Stevey
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So no one else's tv makes a snapping sound from the back of the TV from time to time?
lolwut?
no
So no one else's tv makes a snapping sound from the back of the TV from time to time?
lolwut?
no
The X900E? That is a huge step up in brightness but definitely worth it.
Also, you can't go wrong with OLED either. Absolute blacks are killer!
What's so funny?
Your television is a mixture of plastic and metal. Could be expansion and contraction slightly during high temperatures or after you shut it off after a viewing period. Usually it is a non-issue, but keep an eye on whether it could possibly be capacitors or something else failing.
Does it happen like maybe 30-45 minutes after you finish watching or right as you turn on etc. Hows the weather where you are ie. Hot and humid, above nromal temps.
What's so funny?
When I'm watching The TV. My room definitely is hot and humid.
So no one else's tv makes a snapping sound from the back of the TV from time to time?
So no one else's tv makes a snapping sound from the back of the TV from time to time?
Yeah, and I really do want to support Sony, I feel they have the best TV's and want to see them competitive again in the field.If you plan on keeping the TV for a long time (5+ years), the $500 difference won't matter much but you will definitely be much happier with a better TV.
My ps4 does this also. Not a big deal.It's definitely the expansion/contraction. Everything else seems to be fine.
how is this set compared to X900e? I really want another Sony TV but paying $600-$700 dollars is so much easier than paying $1100.
Yeah same here. I was gonna get it but they raised the price back to retail so I said eff it lol. Soon as it hits $999 or lower for the 49" I will buy it immediately.Yeah, and I really do want to support Sony, I feel they have the best TV's and want to see them competitive again in the field.
I'll just wait for a sale on the X900e hopefully black Friday gets me at least $200 off.
Depends on what you're coming from I'd say. From the x800d I feel like the vizio was the right choice. Best buy had the x900e set up near it and let me see both sets running off the same USB stick showing the same content.
The sony was better looking at the store but that was mostly in regards to the black levels. The color temps where similar and the hdr looked about the same to me. Both are a massive step over the x800 imo. The local dimming feature helps a lot on top of the higher nits.
The sony seemed to handle the bright lights in the store a little better and dark fast scenes seemed maybe a little cleaner/faster.
But I got the vizio for 620 after tax and that really closed the deal for me with it being such a big upgrade in terms of size and HDR presentation.
The vizio plays nicer with my pc as well. I don't have to fiddle with settings in my nvidia control panel to get it to not be a washed out mess everytime I switch to it.
Edit: I am red green color blind but not extremely. So I can't speak really on color accuracy.
tks for the well thought out post man...much appreciatedDepends on what you're coming from I'd say. From the x800d I feel like the vizio was the right choice. Best buy had the x900e set up near it and let me see both sets running off the same USB stick showing the same content.
The sony was better looking at the store but that was mostly in regards to the black levels. The color temps where similar and the hdr looked about the same to me. Both are a massive step over the x800 imo. The local dimming feature helps a lot on top of the higher nits.
The sony seemed to handle the bright lights in the store a little better and dark fast scenes seemed maybe a little cleaner/faster.
But I got the vizio for 620 after tax and that really closed the deal for me with it being such a big upgrade in terms of size and HDR presentation.
The vizio plays nicer with my pc as well. I don't have to fiddle with settings in my nvidia control panel to get it to not be a washed out mess everytime I switch to it.
Edit: I am red green color blind but not extremely. So I can't speak really on color accuracy.
Is there a way of checking the aspect ratio on this TV? I'm playing SNES and NES games and the SNES games look maybe a tiny bit stretched whereas the NES games look like they're in 4:3
This TV has a shitty setting called Wide Mode which is 100x more vague that just listing the aspect ratio
I think the "normal" setting in the wide mode is the native look for whatever you're using
The new YouTube update is awful. Still no hdr and now no 4k playback also and to top it off the ui is horrendous
You can't even change the quality now. smh
The new YouTube update is awful. Still no hdr and now no 4k playback also and to top it off the ui is horrendous
I was watching Sneaky Pete at 4K with HDR and was not impressed.
Hmm I think it's better, although odd you can't change quality it plays in best possible so shouldn't be an issue surely?The new YouTube update is awful. Still no hdr and now no 4k playback also and to top it off the ui is horrendous
Hmm I think it's better, although odd you can't change quality it plays in best possible so shouldn't be an issue surely?
Anyone had issues with apps just getting stuck on "loading" I couldn't get itv or channel 4OD etc at all yesterday.
Hmm I think it's better, although odd you can't change quality it plays in best possible so shouldn't be an issue surely?
it never goes above 1440p in any video, turn on stats for nerds and you'll see what its doing. the general UI IMO is worse than the default too.
I just removed updates to go back to the default app. It always defaults to 2160p and its glorious. Hopefully they decide to add HDR support someday, I cant believe this still has not happened.. I hope they dont try to block it behind some paywall
Slightly off topic but kind of not really:
Is there a way on this TV (or any TV) to quickly swap between YouTube accounts?
So annoying that this simple feature isn't there
You can do it on Netflix
My gf uses the main TV (this one) to watch stuff on my profile and that has ruined my recommended videos section, and at the same time I can't use the TV in the bedroom as it has her YouTube account signed in, so none of my subscriptions are there
The new YouTube update is awful. Still no hdr and now no 4k playback also and to top it off the ui is horrendous
You can't even change the quality now. smh
It is why I have auto-update turned off. The KS8000 YouTube app turned to garbage because of Google updating and removing things I liked.
I haven't updated and I don't plan to for the X800D. So you can't change HQ to 2160p anymore? I just wish they would implement HDR support already. The only major television brand rocking Google Android TV os and they're behind fucking Samsung rocking Tizen OS in terms of quality app updates.
So I can just delete the YouTube update? Isn't the app terrible in its vanilla state?
Is there a good way to compare HDR to non-HDR picture? Or do you have to pull out the mobile camera.
I've only tried Ratchet & Clank and I wasn't blown by it, well, not any more than on my non-HDR 4K monitor.
Input lag seems slightly higher and the colors seemed less vibrant.
Either HDR is not what it's hyped up to be, this TV just sucks at it, or Amazon video sucks.
Either HDR is not what it's hyped up to be, this TV just sucks at it, or Amazon video sucks.
That's because this TV is not bright enough to show off the brighter colors of HDR. To make matters worse, if you have the 49" version then it will be even less impressive because it has an IPS panel. IPS panels have terrible contrast ratio because of shitty blacks.
Return it and spend a little extra for the X900E, or the X930E if you can afford it.
How do you tell on the x900e when HDR is being used? Does it tell you where the resolution is shown?