Too late, they are already grabbing it from storage
enjoy it! nothing like the feel of new TV
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Sony X800D well - reviewed, 4k+HDR TV with low input lag
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enjoy it! nothing like the feel of new TV
Its pretty new, less than 2 weeks old, so I am still using rtings general settings.
I have a colorimeter and HCFR software for full calibration, but I want to give the TV some 'burn-in' time.
Probably go through a full calibration next week. I expect it is going to be fairly good right out of the box, judging from rtings cie chart.
If people are interested I could cal early and post before/after results.
I may just do that anyway.
I ended going with the 49" as well. I tried going to a Best Buy and Fry's but their floor display 43" and 49" were both showing demos with different sources, so it was pretty hard to compare contrast between the two sizes.
Viewing the 43" from an angle, you can definitely see the colors and contrast washing out. Though straight on, it was absolutely fine.
My TV should be coming in the next week or so. Until then, I'll be sweating about if I had made the right choice or not.
Viewing the 43" from an angle, you can definitely see the colors and contrast washing out. Though straight on, it was absolutely fine.
My TV should be coming in the next week or so. Until then, I'll be sweating about if I had made the right choice or not.
USF
Member
Yes it was dark for me out of the box.
Got to play with the settings and now looks perfect
So is this the TV you are talking about:
https://www.amazon.de/Sony-KD-55XD8005-Fernseher-Ultra-Smart/dp/B01IW652YC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1476028714&sr=8-1&keywords=sony+xd8005 `?
Let me know, because I am looking for a new TV
https://www.amazon.de/Sony-KD-55XD8005-Fernseher-Ultra-Smart/dp/B01IW652YC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1476028714&sr=8-1&keywords=sony+xd8005 `?
Let me know, because I am looking for a new TV
MatrixMan.EXE
Member
Definitely picking this up in the near future, I've decided. Not sure what size to go for though. My lounge isn't that big and I sit around 5-6 ft from my Television. I'm starting to think 43" may be the way to go, but I'm not sure...any advice?
Yeah. But note the model that's been reviewed is the 43" model. 49" and supossedly also 55" (not available outside EU market I think) use different and IPS panels hence reviews are not applicable.
Didn't really want to buy this TV yet, however Tesco currently have it for £654.50, with mothers staff discount and I can get it for £589.05 and I can't see it going that low normally anytime soon.
Severely tempted to pull the trigger, currently sat here staring at it in the basket at work.
Severely tempted to pull the trigger, currently sat here staring at it in the basket at work.
Spiral Insanity
Banned
How is this screen for use with a gaming PC? And is the refresh rate good enough for fighting games/shmups?
Shin-Ra
Junior Member
Amazon UK have a £599 lightning deal on this for the next 2.5 hours.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01HM7JPMW/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01HM7JPMW/
I just leave it here, and yes its in German.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV0mo7J28so
As you can expect the black levels on an IPS panel leave much to be desired, otherwise an superb TV for gaming!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UV0mo7J28so
As you can expect the black levels on an IPS panel leave much to be desired, otherwise an superb TV for gaming!
woahitsshant
Neo Member
Hey, this is probably a silly question. How does one turn on "Game Mode." for console inputs?
I appreciate the help!
I appreciate the help!
Go to the channel/HDMI that the console is connected to, press the Action Menu button on the remote and then go into the Picture Settings (or sth akin to that). You should then see the general mode as the very first option ("Custom" in this pic).
Chiming back in here, after playing the Battlefield 1 PC trial on this TV @ 1080p upscaled using my GTX970, I've decided to upgrade to a GTX1080, for native 4k@60hz.
I noticed that while a few games looked good upscaled (GTA5 , Battleborn , Endless Legend) when moving away from a cartoony look to a more realistic image with Battlefield 1, the image was far more blurry than I liked.
I noticed that while a few games looked good upscaled (GTA5 , Battleborn , Endless Legend) when moving away from a cartoony look to a more realistic image with Battlefield 1, the image was far more blurry than I liked.
woahitsshant
Neo Member
Go to the channel/HDMI that the console is connected to, press the Action Menu button on the remote and then go into the Picture Settings (or sth akin to that). You should then see the general mode as the very first option ("Custom" in this pic).
Thank you very much, coming from a Samsung TV I wasn't used to the interface and method involved.
AlexFlame116
Member
Just want to say that I have this TV and I love it. I had a Samsung UHD that would always have issues with my consoles so I switched it for this one. Only issues right now is sometimes the sound lags when playing (more noticeable in the home screen) and there are two faint white (or lighter color) lines on the screen.
ACH1LL3US
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AlexFlame116
Member
I had the Samsung UHD KU7000. Just the sound lags in the beginning on the Sony. Turn off the TV and on again and it's back to normal. Still love it.
Gunslinger
Member
I had that TV too. When playing ps4 I would get blue/red lines flickering in the screen at times. I returned it and bought this TV. I dont regret my choice one bit. This tv is really good imo.
AlexFlame116
Member
Hey the same thing happened to me!!! I thought my PS4 was broken or something! I'm so happy to hear that it wasn't just me!
Gunslinger
Member
I actually returned the tv two times due to same issue. I think it's a defect in that model. Given how popular video gaming is I wonder how that got past the testing stage.
AlexFlame116
Member
Okay now you're scaring me cause that's what happened to me too.
In the end it was my first jump into owning my own TV and especially a 4K one so I'm glad that the Sony one is paying off right now.
Gunslinger
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This is my second tv....I mean my own bought Tv. But yeah I also think the HDR is much better in the Sony TV too. Gears of war 4 looks great on it.
This is concerning. I thought this TV had zero filtering applied to 1080p sources. Is that true or not?
Works fine for me. Xbox/ShieldTV (HDMI) > TV > Soundbar (Optical). Surround signal lamp lights up on the soundbar.
