I Just Won a 40″ Sony Bravia KDL 40-S4100 Playing a Game
Posted on October 17, 2008
Filed Under Contests, Inspiration, News, Rambling
So here’s the story, about how I managed to snag one of these things for free. Every year in Maui we have a county fair. And usually my friends and I go there to eat the food since its usually pretty good, and only available during fair season.
Turns out its a photo memory game that was recently setup for Time Warner Oceanic Cable via ActiveVideo Networks/Tag Networks that they were promoting at the stall. The object of the game was to look at a photo memorize it, and then answer a question regarding the photo via the tv remote. Sometimes it was easy as, “Was the person in the photo female?” Other times it was as obscure as, “Was the surfer’s right foot forward?”. The first couple of us who tried it out was having some fun with it, so I’m sure that this new feature will be great for families to spend time together.
The game so my friend had scored alright for just fooling around. Up comes my turn, and I scored a perfect for the first 10 rounds, and got all the bonus rounds correct. When the total score came up I had scored top 3 for the State of Hawaii supposedly, and the guy there was like “Wow, there’s a good chance I’ll probably be calling you up with that score”. I was like yea whatever, I never win anything in contests, and off we went on our merry way to go stuff ourselves with some fair food.
The rest is history. I get a call to come pick up the TV from the same guy at the stall, and here I am blogging about it. Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to go pick up a set of HDMI cables so I can use this 40″ screen on my computer to play Warhammer Online with. =)
As for the specs of the TV I won here they are if you’re interested:
Sony Bravia S-Series KDL-40S4100 40-Inch 1080p LCD HDTV
Video
- Video Signal : 480/60i, 480/60p, 720/60p, 1080/60i, 1080/60p (HDMI™ / Component), 1080/24p (HDMI only)
Weights and Measurements
- Dimensions (Approx.) : 39 3/8 x 27 1/4 x 10 7/8 in (997 x 689 x 276mm) with pedestal; 39 3/8 x 25 3/4 x 4 3/8 in (997 x 652 x 111mm) without pedestal
- Weight (Approx.) : 50.1 lbs. (22.7kg) with pedestal; 43.9 lbs. (19.9kg) without pedestal
Audio Features
- Alternate Audio (Digital) : Yes
- Audio Mode : Dynamic, Standard, Clear Voice
- Audio Out : Yes
- Auto Mute (on no signal) : Yes (RF only)
- Auto SAP : Yes
- Digital Amplifier : Yes
- Dolby® : Dolby® Digital (for ATSC broadcast)
- Stereo System : MTS
Video Features
- 24p True Cinema™ Technology : Yes (HDMI only)
- 3D Comb Filter : Yes
- CineMotion® Reverse 3:2 Pulldown Technology : Yes
- MPEG Noise Reduction : Yes (non-selectable)
- Picture Mode : Vivid, Standard, Custom
- Wide Mode : Normal, Full, Zoom, Wide Zoom
Display
- On-Screen Contrast Ratio : 2,500:1
- Viewing Angle (Right/Left) : 178/178
- Viewing Angle (Up/Down) : 178/178
- Screen Size (measured diagonally) : 40″
- Native Resolution : 1920 x 1080
- Display Resolution : 1920 x 1080p
Inputs and Outputs
- AC Power Input : 1 (Rear)
- Analog Audio Input(s) (Total) : 5 (1 Side/4 Rear)
- Audio Out : 1 (Rear)
- Component Video (Y/Pb/Pr ) Input(s) : 2 (Rear)
- Composite Video Input(s) : 2 (1 Side/1 Rear)
- Digital Audio Output(s) : Optical Digital Output – 1 (Rear)
- HDMI™ Connection(s) (Total) : 3 (1 Side/2 Rear)
- PC Input Format Support : Yes (see manual for exact formats)
- RF Connection Input(s) : 1 (Rear)
- S-Video Input(s) : 1 (Rear)
- PC In (D-Sub) + Audio In (Stereo Mini) : 1 (Rear)
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hey do you have calibration settings suggestions for this?
What type of setting will you be using it for? dark room, movies, ps3, pc, blue ray? Also what do you prefer?
I’ll be mostly using this for my PC Games connecting via DVI-HDMI cable. I am not a big fan on sharpness. I’m turning the sharpness down to about 3, and using custom settings. (I’ve noticed this TV is pretty bright so vivid/standard is a little too much brightness for me).
Wasn’t too much info I could find on Google as well, and since I’m an owner of one these TVs now it would be academic for me as well.
Did you play the game on TV, too? Was it the same? What channel is it on?
@Rob – Yup its a channel for Time Warner customers that they just put in two weeks ago. I’m trying to find out that info from the rep. I’ve never played that particular game before however.
Wow! Congrats
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Haha yes i wouldnt smile untill i recieved it too. I love those bravias but my samsung series 6 will do me a bit longer. Hey see that new bravia thats like 2cm thin, i think its a bravia well its sony anywho. What about that sony ericsson bravia mobile phone china got few years ago what a piece of junk (in temrs of design)http://www.techagesite.com/Sony_Ericsson_Bravia_Mobile_Phone_SO903iTV.htm
Congratulations!!You were really lucky.Besides the Specifications looks real quality.
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