Sony 4K Projector SXRD Panel Alignment : How to do It.

I show you how to align the Sony 4k projector screen panels.
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[@shadowfallenable]

Two years using this projector and nobody was able to present a solution to the bleeding. You sir are godsend!!

[@JD1971.]

Had my VW270ES for three years now and never knew about this process. Turns out the panels needed a fair amount of alignment but once done the picture was instantly sharper. Thank you very much for this video. Subscribed.

[@TheRafcave]

Wow that's great! Thanks for watching! 🤩👍🏽

[@mogdimitysplitz3216]

Raf, I just did mine. This is the only video out here showing this. Thanks alot for all your videos. I've learned a lot from you. Stay thirsty my friend.

[@TheRafcave]

🙂👍🏽

[@ChristianBungert]

Wow! Very cool for optimizing overall image quality! Thanks very much...my calibrated vw295 still needs that fine adjustment and i'll take my time 🎬😎

[@LocalRevs]

Hey Raf, this was a good video. I liked the way you showed the process from afar and close up. Answered all my questions. Thanks for the good info where others muddled around.

[@TheRafcave]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mattcam200577]

Thanks again .. Very educational

[@TheRafcave]

🙂

[@peterwood2633]

Hadn't thought to do this with my xw5000es but did do it with the hw40es after moving it halfway round the world and it made the image all round better, crisper and brighter

[@obeahuk]

Awesome video. Much appreciated. Removed the red bleed from the central part of the grid 👌

[@TheRafcave]

Awesome! 👍🏽

[@bufftheowl]

Great video! Most of your videos aren’t very educational, but you nailed it this time. There’s not many Sony 4k projector panel alignment tutorials about. I find it slightly easier to align using the R/G and B/G patters though.

[@TheRafcave]

Lol, but thank you. 😄

[@shawnwinter4415]

Waiting for my 295es and just watched. You are the real deal!!!! I have been looking at reviews for weeks. Love the personal touch. Looks like Sony is keeping there line up the same till next year. Except the top models.... Loved it.

[@TheRafcave]

Thanks Shawn! Yeah I love this projector and you will too! I have a bunch of videos you should check them all out! 😃👍🏽

[@shawnwinter4415]

After having a BENQ 1000 and then a BENQ 1500, still amazing to me. Still have the 1500. Waiting for the 295es. I have been shopping for a while and everyone kept telling me JCV 790r . Cheaper and better. I’m more of a looking forward guy and figured 4K Native is the way to go. The new jvc’s are low on contrast and no real reviews. I almost jumped in the JVC 790r/RS540 wagon but it’s old product and let’s face it eshift5 is so last 4 years.

[@ChristianBungert]

@@shawnwinter4415 you happy with Sony? Especially contrast/black levels? Cheers 🎬

[@shawnwinter4415]

@@ChristianBungert I sold it and now have a Jvc rs2000.

[@ChristianBungert]

@@shawnwinter4415 Wow, nice projector JVC N7🥳! But why you sold then Sony if i may ask? Greetings,Chris

[@psywiped]

You want the align in the center of the square, the box is affected by the neighbor of the zone your aligning. When both are aligned the box will also be aligned.

[@mondial100]

Hi Raf, great tutorial. The only one I could find. Thanks I have question for you, I have VW500ES Sony 4K 3D. I did all red calibration, but for the Blue one from center to the right it's going up and I am -30 on calibration, but will not go more than that. Any hint? Can't fix the Blue. Can you help?

[@TheRafcave]

Your welcome. Maybe factory reset the projector and try again?

[@faihoulotoahinga]

Cool dude

[@TheRafcave]

Hey thanks! 😉

[@faihoulotoahinga]

THE RAFCAVE ur welcome 😊

[@pmgodfrey]

This is just moving from one pixel (row or column) to the other. We would physically manipulate the part mechanically with the large venue type projectors. A majority, if not all consumer projectors have their panels physically attached to a frame where you can't tweak it with the cover off the projector. Fussing with the geometry of the image electronically (trapezoidal) limits the resolution across the image. Either the bottom or top, depending on which way you have to go, would be a higher or lower resolution from the top to the bottom. You can eliminate this with the right lens or by mounting the projector straight on.

