I am a big fan of Sony products because of their durability, style, finish and performance…I just bought the Sony Bravia KDL-52W4100 back in August, and i am absolutely still excited with the unit 2 months later of heavy daily usage in various ways. I have used my KDL52W4100 to watch Blu-Ray movies, unconverted standard DVDs, regular cable, high definition cable, HD-DVD videos, PS3, Xbox 360, original Xbox and a lot more, so to say the least I have lived with and used the Sony Bravia KDL 52W4100 that quite extensively before I wrote this KDL-52W4100 review:
I also used the very highly acclaimed and most popular Samsung LN52A650 6 series lcd television, and I will be throughout my review of Sony’s kdl52w4100 be using my opinion on the popular a650 Samsung as a bookmark to compare on.
Neither television is really all that much a significant advantage in pure picture quality, I would venture to say however that the Sony KDL-52W4100 does have a better overall video quality as compared to Samsung’s LN52A650 HDTV, but again nothing that really would blow you away. The Samsung has more noticeable glare in side by side lighting conditions, this is probably due to the glossy screen which also despite the worse glare give some points to the Samsung for aesthetics and black level performance. Pretty much the same with perhaps an overall edge going to the KDL-52W4100 as there is some noticeable clarity differences in the Bravia 52W4100’s favor in blue ray movie watching.