shredder55
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By"lottery" I meant that some panels will have less DSE and blooming than others.Is there a lottery on the 49"xg9005, I thought they were all VA only?
By"lottery" I meant that some panels will have less DSE and blooming than others.Is there a lottery on the 49"xg9005, I thought they were all VA only?
It will preform a lot better than your current Samsung. Cinema bars are not jet black ,but a lot better than many I have seen. Some blooming in areas of the screen , not really obvious in normal viewing. Its down to the dreaded panel lottery I suppose. The viewing angle is very narrow. If you cant go to a 55 inch qled samsung, this sony the best option I could find in this 49"screen size.
Should I expect HDR blooming like in Sony XG95 model? I have uploaded screenshots taken from AVForum review of XG95. Can you, please, confirm this is the case too with XG9005?
Where are these pictures from?
Review by AVforum of XG95...Alien(1979, Bluray HDR) and Pan(2015, Bluray HDR) I think (jump to 18 min of the review)...As far I know these are HDR, not Dolby Vision.
Yup, my XG9005 blooms like that with HDR content, its fine in SDR. More noticeable in low light, don't notice it during the day. Interesting in those picture the Sony seems brighter, you can lower the backlight to mitigate the blooming a bit but, its never great. Its the biggest flaw of the TV for me by far. Full screen HDR content is great and so is gaming as its full screen also.
The XG really doesn't like cinema bars with HDR content in low light, interestingly also some content is worse than others. Subjectively I think DV is worse.
If black bars are a must then you have to get an OLED. There’s no FALD screen that can do completely black bars with HDR, it’s the limitation of the technology. It’d have to have thousands of local dimming zones to perform this task.Thank you. This really helps...Black bars are a must for me so that leaves me with 49" Q70R or a new wall bracket and 55" Q80R
Thank you. This really helps...Black bars are a must for me so that leaves me with 49" Q70R or a new wall bracket and 55" Q80R
Hi All,
New to AV here...
I'm looking at the xg9005. It looked so much better than the q70 samsung in store.
My only concern is the input lag on 1080p 60hz for ps4 (I dont have a ps4 pro). This was somewhere around 40ms for the xf9005. I know they've fixed this for the new xg9505 and also the xg800 models by the looks of it but theres no.info anywhere online about whether this improvement carried over to the 49inch xg9005 too.
Is.anybody able to confirm or provide any link for this? It's literally the only thing stopping me from buying this TV...
Thank you
I have a PS4 Pro but with 1080p only games I have never noticed any perceptible input lag with my XG9005, it feels no different to my 2017 XE9005. (which I think is mid 30s). I don't game competitively though.
Not seen any reviews of the XG9005. They all focus on the XG95.
Cheers,
It is 40ms for the XG90 (for 1080p 60Hz), so as with a lot of other things still the same as the XF90. The input lag on Sony models is strongly related to the image processor & SoC combo, in this case still the X1 Extreme instead of Ultimate on the XG95.Hi, thanks for the response.
Because I have a regular ps4, rather than the pro, I'll be subject to the 1080p 60hz input lag even though the tv is 4k.
I've sent a technical query to sony engineer team to ask if the 49inch has benefitted from the same improvements as the bigger xg models...hopefully they'll be able to confirm. (They were very reluctant on the phone to even discuss figures...)
It is 40ms for the XG90 (for 1080p 60Hz), so as with a lot of other things still the same as the XF90. The input lag on Sony models is strongly related to the image processor & SoC combo, in this case still the X1 Extreme instead of Ultimate on the XG95.
I already linked to a review specifically of this 49XG9005 in this thread (albeit a non-English one)
Hi, thanks for the response.
Because I have a regular ps4, rather than the pro, I'll be subject to the 1080p 60hz input lag even though the tv is 4k.
I've sent a technical query to sony engineer team to ask if the 49inch has benefitted from the same improvements as the bigger xg models...hopefully they'll be able to confirm. (They were very reluctant on the phone to even discuss figures...)
Sony KD-49XG9005 review | What Hi-Fi? popped up today
Respectfully I disagree. There is a noticeable difference (for me at least) between 1080p and 4k. It's more prevalent in shooters and sports games as they're more fast paced. For other games it isn't as impactful.40ms really isn't that bad of a number indeed, most people wouldn't even notice if they didn't know the number. Said review happened to mention 50ms as a threshold at which it starts to become somewhat of an issue for the average gamer (in real numbers: 0.04 seconds. If you look at the reaction times in the 100m sprint, people who are trained to react for just that moment, 0,04s is hardly uncommon
People have been gaming just fine on LCD's with much higher input lag in the pre-Bodnar days without ever knowing it. But of course the type of game can make a difference for he usefulness/necessity of a low input lag number (when in doubt, get a monitor . But sub 20 is already a good number. If you look at the 100m sprint, the reaction times are generally between 10-15ms, can you really keep that up an entire game?)
Btw: the XG85 is on the new SoC/platform and has a much better input lag number, the XG80 is not and does not (nor is the XG83).
Hi Guys,
I am also looking to buy a Sony KD49XG9005 but my demands are a little more basic than most.
I need to know if the KD49XG9005 can display the product information boxes on Hochanda (Sky 673, Freesat 817, Freeview 85) without any blurriness.
Hochanda is my wife's favourite channel and our elderly Panasonic 37" Plasma shows the Product Information sharp and clear, but every new TV I have tried (including the entire stock at our John Lewis showroom) has blurring and/or strange artefacts around the text.
I really want a larger (and Smart) 4K TV but this is a major sticking point, my wife doesn't want to spend a grand on a TV which is inferior to the one we have.
If anyone out there could tune to Hochanda and report what they see, I would be very grateful.
Looking forward to hearing from you,
Regards,
Paul