I've not tried the Skype camera. I don't use Skype that often anyway. Maybe that will change with this set.@Palhil - also, have you tried the Skype camera, I assume that is in the Skype box you showed?
SAMBA VAN MAN said:Well guys this is the reply i have received from Sony UK
Thank you for your recent e-mail received on 17/06/2011 09.46 AM.
I have viewed the sites you sent me and this is not a common problem, LCD panel failures exhibit similar symptoms and so it is not limited to just the HX9xx range or Sony products.
If a fault were to occur with your television whilst you were under guarantee Sony would happily book you in to an Authorised Sony Centre to have the television repaired free of charge.
I hope this information is of some assistance. Thank you for your enquiry.
Yours sincerely
Helen Regan
Customer Information Centre
SONY UNITED KINGDOM
Mhhh So Helen Regan would you happily pay out £3000 on a tv to then send it away a week later to be repaired???
Oh well if we are all not happy lets bombard Ann Robinson on watchdog and get her to get a Sony rep on the show.
Palhil said:Right, after spending all day just pressing different buttons on the remote and then staring obsessively at the screen I've finally decided to have a go at calibrating the TV. I was going to use settings found on the US forum. But for the life of me I can't find the correct picture mode. They mention putting it into Cinema 1. However, all I have listed under picture mode is Standard, Vivid and Custom.
Am I being really stupid here?
Help.
Change 'Scene' to 'Cinema' by pressing the scene button on the remote
Palhil said:Just played Killzone 3 in 3D. Lots of crosstalk on it. Mainly when there is something light next to dark areas. This may also account for the crosstalk I saw on Super Stardust as the two sprites were bright.
I'm happy with it in general at the moment. The creases really aren't a big issue. There is blooming when you view from an angle but I will mostly be viewing it from head on. As I said there is a bit of cross talk on 3D games. I haven't watched a 3D movie yet so I'll have to see how that goes. I also have a slight issue with flashlighting in the bottom two corners. This is probably the most noticeable issue but only really shows up with dark menu screens.So how do you feel about the TV in general now?
So how do you feel about the TV in general now?
It will be interesting if there really is no crease as it will show that there is definitely a difference between sets. As I said before the crease is most obvious on a dark scene from an extreme angle around the corners.So far impressed with the PQ out of the box, no creases but will need to sort out some settings tomorrow.
Watched My first BD last night used setting from AVS fourms and I'm delighted with my 923. Yes I have the crease but it's so close to the edge it's NOT an issue for me or the wife. I have no blooming a good test is the disclaimer at the start of a disc you know the one " any views expressed" was pin sharp on a black background I watch straight on and the wife at a bit of an angle. So much better than my Sony KDL40W4500 which I'll be placing in the classifies today.
Do you have the link to the setting page on AVforums?Watched My first BD last night used setting from AVS fourms and I'm delighted with my 923. Yes I have the crease but it's so close to the edge it's NOT an issue for me or the wife. I have no blooming a good test is the disclaimer at the start of a disc you know the one " any views expressed" was pin sharp on a black background I watch straight on and the wife at a bit of an angle. So much better than my Sony KDL40W4500 which I'll be placing in the classifies today.
Hey all - long time lurker, following both avf and avs threads for the HX923/5/9 for some time now.
My set finally arrived - all 55" of monolithic beauty. So far impressed with the PQ out of the box, no creases but will need to sort out some settings tomorrow.
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Hi everyone,
I own the Nordic version of HX923 (HX920 in Sweden) and unfortunately I can report the very same issue. The TV has a faint vertical line near the right side of the bezel!
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This crease is not really that visible during daytime viewings but for people planning to watch in dim or pitch black environments, it is totally unacceptable and very distracting as your eyes will subconsciously wander over to the crease. However, unlike dids, there is no line on the left side, with the exception of minor flashlightning at the upper left corners which is more than acceptable in comparison. It is definitely a defect as it is present on all sources and even full color jpgs like dids tested.
I contacted Sony and they referred to their authorized service repair centres which came and took (!!) the TV away for repair, which is absolutely absurd as this TV has been in use for less than a week and god knows what they might mess up when they poke around in there.
The customer support representative had no idea this TV was already out and actually thought it was slated for mid-October. The two people I spoke to over the phone had no previous complains on this TV due to it being recently released.
I'm going to opt for a replacement regardless of whether repair shop fixes it or not, there's no telling what they might have messed up while probing inside a -less than a week old- TV with no prior experience of this model.
A few notes on blooming, I have not tested it with proper Blu-ray material yet due to this annoying crease issue, but when switching on a no-source blank HDMI 1 screen with only white text and lines, there is quite a lot of blooming to be seen, especially off-axis. In fact, I can still see minor blooming while viewing the white text while on-axis. This is probably an extreme case and how much it translates into real world viewing is uncertain but hopefully more experienced owners here can chime in.
Note that all of the above was tested with Dynamic LED Control set to STANDARD.
I did not test this TV for horizontal or vertical panning yet but will do so when I receive a crease-free replacement.
Also, for all you current owners out there, when the energy switch on the back of the TV is switched on, and you put the TV in standby mode via the remote, do you hear faint clicking sounds coming from the back top-right side of the panel? It goes away after ~5 mins in standby mode and completely if you turn off the energy switch. Just wondering if its normal electronic relay clicking or another one of those things that slipped past QA.
Frankly, after coming from a Hitachi CRT from around the 1990s, my first impressions are not very positive.
Here's to hoping that you people get a crease free, proper functioning set to enjoy your summer with!