Sony Z5500 or Samsung LED?

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Please help people.

I purchased a Sony Z5500 LCD two days ago and am disapointed with the picture quality. I can take it back for a refund if i return it tomorrow, and i want to ask would a Samsung LED or Sharp LED produce better picture quality? (i suspect yes). What hifi seemed to think the Sony was equal to the Samsung LED for picture quality, despite the Sony NOT being an LED set, but i suspect they are wrong.

 

[Ripsnorter]

Sorry to hear you're disappointed with your Sony Z5500. Here in Germany these sets have been getting rave reviews and top ratings. Obviously it's all in the eye of the beholder, but you don't say what it about the picture quality that's disappointing you. So I'm wondering if you're using the out-of-the-box settings, which tend to be over the top anyway, and whether a bit of callibration wouldn't sort things out.

 

[Anonymous]

I have definately calibrated it correctly. I'm using an upscaling Pionner 989avi player with a top quality HDMI cable. The Sony doesn't produce deep blacks, and the picture seems simply bland. In addition to this it has the backlighting issues as pointed out by the what hifi team.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi people

Im taking the sony back tonight, would the samsung LED be better?

Would appreciate some feedback

 

[Anonymous]

Hi Quantum - I have just got a Panasonic V10 series having considered the Sony X4500 and latest series of Samsung. It is all down to what you see and what want! I looked at all individually, some side by side, but all were on shops settings and it was very hard to get the salesperson to change between HD, Blu Ray and SD pictures to see what they were like individually. The LCD and LEDs TVs, especially the Samsungs and Toshibas were all playing the "special to them" Blu Ray demo discs which all look super fantastic, bright with great depth (which is why they play them) but might not be what you get actually at home! In the end I got them to play Disney or Pixar Blu Ray animation discs to compare True HD and then watched BBC HD and digital before deciding. I settled for plasma and the 58V10 - the Sony 55X4500 was £700.00 more. I was blown away by the V10's Blu Ray and Sky HD picture quality - and the programmes made in HD and not upscaled versions. However, I found the normal Sky a little disappointing until I learnt to alter the factory settings to suit my eyes and the room ambience.

Of more importance was the fact that new plasmas, I was informed on this forum, need time to bed in and my initial worries about slight lack of focus faded - sorry for the pun - as time went by as the 1080i picture and SD is improving. Changing the settings and a few hours of use have paid divivdends and the picture is now just as I want it and great. But that is for me and someone else might find it not as good! All in the eye of the beholder.

Regards Brook.

 

[Tarxman]

Hi Quantum,

I work for an electrical retailer in Australia and I find in the LCD technology that the Samsung LED LCD tv's seem to produce the best picture. What size was the Sony set you got? If it was 40", the Sharp set in my opinion produces better picture, sound and motion. If in the 46"+ then the 8 series Samsung is probably the one to go for. It isn't flawless, but it's definitely one of the best LCD images available. Hope this helps.

 

[Pindi]

How long does it take for plasmas to bed in?

 

[Anonymous]

generally , they say its advisable to keep the contrast to a sensible level for the first 200 hours , and not to leave a static image on the screen for too long ..

 

[Pindi]

Cheers. I'm slightly dissapointed with my Kuro at the moment, I've surfed the net for the best settings too. I'm hoping that it'll get better with more use.

 

[Anonymous]

Hi everyone thanks for the feedback. My Sony is a 40" Z5500 and im taking it back to JB hifi tomorrow for a refund. My cousin has the older model (Sony 40" Z4500) and it actually looks better than the new model. I put this to the salesman and he not only agreed, but gave an explanation as to why this was the case. He said in order to cut costs, Sony have used 8 bit technology in the new model as oppose to the older one that uses 10 bit technology. He even said the latest model looks "bland".

I'll either go for a Samsung or Sharp but its a tough call.

 

[Pindi]

I think you should check out the LG LEDs too, no harm in having a look.

 

[Anonymous]

I just bought a 46Z5500 and tested it by watching a full-hd 1080/24
movie from Pixar from my mac book pro connected to the 46Z5500 (through
hdmi, of course).

I thought to get one among the best TV's out on the market today.

Even though image quality is stunning, this TV suffers from
extremely severe clouding problem. I can see huge and very bright white
patches on a black background. Sometimes, I also see these patches when
the format is anything else than 16:9 (in other words, when I have two
horizontal block stripes on the top and bottom). These patches are not
always there, but sometimes they pop up. This is not acceptable to me
for what i paid.

Can anyone comment ? Did I get a defective unit or it is just the way it is ?

 

[Anonymous]

delphi8000:
I just bought a 46Z5500 and tested it by watching a full-hd 1080/24
movie from Pixar from my mac book pro connected to the 46Z5500 (through
hdmi, of course).

I thought to get one among the best TV's out on the market today.

Even though image quality is stunning, this TV suffers from
extremely severe clouding problem. I can see huge and very bright white
patches on a black background. Sometimes, I also see these patches when
the format is anything else than 16:9 (in other words, when I have two
horizontal block stripes on the top and bottom). These patches are not
always there, but sometimes they pop up. This is not acceptable to me
for what i paid.

Can anyone comment ? Did I get a defective unit or it is just the way it is ?

im afraid thats almost certainly clouding , bring it back fast...