Aaaargh -_- so annoying. Sony, that was an opportunity to sell us gamers a low lag set!copy wrote:So Rtings has posted their review of the new Sony X900F. 1080p lag has unfortunately gone up to 40.9 ms from the X900E's 31.5 ms. The F also drops component inputs. Pretty disappointing in those respects, because it otherwise looks good.
Personally I've been in TV limbo these last few months. I got an X900E, but I found the local dimming operations were sometimes distractingly noticeable (especially on HDR content), and the OSSC/SNES incompatibility nagged at me. I then tried the LG C7, but was really let down by the vertical banding issue, and worst of all is that my set has already developed four dead pixels after only three months.
Now I'm thinking I'll stick with the X900E. I'd rather put up with its local dimming than the C7's vertical banding. I'm okay with using the XRGB-Mini for NES/SNES.
The only further change I might make is to move up to a 55" X900E from my original 50" for my main TV, while the E line is still available. I've been spoiled by the size of the 55" C7 and would hate to go smaller now. Hopefully that will end my new TV saga, and I can finally go back to enjoying movies and games.
Was waiting on the 900F review. disapointed. The input lag for 4k is better at least (24.2 ms), so if you only want to play 4k games then it should be good. Don't know how the other lower end Sony models perform (X800F and X850F), but with a lesser picture quality, they are less desirable. I remember reading that they have a significant drawback compared to the 900E. It's important to note though, that the 900F doesn't have the same processor as the 900E (X1) : instead it has the one that was in the 930E (X1 Extreme).
For now I think that I'll still go with the 900E, because having the option of a pure 1-to-4 upscaling of 1080p sources is VERY important to me(900F doesn't have that option), and also I can't go higher than 49" (my living room is not deep(really not in fact, it's way more large than deep) and thus I'm sitting close to the TV), even 49" is pushing it
EDIT : if it's 1080p upscaling is very good, I might go with the 900F. Low lag is also extremely important to me and I'll only be playing ps4 Pro on it, so at 4K I'm looking at 24 ms. very tempting