Hi Guys
Have followed this thread with interest having ordered my 46" 923 in mid April. Well the TV arrived on Saturday and having spent a couple of a days with it I thought I would share my initial thoughts as a novice - at this stage I have just viewed 'out of the box' but hope to play around with the settings later in the week.
By way of background I live just north of Manchester so this is a UK spec TV and I am moving up from a HX703 bought just over a year ago.
I spent some considerable time looking for any creases on Saturday trying all the tips given on this thread - dark room, solid colour on the screen etc etc.. I am delighted to advise that I don't have a crease anywhere. Am I the lucky one or are those with the crease the unlucky ones??
I have since watched a couple of films in HD, a couple of programmes from Sky 3D as well as a bit of SD content, a pretty good mix of programmes to base my initial views on. My overall impression is that I am blown away by this TV, the highlights are the black level which is far superior to my 703 and the HD picture is out of this world. There is a noticeable improvement in SD quality also but not massive. Having read the reviews about the TV the biggest surprise is 3D, it is amazing!! I have seen no crosstalk just a totally realistic 3D picture - watched Kylie last night and could have been at the concert.
Issues?? Well no TV is perfect and I did see some blooming during the credits of Prince of Persia - these are slow moving white credits on a black background and it seemed more a result of the rest of the screen being so black. I have seen no evidence of blooming during any other programmes with clear definition between dark and light parts of the screen.
I know a few of you who have yet to receive this TV are concerned about the problem reported on this thread so I hope my initial views have put your minds at rest a bit, not all these TV's appear to be faulty. I hope I'm not the exception to the rule.
By the way I'm not a plant who works for Sony's PR department but I am delighted with the TV.