I have only ever bought Panasonic before this and have never had any problems. My old Panasonic set is still working fine and it's nine years old. The reason I went for a Sony other than it's looks was the reputation it had for excellence. I for one will never consider buying a Sony product again having witnessed what they accept as minor problems.

Sony KV-32FQ75(S) - Sony, who came to my rescue after all the preceding events, were wonderful, if slightly ineffectual. The faulty tube not only had the afforementioned scratch but also an arc-shaped black circle in the centre of it. The shop it was from refused to accept any responsibility before going belly-up within 1 year so I moaned to our local Sony dealership and to my rescue came a very nice Sony person who agreed to replace the tube. But the new one is also faulty and has on the left handside of the tube a bluriness which makes reading titles or Sky menus virtually impossible. However now, 2 years on, Sony are replacing my set with a brand new spanking uptodate kv32fq86( happy days and touch wood I will have no further problems). But Sony have been wonderful to deal with, and although I would not recommend the TV in question, I would have no problem recommending Sony.

I have not had the set long and despite having read all the bad reviews I still went ahead and bought one. So far I have not been disappointed. The set just had all of the features I wanted and then some. It was a very good price especially now that they are end of line. All manufacturers and I guess all sets have some problems, it just seems that the KV32-FQ75 has more than most. (If you do get a bad one, you can always send it back under warranty). However, if you do get a really good one, than it is just that. An excellent TV with loads and loads of features. Not to mention, it looks absolutely beautiful sitting there in your lounge.

Not very good. Now looking to change to Panasonic.

Lets get one thing straight - The (S) and (U) suffix means nothing more than is a stand supplied or not - the nice man from Sony UK told me that. I bought this TV after reading the reviews - some good, some not so good. Buying this TV online for a grand seemed a bargain though, so I did. Lo and behold, the TV I got had the banding problem that others have described. However, Sony have been excellent in their customer service - call them rather than your retailer is what I found to be better. Also, by using both Scarts on Sky Digital, one for video, one direct to TV, the banding has gone from mt Sky completely. Its only on DVD that this is noticable. Don't be put off this telly - it can be an absolute winner.

The Television is a good design externally but that's about it.

I've had my KV32FQ75 since Feb 2002. Its already been back to the shop to try and find two seperate faults. The first fault was the speakers would make a cracking sound then I would lose the sound for a few seconds. The sound also favours the left hand speaker (I was told this was in the allowable range!). The second fault was when we had a continuous loud electric clicking sound from out of the back of the T.V and the picture pulsed in time with it!! This lasted for about 10 minutes at a time then stopped. The shop hasn't been able to find the faults as they are intermittent and have just sent the TV back to us. Sony says We will have to wait for the TV to go wrong on a permanant basis before anything can be done. Thanks Sony!

When our 12 year old Sony TV started showing whites with a strong pink hue and needed a new tube, it was time to replace it with a new widescreen TV. An afternoon spent comparing different sets convinced me that the KV32FQ75 picture was one of the best. I eventually bought it for a reasonable £995 (end of line) in September from John Lewis mainly because of their no quibble after-sales service and free 5-year guarantee. I'm not disappointed. It's a 'U' suffix model and the picture is superb. No colour bleed, no flicker, strong vibrant colours and excellent contrast. There is also none of the ghosting effect I've seen on some other 100Hz sets when watching fast-moving sports such as football. As for the much-hyped 100Hz vertical scrolling bands issue, I can only say that I haven't seen any, even when the room lights are dimmed. The teletext subpage memory works well as does the picture and picture function which is great for seeing when a programme on another channel is about to start without having to keep switching over. My only criticism is that there is a noticeable blurring of Sky digital text on the L.H. side when picture contrast and sharpness settings are high. After playing with the picture settings I've reduced it to a minimum without compromising the picture so it's now only a minor quibble. To be fair, when left on the default factory settings, the text blurring wasn't there but I personally found the picture too dull on the defaults. Overall, an excellent television that really produces the goods in the areas of picture quality and style.

Now on my second Sony KV32FQ75(S) TV set which seems to be worse than the 1st as far as the focus goes. I've now also got the added feature of the "buzzing" sound, so you could say i'm a little disappointed with the tv. Now considering options for an alternative make/model and have been looking at both Panasonic and Toshiba or a refund.

