Brian

And for internet service after telling Comcast Adios ?

And for internet service after telling Comcast Adios ?

I work from home (when I'm not flying around the country), and my company pays for Comcast Business Internet and Business line. This is not a residential class of service, and therefore never bundled with one's residential TV service.

Just an aside - I will say that the Business Internet Class of Service is very very good, and the attention that the local rep pays to business accounts is the best I've ever seen.

-Brian

why not look to exchange it on the basis of banding, DSE, etc. as best i can tell, if you put up the right test screen you can bring out the seemingly worst.

i haven't displayed R G B screens to see if i have any dead pixels but i haven't noticed anything as of yet. it would probably annoy me though, more than the banding/DSE.

It is a thought - diving into the waters with them is not something I would look forward to, but perhaps I should consider it.

Nice to have some discussion on the thread.

In my area, Directv is a better picture than Brighthouse cable, and way better sound quality. As suggested, compression is the key here.

I've been living with my Q and the 929 long enough to see some differences. The 929 has no dead pixels, and the backlight screen uniformity is excellent, which has been a deal killer for me with all of the edgelit sets. The 929 has superior contrast and shadow detail, but it still has a different overall look.

I would not even say this in a forum thread other than ours, but to these middle-aged eyes, the Q has a more "analog" look and the 929 a more "digital" look. As an old audio guy, it reminds me of the perceived differences between tube and solid state, vinyl vs CD, natural as opposed to artificially processed. Maybe some of you can qualify it better than this, but you get my point. I felt the same about a good plasma for the brief time it was in my house; I just didn't want a plasma display for some downside reasons.

I also have both the Q and a 929, and I agree that there is something about the Q's picture that is hard to describe, but to me the best word is "natural." The blacks in the 929 are certainly darker--today, the Q would not compete at all based on dark levels. Still, looking at the Q you just see this softness to the picture, not at all blurry or less sharp, but simply like you are looking at something in the real world instead of a screen. The 929 picture is beautiful and stunning, but it is so obvious that it is a video screen being thrown at you. In the Qualia, I get the sensation that I am passively looking at a realistic image. It is sad that the SXRD technology ended up being a dead end -- just image a 2012 SXRD with better blacks and an optical block that lasted a long time.

I also had a Panasonic plasma for a while, and still not the natural, passive look that I am trying to describe on the Q.

i agree with both of you...that is exactly how i would describe the difference. with really good source material (e.g., good blu-ray transfers), the 929 excels in clarity and "realism" but with lesser source material, e.g., cable, the "natural" picture of the Q seems to be preferable.

Now that i've had some time viewing different sources, i definitely like the 929 and it will eventually replace the Q, unless i can convince my wife to put the 929 in our den, move the 50 in plasma to our summer place and get an 80 incher to replace the Q :)

I'm stuck deciding between the 929 or waiting to upgrade to one of the new Sharp Quattron 80'' or Samsung ES8000 75'' sets...

Has anyone here had luck selling there 929? If so, where did you sell it?

Also, if anyone is looking to get rid of their Q006 stand, send me a PM, I may be interested!

Alright fellow Qualians (those of us still left :o) I am going to be purchasing a new television in October. I will be sitting ~ 10 feet from screen.

Looking at Sharp...Elite Pro-70X5fd v. Quattron LC-80LE632U. I've read great reviews about the 70" Elite Pro, but it is costly. Is bigger better with the 80" Quattron?

I'd appreciate reviews/comments from owners/viewers that have seen both sets.

Thanks!

Alright fellow Qualians (those of us still left :o) I am going to be purchasing a new television in October. I will be sitting ~ 10 feet from screen.

Looking at Sharp...Elite Pro-70X5fd v. Quattron LC-80LE632U. I've read great reviews about the 70" Elite Pro, but it is costly. Is bigger better with the 80" Quattron?

I'd appreciate reviews/comments from owners/viewers that have seen both sets.

Thanks!

I am being very patient though i want a new set to replace the Qualia very badly.

I suggest you might do the same for a while.
There are several newer Sharps coming tom market and I think the Sharps have the best picture quality currently.
There are several 945 models coming which are supposed to have most of the Elite quality at a lessor cost.
A higher quality 844 model at 80 inches
And very possibly a 90 inch model
So it might be good to wait.
Stew

I am being very patient though i want a new set to replace the Qualia very badly.

I suggest you might do the same for a while.
There are several newer Sharps coming tom market and I think the Sharps have the best picture quality currently.
There are several 945 models coming which are supposed to have most of the Elite quality at a lessor cost.
A higher quality 844 model at 80 inches
And very possibly a 90 inch model
So it might be good to wait.
Stew

i believe the higher cost models include the local dimming feature...that seems to really command a premium in the led backlit sets. i think i personally would be leaning towards upgrading in size to the 80 in unless there was really that big of a difference in everyday real world viewing for myself.

i believe the higher cost models include the local dimming feature...that seems to really command a premium in the led backlit sets. i think i personally would be leaning towards upgrading in size to the 80 in unless there was really that big of a difference in everyday real world viewing for myself.

