The Sony KDL-65W5100 Interactive Features
Sony is one of the leading HDTV brands today, and as proof, it has come up with one of the most interactive HDTV models - the Sony Bravia KDL-65W5100....
Sony is one of the leading HDTV brands today, and as proof, it has come up with one of the most interactive HDTV models – the Sony Bravia KDL-65W5100. Indeed, this model is loaded with many interactive features, the addition of which comes at a relatively low extra cost.
For one, the Sony Bravia KDL-65W5100 offers three Yahoo widgets. These are Yahoo Weather, which shows you the current and five-day weather forecast for your city and other cities around the world; Yahoo News, which gives you the latest headlines from top stories and various categories like business, entertainment and sports; and Yahoo Finance, which lets you create and track your stock portfolio. Yahoo News loads quickly, although it provides two lines of information at most and doesn’t give an option to read more, while the Weather and Finance widgets take a few minutes to load. The best part about the Yahoo widgets of the KDL-65W5100 is that you can move them around, instead of having them confined to the bottom of the screen, something you cannot do with Samsung models.
The KDL-65W5100 also has a Twitter widget, which displays the most recent tweets, either from your own account or an account you follow, and is even updated real-time. You can even post your own tweet, although you will have to use the directional keys on the remote to navigate through the virtual keyboard, which can be quite frustrating.
Aside from providing you with the latest updates, the interactivity suite of the KDL-65W5100 also offers built-in video streaming, which means you don’t have to spend extra cash on buying a Bravia Internet Video Link. Rather, you can watch your favorite videos from the web almost instantly (give it a few minutes to load) and some of them are even HD, like the videos on Amazon Video on Demand, making use of your HDTV’s stunning screen clarity.
Other channels or providers available include YouTube, Sports Illustrated On Demand, CBS, The Minisode Network, Blip.tv, FEARnet, Style.com, among others, although the videos they have available are not as clear as those on Amazon’s. Not to worry, you will have more choices once Netflix becomes available, which Sony promises it will.
If you love listening to music, the KDL-65W5100 is also capable of accessing Internet Radio so you don’t have to turn on your computer to listen to your favorite online radio station. You can even access the music files on your other computers without having to leave the room because of its enhanced DLNA capability. Of course, you can access videos from your other computers, too.
Last but not least, the KDL-65W5100 wraps up its interactivity suite with an interactive program guide. Compared to the usual program guide offered by your cable company, this guide gets updated regularly via the Internet, which in turn, means that you won’t have to miss out on your favorite TV shows and movies, even if their timeslots have been changed.
Indeed, the Sony Bravia KDL-65W5100 makes a great interactive HDTV and an excellent HDTV overall, with breathtaking picture quality, enough picture modes and presets, an energy-saving Eco Menu and enough connectivity options for all your needs. Don’t be alarmed if you find only one HDMI input at the back. You will find three others on the side, along with the USB port and the PC input for convenience, especially for those who plan on mounting this stylish piece on the wall.
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