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4.5 stars
"Great picture & style!"
Pros: Excellent video. Includes Motionflow (120HZ refresh rate)
Cons: Pricey & No PIP (Picture-in-Picture)
Summary: This is Sony's top of the Bravia line as an XBR set. It is an upgrade to the previous 2/3 series.
The main advantages is the advanced color palette and Motionflow, Sony's name for its 120Hz refresh rate to give movies and animation better tracking movement. It's got loads of inputs (3 HDMI, 2 component, 3 composite).
The styling of this set is even better than the XBR2, its predecessor. That set sported a grey bezel, while this one is striking black.
Main disadvantage is that for all the included bells-and-whistles as Sony's top of the line, there is no PIP (Picture-in-Picture) two-tuner system that lets you watch two programs at once (think sports!).
Other drawback is its price. For nearly $2800, the competition offers a set for $400 or more less than the KDL-40XBR4.
All in all, a great TV, especially an improvement over the last series if you can not let the price be an obstacle.
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It actually does allow PIP. Only one Coax tuner, but since most people will connect their Cable/Satellite boxes with HDMI then there is still the option of hooking an antenna up to the Coax to receive OTA HD broadcasts. Not technically PIP since it actually splits into two screens. Left screen can show all inputs except Coax while right screen can show all inputs except HDMI. Hope this helps as this was the one feature that I originally thought the TV was lacking and was very, very happy to find it included.
Sony Bravia KDL-40XBR4:
