Sony Bravia KLV-S26A10 26-Inch LCD HD-Ready Flat Panel Television

by Sony

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 25.9 x 3.6 x 18.9 inches ; 27.6 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 51 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B000A2K40E
• Item model number: KLVS26A10
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #133,726 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)

Product Description

Amazon.com Product Description

Note: For the latest version of the Sony Bravia 26-inch LCD TV, see the Sony KDL26S2000 26" Bravia Flat Panel LCD HDTV.

Save space and enjoy a wonderfully vivid, colorful picture with the 26-inch Sony KLVS26A10 LCD TV, which features a native 16:9 widescreen display. It has a built-in standard NTSC tuner (181-channels) and includes a table stand that can tilt and swivel. (To receive high definition digital signals, a separate tuner is required.) The 3D digital comb filter analyzes the picture over three dimensions--vertical, horizontal and time--to get superb detail and high color purity under the widest range of picture conditions.

It also features Panel Driver technology, which improves picture contrast and detail while reducing video noise and image blur during fast action scenes. Other features include the Steady Sound audio equalizer (for consistent output between programs and commercials), parental controls (V-chip), Favorites channel list, front AV Inputs for connecting camcorders or video game consoles, and an HDMI connection for uncompressed, all-digital audio/video interface between the TV and any HDMI-equipped audio/video component.

It has a 20-watt stereo audio system (two 10-watt speakers) and SRS Trusurround panoramic audio effect. It features the following video and audio connections:

• Composite AV In (RCA): 3 (1 front)
• S-Video In: 3 (1 front)
• RF In: 1
• Component Video In: 1 (480i, 480p, 720p, 1080i)
• HDMI In: 1
• PC In (D-Sub 15-pin): 1
• Headphone: 1

What's in the Box
KLVS26A10 TV, AC adapter and power cord, tabletop stand, remote control, two AA batteries, printed instructions

Product Description

LCD WEGA Flat Panel Television

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

39 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars KLV-S26A10 impressions, October 1, 2005

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bj (USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Sony Bravia KLV-S26A10 26-Inch LCD HD-Ready Flat Panel Television (Electronics)

I bought this system last week before they started calling it "Bravia". I have standard (not HD) cable.

The picture is absolutely gorgeous right of the box! I have not felt any urge at all to try to tweak the color balance. It does come with three "picture mode" options (vivid, standard, pro) which I did change from the default setting.

The Sony switches channels very quickly making channel hopping convenient, and the remote has a Jump button to quickly go between two channels.

My initial plan was to place this near my computer and use it as a second monitor during commericals, however switching between video inputs is rather slow so I gave up on that idea. You have to either cycle forward through all 6 external inputs, or use the WEGA Gate (on-screen menus) to go directly to the input -- both approaches are somewhat awkward.

It would have been extremely nice to get around the video input switching awkwardness if you could just open a second window to view/swap another external input, but there is no support for that.

Not mentioned in the product description is that the box also contains 5-foot VGA cable for hooking into a computer and a coax cable for standard CATV use.

47 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Huge Flaws, Horrible Picture, Changing!!, November 13, 2005

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Dustin Perritt - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sony Bravia KLV-S26A10 26-Inch LCD HD-Ready Flat Panel Television (Electronics)

I am always reading reviews on Amazon, and finding that there are a lot of reviews that have numerous people voting them helpful that simply prove to be way off. Now I am always a little more critical when reading reviews on Amazon as a result since the person rating the item may have never had a similar product to compare it too, etc. As a result I thought it would help for people to know a little background about my experience with televisions as to know that this is not my first lcd or similar style tv: I currently own 2 Plasma Television sets (a 42" Panasonic Viera Plasma (TERRIFIC TV) and a 42" Zenith Plasma) and 3 lcd Television sets, as well as, 2 LCD monitors. I have set up all the televisions on my own, and have a very detailed background in this as a result.

I set up the Sony 26" Bravia Wega LCD TV for the first time 3 days ago. One of the first things I noticed upon watching my first broadcast via normal DirectTv was that the images appeared very grainy and pixelated. I proceeded to adjust the set using a dvd disc specifically for this. After the settings were completed, the color was great, however, there were even more noticeable pixelation of the images, and several very clear horizontal lines would appear spuratically through the TV broadcast and / or DVD movies about once every 5 seconds when viewed up to 4-5 FEET AWAY. I further went to notice that the images would stretch and then compress in 3 thick vertical bars in 3 equally spaced areas of the TV!! This was noticeable to me and others at any distance, but only occured approximately once or twice every 45 minutes or so.

Overall I felt this TV portrayed an image of lesser quality than my cheapiest LCD, my 20" Syntax Olevia. Perhaps Sony forgot this was a $1500 TV that was suppose to be HD. Yes, HD works, but if you try to have it on a desk or anywhere where you would view it within 4-5 feet, both in HD or Standard, this TV picture quality is abhorant. I have never had a TV that was suppose to be an HD TV have so many HUGE FLAWS when viewed within 4-5 feet. Of course most TVs there is always some line noise, pixelation, etc., but at the level portrayed by this unit, Sony SHOULD RECALL THIS UNIT. The new model replacing this Sony 26" is nearly perfect, but I feel as though Sony ripped its loyal customers off by charging such an outrageous price for Television that is well below the normal Sony quailty that I have grown to know and love. Honestly, shame on you Sony, Shame on you.

20 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent item, September 20, 2005

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Mike N. (Lawrenceville, NJ USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sony Bravia KLV-S26A10 26-Inch LCD HD-Ready Flat Panel Television (Electronics)

Pluses:

Excellent picture quality especially with 4:3 non hdtv sources (i.e. basic cable)

Plentiful inputs

Choice of picture settings including the pro mode which is quite faithful to the signal

Nice looking monitor - no problem displaying it - its small footprint is an added plus

hdtv looks great

Minuses:

No built in hdtv tuner

Slightly more expensive than the competition