The Sony KDL46W4100 is an irresistible and completely equipped LCD TV. We were mostly impressed by its performance, with very dark blacks, perfect white colors and a brilliant display. But there are negatives, as the color reproduction is slightly off and the viewing angle are not very good.

If you are movie fan or you like some other fast moving action on your TV, then this LCD television has got a lot of things to offer you. The Sony KDL46W4100 performed well in our motion tests. We experienced fluid movement with movies that contained lots of movement, and the display had no problem processing an image.

This Sony supports a full HD or true HD signal. The choice of connectors is nice, having a 4 HDMI interfaces. Regrettably it does lack a USB port or some card reader.

This TV as well provides TruSurround and that is a trademarked SRS technology that solves the problem of running 5.1 channel sound through 2 speakers. This Sony delivers a great virtual surround sound with any 2 speaker units, including it’s own TV speaker systems and also headphones. It is completely capable of reproducing all multichannel formats up to 5.1 channels. This television also has 3 audio improving technologies to reproduce an awesome sound. Good sound with the outstanding image quality really makes this Sony Bravia TV a solid one.

The Sony Bravia KDL46W4100 did well in our testing of blacks and whites. Blacks were really deep, specially for an LCD TV of this price tag. Whites and greys were brilliant and precise. This TV really has excellent colors, we have seen consistent white colors and a clean, true representation of the main colors from which image on the screen is made. We were satisfied with color precision, but we did notice a slight issue with the TV’s color gamut, which means colors maybe won’t always be precisely they should.

Maybe the largest problem with the Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100 is a viewing angle. Looking from aside we found that the contrast ratio was decreasing. Contrast ratio is the difference in reproducing the black and light colors. This tv set doesn’t have a very good viewing angle, even for an LCD TV, which usually don’t perform as well in this area as Plasma TVs.

The remote control of Sony Bravia KDL46W4100 is nice, enjoyable to hold and well laid out with the exception that the controls for direction are at the opposite end of the remote from the volume pushes. The menu on the television is corresponding of that used in the Playstation 3, and it will take some time getting used to it.

Energy consumption was just about average. You can have turned on this LCD TV without worrying you will get a big bill for electrics.

This Sony KDL46W4100 is a really good TV, with a a lot of features and brilliant performance on almost all fields. The viewing angle matter will be serious for some. If you require a TV that will sit in a place where people will be looking at it from all angles you may want to go with a Plasma. If this isn’t an problem for you, then you will be getting your money’s worth with the Sony KDL46W4100.