@@BTheInstaller Tell your son he is right about the A90J remote compared to the A80J, thats why I bought a Sony backlit remote separately for my A80J! However the backlit remote definitely drains the AAA batteries fast - just got a low battery notification today after only 3 weeks with the alkalines. My other non-backlit Sony remote on my X950H in comparison still has nearly full level after 3 months! Going to use rechargeable AAAs now!
Todo suena muy bonito, pero Sony es una compañia poco seria, yo tengo muchos aparatos marca Sony los que para venderlos le prometen cosas muy lindas , pero que con los dias se van quedando resagados y van desapareciendo servicios (Aplicaciones) para terminar en un vulgar televisor al que toca conectarle (Roku o Appletv) para no perder toda la inversion,,
I know Sony has alot to fix and work on with gaming features that's just facts, but to be honest their picture quality in movies and content is pretty damn impressive. I am not trying to give them a free pass, but I have the X900H and in terms of HDR and Dolby Vision that tv gets pretty close to OLED sometimes.
Great video B ! That is basically where I have my settings on the 77" A80J. I am really enjoying that TV , the clarity is incredible! Specular highlights!
The only setting I do differently is the Smooth Gradation - most recommend the "low" setting since higher than that can soften the image a bit. I've lately been using "off" and haven't seen any banding even in old movies like some of the Disney+ movies from the 50s and 60s in HD like Davy Crockett. I've played a lot with the Reality Creation setting - I'm getting good results for sharpening non-4K video at a higher manual setting up to 40-50. For 4K videos, off or auto works well.
The cinemotion is specifically for streaming devices and cable broadcast. If you have AppleTV with the match frame rate enabled or watch from a Blu-ray player with 24p output, then you can disable it. Other streaming devices keep the 24hz content embedded in a 60hz signal. This mismatch will create judder since 24 is not evenly divided into 60. The cinemotion setting will correctly detect this and apply the proper 3:2 pull down and display each frame correctly. The High/Med/Low simply is how aggressively it looks for it. Generally it’s safe to keep on High. Cable has similar issues as described above, but also lots of content is shown as 1080i (interlaced) which is essentially 540p alternating per each refresh. Basically you need cinemotion if you’re streaming or watching cable. It has zero effect if you’re watching NATIVE 24p content so it’s safe to always keep it on.
Correct - the cinemotion function is for 60fps video input from internal apps and TV tuner and for external devices that can't output in 24fps directly. If enabled, it will try to extract the original 24fps from a 60fps video that uses 3:2 pulldown.
@@BTheInstaller I thought you were calling him ShaKobe. You said you were a Lakers fan so I thought you might have named your son that after those two lol. Alright so its Jacoby hahaha
@@monstalova what can I say, we watched a lot of Yankees baseball (with Jacoby Ellsbury and liked the name) when I was pregnant! We jokingly called him Derek Jeter, but settled on Jacoby. Figured it would cover our baseball and basketball teams!
I am also very happy user of 83”a90j,never had oled or any decent tv as I am coming out of 2006 sony bravia😀imagine how good this looks to me👌also got it calibrated,amazing stuff,thanks for the video and settings
Hello, love the video. I have this tv in the 83” as well. I am so new to this technology. How do I go from SDR to HDR settings? Dolby vision is automatic when I watch that content through disc or streaming. I have my ps5, Sony 4K player, Apple TV 4K and bell Fibe all connected through my Denon 4700 Amp and from the amp to the tv I have it connected to the E-ARC port.
I have the a90k 42in 4k 120 hz I know two different tv but great video and both tv have the same option and u explained which each one do so thank you I have been trying to get the best setting for game mode and hdr movies So don’t used reality creation in game mode ?
I received mine last week from Value electronics and came broken during shipping (I guess). So now they are calibrating and sending me another. Can’t wait to see it. 83 inch is the best size.
Your settings for dolby vision are definitely the brightest setting possible - Dolby Vision Bright with Brightness Preferred. I don't need it that bright so I use DV Bright with tonemapping off. DV Bright appears to be like DV Dark with Brightness Preferred on. I've found little difference between those with a bright outdoor scene, so it mostly affects darker indoor scenes in DV movies/shows.
I just bought the a90j 83… delivered next Thursday. I am just here for the comments and because I am excited. Lol. How many inches of the floor do you guys have it ? Floor to bottom of tv? I am doing 23 inches? Too much or too little?
I bought the 75" 950H recently. Getting ready to unbox and set up with a Sonos ARC and sub. Will settings be similar as the A90? Couldn't find a video on your channel.
I have an A80J (same settings as A90J) in my main dark media room but I also have a Sony X950H in my bright family room. Many of the settings are the same between them, there are a couple that are in the X950H only (for its backlit dimming feature which the OLED doesn't need) and the OLED has a few unique settings too like Panel Brightness. Also the A80J/A90J for 2021 improved the cinemotion settings for off, low, and high. The 2020 X950H model cinemotion setting only has off and auto(which is like high).
hello B need your opinion i have 55a90j running through my yamaha rx-a3080 my cable is 1080p. what should i leave cinemotion low or high? thanx for your input. awesome vids.
Hi there! great channel and so helpful. I have a question. I have a 77 oled A80J and i have noticed that when I switch to an Apple TV 4K 2nd gen that the image is slightly improved but the audio is very diminished from the TV speakers compared to listening from the TVs Google browser . I have the audio settings as Auto - Atmos available and HDMI - selected to TV Speakers. Could you please offer any hints to improve the audio via the Apple TV 4k to make it the same quality? many thanks
Thanks for the video! I'm considering whether the 83 inch TV is too big for our apartment. We are sitting about 3 meters away from the television. The tv would only be used for streaming and gaming on the ps5. Does that fit in your opinion, or is 83 inches just too big for our distance? Currently we are using the sony a1 in 65 inches...
