I have the Sony KDL46W4500 ordered online via My-Solution. Price and settlement model. Unfortunately, only with English guide. On demand an Internet expression was forwarded. Here on my experience that I have made after 4 weeks with the device. Purchase crucial was actually the digital cable tuner. I did not want to handle an additional box, and with two remote controls. Had I but known before, what's that for an act to get cable Germany digitally on the FS, I probably would have switched to satellite reception. If you want to receive digital KD need a CI module is inserted into the CI slot of the FS and in this then comes the Smart Card of KD. Not only that KD outputs the smart card to decrypt the Privaten- and cable programs for certified receiver after previous transmission of the serial number, is now also the procurement of a suitable CI module a huge problem. The Fa. Mascom has the Alphacrypt light module sold, but it has since been banned get as licensing issues have surfaced. The new modules have a new software version with the KD is not decrypted. Only older modules and with the state 3:16 still work. With luck I have a bought on eBay and can now look digital. But now to the television itself. The pluses: A digital image is very good. The analog image is good and I think the best I have seen in various models of other companies so far. Bad points: The sound is a disaster. Voice playback is extremely unclear and even painful for some speakers in discussion or news broadcasts. Depends on the pitch. As also helps not to experiment with the settings. Music goes like this. Unfortunately, you can connect any external speakers. No still possible. Each digital Pippi fax offers still image but this high-tech device not. Annoying when you want to hold on-screen telephone numbers or texts. PIP (picture in picture) is limited to the PC mode .. PAP (picture and picture next to each other) is not possible with analog video signal. Teletext is not with PAP. Only the whole area and and totally unnecessary 'translucent. Why then a big screen? These limitations are of the techn. Data in advance not seen. USB port does not recognize hard drives! Can only JPG images reflect the compressed normal. Images that are compressed progressively - as they provide some cameras - are indeed in the preview but does not appear large. The files must be converted to the PC before. Annoying! Movies and the photo will be no play. Annoying! DLNA networking: Playback default are the same as for USB. The connection does not work with all PC programs. Twonky works but right away and of course newer Sony devices. In the slideshow transitions are possible, unfortunately, the time set for the screen change can not be influenced during the show. About the manual indexing by pressing the forward or back button. Man is bound by the set time. With manual Playing without slideshow there are no transitions, special the screen turns to black and then only annoying, slow screen layout from top to bottom. Depending on the size of file that can last about 10 seconds.. And good cameras now have a great time resolution and therefore correspondingly file sizes. About USB and DLNA also MP3 audio files can be played. Who's need !? In analogue reception no station list and no favorites possible. Oh my list. The Order in at 200 stations in digital cable is already a busywork. Since it would be nice if you could do it via DLNA on your PC. The remote control reacts sometimes very sluggish. The overall operating philosophy is still a bit cumbersome and confusing. Since the Sony developers should times Watch a DBox with Linux system. The is exemplary of the operation and functionality. For HDMI and whose function I can not say anything because I still have no appropriate equipment. Completely in the dark, for example, as software updates will be made. At Philips goes easily via Internet and USB stick. I would hope that an update some of my complaints would resolved. Whether I would buy this product again? I would probably wait a little longer and I deal in more detail with the devices on my short list. But is not always as feasible in the markets and pressure from the family. I do not want you to spoil the device, but only offer my opinion on your choice of solutions. It is not said that to see or weigh all my complaints as well. The image quality and the digital cable tuner but can overlook many.
