Official 2010 Sony ...HX701 Owners Calibration thread - Page 24

Originally Posted by samsvoc

My sharpness setting was set to 0 and the backlight was set to 5. I bought my 55" at Future Shop (I'm in Canada) and it's on sale for a lower price than I had originally paid. FS and the Sony store have it on sale for $1499. Looks like I'm going to pick one up this weekend and be done with it.

I was being a bit picky because the Samsung I returned had more of a smooth picture but not as sharp as the Sony. It tended to mask any artifacts. My buddies XBR has the same artifacts so I take it as being somewhat normal for Sony tv's. Then again, Sony does have a smoking picture and the motionflow is the most effective of all the tv manufacters. Basically, it looks more real than the rest. Btw, the HX701 is only sold at the Sony store and Future Shop in Canada. No other retailer carries this great set.

Originally Posted by bradtn

My settings have Been the same on both inputs clouding I didn't see at all yesterday when I first got it but it seems to have appeared? I can't notice it at all with fullscreen content so I'm sorta shrugging it off , I had the samsung ln55c610 which I returned for REAL bad uniformity issues , and I got the samsung plasma pn50c7000 which had terrible IR so I returned that and got this 701 which I still LOVE , I bought 4 year warranty so I'm not overly concerned , lcds in general all have these issues you'll be at the store every day trying to find a perfect one it just won't happen, plus I'm sick of going to future shop and waiting in that return line , I love this set love the way it looks and the clouding I do have isn't an issue on letterboxes movies just pureblack screens I see now and again during loading screens on games

Originally Posted by bucknuts07

I mentioned yesterday that I was seeing alot of noise in dark scenes on this tv, I figured out why last night. It appears that Directv has a heavy dose of Green Bias that it puts out. I'm not sure if its just this receiver, or maybe this tv points out flaws more than my Panny G10. Anyway, I was messing with my settings last night, and I'm amazed at the difference. Below are my settings, and to me, used to my calibrated plasma, these look awesome.

First of All I turned power saving to low
Picture setting Cinema
Backlight 1...Can be bumped up if you have a brighter viewing area
Picture 90
Brightness 48
Color 48
Color Temp Warm 2
Sharpness 1
Motionflow Standard
Cinemotion Auto 2

Gamma +1

Everything else off

White Balance
R Gain -1
G Gain -1
B Gain -2
R Bias 0
G Bias -8 (may not need to reduce as much if not directv)
B Bias +1

Now in dark scenes I dont see any noise because a black sky at night,is now pitch black, it seems the green bias being off was making dark scenes noisy. As mentioned, this is more for a dark viewing area hence the cinema setting. I will mess with custom next, but by keeping warm 2, the white balance should carry over.

Originally Posted by Judy52

My local Costco still has these in stock and just knocked off another $200 dropping it to $1299.99. This is for the HX701 55".

Originally Posted by drywall

I just picked up my 40 HX301 at Sam's. Very nice. Instead of Buying the Dongle ($80), I thought that I could run a Cat 5e ($40) cable from my wireless router to the ethernet port on the TV. I have the Physical connection when I perform the Network Setup. But everything else fails. Everything else in the home requires us to input the password when attaching to the WiFi in the Home. Two Questions. Setup Guide Suggests Cat 7 wire for LAN. Do I need it? Do I need to hook up the Cat 5e to the Modem instead of the Router? Any help here would be appreciated.

Originally Posted by Judy52

My local Costco still has these in stock and just knocked off another $200 dropping it to $1299.99. This is for the HX701 55".

Originally Posted by drywall

Based upon all of the previous information in this thread, the Bridge could then connect other hardware as well to the WiFi in the home. Since we only have a bluray & Wii, I really didn't think of getting something that would allow for more. I guess I am out the $40. Thank you for your help.

Originally Posted by madurodave

This particular bridge, recommended by Sony, only supports 1 device. There are other ones out there which support multiple devices.

Originally Posted by drywall


I suspect this is the one you are suggesting.

Linksys Wet610n Wireless N Ethernet Bridge Ieee 802.11n draft 54Mbps . Sears has is for $91.00. I am not familiar with Bridges but I understand the concept. WiFi Capable hardware that doesn't come with the LAN can be plugged into the bridge that does have the connection to the Wireless Router. I think that the Blu Ray I have is the same way as the TV. If this isn't the right one please let me know. Thanks again.

Originally Posted by topr

Did you happen to notice if they also had the 40"?

Originally Posted by Judy52


I didn't see anything but the 55" in the HX701 and I did try to look but it was awfully crowded on the TV aisles.

Originally Posted by topr

Has anyone seen these at a Costco latley...no Sam's in my area and I have not seen them in my Costco for a couple of months now.

Originally Posted by redsandvb

Can anyone tell me the distance from the top of the TV to the top set of mounting holes?

Are the mounting holes centered vertically on this TV? I think I saw it mentioned they are off-centered a bit...a few inches higher than center?

Thanks!

Originally Posted by redsandvb

Can anyone tell me the distance from the top of the TV to the top set of mounting holes?

Are the mounting holes centered vertically on this TV? I think I saw it mentioned they are off-centered a bit...a few inches higher than center?

Thanks!