I have an LG 83 C1 from Value Electronics that will be delivered to my home Wednesday. I sit about 10 ft away and I think it's going to be perfect. In fact I have moved the TV position forward so it will be more immersive.
I have an 83A90J and I am 8 feet away (screen to nose) lol… it’s perfect at that distance … you don’t need to move your head to see the whole screen but you do need to move your eyes … which I think adds to the feeling of immersion. (BTW I have my tv stand on casters so I really experimented with different distances)
We are simular distance and 77 a80j or 83" a90j would work. The wall was just massive so the 65 was fine but just looked small.. ya know? So yeah 77 or 83... the a80j is no joke at $3500
I found that the screen was brighter in dark screen when medium was selected for Panel Luminance and High was slightly less bright in HDR content. I also find Gammaset to 0 for HDR and -2 for SDR works well
Hey B like the settings that you suggested, would like to ask if there’s a way to disable the volume level that shows on the screen when you use internal speakers ? I have the a80j. Thanks for all your videos
I don't know. I like it to know if im going deaf or if its actually low. However in the internal apps, sometimes the volume level doesn't show up. Weird.
Thanks for the settings! I was able to get custom set up just right. I noticed it looks much better than the out of the box standard and cinema mode imo.
I see the appeal of Sony tvs even with out all the gaming features working properly. They really put alot of effort into pure picture quality. I think Vizio tvs have great picture quality too those tvs get pretty inky black too. But yeah some Sony 📺 are just stunning to look at.
Im confused. So any time you want to watch something do you have to setup the picture depending on the content? Can’t you have three pre defined custom profiles?
So is there a seperate setting btwn SDR and HDR? I mean if I watch HDR content, I have to go back and change the settings for HDR? And like wise when Im watching SDR content, I have to go back and change setting again?
Man, so many of you pros out there seem to have a little bit different settings for these (I'm using the A80J but I know they're very similar) I'm at the point where I'm STILL tweaking the picture, and getting tired of it! BUT I now kind of understand I need to tweak each setting per different content (HDR, DV, and SDR)
Hi, i have sony XR65A90J and i have one question…. Should i buy nvidia shield tv pro for this tv or is tv just good enough for good quality movie streaming?? Is there picture quality and movie streaming better with nvidia shield??
There are a few settings I like different between SDR and HDR, so you can setup two of the program modes (like one with Custom and another with Cinema) with those differences. So just switch between those PMs for SDR vs HDR when needed. Dolby Vision fortunately auto switches to a DV program mode, so that one is already separately setup. There is a way to add a couple more custom program modes too, then you could have 3+ PMs for different settings like for non-4K, SDR 4K, HDR 4K, etc.
You only set it up once for each of the modes Then each time you play something it automatically switches and calls upon those different settings for sdr, hdr and Dolby vision
HI B THE INSTALLER I JUST GOT THE SONY A90J 65 INCH A FEW DAYS AGO. I FOLLOWED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS DID FINE WITH THE STR AND HDR. BUT WHEN I GO TO SETTINGS PUCTURE MODE DOLBY VISION DOESN'T SHOW UP LIKE II COMES UP IN THE VIDEO. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME. THAT'S THE ONLY SETTING I NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING COMPLETE. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.
Hi, thx for the setup. Quick question, when I play destiny or other game on the A90J it show Dolby vision bright … no option to get game mode why? Does that affect my response time ? Just wondering. Thx
@@shanew7361 I find the A80J plenty bright for my dark media room. The Sony processor is the same as in the A90J so picture quality and upscaling/processing is about the same on the A80J. I also separately bought the Sony backlit remote that comes with the A90J and it paired perfectly with the A80J, cost under $80 online. So I'd recommend saving with the A80J!
the problem is that there is no where near enough internal storage with the built in allocation. I ran out of storage in the 1st week and that's just by adding the various apps like peacock, tubi etc. So do you have a way to allow the user to add external storage then add that so it's available to use for additional Internal Storage. I already have the developer option.
Have you seen low level black blocking on SDR content? I'm getting it a bit using Sling TV on some programming, "Discovery of Witches" comes to mind. Night scenes etc. Any way to fix this? I've read that sony doesn't give enough low level calibration control to fix this properly? Just wondering...
Awesome video me I won't use dynamic contrast as it's plenty bright for me but I will use black adjust which is a specific setting meant to darken the blacks in the image now it can create some crush or miss a little shadow detail but the shadow detial is so good on the a90j its not a big deal to me it just adds tons of depth to the image probabaly my favorite setting on any tv love that about Sony they have settings that legit add even more depth on top lol
@@BTheInstaller have you tried out Adobe rgb color space while gaming in sdr yet? It's insanity the colors are insane man lol for colorful games its amazing to bypass and use also I've found if gaming in hdr if you force bt2020 kind of likenfor the RUclips app it adds more color somehow even tho auto does work when gaming it's like it adds even more punch to the image when forced pretty nuts tbh but tbh the Adobe rgb is so good sometimes I'll just game in sdr instead of hdr and turn hdr off on certain games due to just how colorful it can be since it's gaming u don't mind having that extra color
@@reviewforthetube6485 facts man! I have the A8H and I have set up Adobe RGB to all sources I can(or that are allowed) and then set up color from there. It looks insane. Love that color space👍
Motionflow vs cinemotion is a bit confusing to me. I know cinemotion is useful for extracting 24p from 60hz, but if you match frame rate exactly it can be left off. However the setting for cinemotion changes the way motionflow works. It seems like the frame interpolation functionality is activated only when cinemotion is enabled. Otherwise (with cinemotion off) some other smoothing algorithm is applied. I’m very sensitive to SEO but I can use motionflow at the highest setting without problems as long as I keep cinemotion off. With cinemotion enabled I can only go as high as 1 and even that’s pushing it. I’m quite happy with the motion using cinemotion = off and motionflow = max, but it would be very interesting with an in depth video that explains what’s happening here.
