Sony Bravia KDL-55HX923

HD TV Reviews (32" and Above)

After last year's HX903, Sony's latest flagship TV is the new HX2923. It boasts the same monolithic design, as well as Full LED backlighting and support for 3D content using active technology. There are several new features too, including a Motionflow XR 800 filter (400 Hz + backlight sweeping) and a dual chip X-Reality Pro image processor to improve the quality of 2D content. Unsurprisingly, Sony has once again plumped for its monolithic design on this top-of-the-range model, with a single pane of glass covering the LCD screen. It looks gorgeous, but is very shiny, so you'll want to make sure it isn't in front of a window unless you're prepared to draw the curtains to avoid reflections. The manufacturer has managed to slim the frame down, and it now measures just 3.8 cm compared to last year's 6.8 cm. That's incredibly thin, especially for a TV with Full LED backlighting: rather than having LEDs around the outside, as with Edge LED systems, the diodes are arranged in a grid behind the screen. That changes everything, and while we don't much like Edge LED, we absolutely adore these new Full LED TVs we've been testing.