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Last update: 11/14/17

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4K Ultra HD + HDR Playback
Google Chromecast Ultra
LG 2016 & 2017 UHD, Super UHD and OLED TVs
Nvidia Shield TV
Roku Streaming Stick+, Premiere+, Ultra
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Samsung Blu-ray Disc Player UBD-M9500
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VIZIO 2016 & 2017 Smartcast P & M-Series 4K TVs
Xbox One S, One X

Hey Solaris,

What you are experiencing is completely normal. What happens to me is after I power on in the morning I can see the home screen just fine. I can then launch Netflix, Hulu or whatever and everything is working okay. Then I select something to watch and when I do the screen goes black and stays black until I cancel playback. I can hear the audio the entire time just no video.

A quick Apple TV reboot fixes the issue.

Dan

I agree with you. The addition of the apps to the TV by Sony gives those who don't have or want any streaming device in addition to the TV is a nice option for those folks.

I have a Roku 4 Ultra and an Apple TV5 4K connected directly to my Denon and everything works fine. I just wanted to solve the audio issue out of curiosity. For me, the TV apps piece is an additional layer of activity I don't need and probably won't use. I have much less confidence in Android and Sony keeping current with the apps than I do with folks who make/market the streamers and have a vested interest in keeping them working, updated and moving forward (although it is the more expensive alternative over time as new iterations of the streamers are introduced).

Yes, I have had that happen - this must be a bug in the IOS. Nothing to do but wait for them to fix it - maybe report it also.

Again, the Doby Vision update for the A1E is already out there, it just hasn’t been finalized and pushed out. It will come.

Forbes had an article up with the Dolby Vision update installed on an A1E last month. They posted pictures, directly showing Dolby Vision activated in the A1E menu and they wrote impressions.

You can see the article here :
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.forbes.com/sites/johnarcher/2017/11/24/dolby-vision-on-sony-tvs-first-look-simply-stunning/amp/

Could it be that you pressed an input button too many times? e.g. pressing back arrow more times than needed to exit a particular screen.

HTH

anyone have any experience pushing the A1E past 1080P 120 hertz? I have had mine running at 1080P 144 hertz for a couple days now using the Nvidia Control Panel. just wondering if anyone out there is tested what the upper limits are.

I just got my replacement panel from slight banding and I screwed myself. The panel is trash. Maybe 3 hours of screen time. Guess I should call geek squad.

As I'm waiting for my replacement A1E to arrive, would any 65" A1E owner be kind enough to post the exact footprint (width/depth) that the TV takes up when in 'easel' mode? I should've done it myself while I still had the TV, but it completely slipped my mind during the packing process. I'll be picking up a new stand for it this weekend, and would like to get something that fits just right. Thanks!

I would try running the refresh cycle. It does nothing for tint, but can do miracles for banding.

Pardon my ignorance, how do I do that?

I don't have the TV right now, but it's going to be in one of the menus.

Figured it out thanks.

Looks like a fire place in the back ground.

Actually, just for the heck of it, run a manual clear screen.

Can you share the video settings that are engaged when you took this pic? I have been debating whether or not I should swap mine out. This scares me.

Oh they will release it just for these reasons......

Replacement update: The replacement arrived yesterday, in freight this time. I was very nervous on unpacking and in the process, I found some safety stickers and paperwork which WAS NOT in the original, damaged TV. Guess the TV was indeed used/damaged before sent out to me. Anyways, the replacement is brand new and is flawless. Connected my Oppo 203 to HDMI 1 and PS4 Pro to HDMI 2. I'm totally new to the Flat Panel television generation. You wouldn't believe me if I said I had one of the LG 29" tube TVs and an old LG DVD player before this (and my parents still do). So this is a pretty big jump for me apparently. I recently got a new job and bought this beauty off my salary.

So, the A1E's and Oppo's settings are pretty vast, complicated and overwhelming for me at the moment. I do have a basic understanding of 4K, HDR and how stuff works, but is there anything at all I should run/check for at first? Do I have to change any settings to tweak picture quality besides the ones that came out of box? Also, does my HDMI connections mentioned above look fine? I'm just learning everything but I guess it'll take a while. Thanks to everyone for helping me out!

If you meant, when the stand is fully opened - I believe its around 13.5 inches (From Sony's specs on website). I recently got one of these for my A1E and it has a 18 inch depth, which holds the TV comfortably and has about and inch left on the front and 2.5 to 3 inches left on the back.