Yeah, the x900e settings I think is where Alex from rtings went over it. It's hard. But from what I have heard, you are correct but many would call you the soap opera guy. Lol. I'm with you though at least 1 or 2 on smoothness.
have you observed the sound/talking clarity isn't very chrisp? While watching Loki I could barely hear anything and had to rely on subtitles. any specific advice for sound settings?
There is a setting under the Sound Settings to adjust amplification of voices (center channel) so you can try boosting that. Also run the auto audio calibration for the internal speakers, that uses the remote as a microphone from your seating position.
I have the a90j 65inch and it suffers from blurring in anything fast moving cars bicycles motorcycle anything really but no matter what settings I try it doesn't seem to work any advice please cheers Martin
Brightness at Max and Contrast at 90? Holy shit, that's bright. Do the 65 and 83 have the same brightness and contrast levels? I like Black Level at 52-53. There's black crush at 50.
For HDR and DV brightness is set at max and panel brightness at High for max brightness highlights. However for SDR panel brightness at medium and a brightness of 45 or less works well and can help reduce/eliminate ABL from lowering brightness on really bright scenes.
tyvm! i have some questtions, maybe you could help me with it. since a few days i have the a90j and the picture quality is realy very good but i have problems with judder / stutter, even if i put everything under motionflow on max, except clarity, it flickers very bad at 3 and seems broken to me. now my question, could it be movies judder because i only use a ps4 pro watching blu rays and dvd? for sure i will get a 4k player in the future, but actual the model i would like to have is sold out (panasonic824). could upscaling cause this anoying judder and with a propper 4k signal it will be better? or will the panasonic824 handle upscaling better as the ps4? had a sony x800m2 for a test but it wasn't better then ps4.
Hello, I have A95K and I have the same. I've been struggling with this for a week and can't set it up optimally. As for me, these televisions have a bad fluidizer that cannot be properly set. And I am very sensitive to it. I also have a Sony x95g at home and it works great there. No tears of the picture and no theater.
Hey b you should of heard ninjician tonight sticking up for sony saying he's tried of hearing this vrr talk and that the sony tvs game great. He was like if you sre on console vrr should be the last thing you think of because all vrr has issues not just sony. He is absolutely correct it's why we are supposed to be getting a new version of vrr hell even lg finally uodates its raised black issues with vrr a fee months back it had issues for over a year. All other companies like tcl and others have issues with local dimming and other things. Apl people have to do is search vrr issues it's vre I'm general. But he Gave sony alot of credit tonight after seeing one he claibrated for fomo and them. Yesh he ws like it has the most lush image due to the color volume he was blown away yoy can tell. I couldn't believe it even with all thus over exaggerated stuff about gaming which I can't believe people are falling for. I'm surprised how many trolls fomo and them listen To. They go well people say this or that yeah who? Trolls on RUclips trying to bash sony. I made a graya point why is nobody covering lg panel issues tons of people srs all over the internet talking about it nobody is covering it. Tons and tons of returns if it was sony it would be talked about asap. I'm sry but sony gaming is fantastic kg showed for months he prdffeeed sony and he couldn't feel a difference when gaming. He wa steeling people to get sony even for gaming as it was his favorite idk what happened the past few weeks it's like he got dormwed out so he just started bringing up features also. When in fact he said he didn't care about rhat stuff so who knows what happened. All I know is I'm happy niniician spoke up and said if you sre a console gamer you will love the sony and all of them tonight classy KG and ninician all talked about the a90j being so good classy and KG said it is the best tv this year hands down. What I want to know is why is a tv enthusiast community only talking about gaming? We have gaming monitors and those channels. Tvs are image quality and movies first then gaming second. We have gaming monitors centered around only gaming. The true av enthusiast the hundreds of thousands are leaving RUclips to go to Facebook and forums due to nothing eeally being covered about tvs lol. Sony gives us the best image quality of any consumer TV said by all of the rpofessuonals and why sing content and movies and things like that being covered as much as gaming? Like I get views but I have been around for years and years and I remember channels with 200k subs and that was back when gaming wasn't talked about and thwy would even get upwards of 500k views from enthusiasts. Gaming has taken over the community but you ha ehundrrds of thousands of enthusiasts still out there. We need more true tv content. It shouldn't always be negatives it shouldn't always be oh this for gaming this for gaming like make videos about other stuff with tvs the headline is alway about gaming anymore. Not saying with you but with fomo and others it's getting ridcjous then all this stuff being blown out or proportion. The a80j and a90j aren't the 900h. The 900h can't even do 4k 120 without halfing resolution. The a80j and a90j can display full 4k 120 bevause it has the xr duagherboard working in conjunction with the mediatek soc if people believe it will be the same as the 900h they will be sadly mistaken. It's completely different lol. You know when ninician is saying he's tried of hearing about vrr and sony tvs asn he's sticking up for them that it's getting pretty bad then. Just saying we need more av content true av content that isn't gaming centered. At leastasome things came put we had a good healthy debate tonight which was great we all needed it tbh. Was surprised when classy said the ao0j is the best tv out. I've also been surprised as KG always talked about liking sony more and even gaming he liked sony more lol. Past few weeks he went along with the gamers and started with the feature thing. Was very airesied with how much he liked sony. But he did agree the a90j is the best tv. Ninjician really was impressed by the a90j alot which is nice.
As of now in Dolby Vision I prefer to leave HDR tone mapping to off. Whites in brightness preferred are too bright and killing my eyes at night. Otherwise I followed your recommandations. Anyone else thinking brightness preferred is too agressive? I could also leave it on and lower luminosity to 30 for instance.
I followed everything you said, the only thing I’m struggling with is the ambient lighting, I’m using my Apple TV 4K as a external source and notice if I leave the ambient lighting off the screen looks a bit darker. So I left it on.
