This is something that's hard to forgive, considering the set's high price. Overall, however, the set's images seem to belong more to Sony's 2008 range of TVs than its 2009 efforts. It's pleasing to note, too, that they're not badly affected when delivered to the TV wirelessly, although, as we mention below, pictures can look slightly soft.
In fact, with bright, relatively static high-definition footage, we might even go so far as to say they're very good.
The KDL-52EX1's pictures are fairly good, though.