Official Sony HX820 Owner's Thread (46HX820, 55HX820) - Page 78

Originally Posted by Jeff909

Thanks. I went to 3 stores last night too see if they had the 850. No luck. Sears had just 3 models of Sony. Everything else was Samsung and LG. I saw the 750 and the new remote (Which I don't like. So cheap.I'll keep the 820 remote)
I'm going to stick with and support Sony through this rough patch and get the 55 850 replacement. I'm most interested in getting the best picture quality out there. Sony got caught with there pants down from the South Korean brands just like the car and home appliance industry. Sony is all about entertainment and innovation, they will be back I hope. When Samsung and LG start making movies and Sony starts making dishwashers then Im going to be really worried.

Originally Posted by steve ans

Flashlighting and clouding are across the board-in all brands. A friend has a 55" Samsung (non-3D so lower end) and has terrible flash lighting in the corners. As a matter of fact, I have another friend who got a 46" XBR929 over the Black holiday w/e and has clouding. It really is a crap shoot with this technology. most people aren't as fussy as we are. I was less lucky with the 52701 and extremely lucky with the 729. I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you get a set you'll love. PS: Sony may want that remote back.

Originally Posted by DaCuse

I have a question about home theater. One of the surround channels in my amp blew last night (it's a 15 year old Sony integrated surround tower system) so with my tax return at hand, I've decided that it's time to buy a REAL a/v receiver.

My question is this: Since I currently utilize two HDMI inputs on the back of my 55HX820 (one for cable and the other for the PS3 so that I may set different picture settings), what happens when I decide to run my cable box and PS3 into the a/v receiver, which then only requires one HDMI cable to run to the TV? I now lose the option of having different color settings since I will then be using only HDMI input 1 on the back of the TV. Do I need to purchase a receiver that has two HDMI outs, or is that feature exclusively used for dual monitor/tv support?

Thanks for the help.

Originally Posted by millerrh

It's a good question. I use a single color/calibration for all inputs since I have an AVR sending everything to my 820 through one HDMI. Not sure if there is a better way.

Originally Posted by pactel

The stand is metal with a glossy plastic covering. It is much sturdier that the 55HX820's flat metal stand, but slightly less attractive in my eyes. The stand rotates, but does not tilt at all.

The 55HX850 has a thin brushed aluminum edge, all around that detracts from the monolithic design, again in my eyes. But matches pretty well with the iphone (more on that in a bit) and my sliver and black Harmony One remote. The lighted Sony logo is gone. Just a plain silver logo.

Originally Posted by Gregck

the stand this year is more "plasticky" but overall better. It swivels better and isn't as noticeable as the 820 stand. Should also mention the bezel on the hx850 is A LOT better and is a lot smaller. After 5 days with the hx850 i can say it's definitely a better set. It still has problems with 3d when you tilt your head at all, which is really annoying.

Originally Posted by steve ans

Take the offer. I don't think you're going to get an 820 that you'll really like. It's a good offer as opposed to repairing your 820.

Originally Posted by Donke

How is the off-angle haloing and is there any DSE on panning shots? Thanks

Originally Posted by jameswma

For those with the hx820, how bad is your clouding and flash lighting? My clouding happens in diagonal streaks on the entire half of the screen. The right half is perfectly fine. I'll post pictures when I get a chance. Does anyone else have pictures of the clouding that they can share so I can compare the severity.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by jameswma

For those with the hx820, how bad is your clouding and flash lighting? My clouding happens in diagonal streaks on the entire half of the screen. The right half is perfectly fine. I'll post pictures when I get a chance. Does anyone else have pictures of the clouding that they can share so I can compare the severity.

Thanks!

Originally Posted by drasher_

That doesnt sound right.. On proper settings you should barely have any on the entire set but just half sounds like a defect.. These 820s dont have any worse clouding or flashlighting than most led sets out now, on gaming you take a hit but thats expected. The corners leak out light on most of the sets I have seen(about 1-2 inches) but on a 46-55 inch set who watches the corners. All sets will be different with the clouding and flashlighting though, put up a pic and let us see but it sounds like defect.

Originally Posted by drasher_

That doesnt sound right.. On proper settings you should barely have any on the entire set but just half sounds like a defect.. These 820s dont have any worse clouding or flashlighting than most led sets out now, on gaming you take a hit but thats expected. The corners leak out light on most of the sets I have seen(about 1-2 inches) but on a 46-55 inch set who watches the corners. All sets will be different with the clouding and flashlighting though, put up a pic and let us see but it sounds like defect.

Originally Posted by drasher_

I had some free time and decided to actually try to go through the service menu and look around.. First I could see what Jamtuff and some other people said about the white point setting changing a tv.. I, at first didnt notice any change but thought I was doing it wrong so just focused on the regular and advanced settings then came back to the white point and tried again and finally had success, kind of funny how stupid a mistake I was doing.. I think a lot of people are doing the same mistake as I am because the instructions people give are vague on what you do after you set your white point..

This is what I did to enter the service menu with which you can change white point:

1. Power Off
2. Display
3. 5
4. Volume +
5. Power On

A ugly green and black menu should be in the middle/right of the tv, from here:

1. 1
2. 2
3. 0
4. Enter (middle of the cirlce navigator, press crosshair button)
5. Enter (middle of the cirlce navigator, press crosshair button)

Now here is where you enter the white point setting with numbers 00-10 (if you want 5 it would be 05, if you want 7 it would be 07, if you want 0 it would be 00) sorry for so many examples but at first I would put just 5 or 7.. has to be 2 digits no matter what.

After you input your white point setting:

1. Enter

2. Your screen turns white.. its normal dont panic

(Do not worry what setting you input, you have full controll.. Hit Return to go back to the white point setting menu to try again... Go off the white screen to judge what you want)

After being happy with your pick:

1. Jump
2. Muting
3. 0
4. Then power off
5. Wait 20 seconds then turn power on

There you go... A long, winded instruction on how to set the white point... Sorry if this has been posted 100 times but it was unclear to me when I searched.

Originally Posted by Chazcdc54

Sorry to push but I have to bump this post up the line. Could anyone hazard any guess as to what my issue(s) are (please see last post)? Has anyone encountered similar problems and if so what did you do to resolve this?

Originally Posted by madsony1

Me ranting about the logo on the sony forum regarding the 850 one.

They said my comment will be taken for further analysis.

If you like to complain about something else.

Please do so.

Bring the freaking Sony illuminated logo back, will ya, Sony?

https://forum.sel.sony.com/viewtopic...p=37847#p37847

Originally Posted by samjsheldon

I too would like further clarification. The above steps are unintelligible.