Bought 46Z5500 clouding ? well lets see

[biggus_1961]

day 1 no clouding

 

[fayeanddavid]

Have had the 52W5500 for 4 weeks now, and positively no clouding!

Still tweaking the settings but deffo no clouding.

So all looking good!

 

[biggus_1961]

Day two...........OH Dear !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...........clouding

Clouding as in faint purple blotching on dark background such as a person with black hair a purple haze would be there..I also noticed that on both free to air HD and pay tv the picture appeared to have a 'washed out ' look. a kind of faint pale yellow colour.

So i took it back and had it exchanged not for a Z series but a W series as my W4000 set that is 10 months old has not put a foot wrong.

So its a 46W5500 now.

day one.............no clouding, no ' pale yellow '...........picture is as clear and enjoyable as the w4000 ive been watching..Price for 46w5500 is AUD$1844 with 3 year warranty and a PS3 (tv made in Malaysia)

 

[biggus_1961]

Day three w5500 still no problems what so ever...live V8 car racing was a joy to watch.

 

[Anonymous]

assuming most retailers now accept that sony tvs are a little hit and miss regarding clouding , also assuming that most will agree to a refund if a set has clouding , they do represent top value for me , a perfect 40w5500 for £699 is hard to beat pound for pound imo..

 

[biggus_1961]

Day four......still no problems with w5500

i also looked at the 40w4000 in the other room and its picture is still stunning after 10 months of use.

 

[biggus_1961]

Day 6 and still no problems with w5500

Have to admit though i prefer the w4000 picture. to me it seams sony got the picture ' just right ' with the 4000

 

[ear]

yes its those colours on the W4000 so much richer than the ones on the W5500. thats the first thing I've really noticed between the 2 models

 

[biggus_1961]

day 12..........all is still good in fact slightly better as if a ' settleing in ' period has occurred.

 

[aliEnRIK]

Ive just bought a 46W5500

On turning it on there was absolutely no clouding what so ever

After about 8 hours there is a very slight blotch top right, but only just perceptable when its completely black

As for the colours, I have to disagree

Perhaps out of the box without proper calibration the older W series looks better. But the 5500 calibrates almost perfectly, its colours are close to perfection.

 

[fayeanddavid]

Re colour rendition, absolutely excellent on our 52W5500

Took a while with the set up and humiliating derision from the OH whilst enacting tweaks, absolutely brilliant colour, and splendid in HD

8 weeks since delivery, still a weekly check on clouding, lights out, input signal off, tv on, still nothing but some very very minor discrepencies across the whole screen, I commented before that I think that this is reasonable given the CCFL tech used

 

[biggus_1961]

Well its now 25 days and no problems whatsoever (sony aluminated logo stopped working) The ps3 arrived and pictures are great to watch on both upscaled dvd and blueray...Glad i bought a sony they really are good, and i know its a pain to exchange a faulty backlit set but if your score a good one they really are superb to watch.

 

[biggus_1961]

Well its now 5 weeks since buying the 46w5500 and i must say i have no regrets and still no clouding, bleed etc

i saw another poster asking if backlight bleeding is only on European sets and perhaps this is true as both sets i have are made in Malaysia.

 

[ear]

I must check stickers on the back at the stores.I live in portugal and i never spoted any bleed.

 

[Anonymous]

please let us know what you find ear ?

 

[ear]

on the weekend for sure.I must not forget.dont know if I will be able to read so small letters though

 

[JacktheHead]

Had a 40W5810 for a few days now and also have noticed no clouding or bleeding anywhere!