Sony A95L In Depth Review Discussion | Full Measurements | Dimming | Issues

[@thequomp33]

This is amazing information. Look forward to a doVi dark fix before I purchase. Thank you.

[@dangy785]

Thank you for speaking of the dimming. Some other people were saying it’s a non issue. Thanks for clarifying for us. It absolutely needs a setting like LG and Samsung to help with the logo dimming.

[@gosman949]

Did the dolby vision problems ever get fixed?

[@anthonyd.4263]

With the Nvidia shield, use the app refresh rate, allows you to customize the refresh rate per app or use network debugging to auto change it. It uses the accessibility service, and you need to keep it in memory for it to work.

[@juliovelasquez9286]

Where is the full settings video for the A95L??

[@Bklynblaze1]

Thank you Classy. Looking forward to your video review of the A95L!

[@Prototyp2300]

Where can I see your image settings? I would like to hire mine the way they did it

[@j4r3dcou2]

Would you ever do a video on the x90l at some point? Great video as always! You’re very informative.

[@ClassyTechCalibrations]

I hope to

[@jordanbfromsk5191]

It would be interesting to know if the dimming is based on brightness level or if increasing Gamma would make the dimming happen. Well dims the breaks.

[@dave2094]

I missed this stream but watching it now. Just saw the part where you were talking about ripping movies for a plex server. What drive do you recommend for ripping?

[@Glerox]

Hi Classy, thank you so much for your work here and on AVS forum! A95L is my first QD-OLED. Do you have video suggestions on KZbin or any streaming platform that can show the amazing colors of QD-OLED that you couldn't reproduce on a WOLED? Thanks!

[@ClassyTechCalibrations]

The into the Spider-Verse movies, inside out, and the Matrix

[@Glerox]

@@ClassyTechCalibrations thanks!

[@briansmith4241]

ClassyTech, I am in the market for a 77" TV. I am looking at the A95L at 5K or getting the new LG G4 when its available in April. Due to a leak, we know the G4 will get a new generation of processing. Plus other tweaks, this could land the G4 at or above the Sony in many areas, possibly at a lower price. I know you can't predict the future. However, if you were in my shoes would you wait another 3-4 months or would you spend the 5K on the Sony now? Thanks for the feedback!

[@ClassyTechCalibrations]

Each company makes changes to processing every year. LG's has minor changes every time. It's still a WRGB OLED and will have the same downsides.

[@ronraskind]

I have been complaining about the dimming, namely the ABL. I called Sony this week and outlined what was happening. The technical department informed me that there will be another firmware update coming sometime soon that is addressing that. That is from an agent and not an official announcement, but it is encouraging. She said that lots of people have complained about it.

[@Jordanfiend361]

They just telling you what you wanna hear

[@johnramos3961]

Do you know if the issue with Marantz will be able to resolved Ith a posible firmware update or is a hardware limitation?

[@sirgareth5283]

Hi classy, had these strange „framepacing“ bugs and stutters too while manipulating the soundbar. After firmware the prob is almost gone.

[@jamesstegbauer5454]

Classy I also have a 77" A95L when the Image staggers I have found that returning to the Home Screen and then returning to the input your watching clears the stagger without a reset......Same with the screen tear that happens with Destiny 2 on PS5 have to go back to Home Screen then return to the PS5 input Tear is gone......Hope Sony updates the A95L soon for these problems...

[@lastmanstanding12]

Vincent recommended setting Smoothness (camera) to max, but you recommend setting it to min?

[@paulstefaniuk27]

Yes but Film to min or 1.

[@creativelens23]

in noticed that when iam in dolby dark with gradation prefered and i put bias to negative 4 Green that the green tint is almost gone . and i took your d65 advice with expert 1. What do you think about it?

[@rodgerkempisty4721]

Do you know or recommend a calibration expert in Tennessee?

[@ClassyTechCalibrations]

Send me an email at [e-mail]

[@Rollaroundtap]

Hey Classey! Is it safe on a brand new A95l to use a panel refresh? I have one line of banding I can only really see when screens off from a certain angle, could this go on its own after a 100 hours of use? Or will I have to do a panel reset that’s only meant to be done once a year? Thanks.

[@nyyijaxxvi9529]

New owner of an A95L here as well, and I had this issue. I would run it just once. Also I would recommend to be patient. I had really bad vertical banding out of the box but now after about a month since my purchase, it has gotten remarkably better. Just run a lot of HDR content to break in those pixels and you should notice that it clears up after a month or two.

