TV-X930D - X940D
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Charlie Brown on Amazon
5 years ago
12/01/2017, 13:09 PM
As Good As They Can be Made – With a Few Drawbacks
At least for my eyes and the way I enjoy TV, there is nothing like a Sony: colors are vibrant and sharp yet natural enough so they don’t feel forced into you and sending TV programming to the realm of the UHD imagination, were things look amazing but definitively not real. In most of the other non-OLED UHD TVs, image often looks like everything is wearing an extra cover of make-up, which can be good in certain cases (animation, visually extreme Sci-Fi) but it looks completely and hopelessly artificial most of the time. UHD programing looks absolutely impressive in this TV; in terms of image quality, this is the best TV you can get at this size, period. However, here is where this entire marvelous world ends, some of the flaws of this TV are too great and too obvious to ignore. Granted, image rendering and image quality should be the most important feature on a TV and that’s why I give it 4 stars despite what I’m going to describe
The first obvious flaw is the remote control. Seriously Sony? The control UI is just above garbage level, with tinny buttons that look and feel the same all over the remote and a very awkward wheel-type selector in the middle. Want to pause a program? Use the same type of tinny button you use to Play, Fwd, Back, mute, sound, input, etc., it is impossible to operate this remote without having to look at it carefully which quite honestly is very silly to say the least. Add to that the remote is not lighted and that its shape is a perfect rectangle (hard to know what’s front and what’s’ back) and you cannot operate this remote in the dark which will be most of the time, at least for me. It also look and feels really cheap, not worthy of the status of this TV, I have seen much better remotes on TVs half its price. The remote range is also very narrow and it takes ages to react during the first minute the TV is turned on. The only thing that works pretty good I would say is the voice recognition but its use is limited to a few apps, and it cannot be used to control the TV settings or move around the TV UI (Really Sony?)
Then, the poor UI designing ability of Sony moves into the TV. The Android TV interface looks awkward and counter-intuitive to operate, the learning curve is steep, having to go back and forth many times and spend an awful amount of time learning to use it. It is also very slow to respond. The way to manage apps is cumbersome, and its “Discover” menu option seems like a very good idea but again its use is limited to a few apps and there are some parts of that section that cannot be changed or customized. So if you don’t particularly like that section too bad, you have to live with it, you cannot even hide it
Finally, I spent months trying to fix an issue with the Wi-Fi not working even if the status said connected, having to reconfigure the network several times, etc., very frustrating. Sony support was simply useless, I ended up stumbling into a solution on a messaging board and it was something that didn’t work for everybody, I was lucky it worked for me. So take a notch down for Sony’s technical support, or better said lack of it
Oh, one very positive thing is the sound, if you connect the TV to a Dolby Digital capable sound bar or receiver you will get pure Dolby Digital sound straight out of the TV which is something not all TVs support, on this respect Sony has been always very careful with the sound capabilities of its TVs, very smart as sound is a complement to the image
Overall and amazing, visually stunning TV with a sub-par UI and Remote Control. The remote can be fixed with a universal one but you will have to live with the deprived interface. But image will always look gorgeous, that’s a fact
Dr. Charleston on Amazon
5 years ago
11/10/2017, 18:03 PM
3D TV Fan
Great seller!! This Sony monitor is stellar, more than I expected, 3D is amazing. Thanks!
CGLENN EVANS on Amazon
5 years ago
10/22/2017, 04:53 AM
Excellent TV. It is very good on Live Sports ...
Excellent TV. It is very good on Live Sports Events. Picture Quality is Excellent.
Cons: Smart TV Function is difficult to navigate. There are too many APPS for sale.
I was not able to use my wall mount. Sony has a special wall mount for this TV, at an additional cost. The TV
should hang like a picture on a wall, when the Sony wall mount is used.
I installed my TV on the stand. There were poor instructions on how to attach the TV stand.
I HAD TO GET THE HOW TO INSTALL, THE STAND INFORMATION, FROM YOUTUBE.COM
Qemaun Jackson on Amazon
5 years ago
10/18/2017, 02:59 AM
Three Stars
3D image is not seamless, has two distinct images.
Jeffrey Lyon on Amazon
5 years ago
10/16/2017, 07:35 AM
Hands Down Impressive TV... If You Have the Patience to Get the Most Out of It
First off, this TV is a great value given the ~50% price drop from the launch MSRP. The shift in the television marketplace from 2016 to 2017 onward seems to be towards less features for more money. For example, this is one of the last native 3D ready TVs on the marketplace. If you're interested in 3D, even in passing, this TV is your last chance. From 2017 onward ALL television manufacturers decided to drop the 3D feature as well as native 120hz refresh rates at this price point. Don't be fooled, most TVs under $2,000 in the 2017 line of televisions have 60hz native refresh rates with image processing that they use to claim 120hz or higher effective refresh rates (some will claim as high as 900hz). You can still get higher native refresh rate TVs, but they start getting pricey for no apparent reason other than manufacturers trying maximize profit by locking away better image quality at higher price points than prior years.
