The picture is fine, the sound is acceptable, but there's nothing smart about this TV. The YouTube app stutters and hiccups (despite a strong WiFi signal and a super-fast NBN connection), the ABC iView and Netflix apps frequently crash, and the media player can't play half the formats that I give it. Every press of the remote control incurs an annoying delay, and some features are virtually unusable due to their lagginess. Even basic channel changing can be incredibly frustrating due to the device's lack of responsiveness. My brother-in-law has a cheaper LG TV that is 3 years older than this and every interaction with it is instantaneous. How Sony gets away with releasing products built on such an obviously inferior and underpowered platform (both hardware and software) is beyond me.

Tv is ok for gaming and movies but isn't good for sports at all I'm getting severe motion blur doesn't matter if I change the setting to cinema mode or impulse mode it doesn't get rid of it and it's driving me crazy! Picture quality isn't as good as I thought it would be, in fact it's not even close. The features aren't that good either, it lags quite a lot even when u turn the tv on you have to wait a few seconds just to turn the volume up and can't bring up the menu without a pop up saying please wait! And another thing I'm not happy about is the hdmi ports not the one on the side but the 3 that are located near the middle but underneath very awkward spot and find it very difficult when trying to plug a hdmi cable in without being able to actually see those 3 hdmi ports very hard to get access to! The only thing I really like about this tv is the design!

The Sony W800B is my first smart TV and my first TV with 3D. Although it was replacing my old 50" plasma TV, I didn't think that it would be too much of a difference. But boy was I wrong! My new 50" Sony W800B really shows how far technology has come in 5 years. The picture quality of this TV is nothing short of AMAZING! Sony has really done something special with this TV and their display technology and it clearly shows that all Full HD TVs are definitely not the same. I've only had the TV for just over a week now and can't explain why or how it looks better than my old TV. I think it has something to do with Sony's X-Reality PRO picture engine combined with its Motionflow XR 400 technology that makes the TV a lot sharper, lifelike and smoother than my old TV. Even my wife keeps saying how much better and different the TV looks, but she too can't explain what exactly is different. The other thing I love about the W800B is that it's internet connected and is a smart TV that supports lots of apps. My favourites apps are Youtube and Netflix to stream HD TV shows directly to my TV. Again, for some reason, using the Netflix app via the TV as opposed to my Playstation 3 and 4 seems to deliver even better quality results making things look a lot clearer and sharper for streaming TV.