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Originally Posted by thestewman

There are several 945 models coming which are supposed to have most of the Elite quality at a lessor cost.

A higher quality 844 model at 80 inches
And very possibly a 90 inch model

So it might be good to wait.
Stew

The new 945 models may include local dimming
Unknown yet what the 80 and 90 inch models will include.
Interestingly, owners of the 632 model 80 inch have almost no complaints.

The 945 in 80" seems to be the best value to me, and I was waiting for COSTCO to carry them, to get the 2 yr warranty and $99 extended warranty they offer. However, the prospect of a 90" is tantalizing. If they do a 90, it should further depress the price of the 80--which is the optimum size for my TV viewing spot. Any bigger and I think I'd need a 4K set from my viewing distance. Frankly, I see 2K vs. 4K as pretty much the difference between 1080i vs. 1080p--better, but not as big a difference as going from SDTV to HDTV. I'll reconsider for my FP setup when 4K source material is available in BR. Costco is carrying last year's 80, right now. I noticed that my Frys no longer has any RPTV on the floor, except for a game unit demo at the front of the store. Is this a portent? Even though I see no benefit to "thin" over RPTV, I do see a big difference in the watchability of TV programs of direct-view vs RPTV.

I decided to keep my replacement 65HX929, and I must say...I'm very glad that I did. It looked bad out of the box, but after applying some settings that I got from other set owners in the 929 thread here, it looks just as good (and sometimes, even better) to me as the Q006 did in its prime. The black levels are ridiculous; black is literally "off". It creates a pretty dramatic effect when some text is displayed on the screen with a black background, as the text is the only thing lit up.

I was also pleasantly surprised with the size difference. It doesn't really seem that much smaller.

Anyways, although I still wish none of these optical block issues had ever happened, I am thankful to Sony for sending me this set. I am very happy with it. :)

Hey everyone! Anyone know how to horizontally adjust the Qualia picture via the service menu? I have the service manual, and they mention a specific code for horizontal and vertical adjustment, but I cannot find that code when stepping through the service menu.

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks!
David

Hey everyone! Anyone know how to horizontally adjust the Qualia picture via the service menu? I have the service manual, and they mention a specific code for horizontal and vertical adjustment, but I cannot find that code when stepping through the service menu.

Anyone know how to do this?

Thanks!
David

i don't know but you may want to PM avsforum user "umr" and see if he might answer your question. he is a professional calibrator but perhaps he would be willing to answer your question.

i don't know but you may want to PM avsforum user "umr" and see if he might answer your question. he is a professional calibrator but perhaps he would be willing to answer your question.

Thanks Ben. UMR originally calibrated my set for me.

April Fools, so many years of looking here on the Q board and I think this is probably the longest between posts we have ever gone.. I miss the Q experience of the past and if they did have a surefire retrofit I would be tempted... sad part is that nothing will really save the Q and now all of us who still have one are watching for blobs (or in my case watching my blob grow) and doing the math on just how much each bulb costs vs the number of months left in the tv. Perhaps it is time to share some new ideas here. I know the new ipad just shows how ridiculous TV companies have become. If you can put that resolution into 9.7 inches what is their excuse for staying at a lousy 1080P all this time? Even the 4k tvs seem insanely tame by comparison. I think we need to raise our sights and stop letting them be so complacent in their profits and miniscule upgrades. Apple come on lets see that 16k 3d tv sooner rather than later.

I'll take that 16K in a 85" version, thank you. Oh yeah - under 8 large please.

As it is soon Mother's day - I would like to remember the "Mother of all TVs" back in its heyday - my children still watch the Q (the blob isn't too much for them yet but the end is nigh as they say). It gave many years of enjoyment before being put out to pasture as a backup tv. I only wish it had given even 3 years of worry free life. The endless worries associated with the Q show it was a product before its time and not tested enough. The real shame is that they didn't find a solution for the problem, but instead tried to pass it off as "fixed". I hope I never get to go through that kind of pain again, and given the trend in TV prices spending that much will probably never happen unless they find a new technology to peddle (full 360 immersion view for instance).

Yes, it cured me of first adopteritis. I'd been burned before, but never for so much money. Glad to see Sir Howard is history--I blame him for Sony's fall from the top of the hardware pinnacle. I will never look at them the same again.
Notice how few new topics, or even posts there are in the Rear Projector forum? Seems to be a portent of the technology's ultimate demise.