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KD-32W800 - 32-inch - HD Ready (HD) - High Dynamic Range (HDR) -
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Review: Sony 32 inch TV - excellent second TV - I was
apprehensive about this purchase after reading some of the
negative reviews. I am a Sony TV fan and i have a Sony as my main
TV. This TV has been purchased for the family area. My verdict is
the picture is beautiful, with crisp and natural colours when
watching. The sound is really good for a smaller TV. I found set
up very easy. All applications work and the images are really
good. I am use to the Sony range and the remote is easy to use. I
read feedback about Apple TV - yes it is not in the apps -
however if you have a firestick it works fine. The TV is not a
OLED like my main one. However for i would give this television
high recommendation as a second TV. Bedroom, kitchen etc. For the
price and comparing the competitors pay that bit extra. My only
reservation is reliability as mentioned. I though have had no
issues with other Sony TV's as they are usually very well made
and reliable. It does have a 12 month warranty so we will see.
Review: Great TV for us! - Sony 32". Our 10 year old Bravia
needed replacing (it would randomly switch itself off, usually at
the exciting bits); I looked at a few 32" TVs as a replacement.
We use this as an occasional TV. I was put off by some of the
reviews here, but eventually I went for another Sony. I am not
disappointed. Picture is subjectively better than last TV, and
sound is fine for what we use it for - I'd say on a par with the
last TV. We only had Freeview channels on our previous TV, and
this one is destined to be used mainly for Freeview as well. Some
reviews suggest the inbuilt tuner is a little dodgy; I had no
problem setting it up and getting all the channels. Hopefully
they stay tuned in! Given the comments about how Goggle takes
over the TV if you enable it, I shied away from using my Google
account to set up the TV; I did give it our wifi password (which
it needs for voice control and streaming), and that was enough to
give us access to streaming apps (Netflix, YouTube, etc). It came
with BBC iplayer and ITVx pre-loaded, and we additionally
downloaded STV player. At no point did I feel that Google had
taken over the TV - albeit I have not given it any information
about my Google account. Google being Google, can probably work
that out based on our IP address if it wanted to. What I was a
little surprised at - again given the comments - was that without
using a Google account, I was able to "cast" from my phone to the
TV. I have a Sony phone, and it used to have a "throw" feature
where I could cast the phone on to the TV. That seemed to
disappear a few years ago, so it's great to be able to cast to
this TV. The cast feature seems very intuitive and easy to use,
and allowed me not only to view phone-based photos on the TV but
also e.g. cast a BBC iplayer recording I was watching on my phone
on to the TV, effortlessly. No buffering observed over wi-fi.
There was nothing to do on the TV, it just does what the phone
tells it to. Don't know how this works, but it seems like the TV
must broadcast (on local internet) that it is capable of being a
cast receiver, because without doing anything on my phone I have
a new icon within selected phone apps which enables casting.
Although this is not our main TV, I did want to have the ability
to pause what we're watching. I plugged in an external HDD into
the USB socket, and, well, it works fine. Only observation is
that the HDD runs pretty hot - it seems to record everything
whether you've paused the channel or not - so I suspect it might
wear out after a year or so. I also connected a SCART to HDMI
converter to one of the HDMI ports to maintain our ability to
watch VHS tapes (!) and DVDs. The build quality is fine, no
grumbles. I was convinced for a while that there was no on/off
switch on the TV itself, but I found one eventually (centre
bottom). This TV came with a single remote (not sure what I would
have done with two). There is some criticism of the power
consumption of this TV. It gets an "F" rating. That's because the
rating system has changed. It uses 32W - about 1p/ hour (and
0.5-2W in standby mode). I can't speak for the larger Sony TVs
included in the reviews for this product, but I'd say, if you're
swithering about whether this 32" TV is a good product or not, I
have no qualms to date - it's giving me everything I want, and
more.
