Sony Bravia KDL-32L5000 LCD HDTV Review - Motion |
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Published on June 05, 2009 Comment on this |
Motion Smoothness (4.50) The Sony Bravia KDL-32L5000 did not do a very good job with motion smoothness. We noticed significant blurring in faces, with details very difficult to make out with a moving face. We also noticed significant blurring with moving objects. The KDL-32L5000 is an entry-level HDTV that lacks the 120Hz refresh rate that more expensive HDTVs use to reduce motion blur, so it's not surprising to see these results. Motion Artifacting (3.25) We saw significant artifacting with moving objects on the Sony Bravia KDL-32L5000. Artficats are things that appear that should not be there. With the KDL-32L5000 we saw bright areas on moving objects and a very significant rolling shutter effect. The latter was even more pronounced when viewing 1080i content, which is the standard of HD that is used by broadcasters. 3:2 Pulldown & 24fps (7.50) Traditionally movies are filmed at 24 frames per second (fps). Here we look at how well the Sony Bravia KDL-32L5000 handles such content. First off the KDL-32L5000 is able to handle native 24fps content from a DVD or Blu-Ray player. Movies that come in over broadcast or cable connections don't come in at 24fps, as such HDTVs need to go through a process called 3:2 pulldown to convert the content so it looks right. The Sony Bravia KDL-32L5000 did a decent job of doing this processing, with only some minor problems appearing in our test patterns. In particular we noticed some slight flickering in certain patterns and a minor crawling effect. Neither of these should significantly upset your viewing experience.
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• Obvious motion blur
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