I've had two of these Sony KV32FQ75(S) sets now and both sets have had the same problem of terrible text focussing on the left side of the screen. Bearing in mind the cost...very disappointed. I give up and have decided that I'm going to go for a Philips instead.

I bought my Sony KV32FQ75(S) TV from Jessops (John Lewis) in Nottingham for £999 (inc. 5 year warranty) as our first move to widescreen.
Didn't read these reviews until after purchase so I was delighted to find I had got the "U" model instead of the "S" I was expecting.
No problem with scrolling bands but left-most 3 inches of screen was badly out of focus. Expecting to have to accept a replacement machine I started the after-sales process - taking today off to wait for the engineer. To my amazement he walked in, took one look, whipped the back off and tweaked the focus until I said I was happy! The focus is not 20-20 right to the edges of the screen and as he tweaked the single control the left side got pin-sharp as the right side started to go blurry. Eventually we found the sweet spot where only the outside edges of full-screen teletext starts to blur. True flat screens are apparently prone to these compromise adjustments when it comes to focus.
So the message here is that the KV32FQ75(U) can be as good as the magazine reviews claimed. I don't know the difference between the "U" and the "S" but the same tweak may be possible (but only by a qualified tweaker!).
I take my hat off to the Jessops after-sales service. Can you remember the last time an engineer actually took the lid off and fixed something without sucking air and trying to replace the whole unit? I was impressed with that and now I am really impressed with the KV32FQ75 all over again. A great telly.

The Sony KV32FQ75(S) TV is now an obsolete model so price down by £300 at Comet. No buzz or banding evident and it's still going after the first week. Super picture quality and considering features the remote is not too complicated. VFM excellent considering reduced features on replacement model.

The Sony KV32FQ75(S) TV has a superb picture... when it's working. My first set lasted less than FIVE minutes. A clicking sound (like a chattering relay) came from the back of the thing-then no picture.
Recovered the pic after half an hour but fault continued to recur.
Set replaced.
Second set PRECISELY the same failure, this time after four days.
Back to the shop-good as gold:collecting the beast
and delivering another set. Guess what - it's NOT a Sony.

Clearly Sony have had problems with some KV-32FQ75 TV sets, which is disappointing for a set in this price bracket.

Personally, having returned two Panasonic 32PL10s due to sound and picture problems, I am very happy.

The set was a Sony refurb., hence the price, but came with a 3 year guarantee and is absolutely mint consition.

The picture is stunning - wonderful colours, devastatingly good contrast and virtually flicker-free when using the DCF 100.

If I could guarantee that you would get a perfect, problem free set then I would recommend this model whole-heartedly. I was careful to buy one from a web site where could cancel my order within 7 days if I wasn't happy.

My set does carry a slight buzz on the sound, does have a very minor out of focus in the bottom LH corner, but honestly I would be picking flys to call them problems.

Overall very happy. Thanks Sony.

The reason for purchasing a Sony TV is that the reviews in various magazines were very good and you cannot go wrong buying a Sony. My KV32FQ75(S) TV is suffering from banding, bubbles in the glass and washing out colours. I have been very disappointed and I dare not swap it out as I might get another lemon. There is a drastic lack of shielding at the base of the TV thus rendering the shelves redundant as the magnetic fields from the DVD plaver and Video wash out all reds at the bottom of the screen. Man U and Ferrari do not look good in purple. My £100 portable Toshiba has no problems.

I recently bought this Sony KV32FQ75(S) TV from my local Alders (£1289 inc 5 yr warranty) and have so far I am very happy with the set. I have a U suffix set, not the S and do not see the horizontal scrolling. The demo in the store had a poor picture quality until the asst. used a good quality scart cable from the DVD player. TIP Dont use cheap cables, get good oxygen free individually screened cables and keep them to a reasonable length. When you spend this much on a TV don't ruin it with a £2.99 scart cable.

I am not very happy with the menu structure. I design UI for computer software so this may be more of a gripe for me. I also do not like the set changing modes on me. It seems to switch from wide to smart to zoom, especially during the advert breaks, and once in the middle of Shrek. I would like to be able to disable this but so far have not found how to make it stick to a particular mode. Also, I would like to change the TV channel underneath the teletext display when using the dual tuner mode.