A chance to talk to FlatpanelsHD's reviewers.
By franco.bluto
#12194
X85E spec wise and test looks like a reincarnated VA panel Sony edge lit frame dimming X850C
Kuschelmonschter wrote:
X850C was directly lit though...

X850C: VA Direct LED
X85D: IPS Edge LED
X85E: VA Edge LED
noooooo 2015 55X850C 10 bit Sony Triluminos panel = edge lit,edge bleeding frame dimming Cheap semi gloss too narrow view even for a VA panel, and only 420 NIT VA panel as these things go (Samsung PVA LCD CELL) , LED bar gets way too hot also and crappy low intensity /shadow details and low level black details and meh Live /CATV ch. content processing even with my conforming electronic calibrations :p
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65X850C /75X850C = REAR backlight & better Samsung direct LCD panel or LCD panel cell maybe just frame dimming but a better panel all around ,

Any X850C/D/E ~420 NIT panel is nothing much for it's HDR or beyond a decent 4K SDR Sony Triluminos color mid range 10 bit LCD panel TV (maybe 8 bit + frc in 2017) but OK 4K SDR TV and probably better than a similar TCL and so on or some 4K SDR 8 bit TV's :p

2015 Sony 810 C 4K SDR maybe 8bit + frc and a pitifully not bright : 265 cd/m2) panel were all REAR backlight frame dimming cheap & Sony Andoid TV rubbish but maybe bt709 8 bit Triluminos was its one and only plausible feature outside of a much better + way brighter Samsung 4K SDR TV :D

Long and short of it none of The X850C/D/E can not touch a 2015 Samsung SUHD JS 8000/8500 and likewise cant touch a 2016 Samsung UN KS 8000 like mine or its sibling UE KS 7000 or better noting they are a model tier or two above an X850C to X850E with flagship QDOT retina searing mayne Samsung or AUO ultra black glossy panels and flagship TV model tier & video processing not mid range Sony rubbish .

2017 Samsung Q9 + Somy X930E are closer to 2016 Samsung KS 8000-9000 US /KS 7000 -8000 UE than other models :p

Only reason I bought my Sony UN 55 X850C or any Sony X850C was that it was significantly cheaper than a significantly better + brighter Samsung JS 8000/8500 back then and you need a 2017 Sony X930E or just get a 2016 Samsung UN KS 8000 - UE KS 7000 and call it a day noting at least the 2016 -2017 the Samsung's process TV broadcast and cable channel content way better than any Sony TV :p
By alan3simms
#13850
Hi,

I have a question about this TV specifically XE-8596 , i purchased one December of 2017 at the time it was markted by several if not all of the retailers as a true 10bit (not 8bit +dithering) with a 120Hz panel, now i i believe even on the Sony Uk site(that info has now disappeared).
Now it seems that this is marketed by atleast one retailer (who previously marketed it as above)as a 8bit+FRC and a 100Hz TV.is it a true 10bit 120hz or the lower spec panel?

I would be keen to know your thoughts on this , as My TV has been giving me a lot of problems (dead pixles , backlight bleed , system erros, remote not responding etc..)I wonder if there is any thing lurking that Sonyhaven't told us .

Thanks
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By Torben Rasmussen
#13851
100/120 Hz would apply to region. 120 Hz in e.g. the US, and 100 Hz in most of Europe. The panel is able to do both if it can do one.