The Sony KDL-40V2500 40" BRAVIA V-Series LCD TV has a fashionable display that brings advanced video technology to your fingertips. Use it as a TV or a computer display that also enhances your rooms decor with its sleek design. Bring a KDL-40V2500 home; it’s an HDTV Ready TV that delivers 1080p high-definition picture and impressive stereo sound.

It comes with WEGA GATE, an operation guide with on-screen menu for an easy-to-manage viewing experience.In addition to 3D comb filter and image panel driver, the KDL-40V2500 has three distinct imaging circuits including one-chip video processor to enhance video quality, reduce video noise and image blur. More over, you also get motion adaptive I/P converter, CineMotion 3:2 reverse pull-down and Closed caption to enhance your video enjoyment. The SRS TruSurround audio system provides the effect of surround sound with built-in oval-cone speakers. Full Digital Video Processor Bravia V-Series LCD televisions use Sony’s Bravia Engine full digital video processor for crisp and clear images.

Several special picture enhancement technologies are integrated into the processor to create better gradations and details, enhance contrast, dynamically improve color, and reduce image flicker. There are a lot of ways to define high-definition but BRAVIA Full HD means you’re getting the best resolution that high-definition has to offer consumers. Sony uses a dynamic backlighting system called ACE (Advanced Contrast Enhancement) on BRAVIA V-Series TVs.

ACE automatically senses the APL (Average Picture Level) of the video signal and adjusts the intensity of the backlight for improved contrast. VESA test and measurement methods are applied yielding a contrast ratio of used 7000:1. This number represents the widest possible ratio between black and white contrast levels. Sony also measures their BRAVIA televisions with a more stringent method that measures the amount of black and white levels that can appear on the screen at the same time. This method yields a more real world measurement of 1300:1

Review By Crutchfield Sony’s lowest-priced 1080p BRAVIA TVs deliver performance that’s only a slight step down from the top-of-the-line XBRs. The biggest difference between the two lines is the styling: "V-Series" models like the KDL-40V2500 replace the XBRs’ wider "floating glass" cabinet with a space-saving bottom speaker design that lets you maximize screen size for your location. Read Full Review Here

Review By Reviews.cnet The new sets start with the 40-inch and 46-inch V2500 series, the least expensive 1080p LCDs in Sony’s 2006 lineup. Aside from their higher native resolution, these LCDs have new WCG-CCFL (Wide Color Gamut Cold Cathode Fluorescent Lamp) backlights, standard on all of the new Bravia models. You’ll be tested on that later, but in the meantime, just remember that Sony claims the new ‘lights make colors look better. Connectivity is highlighted by a pair of HDMI inputs that can, unlike most 2005 1080p sets, accept 1080p resolution signals. Read Full Review Here

Review By Sonystyle Live Color Creation System Decades of television know how allow us to realize that an LCD TV is more than just the panel; it’s actually a system. Uncompromised picture quality starts with combining carefully chosen components and circuits to optimize system quality, among these are the color creation and processing functions. That’s what Live Color Creation is all about. It starts with the BRAVIA Engine™ video processing system, which enhances primary colors and corrects half-tone colors for natural overall color. Next, a WCG-CCFL backlight using Sony’s phosphor formula delivers a specific spectrum of light designed to work with our specially formulated color filters. The combination of these three components creates deep, deep reds and blues and colors that draw you right into the picture itself. Read Full Review Here

Review By Onecall Designed for maximum versatility, Sony`s BRAVIA V-Series LCD TVs are equipped with a comprehensive range of input interfaces. The HDMI (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) is the first industry-supported, uncompressed, all-Digital audio/video interface. HDMI technology supports enhanced or High Definition video, together with multi-channel Digital audio to provide matchless image and sound reproduction. BRAVIA V-Series Series TVs include (3) HDMI 1080/60p inputs. The PC input (HD-15-pin) offers easy connection to your PC, allowing you to use your high Resolution BRAVIA V-Series Digital TV as a computer monitor. Read Full Review Here

Review By Tigerdirect Pack in the sports, movies and games with the Bravia’s amazing backlit 40-inch picture. You’ll get the full-throttle multimedia experience with amplified and enhanced surround sound, and the convenience of sleep timer and picture freeze. Plug in your PC and up to 7 other components—including HDMI™—to create the full entertainment experience. And enjoy the quality and style that can only come from a Braviaâ„¢ TV. Read Full Review Here