoid this problem.
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