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Editors' ChoiceSony Bravia KDL-55HX925 Review

08 Dec, 2011, 5:20 pm IST | by Hatim Kantawalla , Rossi Fernandes | LED Backlit

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The 55HX925 - the best there is, from Sony

The 55HX925 - the best there is, from Sony
Very sleek, very slim for its size
The stand could've been sturdier
A very basic user interface - simple and practical

PRICE IN INDIA

Free

TECH2 RATING

8.5

AVERAGE USER RATING

7.5

How we test

CONTACT

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Performance

The image quality of the Bravia 55HX925 is really the party piece of the TV. The HX925 is the first local-dimming LED TV that we’ve tested, and while it is not without a few faults, it is a great step towards LED TVs that can produce black levels that hold their own against high-end plasma TVs.

 

The Local-Dimming method of backlighting allows specific areas of the panel to go dimmer, lower in brightness. This, at least in theory, means that the screen has better chances of displaying truer blacks. This one feature of the TV is what defines much of its performance. 

All blocks are visible, except for the darker blue shades

All blocks are visible, except for the darker blue shades

 

 

Before we get into the specifics of the TV’s performance, let us lay out some of the calibration settings we used to test the TV with. 

 

Out-of-the-box settings of the TV are pretty decent. If you are not the kind who will tweak a lot then you will be happy with what you get immediately as you turn the TV on for the first time. Our first rounds of tests were under these conditions, and the TV performed very well in many of our tougher tests.

 

But if you intend to max out the TV’s true potential, then you should give the settings listed below a try: 

 

  • Picture Mode: Custom
  • Backlight: 4
  • Picture: 70
  • Brightness: 53
  • Color: 45
  • Hue: 0
  • Color Temperature: Warm 2
  • Sharpness: 50
  • Noise Reduction: Off
  • MPEG NoiseReduction Off
  • Dot Noise Reduction Off
  • MotionFlow Off
  • CineMotion: Auto 1
  • Advanced Settings
  • Black Corrector: Off
  • Advanced
  • Contrast Enhancer: Off  
  • Gamma: +2
  • LED Dynamic Control Standard
  • Auto Light Limiter: Off
  • Clear White: Off
  • Live Color: Off
  • White Balance:
  • Red Gain: -5
  • Green Gain: 0
  • Blue Gain: -5
  • Red Bias: -1
  • Green Bias: -1
  • Blue Bias: -1
  • Detail Enhancer Off
  • Edge Enhancer Off
  • Skin Naturalizer ---*
  • i/p Conversion Preference       ---*
  • Screen: Display Area Full Pixel      
  • Color Matrix Auto
  • HDMI Dynamic Range Auto
  • Simulated 3D Effect High
  • 3D Glasses Brightness Auto
  • Color Matrix Auto
  • Other
  • Ambient Sensor Off
  • Pro Picture
  • HDMI Dynamic Range Auto
  • Color Matrix Default
  • SBM Off
  • *Not accessible in HDMI

 

Calibration settings credit: Hometheater.com

 

Our performance conclusions have been derived from using these settings, and by selectively enabling and disabling Cinema Drive, and Motionflow-related settings. 

 

We used a bunch of content to gauge the performance of the TV. We used The Last Samurai DVDs as well as The Dark Knight and Casino Royale Blu-rays and HD1080 60fps video samples for the TV. We also had a DTH service (Airtel Digital TV HD) with HD channels setup to see how well the TV would perform in day-to-day viewing conditions.


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