The XBR55X930D arrived impressively packaged and was fairly easy to remove from the packaging. You'll need two people to carry it as it is very thin and heavy. Be especially mindful of the top of the TV as it is as thin as a Starburst candy. The stand looks sophisticated, but I felt a clean wall mount makes the most of the aesthetics that Sony put into the design of the device. Mounted against the wall the TV looks posh but not out of place. It's not just a TV it's home decor, on or off.
Powering on the TV for first use has you sprint through a gauntlet of questions and Google account login credentials. Folks who have purchased brand new Android phones are keenly familiar with this process. Prepare to devote 30 minutes navigating all the set up menus and waiting for your TV to update its Android TV OS software to the latest version. Get familiar with the accompanying TV remote because you'll need to master it in short order. Once updated, you'll be presented with the Android TV menu.
Android TV is the operating system that manages all aspects of the XBR55X930D's functionality. It has a lot of useful features if you take the time to get the most out of it. For starters, get familiar with the accompanying TV remote. Learn to use the, microphone, input, navigation arrows, enter, back, and home buttons on the remote control. You'll be using them A LOT and you'll want to be able to locate them by touch. When I mentioned in the title that you will need patience to get the most out of the TV... playing around with Android TV will take some getting used to. I highly recommend you first go into the Picture Settings menu and turn off MotionFlow as it creates the dreaded "Soap Opera" effect. Which in my opinion hurts the image quality despite Sony marketing it as an improvement. Initially I had difficulty activating the 3D functionality over various content sources and syncing the 3D glasses (sold separately). I also had trouble finding the right media player to play content streamed off my home network (I found that Kodi is a decent media player but needs configuring). Again, you'll need to learn how to navigate all the functionality of the device and various quirks. One of the quirks that I've noticed on both the Android phones and now Android TV is that the devices function best if you restart them (as opposed to sleep mode) every few days to clean up memory leaks that might slow down the OS. Nothing huge, but just an FYI.
Once you've gotten the TV set up the way you want and the content available for viewing then the fun really begins. The image quality is simply gorgeous. 4K (2160p) videos in particular look amazing. 1080p and 720p videos look great also despite the fact that the TV is made for 4K native output. Even 480i videos look no worse than they did on native SDTVs despite being blown up to a significantly larger size than their native resolutions. I initially experienced "jitter" with 4K video over my laptop that was advertised as supporting 4K, but resolved this by connecting a more powerful computer to the TV. 4K on the Youtube app plays flawlessly if you want a free app based source for 4k video content. The TV's sound output is what you would expect from a TV as thin as a piece of candy, nothing spectacular... but Sony showed effort. I purchased a $130 sound bar / subwoofer combo and connected it through the HDMI 4 ARC (audio return channel) port. This special HDMI port allows you to control connected devices (the volume of the sound bar for example) through the TV remote, effectively turning the TV remote into a universal remote control. I would recommend a sound bar to get the most out of your audio experience with this TV. I wouldn't spend more than $200 at the most for a sound bar as sound quality DOES NOT scale with price in that market.
As of writing this review, I've owned my XBR55X930D for about 2 weeks. I think 5/5 stars is a fair score for this device. It's a thoroughly impressive TV...full stop...from industrial design and physical aesthetics to image quality and feature set, Sony went all out. It took more of a time investment to learn how to get the most out of TV than I was initially expecting. However, I've gotten over the learning curve and I am enjoying 4K video, 3D gaming and movies, seamlessly casting content from my phone directly to the TV, and music via Spotify with no problems. For those looking for more than just any TV to watch prime time TV shows on before bed, this TV delivers. It's the perfect TV to couple with a gaming rig, a NAS holding your media collection, or simply use the suite of Android TV apps for all your content sourcing. It took me a few months to finally pull the trigger on a new TV, but this has been one of the best electronics purchases I have ever made.
David B. on Amazon
5 years ago
10/11/2017, 03:49 AM
Really Great Display Monitor and more!
Just buy it.
It's practically the only 4k 3d TV in the whole world, it's beautiful, I should write an essay about how amazing the display is while commenting on all of it's glorious features, like the PS4 controller integration, but I've been enjoying it's beauty all night as a monitor for my PC while having dance offs in the land of Wonder Woman and I'm starting to fall asleep.
It's thin, it's pretty, the picture is clear and even, the 3D is worth it! I can go on but my bed is calling. BUY THIS SONY MONITOR, IT'S WORTH EVERY PENNY.
tony bush on Amazon
5 years ago
10/05/2017, 03:33 AM
I was watching Rogue One on Netflix and thats when it hit me of how beautiful this tv really is
I can only say WoW.
I was watching Rogue One on Netflix and thats when it hit me of how beautiful this tv really is. The resolution and HdR seem to be revolutionary.
The only problem would be. the Android ios. Apps from the main menu dont work half the time. (Hulu) it feels like its just shy of one good update
Art Vandelay on Amazon
5 years ago
09/24/2017, 22:29 PM
Great 4K UHD & 3D HD Picture!
New product as described and I recommend.