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Introduction
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01.Tour & Design
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02.Performance: Summary
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03.Performance: Blacks & Whites
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04.Performance: Color
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05.Performance: Motion
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06.Performance: Viewing Effects
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07.Remote
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08.Audio
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09.Connectivity
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10.Controls & Menus
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11.Formats & Media
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12.Power Consumption
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13.Value & Comparisons
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14.Conclusion
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15.Ratings & Specs
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16.Comments
Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100
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Controls & Menus
The Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100 offers a very good assortment of input and output ports, but does not support any kind of memory cards or USB devices. We also found the port placement to be very good, with every port on the TV in easy reach.
The Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100 ha a pretty good array of input ports. They are located in two groups, both close to each other. One sits right on the left side of the television. Those on the left side are a HDMI input, composite video in and analog audio in. The rest of the ports are found just around the left side of the TV on the back, near the edge. Here you find three additional HDMI ports, five additional analog audio inputs and two more composite video inputs. You also find a single S-Video input, two component video inputs, a VGA input and a 3.5mm audio input. The antenna port is also found here with support for both digital and analog over the air and cable. About the only thing missing is a DVI input.
The ports on the back are still easily accessed as they are just around the corner.
On the right side are an HDMI port and analog audio and video ports.
The Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100's has two audio output ports, one digital audio optical out and an analog audio out. Both of these are used to connect the television to a home audio system. Other Connections (0.0)
The Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100 does not have any additional connections of note, including Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. Media (0.0)
The Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100 does not support any connections to media sources like memory cards or a USB device. Placement (7.5)
We were very impressed with the placement of the Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100's ports. Some TVs like the Sharp LC-46D64U place a large number or even a majority of their ports on the side of the TV, but the Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100 is the first TV we've seen to place all of them within easy reach of the side of the TV. The ports that are actually found on the side of the TV are limited, but the large grouping of all the other ports is withing inches of the left edge on the back. Most TVs place this collection of ports in the lower middle of the back, meaning you have to reach pretty far, which can be awkward if there's not a lot of space behind the TV. We found the Sony Bravia KDL-46W4100's port arrangement to be much easier to deal with.
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