So try to get at least something with 15-16 inches in depth. The more, the merrier.

EDIT: As for width, try to get at least 60" like the one I got above. It leaves me a good inch and a half on both ends. It depends on if you wanna have something on the sides though.

I've done a lot of experimentation with this. I'm sensitive to blurring and find CRT to deliver the most satisfaction to me. And I can't stand the soap opera effect. So modern flat panels are a problem.

All that said, I've found the best setup for me on my A1E is to turn off ALL motion related stuff and run shows at 60Hz. I have not been matching frame rate on movies (eg, 24fps) in order deal with motion blurring while avoiding soap opera effect as much as possible. The Sony can completely eliminate motion blur but the soap opera effect becomes quite strong.

Thanks for the TV measurements. As far as the TV goes, the first thing I would do is check the 'white screen' on youtube to make sure you don't have excessive yellow tinting. You can follow up with 5%, 10% and 15% banding tests (also can be found on youtube), to see how bad the banding is.

I've been using Playstation Vue for my TV needs the last two months and today it prompted my wife to update the app. Well, the update broke the app insofar that it requires logging in and now it won't accept the login credentials. Contacted support and after a lot of suggestions including a full factory reset of the TV (no way!) they admitted it is a known issue with Android OS after the last update (yet, they continued to send out push notifications to update).

Now, I presumably have to keep paying for the service and hope for a fix (or "watch on a mobile device or get another streaming device"). This is pushing me over the edge to ditch the POS Android OS (especially on these underpowered TV chips) and get another device. Seems ridiculous to have to spend more money for smart functionality after buying a flagship TV, but that is the reality of it. I've been becoming increasingly annoyed at the lagginess of it all anyway.

I'm spontaneously leaning to a Roku, but am open to suggestions from the esteemed clientele of this fine forum. I watch Netflix, Amazon, PS Vue (?), HBO Now, Plex, My Movies (and Vudu?) and use Pandora and Spotify.

I asked a similar question a few weeks back, and Apple TV seemed to be the best choice.

Hi All,
I bought a Sony 65” A1E in May 2017. A nice unit, for sure. My AVR is a Denon X4300H and has worked pretty well up until now. The DirTV cable box runs through the AVR in the standby mode and the TV works fine, with sound coming from the TV. When I turn the AVR on for the surround sound with CBL/SAT input the TV has a pink hue. I get normal surround sound. My Oppo 205 DVD plays fine too with the surround on. I have unplugged the units and components. I’ve changed HDMI cables. Seems the problem is with the Denon. Has anyone else experienced anything like this? Thanks in advance.

The 1 hour comp cycle worked pretty significantly. I’d say the longer I use the set and more cycles are run it should eliminate the dark donut. Thanks for the tip. I’m using cinema pro when I took the pic. Like I said that was 2 minutes into turning on the unit for the first time.

It is going to be a VERY GOOD Christmas this year.


Just heard from John at VE, and my set will be delivered late next week.
All broken and calibrated

Apparently I lucked into a very good panel so my investment in VE's QC process will hopefully pay off in spades
Set should be ready to plug and play

My new 4K HDR compatable audio system is already up and running. Hopefully a quick and easy setup

Now just need to find enough 4K HDR content to keep me feasted!

That's exactly what I saw with my A1E. Out of the box the banding was really bad, but after watching it for 20-30 hours it got much better. Take another picture from the same angle if you can and post it.

It's unfortunate that the A1E out-of-box new owner experience can be scary because the display banding can initially look much worse than what it will ultimately settle down to be. We should continue to warn new A1E owners not to look at slides or at least wait until after many hours of normal TV watching.

Well that sucks, I don't use Vue atm but wanted to give it a try and put my DTV on suspension, mostly to save some money. I downloaded the Vue app to the A1E in expectation of using it. How did you like it when it was working? When I had Vue for the 5 day trial period a few months ago I hated it on the Fire TV Stick but it was much better using a PS4. Guess that's what I'll have to use again. If Vue had A&E/History I'd be set and would probably switch permanently.

Good afternoon everyone, I finally bought the 65a1, I'm very happy with the movement with motion activated ..... I made a video for my channel, I hope you like it, a hug to everyone from spain

https://youtu.be/WwSsqMlHzFU