[@WillMaigur]

Hey, Have you seen Mission impossible fallout yet in 4K? The imax scenes were absolutely unbelievable and it was the best Dolby at most mix I’ve heard yet. I just hope that they release avengers infinity war in IMAX enhanced. That would be the most amazing thing ever to watch an entire movie in IMAX.

[@TheRafcave]

I have It just haven't watched It on the theater yet. Glad It's awesome I knew It would be. 👌🏽😉

[@andym1162]

hi rave , I have had panel alignment issues on a 550es, 4/5 years old, it got so bad had to scrap the PJ, the cost of repair was more than its value. So as you do, I replaced it , and guess what, the same issue is now happening again, the entire grid is out. I'm unable to align the red, blue by zones, the adjustment is at the max 30 on vertical ,still way off, not happy, oh and about the same age as the other Sony. Once they start to go out of alignment it just gets worse, and worse. I have done much research on the forums, and it seems many have had this problem, expensive to fix, and to buy in the first place, my wife said its a lot of wasted money, I have to agree with her at this point. Up until a few mouths ago It was giving a great pictures as did the previous Sony . I have had optima and BenQ in the past 20 or more years, and not any problems at all. Im now looking at going back to either one in 4k obviously, thay may not be a "true 4k" like the Sony, but very good, and very close to the same performance. My last optima I gave to my son, set it up for him and was still amazed at the picture on a 135" screen, he smiled, I didn't, just shook my head, oh well a lesson learned, and a expensive one. I hope you have more luck then I'v had , well time to start my new search.

[@TheRafcave]

Sorry to hear about that. Sony's give a three year warranty on the high projectors. Maybe try the Optoma DLP projector. As long as you don't see rainbows.

[@alcc4964]

Great educational video!. Question: my panel alignment is great. However, I get some light overspray on the left and right of the screen( maybe 3 inches outside the black frame). It’s mostly obvious when streaming movies. Any idea why and how to fix this ? Much appreciated!

[@TheRafcave]

Use the masking feature. Shave the sides to fit your screen.

[@alcc4964]

@@TheRafcave dude, I have no idea what that means...lol. I have the 285es. There is soft white light just outside the black velvet border.

[@przemeko1118]

Good material, there's caveat though: how much of an autonomy do these zones have?I suspect you cannot ideally align all zones, because fixing one area is spoiling the other - you cannot disjoin the liquid crystals.

[@jermainwhyte6894]

@the Rafcave I just got this projector yesterday, what I have notice is whenever I play a 4K movie Blu-ray 4K or stream of external hardrive the movie tends to be dark. When I play 1080p it’s brighter. Is that normal? It replace my Sony 45es which I still have. I have a Sony 4k player and a Denon avr 2300.

[@TheRafcave]

Did you turn on the enhanced 4k setting? It's In the menus. Try to find It.

[@jermainwhyte6894]

THE RAFCAVE I tried that but the sound keeps popping in and out. What hdmi you using I think I’m not using the right one. I’m finding it hard to get the right look. FYI KZbin 4K videos look great.

[@jermainwhyte6894]

THE RAFCAVE I’m also getting a lot of banding as well.

[@billtyson9926]

I was curious how your blacklevels are on your Projector, I am trying to decide between a Sony Projector or a Large OLED.

[@TheRafcave]

Black levels are decent for a projector. Going huge Is better than OLED. 👌🏽 kzbin.info/www/bejne/kGXTpqCOg7uZidU

[@billtyson9926]

I was curious if you needed to calibrate the color on your projector when you first set it up? If you did I was curious what you used? Thanks!

[@TheRafcave]

Hey Bill, I'm getting my projector calibrated by Best Buy later this month. Should give me an even better picture! 😃👍🏽

[@billtyson9926]

Thats cool, it would be interesting to see how they do it. I have an older colorimeter that I have used on all of my TVs and computer monitor, it really helped to dial in the colors in all of them. I have found that it is really important to get the white balance right. After that all the colors look like they really should. Let us know how it goes!

[@TheRafcave]

@@billtyson9926 Definitely! 👍🏽

[@WillMaigur]

I have the 295ES and I’ve noticed that when I watch 3-D Blu-ray’s I see some ghosting and cross talk. Have you noticed this as well? I can’t figure out if it’s the disk or the projector. I went to see bumblebee in real 3-D over Christmas and noticed that even that commercial project or had some cross talk so maybe it’s just the movie.