Make sure your input is set to enhanced Dolby vision. As I show in video, but chose the dv vs normal enhanced. Then you gotta make sure you are watching content in dv.. Netflix has a lot of 4k hdr but not all dv
I feel like next year's "A90K?" With full HDMI 2.1 is going to be the TV to get. Sony needs to get step their SOC game up for me to buy another top tier tv from them.
I couldn’t work out how to save SDR AND HDR settings. The settings you dial in for SDR will be the same for HDR vice versa. You can’t have them as individual settings. Please help :(
I think there is a custom pro setting 1 and 2. So if you get into that screen you can make one custom for hdr and one for sdr. Check out ninjician AV as he did my calibration and may know.
COULD YOU HAVE GONE A LOT FASTER?! COULD YOU HAVE TOLD US HOW TO GET TO HRD - SDR ETC.,? DESPITE WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK SOME OF US WATCH THESE SETTINGS VIDEOS BECAUSE WE D O N ‘T KNOW ALL OF THIS - as far as I am concerned - lecture to your kind of people and I will continue to look for someone to help me with these settings who knows how to deal with MY kind of people !!!
Great vid, B. Thanks. I'm so used to gamma at -2 for SDR it's hard for me to change it. Lol. I will have to play around with black adjust and those other settings. Can't remember where I have mine set.
Yes, people have said.. stop wearing a hat, it's ok you're bald. And I'm like no... I'm just lazy and don't want the mop out 🧹.. sorry no mop emoji just broom
Has anyone gotten the Bravia Core app to output Dolby Atmos or DTS over earc? I have an Anthem MRX1140 that is having trouble with those audio formats on all built-in apps. I have cec enabled on the TV and receiver with audio pass-through auto. Is this a limitation of the Android TV player codecs that are supported?
The Bravia Core app doesn't support atmos at all, it only offers plain DTS audio that can even work over the optical port and plain Arc, doesn't need eARC which the hardware doesn't support for internal apps anyway. eARC is only supported for external HDMI devices that need it like a blu-ray player for the uncompressed advanced audio formats like Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master. Though if you plug the external device directly into the receiver they will work without eARC as well. On the Bravia Core app you also may have to manually select DTS audio under the audio options or else it may default to stereo.
@@donb7574 oh man, that was it! I just had to change the audio quality within the playback settings menu (no idea you could do that). Thank you so much, Don. It’s silly they default to Dolby Digital Plus.
You should change the title of this from "Sony A90J Best Settings and features" to "use whatever settings look good." Not very helpful to watch someone just ramble on without real specific guidance.
It's not "way better" an oled is an oled. Great tvs. It's probably 10% brighter, maybe more due to heatsink and the processing and upscaling like 20-30% better.
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@@BTheInstaller Tell your son he is right about the A90J remote compared to the A80J, thats why I bought a Sony backlit remote separately for my A80J! However the backlit remote definitely drains the AAA batteries fast - just got a low battery notification today after only 3 weeks with the alkalines. My other non-backlit Sony remote on my X950H in comparison still has nearly full level after 3 months! Going to use rechargeable AAAs now!
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Todo suena muy bonito, pero Sony es una compañia poco seria, yo tengo muchos aparatos marca Sony los que para venderlos le prometen cosas muy lindas , pero que con los dias se van quedando resagados y van desapareciendo servicios (Aplicaciones) para terminar en un vulgar televisor al que toca conectarle (Roku o Appletv) para no perder toda la inversion,,
Special video as this is the very 1st time I've seen you without a cap :) Today, I will have an extra drink for you here in Colorado Springs! Cheers!
I know Sony has alot to fix and work on with gaming features that's just facts, but to be honest their picture quality in movies and content is pretty damn impressive. I am not trying to give them a free pass, but I have the X900H and in terms of HDR and Dolby Vision that tv gets pretty close to OLED sometimes.
a lot? this tv will be good for gaming for 99% of people.
@@smthsmth totally agree with you
Great video B !
That is basically where I have my settings on the 77" A80J.
I am really enjoying that TV , the clarity is incredible!
Specular highlights!
The only setting I do differently is the Smooth Gradation - most recommend the "low" setting since higher than that can soften the image a bit. I've lately been using "off" and haven't seen any banding even in old movies like some of the Disney+ movies from the 50s and 60s in HD like Davy Crockett. I've played a lot with the Reality Creation setting - I'm getting good results for sharpening non-4K video at a higher manual setting up to 40-50. For 4K videos, off or auto works well.
The cinemotion is specifically for streaming devices and cable broadcast. If you have AppleTV with the match frame rate enabled or watch from a Blu-ray player with 24p output, then you can disable it. Other streaming devices keep the 24hz content embedded in a 60hz signal. This mismatch will create judder since 24 is not evenly divided into 60. The cinemotion setting will correctly detect this and apply the proper 3:2 pull down and display each frame correctly. The High/Med/Low simply is how aggressively it looks for it. Generally it’s safe to keep on High.
Cable has similar issues as described above, but also lots of content is shown as 1080i (interlaced) which is essentially 540p alternating per each refresh. Basically you need cinemotion if you’re streaming or watching cable. It has zero effect if you’re watching NATIVE 24p content so it’s safe to always keep it on.
Correct - the cinemotion function is for 60fps video input from internal apps and TV tuner and for external devices that can't output in 24fps directly. If enabled, it will try to extract the original 24fps from a 60fps video that uses 3:2 pulldown.
Jakoby is a keeper ! Let’s see more of his work ! Great review B ! Thanks !
Great cameo and explanation on the remote Jacoby!
The poll question results are that you are more helpful than Juicee J.. 😆 all 4 of you are helpful. Especially 🐕
@@BTheInstaller I thought you were calling him ShaKobe. You said you were a Lakers fan so I thought you might have named your son that after those two lol. Alright so its Jacoby hahaha
@@monstalova what can I say, we watched a lot of Yankees baseball (with Jacoby Ellsbury and liked the name) when I was pregnant! We jokingly called him Derek Jeter, but settled on Jacoby. Figured it would cover our baseball and basketball teams!
