Are these Sony TVs pretty good?

rancid-a · 21 Aug 2011 at 08:55

Hello everyone.
I'm ready to replace my 6 year old 32" Samsung lcd. I'm just after a modest buy under £500 and have found two Sony sets at Mr Richer Sounds webby.
Has anyone had them?

KDL40EX503 40" LCD. 100hz. Full HD. £449

KDL32EX713 32" LED. 100hz. Full HD. £479

Will be pairing it up with a Humax freeviewHD recorder (or the Sony equivalent) and Sony Blu Ray player.

Cheers

Bubo · 21 Aug 2011 at 09:30

No complaints on the quality of the 32EX503 I have, if anything it has a better Sky HD picture than my 40Z4500, though maybe that is the affect of the smaller screen making it look sharper.

fozzybear · 21 Aug 2011 at 11:46

A couple of in depth reviews for you:

Sony KDL32EX713

Sony KDL40EX503

Might help you to make your mind up.

arch · 21 Aug 2011 at 16:23

Both last years models (Good sets though esp the 503)

rancid-a · 22 Aug 2011 at 04:59

Hi guys

Thank you so much for your input, and for the reviews Fozzybear - both scoring quite high. Ordering today.... still a bit undecided but good to know they're both quality sets.

rancid-a · 25 Aug 2011 at 12:52

My new TV (KDL40EX503) arrived this morning along with the Humax Fox2 FreeviewHD PVR

Bit shocked at the prices of HDMI cables, but I guess everyone will say spend as muh as you can.

shall I leave all the TVs settings as they are or would you suggest a few changes?

100hz is better for dvd/bluray but leave off for Freeview, is this correct?

Thanks for your time

platypus · 25 Aug 2011 at 12:58

Sorry to hijack, but does anyone know when TVs (or indeed if at all) will go to gigabit ethernet?

Bill101 · 25 Aug 2011 at 13:15

rancid-a said:
Bit shocked at the prices of HDMI cables, but I guess everyone will say spend as muh as you can.

Not where HDMI cables are concerned, a cheap one is as good as an expensive £20 one

Slade2 · 25 Aug 2011 at 22:13

I would recommend some fireware updates for both the TV and the humax box to get the best of everything. I think both had recent updates as well.

http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/support/support_intro.asp

http://support.sony-europe.com/tvhc...w_en_GB&f=FW_Bravia4105EUL&ch=7&m=KDL-40EX503

TheVoice · 25 Aug 2011 at 22:31

Slade2 said:
I would recommend some fireware updates for both the TV and the humax box to get the best of everything. I think both had recent updates as well.

http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/support/support_intro.asp

http://support.sony-europe.com/tvhc...w_en_GB&f=FW_Bravia4105EUL&ch=7&m=KDL-40EX503

As long as the TV is connected either to the internet or Freeview HD, it should update automatically. My 403 certainly appears to be auto-updating itself online before I can do it manually, anyway.

Slade2 · 25 Aug 2011 at 22:48

TheVoice said:
As long as the TV is connected either to the internet or Freeview HD, it should update automatically. My 403 certainly appears to be auto-updating itself online before I can do it manually, anyway.

My TV actually would only update via the USB stick but I have the 803 so that might be different, I know my Sony blue ray player auto updates when connected to the net but whatever way you do it, its always a good idea to keep the firewares updated.

rancid-a · 25 Aug 2011 at 23:17

Bill101 said:
Not where HDMI cables are concerned, a cheap one is as good as an expensive £20 one

And I thought my £25 one was cheap!

Honestly though, I couldn't really afford those 'Monster' branded cables, even if they were a pretty colour and promised to do lots of stuff my ordinary one wouldn't do.

Yes I mustn't forget to keep my TV & Humax box updated

Going to order a few of my fave movies on Blu Ray over the weekend too - Devil's Backbone, Planet Terror.

Thanks for taking time to help guys!