Customer Reviews

Sony Bravia S-Series KDL-46S3000 46-Inch 720p LCD HDTV

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I bought this Bravia for my dad as gift.
I found stores that has less price than Amazon, but with so many things that can go wrong with flat TV, I decide to stick with largest (more trustworthy??) internet resaler. Overall, I am happy with decent price, no shipping charge, no tax. This TV would have cost me at least 400 more on my local Best Buy or Circuit City.

My dad has strong brand preference to Sony, so I just went with it.
Because of Sony name, this (even though it is lowest priced Sony LCD TV) model probably cost few hundred dollar more expensive than competition.

Generally, this is good TV.
I was debating on getting larger size Plasma or smller size LCD (Sony don't make Plasma anymore)...
I picked LCD even though I sometime feel Plasma is better solution for many reasons.
Size is decent... somewhat small if you view it from more than 10 feet away. Consider your viewing distance before you buy any flat TV. Your TV will last more than 6 years and you might consider buying maximum size you can afford.

This TV is HD, but not full HD. My dad is not technology guy and he is not going to spend money on BlueRay or High Def DVD player...so this fits.

Amazingly, my dad's retirement community doesn't even carry HD on their cable system until next year, so I had to settle for watching regular quality programs.
Here, I don't see any wow's...but everything seems good.
No problem with banding, colors, nor bad pixel...

Lighting sensor is good feature. It really does adjust according to brightness and it makes my eyes more comfortable...although it does become little darker than I would have liked.

Design is good. Not in a sense of modern piece but more in the function. It is very simple and very conservative. But outside frame is thin and it is not reflective (My brother's Samsung has reflective frame and it is sometimes gets in the way of viewing). It is somewhat classic...

Delivery with Amazon via Eagle was great. It came after 6 working days. They unpacked it, put on top of TV stand which I bought from Circuit city, and connected cable to see TV work.
My dad was quite happy with whole process.
One mistake: Eagle didn't know my phone number (I don't know why Amazon didn't provide my number) so I had to call them up to set up delivery date.

Overall, I am quite happy with my purchase, happy with TV, and Amazon buying experience.

My dream TV. I patiently waited for my Consumer Report magazine last month before purchasing - this was their second highest rated LCD in this size. It was worth the wait - fantastic quality all the way around and so easy to set up and use. Delivery was quick and in less time than promised (all the way from Montana to Georgia). Ordering on-line saved me over $400 too. I highly recommend this TV.

We went through Consumer Reports ratings to select the television and are very pleased. The clarity is spectacular and we've really not found anything we don't like about this television.

A great HDTV. The price was great and delivery was fast. Great picture clarity. Easy to use with a lot of great features.

- much blacker blacks than in other models I've seen
- very good user interface and menus
- I'm very happy with this unit; no complaints

Excellent TV, bright/vivid colors, no viewing angle problems. I bought this TV through Amazon after much research. The whole experience was flawless.

rated best buy by consumer reports and i agree. everything we were expecting and more. great picture

After months of looking a reviews and sets on the floors of many retailers I settled on the this TV. My set is a new build in Feb. 2008. I have no clouding issues, backlight is very uniform, and colors and blacks are great right out of the box. I agree with Consumer Reports that with a good signal you are hard pressed to see any difference with a 1080P set of which I have one as well.
Positves: No shiny screen or bezel, great standard definition, amazing HD, no motion problems that I can see, great price as these are probably being phased out, lots of zoom modes to your preference, plenty of color controls, enough inputs and outputs for most people.
Negatives: Really none to speak of!

This 46" TV is an excellent buy. Great picture and sound even on standard definition broadcasts and regular DVDs. Ordered it from Amazon. Vanns picked up the order and delivered it by MyYellow truck in about a week. I am very pleased with the service I received from Vanns and MyYellow. The TV came out of the box looking spectacular and it took about ten minutes to set it up. In addition to the great picture and sound, this TV has the best remote and on-screen menu that I have seen.Sony Bravia KDL-46S3000 46-inch 720p LCD HDTV

Bought this unit only 3 days ago great picture on HD and SD. Was afraid of SD quality but it turned out very good. Colors are bright. Golf in HD Amazing picture. Easy set up and great onscreen menu. Viewed it next to a 46v-2500 1080P both viewing blu-ray. Very Very Very small diference and had to be close to see it.
So small I bought this one for the price. Consumer reports Best Buy Feb-08.