@@jenwalshwellbalancedlifestyle Good you liked them because it might have been a bit awkward calling him Hideki or Jose Canseco :)
@@monstalova 🤣
I USE SUNGLASSES WITH MY 83" A90J BECAUSE THE BRIGHTNESS IS GOAT FOR AN OLED #MASTERPIECE 🐐😎
I am also very happy user of 83”a90j,never had oled or any decent tv as I am coming out of 2006 sony bravia😀imagine how good this looks to me👌also got it calibrated,amazing stuff,thanks for the video and settings
Hello, love the video. I have this tv in the 83” as well. I am so new to this technology. How do I go from SDR to HDR settings? Dolby vision is automatic when I watch that content through disc or streaming. I have my ps5, Sony 4K player, Apple TV 4K and bell Fibe all connected through my Denon 4700 Amp and from the amp to the tv I have it connected to the E-ARC port.
Thanks man. These settings look great. I always have a hard time finding a decent setting with new tv’s.
Damn , i really like this video , maybe couse I'm getting ready to buy this gem at the black friday 👍
I have the a90k 42in 4k 120 hz I know two different tv but great video and both tv have the same option and u explained which each one do so thank you I have been trying to get the best setting for game mode and hdr movies So don’t used reality creation in game mode ?
I ordered mine today,83inch ty for all your videos!!!!
I LOVE MY 83" A90J AND PS5...GREAT SETTING 🔥🔥🔥
I’m sure anyone would love there almost 10k gaming setup 😅
@@ericeli5145 YUP YUP...AND WORTH EVERY PENNY 🤑
I received mine last week from Value electronics and came broken during shipping (I guess). So now they are calibrating and sending me another. Can’t wait to see it. 83 inch is the best size.
@@Jagjeezy GOT BOTH OF MY A90J FROM AMAZON...FAST SHIPPING AND IN PERFECT CONDITION AND WORKING ORDER...
Your settings for dolby vision are definitely the brightest setting possible - Dolby Vision Bright with Brightness Preferred. I don't need it that bright so I use DV Bright with tonemapping off. DV Bright appears to be like DV Dark with Brightness Preferred on. I've found little difference between those with a bright outdoor scene, so it mostly affects darker indoor scenes in DV movies/shows.
I just bought the a90j 83… delivered next Thursday. I am just here for the comments and because I am excited. Lol.
How many inches of the floor do you guys have it ? Floor to bottom of tv?
I am doing 23 inches? Too much or too little?
Love your reviews .... should I be concerned about subtitles causing burn in on the OLED? I always have subtitles on when I use the TV?
I bought the 75" 950H recently. Getting ready to unbox and set up with a Sonos ARC and sub. Will settings be similar as the A90? Couldn't find a video on your channel.
I have an A80J (same settings as A90J) in my main dark media room but I also have a Sony X950H in my bright family room. Many of the settings are the same between them, there are a couple that are in the X950H only (for its backlit dimming feature which the OLED doesn't need) and the OLED has a few unique settings too like Panel Brightness. Also the A80J/A90J for 2021 improved the cinemotion settings for off, low, and high. The 2020 X950H model cinemotion setting only has off and auto(which is like high).
@@donb7574 Thank you.
Hi! Thanks for the help! You don’t specify which HDR mode you are in? Do you leave it on auto or you set it to HDR 10?
hello B need your opinion i have 55a90j running through my yamaha rx-a3080 my cable is 1080p. what should i leave cinemotion low or high? thanx for your input. awesome vids.
Hello! Have you done a best setting or calibration video for A80J ? Thanks
Hi there! great channel and so helpful. I have a question. I have a 77 oled A80J and i have noticed that when I switch to an Apple TV 4K 2nd gen that the image is slightly improved but the audio is very diminished from the TV speakers compared to listening from the TVs Google browser . I have the audio settings as Auto - Atmos available and HDMI - selected to TV Speakers. Could you please offer any hints to improve the audio via the Apple TV 4k to make it the same quality? many thanks
I'm about to buy this beast. Thanks for the very informative advices.
Thanks for the video! I'm considering whether the 83 inch TV is too big for our apartment. We are sitting about 3 meters away from the television. The tv would only be used for streaming and gaming on the ps5. Does that fit in your opinion, or is 83 inches just too big for our distance? Currently we are using the sony a1 in 65 inches...
I have an LG 83 C1 from Value Electronics that will be delivered to my home Wednesday. I sit about 10 ft away and I think it's going to be perfect. In fact I have moved the TV position forward so it will be more immersive.
I have an 83A90J and I am 8 feet away (screen to nose) lol… it’s perfect at that distance … you don’t need to move your head to see the whole screen but you do need to move your eyes … which I think adds to the feeling of immersion. (BTW I have my tv stand on casters so I really experimented with different distances)
We are simular distance and 77 a80j or 83" a90j would work. The wall was just massive so the 65 was fine but just looked small.. ya know? So yeah 77 or 83... the a80j is no joke at $3500
I found that the screen was brighter in dark screen when medium was selected for Panel Luminance and High was slightly less bright in HDR content. I also find Gammaset to 0 for HDR and -2 for SDR works well
Hey B like the settings that you suggested, would like to ask if there’s a way to disable the volume level that shows on the screen when you use internal speakers ? I have the a80j. Thanks for all your videos
I don't know. I like it to know if im going deaf or if its actually low. However in the internal apps, sometimes the volume level doesn't show up. Weird.
@@BTheInstaller thanks so much for getting back with me it’s all good it’s a nice TV And I did buy because of your recommendations.
U nailed it... Comprehensive n fun to watch.
Thanks for the settings! I was able to get custom set up just right. I noticed it looks much better than the out of the box standard and cinema mode imo.
