Sony X900h 75-Inch Tv: 4k Ultra Hd Smart Led Tv
Our family really loves this tv. My wife immediately noticed color and black level improvement over our previous displays (two sony tvs & a samsung). Definitely a big step up in quality & enjoyment for our home theater. Pros: motion: i really like the motion handling of this display. I notice more detail and clearer images during fast motion scenes (re-watched bumblebee & aquaman on 4k disk and was blown away by how much detail was missed compared to the old tv). Almost gets the balance between smoothness and ‘no soap opera effect’ perfect. Picture: color is vibrant with nice saturation, black levels are great, shadow detail is good, the black bars on letterbox movies look great, and the dolby vision hdr highlights are really bright (re-watched the mandalorian: prisoner episode and was surprised at the brightness of the strobe lights and laser fire on board the prisoner ship). Speakers: the tv’s built in speakers sound great (after a few adjustments of the various settings). There are simulated surround settings, 7 band eq slider adjustments, and a dialog enhancer setting that acually makes a difference. Audio: (see also cons below) my wife commented how the audio sounded better on our home theater set up.
There are plenty of places you can go online to get the detailed specs on this screen once it has been professionally reviewed. I’ll give you impressions from my couch. I selected the x900h for the same reason many of you will – i wanted a great set today that will be ready for ps5 in the near future. All i can comment on is how good the set is today, one week after its release. I am a post-production professional. I’ve seen video look its absolute best in the same rooms and on the same displays as the guys who finish projects before they go out into the wild. Having experience with a professionally calibrated grading monitor, when it comes to selecting gear for my own home i’m very particular about what i choose and do patient research with the goal of coming as close as possible to that level of performance without spending a fortune. When i calibrate my personal tvs, i aim for accuracy. My living room is light controlled. I use test patterns to set the black level, the white level, and the color saturation using those old school blue thx glasses. I do it all by eye, i haven’t paid to have someone come out with a colorimeter and calman and get this thing science-lab perfect, okay?. On the weekends i’m a regular joe with a remote control and snacks that wants to watch some tv and wants it to look ‘correct’. Having said all of that – i’m blown away by this tv’s performance.
First, i want to say that i am not an audiophile. I have done research on what features i was looking for though. I am your average consumer and have not set any advanced picture or sound settings. Physical setupthe feet for the tv are at both ends of the tv and was too wide for the stand that i have. I bought a separate center stand that would support the 65-inch display (fitueyes universal tv stand base). Didn’t realize how big the 85in would be, but we like it. Os – android tvi rated this 5 stars but really wanted to give it 4. The only thing i have an issue with is partially my fault and lack of research.
New for 2020, you should know the reddit forums are misleading on the specs. This model does have ‘object remaster. ‘ many forums and posts are saying it does not. The product page at sony says it does, and the option is available in your picture presets. The reason this is important, is that some are saying you should upgrade to the 950h instead because of this omission. There is no omission, and coming from a standard 4k set, i can attest to sony’s upscaling being the best there is. If you are tired of banding and blotches in your upscaled low bit rate content, do not spend more money on a higher end set. Speaking of the presets, they adjust the x1 chip’s feature set and the standard adjustments as well. Choosing cinema gets you different upscaling and motion setting than choosing standard.
I was looking at the x950h based on the strong performance of the x950g (2019 model) and also at the x800h. I was replacing a 5 year old samsung 4k that had a backlight issue and was too costly to repair. Although this is literally a brand new to the market, i decided that possibly going middle-of-the-road with the x900h was probably a good idea (mostly price-wise) and the step up from the x800h to local dimming was something i wanted. Was i righti worked in the tv industry for over 20 years, so i got pretty obsessed with picture quality and this tv does not let me down. Overall strong picture quality right out of the box before i even began playing with the settings. Also good viewing angles probably at 45 deg of center on each side from about 10 feet away. Picture contrast and colors were maintained at least at these angles. I’ve mounted the tv on a 1′ deep wall-mount, so it’s almost flush to the wall. With the exception of the power cord (which is a 90 degree figure 8 cable) all the inputs/outputs are on the left side. The power cord is unfortunately on the right side in a recessed area, but for wall mounting it makes it a little tricky to get the plug in unless you have 2 people and someone does it before you place it on the mount. All the other connections can easily be made once mounted. Couple of interesting features -atsc 3. 0 tuner – will future proof you for 4k ota signals and interactive content when available (larger markets will begin testing before end of 2020).
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