Sony Bravia L Series KDL 32L5000 32 Inch 720p LCD HDTV Black

Sony Bravia L Series KDL 32L5000 32 Inch 720p LCD HDTV Black

Get a flat screen without flattening your bank account. Delivering crisp, clear picture quality, the 32-inch Bravia L series HDTV provides vivid 720p resolution, a dynamic contrast ratio of 13000:1 and ample HD connections, including 3 HDMI inputs and 1 PC input. The perfect solution for your bedroom, kitchen or office, the Bravia L series also includes Dynamic Backlight Control, which automatically controls overall image brightness.

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5 Stars Beautiful picture
This TV is just what you’d want in a sleek design. The picture is very crisp, great sound, and it hooks up easily with lots of inputs. It works for all viewing and gaming needs. It was really easy to set up right out of the box, and when I turned it on it immediately ran auto set-up, saving a lot of time and hassle.

5 Stars First HDTV
I bought this TV a few days ago and I love it! I wanted to get a HDTV instead of having to run my DVD recorder to get over-the-air digital TV with my previous TV. I am very impressed with the HD output and am looking forward to watching my Monday night shows on Fox.

5 Stars Great TV
I got this TV today, and within 1 hour it was set up to play, and hooked to my computer. The picture is beautiful. The inputs are numerous. The setup was easy. I hooked the tv to the computer with a uxga monitor cable that has the 3.5mm stereo cable. Sweet. It has really simplified my connection situation. No one has even mentioned that it has PIP in the PC mode.

The only downside is that between the time I ordered it April 29th and the time it was delivered May 4th the price dropped from $599. to $549.

1 Star This TV is complete junk!
This is the second piece of Sony equipment that we have purchased that has broken withing six months. The picture tube on the TV went after only owning this for five months. This thing is complete junk and now Target will not stand behind it. Sony is being a pain in the a$$ about fixing it even though it is supposed to be under warranty. Sony sucks and I will never buy one of their products again!

5 Stars Great TV for the money
This is my first HDTV. I bought it because my brother-in-law has the previous model, which is pretty much the same. He loves it for the bedroom.

Cable broadcasts in 720p/1080i. So unless you have a larger screen, Blu-Ray DVD or are a serious gamer, go with the 720P and save yourself some bread.

I’m very happy with the sound and picture. I do not have this hooked up to a home theater. There are plenty of inputs, so it should work well for your system. I tried my JVC HD camcorder and it was simple to connect and view.

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Unibrak CM1 Plasma LCD Tilt TV Ceiling Mount for 32 37 40 42 46 50 and Larger Tvs

Unibrak CM1 Plasma LCD Tilt TV Ceiling Mount for 32 37 40 42 46 50 and Larger Tvs

CM1 Ceiling Mount is designed for Plasma LCD Tv’s from 32″ to 60″. VESA adjustable from 75mm to 650mm.

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CHEETAH MOUNTS PLASMA LCD TV ARTICULATING DUAL ARM WALL MOUNT FOR 32 63 DISPLAYS UP TO 180LBS BLACK

CHEETAH MOUNTS PLASMA LCD TV ARTICULATING DUAL ARM WALL MOUNT FOR 32 63 DISPLAYS UP TO 180LBS BLACK

This is a very substantial mount with Dual arms and over 30lbs of steel. The arms extend over 20″ from the wall yet fold to less than 5″. Even at full extension, this mount has very little sag or twist. It is rated for up to 180lbs and most displays 52″ and smaller weigh under 100lbs. The unit has 4 tilt adjustment knobs and two tilt adjustment screws and it will tilt forward or back 15 degrees. The wall plate is over 19″ wide and has wide slots making it easy to mount into standard 16″ studs even if they are not exactly 16″ apart. The TV plate is 32″ wide and the arms fold outward when pushed up against the wall. Thus, the TV plate and possibly the arms may be visible on the sides of 32″ units. The universal design will fit any display with a hole pattern up to 26.3″ wide and 18″ tall. The wall plate is 1/8″ thick and very stable and includes a large center hole for cable pass-though into the wall. This mount will swivel approximately 120 degrees depending on the size of your display. Installation instructions and hardware included.

User Ratings and Reviews

4 Stars Decent articulating mount for the money
We purchased three Cheetah mounts for displays up to 180 lbs for our new home, to be paired with two 52″ Samsung displays and one 46″ display. My contractor installed the mounts and displays without any issue (so I can’t personally comment on the difficulty of installation).