I see the appeal of Sony tvs even with out all the gaming features working properly. They really put alot of effort into pure picture quality. I think Vizio tvs have great picture quality too those tvs get pretty inky black too. But yeah some Sony 📺 are just stunning to look at.
Im confused. So any time you want to watch something do you have to setup the picture depending on the content? Can’t you have three pre defined custom profiles?
I’m liking to get the a80j. My bedroom room is 13x16 I sit 11 feet from tv. Should I get a 55 or 65 inch tv.
So is there a seperate setting btwn SDR and HDR? I mean if I watch HDR content, I have to go back and change the settings for HDR? And like wise when Im watching SDR content, I have to go back and change setting again?
Man, so many of you pros out there seem to have a little bit different settings for these (I'm using the A80J but I know they're very similar) I'm at the point where I'm STILL tweaking the picture, and getting tired of it! BUT I now kind of understand I need to tweak each setting per different content (HDR, DV, and SDR)
Great settings Great advices from expert man
Hi, i have sony XR65A90J and i have one question…. Should i buy nvidia shield tv pro for this tv or is tv just good enough for good quality movie streaming?? Is there picture quality and movie streaming better with nvidia shield??
That setup looks awesome.
Do you have to change these settings each time you change from sdr, hdr and Dolby Atmos?
There are a few settings I like different between SDR and HDR, so you can setup two of the program modes (like one with Custom and another with Cinema) with those differences. So just switch between those PMs for SDR vs HDR when needed. Dolby Vision fortunately auto switches to a DV program mode, so that one is already separately setup. There is a way to add a couple more custom program modes too, then you could have 3+ PMs for different settings like for non-4K, SDR 4K, HDR 4K, etc.
You only set it up once for each of the modes
Then each time you play something it automatically switches and calls upon those different settings for sdr, hdr and Dolby vision
That was a great explanation.. thank you
HI B THE INSTALLER I JUST GOT THE SONY A90J 65 INCH A FEW DAYS AGO. I FOLLOWED YOUR INSTRUCTIONS DID FINE WITH THE STR AND HDR. BUT WHEN I GO TO SETTINGS PUCTURE MODE DOLBY VISION DOESN'T SHOW UP LIKE II COMES UP IN THE VIDEO. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME. THAT'S THE ONLY SETTING I NEED TO HAVE EVERYTHING COMPLETE. THANK YOU IN ADVANCE I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS.
Thank You Like your Chanel 😊
Hi, thx for the setup. Quick question, when I play destiny or other game on the A90J it show Dolby vision bright … no option to get game mode why? Does that affect my response time ? Just wondering. Thx
Hey B, how do I enable the dolby vision settings on my Sony A80J? I don’t see that option under my picture mode setting options
These settings applicable to the 77" a80j?
Yes they should all be good for A80J
Yep all are the same for my A80J!
@@donb7574 How do you like your A80J? Debating on the 77".
@@shanew7361 I find the A80J plenty bright for my dark media room. The Sony processor is the same as in the A90J so picture quality and upscaling/processing is about the same on the A80J. I also separately bought the Sony backlit remote that comes with the A90J and it paired perfectly with the A80J, cost under $80 online. So I'd recommend saving with the A80J!
@@donb7574 Good to know
Can you Also do a video like this for the Sony A80j. I am sure a lot of these settings will work on it too
Good tips. Please add chapter marker metadata in description for videos to make it easier to jump around to different parts.
Very nice overview, thank you, Brandon!
Thanks. We missed you on the new livestream channel. "Pass the remote"
the problem is that there is no where near enough internal storage with the built in allocation. I ran out of storage in the 1st week and that's just by adding the various apps like peacock, tubi etc. So do you have a way to allow the user to add external storage then add that so it's available to use for additional Internal Storage. I already have the developer option.
Is it just my A90j that show a fuzzy/grainy picture when watching Don't look up on Netflix?
I don't know if I just have 1 bad tv out of a batch?
please do a LG C1 best settings please
I recommend Rtings for that...
Hey B. What would apps like ESPN be? HDR or SDR? Thanks
SDR.. they look good on Apple TV.
@@BTheInstaller interesting. Is that because the Apple TV upscales really well?
Have you seen low level black blocking on SDR content? I'm getting it a bit using Sling TV on some programming, "Discovery of Witches" comes to mind. Night scenes etc. Any way to fix this? I've read that sony doesn't give enough low level calibration control to fix this properly? Just wondering...
Awesome video me I won't use dynamic contrast as it's plenty bright for me but I will use black adjust which is a specific setting meant to darken the blacks in the image now it can create some crush or miss a little shadow detail but the shadow detial is so good on the a90j its not a big deal to me it just adds tons of depth to the image probabaly my favorite setting on any tv love that about Sony they have settings that legit add even more depth on top lol
Black adjust does help, I like the rich picture as well. I just remember the advanced contrast causes noise. A lot of settings to tweak.
@@BTheInstaller yeah man agree for sure👍
@@BTheInstaller have you tried out Adobe rgb color space while gaming in sdr yet? It's insanity the colors are insane man lol for colorful games its amazing to bypass and use also I've found if gaming in hdr if you force bt2020 kind of likenfor the RUclips app it adds more color somehow even tho auto does work when gaming it's like it adds even more punch to the image when forced pretty nuts tbh but tbh the Adobe rgb is so good sometimes I'll just game in sdr instead of hdr and turn hdr off on certain games due to just how colorful it can be since it's gaming u don't mind having that extra color
@@reviewforthetube6485 facts man! I have the A8H and I have set up Adobe RGB to all sources I can(or that are allowed) and then set up color from there. It looks insane. Love that color space👍
ADOBE RGB = JAW DROPPING
Motionflow vs cinemotion is a bit confusing to me. I know cinemotion is useful for extracting 24p from 60hz, but if you match frame rate exactly it can be left off. However the setting for cinemotion changes the way motionflow works. It seems like the frame interpolation functionality is activated only when cinemotion is enabled. Otherwise (with cinemotion off) some other smoothing algorithm is applied. I’m very sensitive to SEO but I can use motionflow at the highest setting without problems as long as I keep cinemotion off. With cinemotion enabled I can only go as high as 1 and even that’s pushing it.
