I may have to reset my TV to default factory settings in attempt to fix the PITA Sony turning on in middle of night. However, it may not be worth restoring my old settings, since it was 2 years ago and there were too many to pick from on this forum. Is there any consensus on the best settings to use, or are the current firmware defaults best?

I also agree that HDR is too dark on the 900E. Some movies are really bad like 'Solo'. I think HDR in 'The Martian' is ok. I don't watch much 4K HDR anyway because of the cost for disks, or high data usage for streaming.

Will this TV (900E) support video sources that use TrueHD sound? I know ARC won't bitstream HD audio, but will it pass the core DD signal to an AVR? I know it passes the core DTS from DTSHD-MA because my AVR shows that it's decoding DTS.

I'm going to do a factory reset when I get home from work and then mess with the settings a little bit... I don't expect anything drastic but maybe it will be a little bit better? I don't believe I did a factory reset the last time I updated the firmware but I could be wrong.

In don't understand, HDR on this set is one of the standouts in most reviews. My HDR looks so good it's hard to stop watching and find it tough to go back to watching non HDR programs. Must be settings.

I agree! Yeah there are some shows etc where the hdr isn't the best but overall this tv still wows me. The latest hdr gem is the new Modern Warfare, looks incredible!

I sent you a pm

It has to be, I will wait for you to get home and post those and give it a try! I need to join this "WOW'ed" club lol

I knew you'd chime in with the same what I'm saying. The HDR shows/movies don't look great are the fault of the show or movie not there 900E. Some are just awful because HDR was done crappy on that movie or show.

Just replied! Thank you and do you think I should still try a factory reset? I'm sure it can't hurt lol

I'm beginning to think that Disney+ HDR is terrible from what I have been reading... Either way in need of messing with some new settings and I'll go from there!

I only watched National Treasure 2 on Disney plus and it looked freaking fantastic!

I will have to test this movie when I mess around with the settings -- do you use the built in apps?

I'm debating switching over to using everything from my 4k Roku.

Thanks,

I use a Fire Cube 2nd gen that I got a few weeks ago.

Yes, HDR with games on the xbox look way better with this TV, but with movies, not so much.

Originally Posted by groove93
Your 900E will change its video settings to "Cinema Home" when 24p content is fed to it.
Be sure that "24p Sync" is enabled.

I tried many different 24p sources and none of them triggered the TV to change to 'Cinema Home' when 24p sync is enabled, even when the 'display' button shows 1080/24p in the banner. I should ask about it in the 900E forum.
I have no way of knowing if the TV is receiving a 4K at 24fps signal or if it's displaying that signal at 24 fps. I can't tell by watching if the TV is displaying at 24 or 60fps regardless of the source fps, so maybe I should just forget all about frame rate matching and stop trying to figure out why people are saying this is a 'thing'.


Has anyone here used the '24p sync' feature?
Does this TV automatically adjust it's frame rate to match the video source over HDMI?

Update: I did a factory reset of everything and double checked that I was also on the latest firmware --
Before even applying any settings in standard things started to look better! Applied some settings and tweaked them to my liking!

Tried Mandolorian and it was still dark (have come to the conclusion that its the fault of the show) HOWEVER it looked a lot better than it did before with similar settings.

I tried a few different pieces of content from various sources and there is absolutely a difference here!

I will note that I am no longer using the built in apps and I have switched to my 4K Roku for this. I have noticed that the quality provided from the Roku is definitely better than that provided from the built in apps (Could be due to the wifi chip in the x900e but who knows? )

I have gotten this TV to a level that I am now pleased with and I think it looks better than it ever has before at this point!

Thank you to everyone that helped out and if you are having similar issues and have never done a factory reset either before or after updates; I would highly recommend it.


TL/DR: Factory reset the tv, picture already looked better -- applied some settings and tweaked and am very happy with the outcome!

I have a 19 Roku Ultra and didn't notice any difference between TV vs Roku.

After applying/tweaking settings on a Picture Mode for HDR does it only activate when a source is HDR? Or will it also apply for all material and have to change modes for non-HDR?

I don't know of a quick way to toggle between Pic-Modes if I have to have separate Pic-Modes for HDR material & whatever for other material. Trying to train the others in our family is frustrating.

Right now I have 2 different settings / modes -- Cinema Pro is HDR and Cinema Home is SDR

I noticed a difference with the Roku for myself it's nothing night and day but either way I'm happy. Plus it's easier to be able to use 1 source for everything since showtime or HBO does not work on the tv (I forget which -- does not support androidTV through Xfinity)

To be 100% honest they are not drastically different but it's easier for me to change the picture mode based on what I'm watching.

I believe if you set up a picture profile for Cinema PRO on HDR it's for HDR and if you set up a profile for Cinema PRO on SDR content they should both stick.

It's almost like having 2 separate profiles under 1.

I also could be wrong because I have never set it up this way..

I'll give it a try and let ya know if two can be stacked on one Mode...If anyone knows the answer please chime in and save me the hassle!

Disney+ bitrate measured as second best.
Only behind AppleTv+ as far as streaming services go.

I have a fair amount of 480 content that has been ripped from DVD to my media server that I watch regularly "enough" that using an external device to do the upscaling looks worse than that of the built in apps. Also, in the interest of extreme simplicity, I don't use external devices to be able to do "everything" with one remote.

You do whatever works for you!

I'm happy with how everything is set up now and if the built in apps work for you that's wonderful!

Simply describing my experience with this.

I will say that the built in "movies / videos / whatever it's called" does a good job for up scaling older content from what I've seen.

I watched Mac Miller's Most Dope (SD Content) and it actually looked pretty wonderful on this TV - Same goes for House of Mouse!

@DiGi91 did you try the settings I sent you yet?

If yer sharing, I'll give em a try.

I did, I didn't mess with the color calibration honestly.. I used your settings along with a mixture of some others and tweaked a few things to my liking especially motion settings!

Overall I am very happy with the outcome.

Thanks again!

Are you able to get full spectrum (5.1 or better) audio with the app?


On both my LG OLED and my Amazon 2nd gen streamer, I can only get 2 channel stereo.


The app has not shown up yet on my 900e (or I haven't been able to find it).

Ok, found this thread.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bravia/comm...=controversial


Seems like Oreo borked this 'feature' for the x900E.


Can anyone here confirm that the 24p auto picture mode works for TV's updated to Oreo?

Yes it's working on my Display.

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