The mounts are of heavy steel and appear very sturdy. The articulation is a great feature, and really makes our great room home theater system work. Our main seating area is centered on a floor-to-ceiling stone chimney, necessitating a significant offset in placement of the TV (we really didn’t want to mount it over the mantle, competing with the fireplace). As such, the 52″ LCD is mounted about five feet to the left of the hearth. The Cheetah mount permits us to pull the display a foot out into the room, then angle it at about 45 degrees, which makes for a fine viewing angle for all the seats in the room. When we’re not watching, we can push it back against the wall (where it can also be seen well from the kitchen / dining area), where it sits about 6 inches out from the wall… not bad considering the range of articulation.

My only complaint about these mounts is that one of the three came through from the vendor with broken plastic knobs. No doubt I should have returned the mount, but I opted for putting it up in my game room, where it wouldn’t be visible even when the screen is pulled out from the wall; I just couldn’t deal with the hassle of packing up and shipping a 35 lb + item. Check yours carefully when you receive it.

5 Stars Simple and Sturdy
Excellent with my 52″ Samsung. A bit of a struggle to mount, but very solid and works very well.

5 Stars Worth the $
All the positive reviews, and attractive price made the decision to buy this easy. It was a very good choice.

This is a very sturdy mount. Also, I’m very impressed how easily the TV position is adjusted. This works just as well as other, more expensive mounts.

5 Stars Great TV mount
I have been looking at TV mounts everywhere for a while and just didnt want to spend $500 for a TV mount. I was a little nervous when I bought it but this mount is solid. It pivots really well and looks great as well. I would recommend this mount to anyone, in fact, I did recommend it to all my family members that are looking for mounts. Just dont use the screws that come with it, get some lag bolts to mount it to the wall, other than that, it is fantastic.

4 Stars Sturdy mount……..tilt issues
I have a 50″ Samsung plasma that weighs just over 80 pounds, so the specs are well within the range of this mount. The directions are OK, but lack some detail and any illustrations would be helpful. That being said, it is not rocket science to figure it out. Spending some time looking over the product, the tv and the mounting location, I figured out the items I would need.

The mounting hardware was a collection of items that did not work with this mount, such as: wood lag screws too short and smallish; no screws to mount tilt arms to back of tv; dry wall mounting inserts (per instructions & common sense, this should never ever be installed just to drywall); and a plethora of various other screws, washers, spacers, etc. that could not be used with this application or mount.

So, I made a trip to my local Home Depot & Lowe’s to pick up the necessary items.

I bought some M8 (1.0 threads) x 30 mm machine screws, 5/16″ x 1″ flat washers (could not find M8x1″ washer, but these work) & M8 locking washers to mount the tilt arms to the back of my tv. The instructions suggest using the screws that previously occupied the mounting holes on the back of the tv, but when you add the tilt arms and both washers (which are necessary, flat washer to distribute the load more effectively across the width of the arm & the locking washer to make sure the screw will not back out at all), the screws were not nearly long enough to mount. My tv will accommodate a 600×400 Versa mount. The tilt arms have various mounting holes on the bottom of the arm and slots on the top. Based on the size and weight balance of your tv (i.e. where the heaviest areas of the tv are, mine is in the bottom), you need to move the arms up or down to position where on the wall mount the bulk of the tv weight will rest (more on this later…..). Unfortunately, the slots have dividers in them (separates into three slots and they limit the number of holes that are usable on the bottom of the tilt arm). The importance of having flexibility to move the arms up and down on the back of the tv is not limited just to the weight distribution of the tv, but also to slightly adjust the vertical position of the tv on the wall. No matter how many measurements you make, you never know exactly how the tv will rest as it is so much weight to support that it will pull down slightly and affect the vertical position and there are various tilt options (which is critical if you are trying to center it in a specific location-mine is in a custom built wall/cabinet unit). My suggestion to the manufacuturer would be to make both the top and bottom mounting positions with open slots for their entire length to give ultimate flexibility.

