Sony 26 Inches HD LED 26EX550 Television details from flipkart

Key Features

Some televisions are designed and tuned for the perfect gaming experience, while most others simply attempt to play movies and other video material with the best picture quality it can. However, with the Sony Bravia 26 inch HD LED KDL-26EX550 television what you get is the ultimate home entertainment system, in every possible way. From console based gaming, movies in HD to even connecting to the internet and browsing through a LAN cable or Wi-Fi, the LED EX550 TV simply does it all for you. All you need to do to get engrossed in hours and hours of uninterrupted entertainment is simply plug the EX550 series Sony Bravia LED TV into an AC 110 - 240 V 50/60 Hz source, along with your state-of-the-art complementary multimedia devices and you are good to go. When at its entertaining best, the Sony TV consumes a mere 50 W of power. On standby however, the TV consumes a highly energy efficient 0.3 W. 

Design

When it comes to design, very few TV manufactures make them as good as Sony does. Some say, the Sony Bravia EX550 HD LED TV could be a work of art in itself. The 26 inch screen with its seamless flowing lines and stylishly designed stand add a touch of sophistication and elegance no matter which room it is placed in. The LED KDL-26EX550 TV from Sony features an aspect ratio of 16:9 as well, undoubtedly giving you one of the best possible HD viewing experiences. With the stand, the dimensions of the TV come up to 642 x 426 x 187 mm, while weighing 6.9 kg. Without the artistically designed stand however, the dimensions come up to 642 x 412 x 59 mm, while weighing a slightly lesser 6.1 kg.

Video and Audio

The Sony Bravia 26 inch TV from the EX550 series makes use of a Sony patented X-Reality Picture Engine to deliver high quality videos and movies on its 1280 x 768 resolution screen. The technology-packed television makes use of an Edge LED backlight to give you vividly clear and remarkably well-textured images. The TV also makes use of a horde of supporting video features to fine tune the images it displays. Some of these features include Live Colour, Intelligent MPEG Noise Reduction, Advanced Contrast Enhancer (ACE), 24p True Cinema, 3D Comb Filter, as well as Intelligent Image Enhancer to give you a picture quality that truly sets the standard for HD televisions.

The Sony LED TV features 2 built-in speakers to cater to all your audio needs. Designed to work with both a digital sound transmission system (NICAM), as well as with an analog transmission (A2), these stereo systems ensure to churn out the highest levels of sound quality. In addition, the technology that drives these stereo systems hails from none other than Dolby Laboratories. The Sony TV makes use of Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby Pulse sound technology to produce a total speaker power output RMS of 16 W. Furthermore, depending on whether you are a movie buff, music lover, ardent sports fan, or outright hard core gamer, the sound quality of what you are viewing and listening to on your Sony TV can be tweaked to your liking by the Surround Mode.

Features and Connectivity

To help connect and sync your media devices like the DVD player, cassette player and memory storage unit to your HD KDL-26EX550 LED Sony TV, there are numerous ports that cater to very specific needs. For starters, there are 2 composite video inputs, 1 component video input, an Ethernet (RJ 45) jack to help you connect to the internet and a headphone jack on the side that connects to your headphones when you wish to watch some television at 3 o’clock in the morning without waking up the family. In addition, to truly give your gaming experience that HD look and feel, the Sony TV features 2 HDMI ports. If you simply wish to play a movie or flip through your family photo albums which you have stored on an external hard drive, there is a designated USB slot as well.

Buying Tips

There are certain convenience features that really act like an exclamation mark to this already incredible television. The swivel and tilt feature for one, with its 0 to 6 degree lean angle coupled with the television's 176 degree viewing angle give you the perfect viewing angle no matter where you are in the room. In addition, the Skype Ready feature and instant social networking access that can both be controlled remotely from any keyboard of a Sony Vaio laptop, is undoubtedly the kicker that wins it for the Sony Bravia 26 inch HD TV.