I don't mind saying that I really agonised over this one. Should it end up with a 9 or an 8? In the end, the quality of the 200Hz engine together with the other undeniable strengths of the picture just did enough to bring me down on the side of an overall 9/10.





My biggest concern with the 46Z4500 is ultimately its price. Sony lists the set at a phenomenal £2,340 on its own website, and even the online price of £1,654 we've found still looks a touch steep given that the 200Hz benefits are only pretty marginal.





In the end, it was weirdly the quality control problems with Sony's W4500 models that persuaded me to look past my value concerns and grant the TV TrustedReviews Recommended status. For the fact is that if you fancy getting hold of the undoubted quality of Sony's current core LCD picture technology but don't want to bother with the lottery otherwise known as buying a W4500 (apparently a few W4500's exist that don't have backlight problems, if you're lucky enough to find one!), the Z4500 range appears to be the only place to go.