Now, on to mounting the wall bracket. My mount came assembled, arms attached to wall plate. Together, they are very heavy and awkward to hold with the arms extended. My initial plan was to mark my first hole, have my wife hold the mount up and I would screw the upper left corner screw in, level the wall plate and then drill the upper right hole. My wife said, “I can’t hold that up, why don’t you just take the arms off…….” What a great idea (which I can honestly say I did not have)…….Just a simply ratchet on four screws and off the arms come and you are left with a wall plate that weights much less and not awkward at all to hold for install. The hardest part of this was putting wood screws all the way in……..I bought four 1/4″ x 2.5″ galvanized wood screws, 1/4″ x 1″ flat washers & 1/4″ locking washers to mount the wall plate to studs. The biggest issue here was not the mount itself, it was the location of the studs relative to where the center of my built in cabinet was. The wall plate allows for some flexibility by having slots for the mounting screws. The wall plate is made for 16″ O.C. studs (standard for home construction), but the slots are wide enough for about 18″. Additionally, the bracket that the tilt arms hang on is wider than the wall mount and gives you an additional couple of inches of flexibility. Unfortunately in my situation, I was still approximately 1.5″ off center…….but again, this is all based on the stud location, not the mount itself. The mount is solid on the wall, and when you hang or pull the tv out, you can hear the wood creaking a little bit but there is no sag…….and with 80+ pounds extended about 2′from the wall, to not sag or twist is impressive…….the mount will hold. As several of the other reviewers have suggested, mounting plywood to the studs or solid blocking between the studs can alleviate this issue……..Once the wall plate is on, I just reinstalled the arms very easily.

Now, the biggest issue I have…..the tilt……..I followed the instructions and tightened the center bolt and nut on the tilt arms as tight as they would absolutely go. I also tightened the plastic knobs as tight as they would go. When we placed the tv on the bracket, the tilt was automatically pulled all the way down so the tv was all the way at the bottom of the tilt angle and did not work for my location. We must have taken it off the mount a half dozen times, retightend the bolt and knobs, moved the arms up and down on the various mounting holes (on mine, I can only use about 3 of the 10 holes as discussed above) and nothing worked………no matter how tight, due to the weight of the tv, it would always slide to the lowest tilt angle. So, I logged on yesterday afternoon to start scouring the reviews…….and low and behold, others had suggestions……..I have to give credit to Joseph from IL for his fix of this problem (thanks Joseph)……..I bought various diameter Cleve pins (machine screws will work as well, these Cleve pins are smooth so they sit flush and won’t scratch the arms) to slide into the tilt slot to limit it’s motion…….They have to be at least 2″ long to pass all the way through…..I tried 1/2″, 3/8″ & 1/4″ diameter and settled on the 1/4″ as it had just the right amount of tilt. This is a permanent fix, granted it removes your ability to adjust the tilt frequently, but due to the difficulty to grab and tighten/loosen the knobs (the mount bracket gets in the way) and how hard you have to crank down on the knobs, I do not believe that you actually can use the tilt function on the fly…..you pretty much have to take the tv down, set the tilt and put it back up…….you can very easily pull the tv away from the wall, and rotate it side to side, but tilting is difficult……..although, my thought is that you can set it and forget it on the tilt angle for the most part…….

The final issue I have is that after getting through all of this, my tv is about 1/2″ out of level from left to right (which is really bugging my wife)……not sure exactly the cause because I know the wall plate is dead level (I checked it many times)………I believe it is a combination, of sliding the tv to one side of the hanging bracket to try and get it in the center of my built in cabinet and maybe the mounting holes on the back of the tv being a little uneven…….just not quite sure, but understandable………I am now going to move the mount over slightly (to center it on the built in cabinet) and mount the wall plate to accomodate the amount that it is out of level………kind of a pain at this point, but after all this I (ok, my wife) really wants it right……..

Unfortunately, it is impossible to diagnose many of these issues until you actually have it hung on the wall……..you really need the entire weight of the tv to be supported by the mount and see what gravity does. So, you are likely going to mount the wall bracket twice, unless you have a smaller tv on the lower end of the specs for this mount…….

Overall, my only issue with this mount is the tilt angle issue…..but that is very easily over come with a couple of pins that cost about $4…….I did have to adapt to my specific install and buy some additional hardware, however, all said and done I have about $15 in additional hardware and the initial cost was less than half of what a similar (with less features) one cost at Best Buy……..this mount is extremely sturdy and well built…….hanging a 80+ pound tv about 2′ from the wall is very impressive…….I would recommend this mount, for the cost and features, it is hard to beat…….Just thought I would pass along some tips to make the install easier…..

