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noob00224
Found a deal on a HW55, however it's got a green tint.
What is wrong with this projector and can it be fixed?
The seller says it was infrequent and now it's permanent.
Stay away from this projector, this green tint looks bad, i wouldn't even bought a HW55 if the tint was gone
I bought two HW55`s and both had panel degradation problems and these was bought demo used from high regarded shops in Norway, the first one had a pink bar at the top of the picture and some of the black levels where degraded, the only fix was to swap out the whole optical block which would have fixed the purple bar, this projector had only 250 hours usage on the lamp and it was green lighted by Sony as in great condition
The second HW55 unit had a severe Black degradation and it had only 1300 hours of usage
i could return the Sony's because i bought them demo used in stores
Do not buy used Sony entry level 1080p VLP projectors is my advice
especially the HW55 is badly affected by black degradation in my personal experience and its only a matter of when if they aren't affected already
If you want something used and you wont be going 4k because of costs i would suggest a JVC x500 or x5900 as JVC are not known to degrade in blacks or whites, there will be some gamma drop with the JVC`s over time but the Sonys also have that
i haven't measured but to the naked eye my x500 looks fine regarding gamma and there is a lot of room adjusting and fine tuning gamma so im not worried about that
I do think a new Sony will do it better in a white ish room because they have more pop in mid bright scenes IMO but the more dark treatment you have in your room the better the JVC will look
I just recently went for a used 1400 EUR JVC x500 and in this price range its a great machine for its money and the black levels and picture quality are outstanding
its not very dim for a 1300 lumen s projector either and it does not feel dim even after testing used HW55`s
Im not sure if i would go larger than 120" 16:9 with this projector as my room is only partially treated ATM but in a bat cave i think i could have pulled of a 135" 16:9 screen quite easy
My JVC lamp is on 900 hours, the projector is 4 years old so it does seem like JVC lamps hold up very well on these machines
This is not a campaign against Sony as i have heard that the three latest Sony 4k models aren't affected
and the SXRD panels does indeed look great in action
In the future i might even go for a Sony 4k if the black degradation issues are truly gone,
the colors in Sony projector is probably the best i have seen and the motion is a bit better than my JVC as well
but IMHO for 1400 EURO used the JVC is hard to beat as its optics and black levels is a lot better than the 1080p entry level Sony's, the on/off black levels will beat any Sony for that matter
im fine with the motion on the JVC even the Sony's i tested does the motion a bit better
I have tested two HW55 and three HW45 but when the blacks are gone on the Sony you are sitting with a flat picture that almost looks like DLP blacks,
the medium bright scenes still looks pretty good even when the blacks are degraded but if you like sci-fi movies or adventure movies with a good chunk of blacks in them then you will be disappointed