I’m quite happy with the motion using cinemotion = off and motionflow = max, but it would be very interesting with an in depth video that explains what’s happening here.
Yeah, the x900e settings I think is where Alex from rtings went over it. It's hard. But from what I have heard, you are correct but many would call you the soap opera guy. Lol. I'm with you though at least 1 or 2 on smoothness.
Hey!! I just got my 65” a80j but I can’t find the bravia core app anywhere not even on playstore!!! Is it possible its not available in india
Thanks for the great video
have you observed the sound/talking clarity isn't very chrisp? While watching Loki I could barely hear anything and had to rely on subtitles. any specific advice for sound settings?
There is a voice zoom feature in the menu … works great. Try it in combination with the other sound settings.
@@kojak99100 will try it out. Thanks!
There is a setting under the Sound Settings to adjust amplification of voices (center channel) so you can try boosting that. Also run the auto audio calibration for the internal speakers, that uses the remote as a microphone from your seating position.
I have the a90j 65inch and it suffers from blurring in anything fast moving cars bicycles motorcycle anything really but no matter what settings I try it doesn't seem to work any advice please cheers Martin
Will these settings work on my XBR77A1E?
Thanks for the video
Brightness at Max and Contrast at 90? Holy shit, that's bright. Do the 65 and 83 have the same brightness and contrast levels?
I like Black Level at 52-53. There's black crush at 50.
It's needed for HDR to complete the full effect. I run contrast at 100 also than adjust black levels accordingly to really make thise highlights shine
For HDR and DV brightness is set at max and panel brightness at High for max brightness highlights. However for SDR panel brightness at medium and a brightness of 45 or less works well and can help reduce/eliminate ABL from lowering brightness on really bright scenes.
I have brightness at 16 and peak luminance medium for sdr.
tyvm! i have some questtions, maybe you could help me with it. since a few days i have the a90j and the picture quality is realy very good but i have problems with judder / stutter, even if i put everything under motionflow on max, except clarity, it flickers very bad at 3 and seems broken to me. now my question, could it be movies judder because i only use a ps4 pro watching blu rays and dvd? for sure i will get a 4k player in the future, but actual the model i would like to have is sold out (panasonic824). could upscaling cause this anoying judder and with a propper 4k signal it will be better? or will the panasonic824 handle upscaling better as the ps4? had a sony x800m2 for a test but it wasn't better then ps4.
Hello, I have A95K and I have the same. I've been struggling with this for a week and can't set it up optimally. As for me, these televisions have a bad fluidizer that cannot be properly set. And I am very sensitive to it. I also have a Sony x95g at home and it works great there. No tears of the picture and no theater.
Can you tell me the name of the movie that you finished the video with?
I think it was avengers Endgame.
Hey b you should of heard ninjician tonight sticking up for sony saying he's tried of hearing this vrr talk and that the sony tvs game great. He was like if you sre on console vrr should be the last thing you think of because all vrr has issues not just sony. He is absolutely correct it's why we are supposed to be getting a new version of vrr hell even lg finally uodates its raised black issues with vrr a fee months back it had issues for over a year. All other companies like tcl and others have issues with local dimming and other things. Apl people have to do is search vrr issues it's vre I'm general. But he Gave sony alot of credit tonight after seeing one he claibrated for fomo and them. Yesh he ws like it has the most lush image due to the color volume he was blown away yoy can tell. I couldn't believe it even with all thus over exaggerated stuff about gaming which I can't believe people are falling for. I'm surprised how many trolls fomo and them listen To. They go well people say this or that yeah who? Trolls on RUclips trying to bash sony. I made a graya point why is nobody covering lg panel issues tons of people srs all over the internet talking about it nobody is covering it. Tons and tons of returns if it was sony it would be talked about asap. I'm sry but sony gaming is fantastic kg showed for months he prdffeeed sony and he couldn't feel a difference when gaming. He wa steeling people to get sony even for gaming as it was his favorite idk what happened the past few weeks it's like he got dormwed out so he just started bringing up features also. When in fact he said he didn't care about rhat stuff so who knows what happened. All I know is I'm happy niniician spoke up and said if you sre a console gamer you will love the sony and all of them tonight classy KG and ninician all talked about the a90j being so good classy and KG said it is the best tv this year hands down. What I want to know is why is a tv enthusiast community only talking about gaming? We have gaming monitors and those channels. Tvs are image quality and movies first then gaming second. We have gaming monitors centered around only gaming. The true av enthusiast the hundreds of thousands are leaving RUclips to go to Facebook and forums due to nothing eeally being covered about tvs lol. Sony gives us the best image quality of any consumer TV said by all of the rpofessuonals and why sing content and movies and things like that being covered as much as gaming? Like I get views but I have been around for years and years and I remember channels with 200k subs and that was back when gaming wasn't talked about and thwy would even get upwards of 500k views from enthusiasts. Gaming has taken over the community but you ha ehundrrds of thousands of enthusiasts still out there. We need more true tv content. It shouldn't always be negatives it shouldn't always be oh this for gaming this for gaming like make videos about other stuff with tvs the headline is alway about gaming anymore. Not saying with you but with fomo and others it's getting ridcjous then all this stuff being blown out or proportion. The a80j and a90j aren't the 900h. The 900h can't even do 4k 120 without halfing resolution. The a80j and a90j can display full 4k 120 bevause it has the xr duagherboard working in conjunction with the mediatek soc if people believe it will be the same as the 900h they will be sadly mistaken. It's completely different lol. You know when ninician is saying he's tried of hearing about vrr and sony tvs asn he's sticking up for them that it's getting pretty bad then. Just saying we need more av content true av content that isn't gaming centered. At leastasome things came put we had a good healthy debate tonight which was great we all needed it tbh. Was surprised when classy said the ao0j is the best tv out. I've also been surprised as KG always talked about liking sony more and even gaming he liked sony more lol. Past few weeks he went along with the gamers and started with the feature thing. Was very airesied with how much he liked sony. But he did agree the a90j is the best tv. Ninjician really was impressed by the a90j alot which is nice.
