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Sony KDL-40EX40B 40" LCD HDTV Blu-Ray Combo for $849.00

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We are very pleased with our Sony Bravia 40" HDTV. It arrived quickly, and has exceeded our expectations. The picture and sound quality are very good, which has been our experience with Sony products. However, Sony's new Internet-ready features make this unit one of our best electronic buys. We watch Netflix and even use it in conjunction with our HP MediaSmart home server. The only downside to the latter is that videos will not stream wirelessly. This Bravia comes with Sony's wireless USB adapter, which works well including on dual-band (2.4GHz and 5GHz) wireless N transmission. However, although we can view pictures and stream all kinds of music files, we can't do so with our video files. I know that Sony requires pretty specific formatting in order to play video files (MP4 encoded using h.264 codec and AAC audio), and I can actually use my relatively new Western Digital My Book AV (also ordered via Amazon) to play the same video files copied from my HP home server; they play well. There's nothing that I can do, though, to make this TV or my Sony Blu-ray home theater system (BDV-E570) recognize those streaming video files on my home server. I researched and confirmed that it's likely not an issue with HP or its Twonky Media DLNA software because the other files stream flawlessly. Hopefully Sony will improve this feature, although I've read posts that indicate that streaming video even via wireless N doesn't work well unless you have superb buffering technology, evidently like that used by Netflix and others. Regardless, we're still well-pleased with this Sony TV and would definitely recommend it. Sony has released a couple of updates even since we purchased our new Bravia several months ago, which have expanded the Internet-based options to include most streaming music websites and plenty of video websites as well. The only other improvement that I'd like to see is the ability to use the USB port more freely, as others have commented, because I think that it only supports Sony's wireless USB adapter at this point in terms of wireless options. As mentioned, it works well with the compatible My Book AV external drive and might even allow a USB hub (not sure about this, but I plan to test it).

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I replaced my Sony BDP-S560 with this new Pioneer Bluray player. The main reason was to match my new Pioneer VSX-1120-K receiver and it does so perfectly. I do like the button, drawer and display layout of the Pioneer over the Sony. As far as function, speed and performance goes, it is at least as good as if not better then the Sony especially in the speed (on, loading and shutoff) department. Hopefully, it will continue to work fine and last a long time. One thing it does not have that the Sony does have is built in wireless. However, Pioneer is supposed to come out with a wireless Lan adpater (hopefully wireles N and affordable, i.e. almost free) that plugs into the rear USB port. Still, for the money, the adapter should have been included with the unit (almost did not give it a four star rating because of this).

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