Sony Bravia Z-Series KDL-46Z4100/B 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV, Black
Sony Bravia Z-Series KDL-46Z4100/B 46-Inch 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV, Black
LCD still not thin enough for you? Then look no further than the KDL-Z4100. With a striking slim bezel design, Motionflow™ 120Hz for the reproduction of smooth, lifelike images, BRAVIA Engine 2™ and ACE for a deeper blacks and better shadow detail, now your TV design matches the picture. Ready for the latest technology to go along with the design and picture— The KDL-Z4100 also include DLNA™ compatability so you can access your digital photo collection over your home network (additional DLNA™ components required; sold separately), and Sony’s unique DMex and Digital Media Port technology.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Trust Amazon.com for resale TV’s
With caution and some reservation, I purchased a “like new” Sony KDL-46Z4100 from Amazon.com Warehouse. Not only was it actually “like new” as advertised, but six months have now passed and it is still priced higher at the discount stores than I paid through Amazon.com Warehouse. I don’t see myself ever buying electronics any other way. They just depreciate way to fast to pay new retail prices, even when on sale.
5 Stars Awesome!
I’m not technical about TV… but I love this one!
Got it last year and still love it! It is great for watching HD movies and playing games!
5 Stars Great LCD
I originally bought the samsung 46″ LN850 series, which was a great tv. A week later my screen went out, so I returned it and got another one. The same thing happend again after a couple days… I think they just had a bad batch of tvs. So I ended up picking this sony lcd up. I have had it for about 3 months now and am extemely pleased with the overall quality and picture. The sound is great for an flatscreen, especially for apartment living settings where you cant really hook up a legit surround sound system. Black levels are pretty good and the hd picture is great too. What I really enjoy about this tv in comparison to the samsung lines, is that when Im watching tv stations not broadcasted in hd, the full television is still used, without having to change my screen settings to wide(or “zoom” to fill and strech out the picture). I couldnt stand how samsung only used a portion of the screen with black bars filled in on each side… I know there are settings to aviod that, but it never seemed to look good. Overall I think the samsung 850 had a better picture when watchin blu-rays, but I am extremely happy with this tv and I think that my broken Samsung experiences might have been a blessing in disguise.
4 Stars great TV, great PQ, advanced internet features lacking
I’ve been using this TV for about 4 months now. It’s a great TV with a great picture. I won’t bother repeating all of the technical stats since you can see them above, but suffice it to say that this TV has all the technical bells and whistles you’d want in terms of contrast ratio, refresh rate, etc.
In general Sony makes good products (although you do sometimes have to pay a little more for them). The Z series is their mid-range series - it’s better than the S, V, and some others, but doesn’t have all the features of the XBR series. This TV is the 4100 series, which unfortunately makes it just one model short of being able to do a lot of cool internet enabled things. For example, the 5100 model (and everything above that, including the XBR series) can stream netflix movies. I’ve also tried streaming video from a DLNA server and found it somewhat limited, While JPG images can display easily and you can play MP3s, (I got that working in just a few minutes), Sony doesn’t guarantee support for anything other than basic mpeg2 video format (and I’ve had little luck even getting that to work). Since most internet video is distributed in other formats, this means you’re going to have to get another device (HTPC, Bravia internet link, Roku box, Xbox, PS3, etc.), in order to get internet video. Depending on your plans for other home theater devices and budget, you may want to upgrade to the 5100 series or XBR for the additional internet based features, however if you’re like me and getting a HTPC anyway, then it doesn’t make sense to spend additional money for features you’ll have through other devices.
4 Stars Great TV
I’ve owned this TV for a little under a year now, not one problem. I have my Xbox 360, PS2, Blue-Ray, Stereo, HD cable box all hooked up to it. I payed 1450 last Christmas so I would think that now it should be found for around 1000.
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