BRAVIA KD-32W800 - 32-inch - HD Ready (HD) - High Dynamic Range (HDR) - Android TV - (Black)

Sony 32". Our 10 year old Bravia needed replacing (it would randomly switch itself off, usually at the exciting bits); I looked at a few 32" TVs as a replacement. We use this as an occasional TV. I was put off by some of the reviews here, but eventually I went for another Sony. I am not disappointed. Picture is subjectively better than last TV, and sound is fine for what we use it for - I'd say on a par with the last TV. We only had Freeview channels on our previous TV, and this one is destined to be used mainly for Freeview as well. Some reviews suggest the inbuilt tuner is a little dodgy; I had no problem setting it up and getting all the channels. Hopefully they stay tuned in! Given the comments about how Goggle takes over the TV if you enable it, I shied away from using my Google account to set up the TV; I did give it our wifi password (which it needs for voice control and streaming), and that was enough to give us access to streaming apps (Netflix, YouTube, etc). It came with BBC iplayer and ITVx pre-loaded, and we additionally downloaded STV player. At no point did I feel that Google had taken over the TV - albeit I have not given it any information about my Google account. Google being Google, can probably work that out based on our IP address if it wanted to. What I was a little surprised at - again given the comments - was that without using a Google account, I was able to "cast" from my phone to the TV. I have a Sony phone, and it used to have a "throw" feature where I could cast the phone on to the TV. That seemed to disappear a few years ago, so it's great to be able to cast to this TV. The cast feature seems very intuitive and easy to use, and allowed me not only to view phone-based photos on the TV but also e.g. cast a BBC iplayer recording I was watching on my phone on to the TV, effortlessly. No buffering observed over wi-fi. There was nothing to do on the TV, it just does what the phone tells it to. Don't know how this works, but it seems like the TV must broadcast (on local internet) that it is capable of being a cast receiver, because without doing anything on my phone I have a new icon within selected phone apps which enables casting. Although this is not our main TV, I did want to have the ability to pause what we're watching. I plugged in an external HDD into the USB socket, and, well, it works fine. Only observation is that the HDD runs pretty hot - it seems to record everything whether you've paused the channel or not - so I suspect it might wear out after a year or so. I also connected a SCART to HDMI converter to one of the HDMI ports to maintain our ability to watch VHS tapes (!) and DVDs. The build quality is fine, no grumbles. I was convinced for a while that there was no on/off switch on the TV itself, but I found one eventually (centre bottom). This TV came with a single remote (not sure what I would have done with two). There is some criticism of the power consumption of this TV. It gets an "F" rating. That's because the rating system has changed. It uses 32W - about 1p/ hour (and 0.5-2W in standby mode). I can't speak for the larger Sony TVs included in the reviews for this product, but I'd say, if you're swithering about whether this 32" TV is a good product or not, I have no qualms to date - it's giving me everything I want, and more.

I was apprehensive about this purchase after reading some of the negative reviews. I am a Sony TV fan and i have a Sony as my main TV. This TV has been purchased for the family area. My verdict is the picture is beautiful, with crisp and natural colours when watching. The sound is really good for a smaller TV. I found set up very easy. All applications work and the images are really good. I am use to the Sony range and the remote is easy to use. I read feedback about Apple TV - yes it is not in the apps - however if you have a firestick it works fine. The TV is not a OLED like my main one. However for i would give this television high recommendation as a second TV. Bedroom, kitchen etc. For the price and comparing the competitors pay that bit extra. My only reservation is reliability as mentioned. I though have had no issues with other Sony TV's as they are usually very well made and reliable. It does have a 12 month warranty so we will see.

We ordered this Sony Bravia TV to replace a similar KD-32W800 which failed after five years (with the six red dot flash which seems a very common failure). This TV was used by my elderly father and so it has been 'on' a lot although he did not use many of the services and just basically used it to watch his sky box. This KDL32WE613 model works basically very similar to the old one although it is much more tied to Google and its services. Set up was okay though there are a lot of privacy questions and you need to connect this to Wi-Fi to complete set up. My father could not have set this up on his own. There is no Scart socket with this TV, which is a shame but I understand not many TV's include one anymore. In use I find the menus to be a little slow and quite laggy, which is disappointing. The feel of both the TV and the remote control also feel a little cheaper and more flimsy, compared side by side to the previous model. I feel normally when you buy a newer model of something after five years you would find some improvements but while the picture and sound are on par with the old one, which we are happy with, this one does has Google integration which is not a benefit to my father and everything else honestly feels a bit of a step down. He is happy with this set as it will work just as the old model did, the code for the Sky remote is evidently even the same as I didn't have to re-program that. The picture and sound quality are good and the screen clear and glare free. For me I am a little disappointed with this, it feels underpowered given it can't even animate the menus properly, and how you have to wait a second or two between pressing a selection and it activating.

This tv is all we wanted and expected EXCEPT it was delivered on Friday, l installed it on Saturday and l come to write this on Sunday and its now reduced by £20. Guess l should have waited a few days!

Replaced our old 27" LG TV it arrived in the time specified and very well packed. A bit of a fad trying to set up with Virgin 360 box and after a few teething problems everything is running smoothly now.

Just don’t. Nice picture when it gets round to it, but painfully slow. Most of the time I get a 5-10 delay to remote commands and sometimes won’t get a response at all. I own another excellent Sony TV. This is the worst TV I have owned. I use a Google TV to try make it better, but even selecting that input is slooooow.

Perfect for a smaller room ,very good picture quality,we don't use the remote as we work everything through our virgin remote so cannot comment on ease of use. Would recommend this tv

I bought one of these before and gave it to my granddaughter, and this one is disappointingly not as good

No doubht about Sony Bravia tv. Excellent tv