Sony KDL-50WF665 is a 50 '' Full HD (1920 × 1080 px) 50 Hz TV model. Equipped not only with a PAL / SECAM tuner for receiving an analog TV signal, but also with digital ones - DVB-T / T2 / C / S / S2 standards.
A powerful 4K HDR X1 processor is responsible for image processing. This proprietary development from Sony "pulls" video quality up to HDR standard, makes textures more natural, and colors - deep, realistic. The slim aluminum bezel surrounding the display is virtually invisible, bringing the perfect picture right up to you. There is Smart TV technology. I'll tell you about this gorgeous TV in more detail.
This model participates in rating of the best Full HD TVs.
Screen
50 '' (126 cm) diagonal screen with 1920 x 1080 px (Full HD, HDR) display resolution and 50 Hz refresh rate. This model features Direct LED backlighting, the LEDs are evenly distributed under the LCD matrix. This option provides uniform brightness, no glare. The viewing angle, declared by the manufacturer, reaches 178 °. X-Reality PRO upscales every pixel for stunning Full HD clarity. Each scene is analyzed frame by frame, and the images are compared with the database to improve the picture and reduce the noise level. Thanks to the Clear Resolution Enhancer technology, which can increase the resolution of low quality images to Full HD resolution, the level of image distortion is not increased. When watching movies, Motionflow ™ XR technology creates and adds extra frames between the original video frames. A special algorithm matches image elements in sequential frames, calculates the missing phases of motion in the existing sequence, which allows you to achieve real cinematic quality, completely get rid of blur.
Appearance
The body of the Sony KDL-50WF665 TV is made in black. The TV is placed on two beautiful legs fixed on the sides of the case. The waterproof coating of the board will prevent short circuits in high humidity. Power surge protection - up to 9000 volts during a thunderstorm. Wall mount is provided, VESA mount size - 200 × 200 mm. Dimensions - 1113 × 717 × 268 mm. Weight - 11 kg.
Connectors
- HDMI (2 pcs.) - connection of digital devices for image and sound transmission (computers, laptops, video recorders).
- USB (2 pcs.) - connection of a USB flash drive or external hard drive. The model bypasses its competitors in this indicator.
- AV input (red, white, yellow) - connection of analog devices (camcorders, DVD, Blu-ray players, some TV transmitters).
- 3.5 mm audio output - for connecting headphones or acoustics.
- RJ-45 (Ethernet) connector - for connecting an Internet cable.
Sound
The total sound power is 10 W, the speaker system is 2 built-in stereo speakers with a power of 5 W each. The TV uses the powerful S-Force Front Surround and Dolby Digital Plus algorithm to analyze and compensate for inaccuracies in sound reproduction through the TV speakers.This happens by creating a high-precision graph of the amplitude-frequency characteristics of the speaker system. The information is transferred back to the device, compensates for peaks or dips in the original range of reproduced frequencies of the speaker system, provides clean, natural, even sound throughout the frequency range. Digital Sound Enhancement Engine restores high frequencies when playing music.
Functions
Smart TV with Linux based Tizen operating system. This is a pretty good system, but with its pitfalls. For example, when connecting to Smart TV itself, the TV can not always catch the Wi-Fi signal, you have to reboot it. From the second or third time it is possible to connect to the network. This is the main minus. There are few free apps on Tizen when compared to Android TV. The rest of the function works flawlessly, there is no slowdown when watching movies online, everything loads quickly.
Picture-in-picture - two images are simultaneously displayed on the TV screen: the first video is displayed on the entire screen, the second in the corner. You can watch a TV channel in parallel, and start, for example, a video from YouTube at the bottom right (in the “window”).
Video recording - it is possible to record broadcast channels on a storage medium (USB drive).
Time Shift is a function that allows you to stop broadcasting a TV program at any time and record it in order to continue viewing from the moment of pause at another time.
Advantages and disadvantages
Benefits:
- Exclusive technologies for improving image and sound quality
- surge protection;
- Quick work Smart TV.
Disadvantages:
- high price;
- not always connected to Smart TV the first time;
- a small number of free applications.
Verdict
Sony has confirmed its high standard in the production of high-quality TVs. A model with a screen like the KDL-50WF665 will be wanted by every potential buyer, if the price doesn’t scare him - . More expensive than Samsung UE49N5000AU and LG 49LK6200, although they are identical in the set of functions. I also can’t say that Samsung and LG have a worse image, so I don’t understand how to explain such a high price of technology. Gorgeous image, impeccable sound, Smart TV function works almost flawlessly.
