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Nov 12, 2024 11:28 AM By  Adam Babcock

As mentioned in the review itself, the results and photos in the HDR Brightness section are done after calibration. OLEDs like this often have a bluish tint to them in photos; this is a camera artifact and it’s usually not noticeable in person. Snowy scenes looking blue in a store is often a settings issue, they might be using a colder color temperature, for example. Store units are rarely calibrated and most often use less accurate picture settings that are designed to give a punchier look to them.

Oh thanks very much, my bad, I could’ve sworn I read the whole review properly, now it’s obvious to me that it’s mentioned that the brightness is measured after calibration! It was still puzzling to me that the OLED looked bluer compared to other TV such as Bravia 7 in the review photos, if it’s just a camera artifact, that’s fine then. Thank you for the explanation!

Were the photos showing the HDR brightness eg “HDR Hallway Photo ” taken before or after calibration? I notice it looks blueish compared to the Bravia 7 photos of the same scene, but I’m wondering if that’s just because the pre-calibration white balance is a bit off. I’ve noticed the same when I see the TV in a store, that whites e.g. snowy scenes look overly blue. Is this simply a calibration thing (so easily fixed by following the calibration settings page) or is it inherent to the TV? thank you!

Hi, I notice that there is a large difference in low quality image processing between these two TVs, i thought the bravia 3 must have the newer processor same as the other 2024 Bravia models but then I saw that both the X85K and Bravia 3 have the same “4K HDR Processor X1™” , is it true that there’s such a difference in processing ability? is it not all to do with the processor, why is there such a difference between these two TVs? hope the question makes sense, thank you! (and thanks for all the review work you guys do)

This TV looks very interesting but the pre-calibration accuracy is clearly awful. However I see that the post-calibration accuracy is just as good as any high end TV. Is calibration something someone can reasonably figure out at home or with some cheap tools? If I’m interested in this TV but I care about colour accuracy, would it be necessary to pay for a professional calibration (somewhat defeating the point of how cheap the TV is)?

E.G. in 55" currently it’s the same price as Sony Bravia 3, the QM7 has good features like 120hz and local dimming.. but the Bravia 3 actually has good accuracy…

Thanks!!

Nov 01, 2024 11:09 AM By  Adam Babcock

Yes, we did look into this, it wobbles at 460Hz. This wobble isn’t noticeable when watching TV.

thank you!

I was wondering about the flicker/PWM for this TV, I see that it’s listed as 30k but it looks like there’s a sort of sub flicker or sub pulse at a lower hz, do you also take this into account in the testing? what hz is the sub flicker pattern? thanks!

Do both the X90L and the Bravia 7 go down to the same brightness at the lower brightness settings? I see the Bravia 7 can get a lot brighter but it’s not needed when watching in a dim environment like evening and night, thinking about returning X90L for Bravia 7 but we frequently use the X90L on its lowest brightness settings, min/5/10/15, at night/evenings. Do you know if the nits (or whatever the measure of brightness is, im not an expert) is the same on both TVs at these lowest brightness settings? thanks!

I notice that under “flicker” for this TV it says there is no PWM but a brightness dip which relates to refresh rate. Is this TV 120hz normally, i.e. when accessing content through the menus, netflix and so on? i.e. what is the frequency of this brightness dip (flicker), is it always 120hz or is this subtle flicker variable, so it could sometimes flicker at 60hz or even 24hz depending on the content? Thanks!!