[@TheRafcave]

Maybe try different 3d glasses? I haven't tried 3D on It. 😉

[@relaxinnature5003]

Hello, I have a Sony VPL-VW500ES Projector. I have tried this process and there is no space to play with numbers to get rid of Blue and Yellow lines. What could be the problem, I don't know. From the left side of the screen goes to the right and the lines bleed more. Any advice appreciated. Thank you

[@TheRafcave]

Try a factory reset

[@relaxinnature5003]

@@TheRafcave Did not work

[@TheRafcave]

@@relaxinnature5003 Then you have a service issue. Contact Sony.

[@ChristianBungert]

RAF: Did you encounter some "brightening of contrast"- blacklevels on your Sony? After i bought vw270 (second hand, 1250h on bulp) i read that ppl saying that this happens to the Sony 4K projectors after time: Panels "wear Out" and that might be a reason why there is no good black levels on mine 😐 Sony: gamma and panel drift; Jvc: gamma drift.. peace out!

[@TheRafcave]

Nope, still looks amazing since day one. 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@ChristianBungert]

@@TheRafcave okay, that's nice then. Still on full hd on this.. Got my walls black since yesterday. If hdr(4k) doesnt make a difference i'll see what options i got to cover that. But if it's like now i won't get another Sony in future, switch to JVC i guess... Have a nice weekend man 🎬😎

[@TheRafcave]

Alright man good luck. 👍🏽🙂

[@Fred-oh7dd]

Do you know how i can stretch the screen sideways/get custom resolution?

[@Fred-oh7dd]

I dont want v stretch that sucks

[@TheRafcave]

There's only the built In preset format options.

[@Fred-oh7dd]

Oh:(

[@Fred-oh7dd]

Rip

[@TheRafcave]

I only have a 16:9 screen. Do you have a 2:31:1 screen?

[@banterbanter]

My new xw5000 didn't seem to need any adustment - was I lucky or blind 😂

[@TheRafcave]

👌🏽

[@did3d523]

rainbow anywhere !!!

[@kevonmanuel]

Hello, Best Buy... How much for your Geek Squad TV calibration service?

[@TheRafcave]

$249.99. I'm getting mine this month. 🙂👍🏽

[@kevonmanuel]

@@TheRafcave $250.. Not bad. Is that a true blue calibration service which normally takes 4 hours to do and with measuring instruments?

[@TheRafcave]

Yes I had them do my UHD65 and It took about three hours. So It's legit. Can't wait for my Sony to get done. 😃

[@nathanjramirez]

@@TheRafcave how did the calibration turn out?

[@TheRafcave]

Worth It 💯👌🏽

[@CaseTheCorvetteMan]

There is a few things i'll add to this that you missed, i know it was 4 years ago, but still relevant. I see you are wearing glasses, it is VERY important to note that the refractive index of the lens in your glasses can cause chromatic aberation, which will make the 3 primary colours seperate if you are looking through the lens on an angle. Looking through your glasses as straight as possible is critical. Having spent more than 20 years aligning and calibrating CRT projectors the glasses issue was a real pain in the arse, especially for ceiling mounted CRTs with full analog convergence adjusted using 50-70 trimpots. Not so much an issue when you can use the remote at the screen, but you still want to be looking from a level or close to level and straight on position, or you're likely to mis-align without realising it. Forget about the circling around the screen in a spiral. Just look at the grid, evaluate the convergence, and adjust as required. No harm in doing it, just seems a big waste of time. Using this feature on a Sony 4K SXRD is not like adjusting a CRT projector where you do not lose any resolution by moving the image around the tubeface to facilitate accurate alignment. The panels do not move when you adjust the zone convergence, the image is is moved on the panel, and from all i can tell this is the same for full screen adjustments too. That said, this would make it just like the old days of keystone correction on digitals, where it reduces the number of useable pixels to draw the image. Agressive adjustment of things like zone convergence is going to have an affect on the overall resolution of whichever panel you're adjusting.

[@TheRafcave]

Thanks for commenting. Appreciate the tips. 👍🏽

[@CaseTheCorvetteMan]

@@TheRafcave No worries. I'll tell you what is really crazy though is these Sony 4K digitals have a better more capable convergence system than almost all of the Sony CRT projectors ever did.