Sony Bravia Z5800 (KDL-40Z5800) review

What you need to know

Reviewed by: Alex Jennings

Reviewed on: 5 November 2009

Tags: Sony, Sony Bravia Z5800 (KDL-40Z5800), motion blur, BBC HD, Freeview

We like:

Mostly brilliant picture quality; plenty of features and connections; freesat tuner does what it says on the tin

We don't like:

Pictures don't hold up too well if watched from an angle; more expensive than we'd like

Also known as:

Sony Bravia KDL40Z5800

CNET UK judgement:

It may have taken Sony longer than expected to catch up with LG and Panasonic on the freesat-tuner front, but it's been worth the wait. The Bravia KDL-40Z5800 is one of the company's finest TVs yet, with the relative affordability of some rivals being its only real downside

Full review:

When Panasonic's exclusive TV deal with freesat expired last year, we expected the freesat-telly floodgates to open. But the only other brand that quickly fitted a freesat tuner into one of its sets was LG. It's taken Sony the best part of a year to put together its own freesat model, the 40-inch, 1080p Bravia KDL-40Z5800 LCD TV. It's available now for around £1,350. Continue Reading...