As of now in Dolby Vision I prefer to leave HDR tone mapping to off. Whites in brightness preferred are too bright and killing my eyes at night. Otherwise I followed your recommandations. Anyone else thinking brightness preferred is too agressive? I could also leave it on and lower luminosity to 30 for instance.
Why don't I see Dolby vision 🤷🏽♂️..I have the a90j and had been following along with your settings..I'm in hdr but I don't Dolby vision
I totally thought B was hiding a shiny bald head under that cap!
Please, how do you get into these settings?
How is your PS5 on the wall?
You switched from SDR to HDR, but you didn't say how to switch modes?
Can i use these settings for my A80J?
Yes
So gamma at 0 you put for hdr… but negative 2 for sdr?
how come you didnt do this for the a80j?
I followed everything you said, the only thing I’m struggling with is the ambient lighting, I’m using my Apple TV 4K as a external source and notice if I leave the ambient lighting off the screen looks a bit darker. So I left it on.
How do you get to dolby mode? I go to Picture settings I don't see Dolby vision anywhere I don't use Disney plus
Make sure your input is set to enhanced Dolby vision. As I show in video, but chose the dv vs normal enhanced. Then you gotta make sure you are watching content in dv.. Netflix has a lot of 4k hdr but not all dv
I feel like next year's "A90K?" With full HDMI 2.1 is going to be the TV to get. Sony needs to get step their SOC game up for me to buy another top tier tv from them.
why sony don't have a specific 83-inch wall bracket? SU-WL850 is not suitable for the 83-inch model
No idea. It's a big tv. There are many universal mounts that would be good.
Def shouldn't be using dtm on dolby vision lol but hey all good awesome video
Thanks.
nice man
I couldn’t work out how to save SDR AND HDR settings. The settings you dial in for SDR will be the same for HDR vice versa. You can’t have them as individual settings. Please help :(
Anyone ?
I think there is a custom pro setting 1 and 2. So if you get into that screen you can make one custom for hdr and one for sdr. Check out ninjician AV as he did my calibration and may know.
COULD YOU HAVE GONE A LOT FASTER?! COULD YOU HAVE TOLD US HOW TO GET TO HRD - SDR ETC.,? DESPITE WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK SOME OF US WATCH THESE SETTINGS VIDEOS BECAUSE WE D O N ‘T KNOW ALL OF THIS - as far as I am concerned - lecture to your kind of people and I will continue to look for someone to help me with these settings who knows how to deal with MY kind of people !!!
Great vid, B. Thanks. I'm so used to gamma at -2 for SDR it's hard for me to change it. Lol. I will have to play around with black adjust and those other settings. Can't remember where I have mine set.
Hey all
For some reason dolby vision is nowhere to be found in the settings. Anyone knowing the issue?
B has hair! B has hair! B has hair!!! Who knew?!? 👲🏻
Yes, people have said.. stop wearing a hat, it's ok you're bald. And I'm like no... I'm just lazy and don't want the mop out 🧹.. sorry no mop emoji just broom
@@BTheInstaller Well... without your hat and your Spiderman t-shirt, you went from bum to hunk! 😜
Has anyone gotten the Bravia Core app to output Dolby Atmos or DTS over earc? I have an Anthem MRX1140 that is having trouble with those audio formats on all built-in apps. I have cec enabled on the TV and receiver with audio pass-through auto. Is this a limitation of the Android TV player codecs that are supported?
The Bravia Core app doesn't support atmos at all, it only offers plain DTS audio that can even work over the optical port and plain Arc, doesn't need eARC which the hardware doesn't support for internal apps anyway. eARC is only supported for external HDMI devices that need it like a blu-ray player for the uncompressed advanced audio formats like Dolby TrueHD and DTS HD Master. Though if you plug the external device directly into the receiver they will work without eARC as well. On the Bravia Core app you also may have to manually select DTS audio under the audio options or else it may default to stereo.
@@donb7574 oh man, that was it! I just had to change the audio quality within the playback settings menu (no idea you could do that). Thank you so much, Don. It’s silly they default to Dolby Digital Plus.
Where's your hat gone?! 😱😅👍🏻
why does my a90j and a95l picture quality look the same
My wife said you look younger without a hat.
A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job.
Yeah man... I should have had that as my question.. did you think I had hair or not? 😆
@@BTheInstaller we could tell you had hair just something about the hat made you look older. Usually it's the other way around.
@@rick330 i think he is 40 max 😊
42.. so I'll take 40... 👴 😆
“What’s up everybody” ?! Who are you - my doctor? Hello- is fine……..
You should change the title of this from "Sony A90J Best Settings and features" to "use whatever settings look good." Not very helpful to watch someone just ramble on without real specific guidance.
And I thought I was going blind with a 55”
Anyone I have LG C9 should I buy the sony A90J and sell LG C9 is A90J way better then the LG C9?
It's not "way better" an oled is an oled. Great tvs. It's probably 10% brighter, maybe more due to heatsink and the processing and upscaling like 20-30% better.
@@BTheInstaller Would you get A90J and sell LG C9?
Huuh wheres your Cap Bro
worse motion flow in workd is the Bravia A90J Shame
WHATS UP?! Just - hello willl do………🙄
Where is your hat?
Should not need sony calibrates before boxing thats why there a rip off
Who is this hat-less imposter?