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== The 4K120 blur issue == | ==The 4K120 blur issue== | ||
Sony advertised this TV in 2020 as supporting "4K120" feature<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210111215436/https://www.sony.ca/en/electronics/televisions/xbr-x900h-series/specifications</ref> defined in HDMI 2.1 specifications<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20201112194107/https://www.hdmi.org/spec21sub/eightk60_fourk120</ref>, but the feature is still not fully supported, at least not exactly how it is defined in the referenced HDMI 2.1 specifications nor how an average person/buyer would be led to believe. The official specification states that ''4K@120Hz enables ultra-fast motion UHD images to be crisp and razor sharp'' and [http://web.archive.org/web/20201106145004im_/https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/hdmi-web-shared/public-web/static-images/1080vs4Kvs8K.jpg this image] from the same source defines the 4K Ultra HD resolution as 3840 vertical pixels and '''2160 horizontal pixels''', which is crucial for this case. | Sony advertised this TV in 2020 as supporting "4K120" feature<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20210111215436/https://www.sony.ca/en/electronics/televisions/xbr-x900h-series/specifications</ref> defined in HDMI 2.1 specifications<ref>http://web.archive.org/web/20201112194107/https://www.hdmi.org/spec21sub/eightk60_fourk120</ref>, but the feature is still not fully supported, at least not exactly how it is defined in the referenced HDMI 2.1 specifications nor how an average person/buyer would be led to believe. The official specification states that ''4K@120Hz enables ultra-fast motion UHD images to be crisp and razor sharp'' and [http://web.archive.org/web/20201106145004im_/https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/hdmi-web-shared/public-web/static-images/1080vs4Kvs8K.jpg this image] from the same source defines the 4K Ultra HD resolution as 3840 vertical pixels and '''2160 horizontal pixels''', which is crucial for this case. | ||
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Sony never fixed the blur issue in their X900H TV, as evident by the hundreds of people in the relevant topic at AVS forum <ref>https://www.avsforum.com/threads/owners-thread-for-the-sony-x900h-no-price-talk.3125278/page-1819</ref> | Sony never fixed the blur issue in their X900H TV, as evident by the hundreds of people in the relevant topic at AVS forum <ref>https://www.avsforum.com/threads/owners-thread-for-the-sony-x900h-no-price-talk.3125278/page-1819</ref> | ||
Following this they decide to band-aid hoping nobody would notice by applying a sharpening filter as claimed in this article <ref>https://videocardz.com/newz/sony-fixes-4k120hz-blurriness-on-x900h-xh90-tvs-by-applying-a-sharpening-filter</ref> | Following this they decide to band-aid hoping nobody would notice by applying a sharpening filter as claimed in this article <ref>https://videocardz.com/newz/sony-fixes-4k120hz-blurriness-on-x900h-xh90-tvs-by-applying-a-sharpening-filter</ref>, which is a text version of a YouTube video from the reputable TV tester Vincent Teoh (channel name: HDTVTest)<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gOxVqq088Cw</ref> | ||
[[File:Screenshot 8-11-2020.png|thumb|4k120 feature advertising ]] | [[File:Screenshot 8-11-2020.png|thumb|4k120 feature advertising ]] | ||