Page 1 of Sony 100hz bad buying experience....

Hi,

After some initial investigation and being offered an amazing deal at the shop I purchased a 28" sony 100hz tv on Saturday (kv-28fx66). I did the usual testing in the shop with a couple of DVDs, but none that I had seen before.

Upon setting up at home noticed on my first disc, MI2 that skin tones were very orange and a lot of `purple fringing` occured on light colurs and whites (eyebrows and lips are a good example). The picture was generally very grainy although helped by adjusting contrast settings. The final straw was with solid colours however, during the opening sequence, cruise is rocking climbing against a plain blue sky, which on this new tv sufferred from terrible `articfacting` and looked like a very bad sky signal.

Other discs followed this trend, gladiator skies and skin tones all terrible.

Decided to take the tv back and try out another 50hz Sony (I had to buy a tv with a glass fronted stand) and found the picture to be perfect, watching DVDs was enjoyable and engaging again.

However after unpacking my new tv at home noticed a massive crack and dent on the left speaker, so back to the shop for a refund.....

I guess it will be worth it once I get a new one.

Adam.

Perhaps your dodgy Sony was badly configured at the factory? My parents have a KV-32FX66, and once properly set up (with sharpness set to the lowest value, contrast set to the middle position, and digital noise reduction set firmly to OFF!) it produced absolutely brilliant pictures from DVD via a RGB connection. It has none of the problems that you describe.

I know it`s no consolation after your bad experience, but I don`t think the problems you encountered are typical of the Sony 100Hz models - you were probably just unlucky enough to have got a bad `un.

Mike

I agree Mike.
I`ve recently bought a 100Hz Sony and the picture is fantastic.
The problems you describe, I`ve never heard of as being synonymous with 100Hz televisions. Seems just a dodgy tube maybe.
Still, at least you didn`t get a Phillips.... ;-)

Ste

I would imagine that setup has something to do with it, however I tested on two different sets and both displayed the same problem. In addition in `wide` or 14:9 mode a thin white line would appear at the bottom of the frame. The bar would disappear during some shots and reappear on others (this occured on both sets and with different films and DVD players). the only way I could get rid of the white line was to switch to `zoom` mode.

Guess there was a bad batch from Sony.