Sony BRAVIA KDL-46EX520 LED TV (preview)

Name: Sony BRAVIA KDL-46EX520 LED TV (preview)
Item: Sony BRAVIA KDL-46EX520 LED TV (preview)
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Author: Campbell Simpson

Sony's top non-3D TV uses an edge-lit LED panel and can stream video from the Internet

Campbell Simpson

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17/03/11

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Pros

It's got all the streaming Internet features of the best Sony TVs

Cons

No 3D, no dynamic LED backlighting, Wi-Fi is optional

Bottom Line

We think the Sony BRAVIA EX520 will be a popular cheap LED TV. It doesn't have any superfluous 3D features or built-in Wi-Fi, so for anyone just looking for a simple Sony TV it'll hopefully be a good choice. We are impressed by the inclusion of Sony Internet TV and BRAVIA Internet Video.

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The Sony BRAVIA EX520 replaces the BRAVIA EX500 series that was released in early 2010. It's got all the same features and will likely have similar picture quality — it's an edge-lit LED TV using similar technology to last year's model. It doesn't have any motion smoothing (Sony calls this Motionflow), but it still has a Full HD 1080p panel.

The Sony BRAVIA EX520 will have the same Sony Internet TV and BRAVIA Internet Video features as the BRAVIA HX820 and BRAVIA HX925 — Sony's most expensive and best BRAVIA TVs for this year. If you want to connect wirelessly, you will need to purchase a Sony-branded Wi-Fi dongle.

Sony touts an 'energy-saving Presence Sensor' among the BRAVIA EX520's list of features, so we're guessing low power consumption will be a hallmark of this model in the same way it was for the Sony BRAVIA WE5 in 2009.