[@Rollaroundtap]

@@nyyijaxxvi9529 thanks mate! I will just leave the panel refresh and keep running hdr to try get it clean. Do you know why you can only see it from certain angle ? Don’t want to jump the gun and send back if it’s banding, waited 3 months for it to arrive and I’m in love with it, my heart sank when I noticed it the other day while dusting it with a microfibre lol. Didn’t even know what banding was so hoping that’s all it is. 🙌🏻

[@serdaryilmaz3947]

Hey Classy, ​​​​​​​​First of all I have to say that your video is very helpful as always. Thanks! I have the problem that the KZbin video quality doesn't work so well on my Apple TV 2017! Watching films on the Apple TV works very well, but unfortunately not on KZbin. Is this normal with Apple TV? THANKS

[@user-rb9ix9sl1n]

Thank u classy! I want the A95L 77” so bad but the ASBL logo dimming i think problem is what makes me going off it. so do u think going G3 77” is a good idea? Especially coming from Samsung ks series. Mostly for Cable Sports & Movies, I also did buy the Samsung Q990C soundbar. I want to go G2 83 or better the 77” before but i decide to wait for our brighty living room.

[@ClassyTechCalibrations]

You can no longer disable all the dimming on LGs either. Only Samsung can you still disable it. However, in most use cases it's a non issue.

[@MarsXO_55]

Hey Classy, as usual, great video , always informative. Surprised to hear you say samsung q90c has good processing for streaming. Based on this which you recommend, samsung 75 inch q85c or the sony 65 inch A80l. Coming from hisense 65 inch u8h, watch 7 to 9 feet away in light conrolled room and watch in theatre day, Mainly streaming and a lot of youtube. Thanks

[@Mroggenland]

Nice video! I really don’t know what to think about heatsinks. I feel like Sony’s heatsinks are not that useful. Panasonic were the first ones to implement a heatsinks and I think their heatsinks are the best, I could see them push qd-oled to its limits, if they decide to go that route. They did the same with W-oled with the Gz2000 before anyone else.

[@videobandit]

If the screen is susceptible to scratching from being in the box, or even if a test meter touches it, how the hell would you ever clean it? And do the S90C and S95C TV’s have the same problem since they share the same panel as the A95L??

[@ClassyTechCalibrations]

Soft high gsm microfiber towel and distilled water. Yes, all QD OLEDs are fairly easy to scratch.

[@IB1GMANI]

On the A95L in game mode do you use gradation preferred or brightness preferred or do you leave your tone mapping off so it doesn’t double tone map ??? Which is the best option???

[@ClassyTechCalibrations]

Gradation preferred, set consoles and games to 1600 nits / 18 clicks for PS5

[@IB1GMANI]

@@ClassyTechCalibrations I just got the A95L 65in so thanks for the quick reply

[@IB1GMANI]

@@ClassyTechCalibrations is using gradation preferred like using hgig on the LG ?

[@ClassyTechCalibrations]

@@IB1GMANI no

[@IB1GMANI]

@@ClassyTechCalibrations if you use brightness preferred what should you set the Xbox nits to 1600 still ? And what do you charge to calibrate the A95L ?

[@speedy8893]

I don't understand why Sony gets a pass year after year when Dolby Vision has issues on their displays. This isn't a niche video format at this point given the majority (probably >90%) of streaming content is Dolby Vision. I have an A95K for my bedroom to play with, but putting Sony TV in my mini-theater room is a non-starter until they nail Dolby Vision as well as LG.

[@asole100]

LGis the only brand that I know of that does Dolby Vision the best in all faorness.

[@TomYaboYoga]

No screen packaging film. No 4 2.1 HDMI ports. $1000 more, yet an incredibly arrogant attitude towards the customer. Don't care how good the processing is, it's not $1000 better in spite of all the things that are missing.

[@ClownTown15000]

Assuming you are an adult, you need to make more money. $1,000 should be chump change, not something to quibble over. This is about quality. $1,000 is meaningless.

[@macgyvermac2344]

Lol even somebody with money will complain you only playing for the factory calibration and acoustic and Sony tax classic can calibrate your TV for less than that and it doesn't handle dark good, you can calibrate a LG yourself if it comes down to it

[@mikew1080]

​@macgyvermac2344 well, for starters, calman autocal and software sucks. Second, a colorimeter alone will not get you accurate results. Finally, Sony being more expensive is not a con. You are paying more for a better product. If you are somehow upset that you can't afford it, that's a personal problem.

[@macgyvermac2344]

@@mikew1080 and that's a your problem when u think calman auto cal suck because that's the same calman they use for bvm tearing down multiple companies because LG does it better even with a i1 pro 😂

[@mikew1080]

@macgyvermac2344 I have three lgs and an a95l. Calman Autocal is still garbage regardless of the display. An I1Pro does nothing for anyone if it isn't profiled against a proper spectro. It's painfully clear to me that you do not know what you're talking about.