You might have to fiddle with the audio settings in the TV, there are three options regarding optical passthrough iirc.
sensui-tomo
Member
Been reading reviews on this tv, i'm guessing the 43" is still at $650 more or less? (trying to find a place that i can pricematch at Best Buy since i have a $400 giftcard there.) Tv sounds nice and would probably be great as either a small living room/bedroom tv. I also have a Xbox one S and planning to get a ps4 pro so i want to see what HDR can do for me.
Ok, question from me this time around to anyone who owns a modest gaming PC (probably GTX 9xx/10xx is required). Are you able to play Shadow Warrior 2 at 4k 60Hz in HDR with the TV?
I'm troubleshooting because for some reason the game locks to 29Hz on my end and I seem to be the only one having this problem. So perhaps it's the TV though I can't really see why since I'm connected to an "enhanced" HDMI port that also works fine for Xbox One S and ShieldTV HDR.
I'm troubleshooting because for some reason the game locks to 29Hz on my end and I seem to be the only one having this problem. So perhaps it's the TV though I can't really see why since I'm connected to an "enhanced" HDMI port that also works fine for Xbox One S and ShieldTV HDR.
try using the xbone s hdmi cable on your pc and see. And is the game running at full screen not full screen window?
Already tried the One S cable and same results.
And yes, exclusive fullscreen. HDR is working, it's just that when I tab in the game, it goes from 60 (desktop) to 29Hz (game) regardless of settings.
Look for 43XD8005
GamingMajic
Member
I just bought the 49" model of this TV from Curry's this weekend. In the UK the model number is indeed 43X800D.
Also for those that have this TV, how does 4k upscalling work exactly? is any 1080p signal plugged into the TV automatically upscalled to 4k? Everything ive played so far looks really crisp, especially Gears 4.
Also, I tried HDR mode but I really didn't like it, made everything look way too over saturated. Its probably because I used it on games that aren't HDR supported? If so i would really like to see what the whole HDR fuss is about in person.
All this 4K/HDR stuff is so confusing.
That's totally normal, almost no TVs will take HDMI 5.1 audio and sent it out via optical.
Presumably it's because of HDCP
what is the hdmi setting, should be 4:2:2 12bit ot 10 bit to get proper color. Do not use rgb nor 4:4:4, you get get a lot of color banding especially in the skybox.
nikos
Member
What sort of issues did you have with the KU7000? I'm considering that if I'm not going to go with the KS8000. 33-35ms on the Sony is a bit too much for me.
When would I want to use 4:4:4?
Oh I should have specified, this is from an antenna source, not hdmi. Good to know though.
I'm pretty sure the TV doesn't have PiP regardless of source combo. I never came across any settings.
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I seem to have fixed my issue with 4K HDR being limited to 30Hz. It's a software issue.
Either Nvidia HDR is pulling the EDID data incorrectly or Sony goofed the EDID more than expected (we already know the TV supplies 1080p as native res to GPUs).
Regardless, a quick guide that alleviated all problems for me. Proceed at your own risk; though the worst case that might happen is you have to reset your display config.
1) Download and install EnTech MonInfo
2) Make sure the TV is on and connected via an "Enhanced" HDMI port to the GPU
3) Run MonInfo (might take a bit to pull all info)
4) Select the Sony device under Display IDs (for the XD80 Enhanced it should be SNYF903)
5) File > Create INF and save it somewhere with a recoginzable name (SonyXD80Enhanced.inf i.e.). We'll need it in a minute
6) Download and run the latest preview version of CRU
7) Select the TV from the dropdown list, it should also say "Active" for easy recognition
8) Click on Import and select the INF we created earlier. The data on the right side should now be filled with the EDID info that Sony supplied for the TV.
9) Now, I'm not sure if all of these changes are required to get 3840x2160 HDR @ 60Hz @ 4:2:0 12bit (my target for Shadow Warrior 2 HDR) working but I didn't notice any downsides so... just go ahead and copy these settings.
(Source physical adress may be the HDMI ID, no need to change it)
10) Click OK to temporatily store the changes and close CRU
11) Run restart64.exe that came with CRU to restart the display driver in order to apply the changes we made to the TV
12) Done. Atleast for me, these soft-changes survived several reboots. However, a GPU driver update might erase them but I'll see about that.
Interesting, I tried using CRU before but it won't let me create resolution higher than 2560x1440 on my x850D. Also note that it is dangerous to change the edid like that which may fry the tv. Best is to let Sony know about this and get them to update the edid instead. I will create a topic on their support forum since I am quite annoyed by the tv telling my GPU that 1080p is the native res and break the nvdiai GPU scaling. I believe the X800D also tell the video card 1080p is the native resolution before you modify the EDID correct?
AlexFlame116
Member
Light bleeding from within on both original and replacement. Flashes of blue and red pixels pixelated patches on screen when I had the PS4. Flickering on the Xbox One. Apps close and no longer work so I have to reset the TV. Huge input lag in the beginning (fixed it later, only time I ever saw input lag affecting me).
It's a nice TV though. If you buy one you'll enjoy it. Also I could never see input lag so I can't help you there.
ThanksVision
Member
Looking at the 43 inch... I'm thinking about mounting it ABOVE my desk, above my single 24inch 1080p 144hz monitor. what's a good wall mount for that positioning? never mounted a TV to a wall before...
Nah, a ShieldTV fits fine but PS4/XO or even Pro: no way. Unless you put the TV on the console haha.
Yes, it also communicates 1080p as native. Do you have any links re: actual danger of damaging hardware by this soft mod? But yeah, making noise for proper edid update is probably the best but not sure how much manufacturers care about that sort of thing... let me know when you finished the post, I will +1 it or whatever system they use