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

5 Comments

1. Laurent Grenier says:

   December 8, 2009 at 12:02 pm

   The 23″ Wega, also from Sony, is a sharper and not much smaller set than the 26″ Bravia (sorry Sony). I have no use for the latter.
   Rating: 3 / 5
2. Chandler Bing says:

   December 8, 2009 at 12:14 pm

   I was researching for months on buying a good LCD TV for my living room. I wasn’t even considering Sony because I thought it was too expensive and outta my budget! But once I went over to BestBuy to compare, Sony was IT! There is simply no comparison in picture quality. The TV arrived in perfect condition and I did not need to change any factory settings for color/contrast etc. Am waiting to hook it up to an HDTV receiver! Go for it! It’s worth the extra expense.
   Rating: 5 / 5
3. Richard L. Norman says:

   December 8, 2009 at 2:32 pm

   Worth the cost. Excellent clear picture and sound.
   Rating: 5 / 5
4. The B0lt says:

   December 8, 2009 at 3:54 pm

   Let me start off by saying I have never written a review on Amazon or any other site. I feel compelled to do so for this product, in an attempt to warn people of the poor quality.

   I agree totally with Dustin’s review, as I experienced the same result.

   While the external product is beautiful to look at, the picture quality is horrible. In the two days I’ve had it, I’ve spent a large amount of time with different configurations and cables in an attempt to make it work. None did. This TV is a lemon, plain and simple.

   I have DirecTV and have tried regular cable, composite, S-Video and component cables. All produce a grainy, flat picture. The only picture that came close to acceptable was the component video cable through my Toshiba Tivo DVR. But even so, it isn’t acceptable to me and isn’t worth settling for.

   Another thing that I found disappointing was that you are buying a 26″ TV, but you don’t get 26″ worth of viewing area! The best (and it isn’t great) picture comes from a “normal” mode that cuts a good two inches off of each side. “Wide” view is too distorted to watch comfortably. I’m used to a TV displaying the picture on the whole screen. I’ll admit to not being totally up on the aspect ratios, but it still seemed to be a rip off to me.

   Although you save a lot of money through Amazon for this TV, I think it should be discontinued. It’s in the box, waiting for UPS to take it away.

   My suggestion would be to do what I’m going to do: Hook the 10 plus year-old 19″ Magnavox back up and go back to hunting for something worthy of your hard-earned money.
   Rating: 1 / 5
5. Carol says:

   December 8, 2009 at 6:46 pm

   I had never purchased such an expensive TV as the KLVS26A10 in my life, but I thought by buying the SONY brand I would be paying for and getting quality. In two years, the picture became so dark that it was difficult to view. I called tech support, but nothing would fix it. I called customer relations and got nowhere. The authorized service dealer was in another city, close to an hour away. I decided it wasn’t worth the hassle of driving that far, leaving the set for an estimate, and driving back to pick it up, so I gave the set away. No use throwing good money after bad. I wrote a letter to SONY describing my frustration and displeasure. I received a phone call about my letter from SONY national customer relations. The rep wanted to know with whom I spoke. I told him I would look for my notes. I spent 20 minutes looking, called him back with the names, and discovered he knew all along who they were–they were in my record (his file) the whole time. He even told me the date and corrected one of the names. If I was upset before all this, I was really upset after this charade. I asked to speak to a supervisor, left a message, but never heard back. I called Public Relations, left a message, but never heard back. That was about a week ago. I would not recommend this brand of television to anyone. Buyer beware.
   Rating: 1 / 5