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Sony Bravia XBR Series KDL 52XBR7 52 Inch 240Hz 1080p LCD HDTV

Sony Bravia XBR Series KDL 52XBR7 52 Inch 240Hz 1080p LCD HDTV

Feel like you’re part of the action with the KDL-52XBR7 BRAVIA XBR LCD flat panel HDTV. In addition to Full HD 1080p resolution, this HDTV features Motionflow 240Hz technology, which enhances motion to deliver a smoother and clearer looking picture. It’s also outfitted with a powerful BRAVIA Engine 2 fully digital video processor that renders stunning images from any resolution. Enjoy exceptional ease-of-use with the Xross Media Bar user interface, integrated TV guide interactive program guide and BRAVIA sync one-touch component control. This HDTV comes with an abundance connectivity options so you to connect the video sources. And with the gorgeous piano gloss black finish with floating glass accents, it will be the sharpest wall in your home.

User Ratings and Reviews

5 Stars Sony TV Works well
The sony TV works well. The instruction manual is not clear on how to get to the XBM system which controls the settings. However, once you figure that out, the TV settings are easy to follow. I would recommend the TV to my friends.

5 Stars Incredible Picture
I was upgrading from a 50 inch projection system that had bit the dust. I did a lot research and looked at a lot of HDTVs in the show rooms. The Sony Bravia picture just blew to competition away. This was the best compromise I could find in features (240 hz refresh) and price. Hopefully it will carry me for 8-10 years when 2 more generations of technology are on the market. (Go OLED!) While the unit arrived in good shape and has performed superbly, the shipping was a day later than anticipated. I tracked it all the way. Even though it was on commercial freight, it stayed too long at several stops. Once it hit Orlando it still took 48 hours to get it delivered.

2 Stars Just take the plunge
OK, so if your reading this, you’ve been doing your research. If it’s offered at somethng you can afford, just order it and be done. It’s a great TV, it’s everything your looking for. I would highly reccomend it, just be prepared to get the HD TV that’s offered from your cable provider, and some type of stand. You don’t need the extra cables, or the receiver, or the speakers…Not unless you really feel you need all that. I ordered it from Amazon and they even carried it in, and set it up!

5 Stars Doable by old timers
Have slowly added the various features of this system to our daily use. One (particularly an Old One!) can easily get overwhelmed connecting all the wiring systems. One feature desired for the connection instructions would be to define what are alternate wiring schemes, rather than just showing them all. Dublicate wiring connections can confuse the system. Programming the various options is fairly straight forward once you get the hang of it. Learning the wand button locations and funtions, and setting up the TV the way we want to took some time and retries. Here is where taking care of one option at a time seemed to work better, given a 15 year old granddaughter wasn’t always available. Major complaint is that now that college basketball is over and we’re a few months from the football season there is nothing to watch, so will need to learn operation all over again come September.

5 Stars quality tv
i think sony make quality product and this tv reflect their image and I am very happy with product and it meet my expectation.

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PriceLines Panasonic Sony Bravia Samsung LG Olevia Westinghouse Haier Sharp Articulating Swivel Extending Wall Mount Bracket Extends 5 25 fits flat panel displays 32 50 HDTV Plasma LCD Black

PriceLines Panasonic Sony Bravia Samsung LG Olevia Westinghouse Haier Sharp Articulating Swivel Extending Wall Mount Bracket Extends 5 25 fits flat panel displays 32 50 HDTV Plasma LCD Black

This strong and robust TV wall bracket allows maximum flexibility for installing and viewing your TV. Ideal for corners. It allows you to tilt, twist and swivel your TV into nearly any position you desire. Also has adjustment for lateral positioning. Backplate measures 45cm wide giving numerous fixing points, ideal for stud walls. Extension arm reaches out up to 25″. Warning: This mounting bracket is not compatible with certain LG (r), PIONEER(r) and Sharp(r) brand TVs. Specifically, the following models are not compatible. Pioneer: PDP-6100HD, PRO-1410HD, PDP-614MX, PDP-6070HD, PRO-1540HD, PDP-607CMX, PRO151FD. Sharp: LC-65D93U, LC-65D90U, LC-57D90U, LC-65D64U, LG: LG52LG50-UA, LG52LG50, Phillips 42PF9630A137

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