Sony XBR65X930D 65-Inch 4K Ultra HD 3D Smart TV (2016 Model)

At first we were so disappointed with this TV as it was a poor picture quality and the motion was so blurry, which was so strange for this Sony product as it was touted as a master of motion processing. Then, I took a second look at all the configurations for my cable boxes. Once, I correctly configured my cable box to recognize the picture quality and resolution of this new TV, WOW!!!! What a beautiful picture and the motion blur immediately ceased to be an issue! So, before you make any judgments on this TV, make sure you have your components correctly set up at for the TV. The difference was trulls amazing and totally turned what started out as dissapointment into absolute enjoyment!

The latest firmware released 06/20/17 PKG3.885.0137NAB significantly reduces the input latency for 4K/HDR signals and makes this product just about as close to perfection as possible. Now an excellent choice for my PS4 PRO and future game console purchases.

I recently purchased this Sony XBR65X930E as a replacement for an older Pioneer Elite plasma TV, taking a chance that I'd be as impressed with the black levels on the TV as the reviewers were. We recently moved and I needed a TV that could perform better in a living room with poor light control than my plasma TV. In spite of being a long-standing plasma (and now OLED) fan because of their great black levels, and even though the X930E is an edge-lit LCD, I am VERY impressed! As the reviewers said, this TV a 'light cannon' (capable of over 1,300 nits - sustained) so it does an outstanding job in my living room, which has lots of ambient light during the day. Its light output also makes it an amazing TV for 4K HDR content!. Talk about 'pop'! The 4K images this TV generates are simply jaw-dropping. Although I had planned to purchase an X900E since it is a FALD, I went with the (more expensive) X930E with its edge-lighting and Slim Backlight Drive Plus for several reasons: 1. Better black levels as mentioned above were supposed to be better than the X900E. I'm amazed that an edge-lit LCD can have such good black levels, without very noticeable (or distracting) blooming or haloing. (I watch TV at night in a totally darkened room with just a bias light behind the TV.) 2. Future Dolby Vision capability with a firmware update (as well a HLG capability). My 2016 OLED has Dolby Vision capability and, having seen Dolby Vision in action with streaming content, I'm convinced it's a great feature to have on a TV and provides a definite step up from HDR-10. I'm looking forward to seeing something 'substantial' with Dolby Vision on a 4K blu-ray. 3. This TV has an X1 Processor Xtreme, rather than the X1 Processor, like the X900E. This was important to me because I watch a lot of cable (a.k.a. horrible compressed signal) TV, and my OLED doesn't do as good a job as I'd like handling those poor quality cable signals, especially in darker areas of the image. The X1 Xtreme processor was attractive to me for this reason since it has a reputation for doing a great job of hiding compression artifacts, upscaling to 4K, and minimizing all that pesky countouring (banding) that I see frequently with cable content. The X930E didn't disappoint in this area. I was very impressed - once again! Although it's just my wife and I watching at night, and we sit pretty much in front of the TV which is about 8 ft. away, I can just about start to see a hint of some shift in the picture when I look toward the extreme edge of the screen, but it's not bothersome to me at all (and certainly nothing like what I used to see with older LCDs!). So, yes, the X930E still has a problem with off-axis viewing (after about 15 degrees or so), but it's not the TV's fault - it's a short coming of the way LCD technology is implemented on most TVs. Surprisingly, this hasn't bothered me, or distracted me, one iota. In spite of some Web posts saying that the Android interface on this TV (version 7.0) was slow, I've experienced absolutely nothing like that. It's extremely responsive and I haven't noticed any hang-ups or other problems. There really seems to be a LOT you can do in the Android App area and I haven't even explored a fraction of it yet. Sometimes the TV is a bit slow to switch between inputs/modes, but I'm not sure this is as much an Android problem as a problem with the TV in general. The remote is not great, but usable. Perhaps I'm not used to it yet, but I find the remote a little cumbersome to use and a little anti-intuitive (at least for me). Maybe I haven't found it yet, but it would be nice to have a way to switch quickly between picture modes rather than having to go through the Action menus or through settings. Hopefully, there's a way to do this, but I haven't been able to find it yet, which leads me to the documentation and user guides... I think the documentation that's supposed to support this outstanding TV is really terrible. It basically tells you nothing other than what you could find out by just poking around the menus yourself. I think it's a shame to have to search the Web to try and find out what some of the things on your own TV do! I can't fault Sony alone for this, however. It seems to be a very widespread, non-customer oriented trend among many (or most) TV manufacturers these days. (I'm using the documentation that came with my Pioneer plasma as a point of comparison. It was excellent.) Overall, apart from the horribly inadequate documentation and poor remote (which both prompted me to take off 1 star for in my rating), this TV is absolutely outstanding. I would have loved to be able to step up to a Sony Z9D, but to be honest I'm glad I saved the extra money because this TV does everything I want it to do, and it does it extremely well - better than I ever though an LCD could. As I saw one of the reviewers of the TV do, I really have to bow to the engineers at Sony for producing a phenomenal TV and working some real magic. I'm amazed at how far LCD technology has come since I had my first LCD in 2007. Fantastic job! OLED TV vs. the X930E? VERY close, and each TV does something just a little better than the other. I absolutely love the blacks I get out of my OLED and it's great not to have to worry about off-axis viewing in my family room where the theater seats are spread out far off-axis. On the other hand, the light output from the X930E makes 4K HDR content look amazing, and the colors are just knock-your-socks-off vibrant. And as I stated earlier, one of the things I'm VERY happy about is the X930E's truly remarkable processing capabilities in terms of making low-quality content look good, and getting rid of those annoying contours when viewing a uniform background on the screen, and up-converting non-4K material to near 4K. I love 'em both for different reasons! But I think if you have your sights on an X930E, you will be amazed at what a phenomenal TV it is. For me, this XBR65X930E with its Xtreme processor is definitely worth the Xtreme price tag. You get what you pay for, right?

Purchased TV 3 months ago. Normally like Sony Brand, but Android is terrible. Can't stop pop ups from showing on the TV. The remote has a delay of nearly a minute before the action occurs and the tv just randomly likes to restart itself without any warning.

WAS ABLE TO COMPARE TO ALL MAJOR BRANDS ON A DISPLAY WALL, X930D PROVIDED EXCEPTIONAL CLARITY, WITH RICH COLORS AND THE BLACK PORTIONS WERE NOT GREY, BUT BLACK. VERY THIN WHEN WALL MOUNTED LOOKS LIKE A PICTURE HANGING. FEATURES ARE EASY TO NAVIGATE. ONLY CAVEAT: NEED SOUND BAR FOR THESE THIN TV'S, SOUND FROM TV JUST OK

Bought it yesterday. Only used Netflix and youtube so far. Manual provide, instruction were not very clear. For a high end TV Sony did a poor quality job on manual. Instruction are not very clear. There is not much detail about remote control functions. You have to learn Remote function as you go.

The X930D was great for the first 1.5 years. I bought in May 2016. I finally upgraded the Andriod software in October 2017. In December 2017 the TV ceased to "power on". I checked the electrical outlet and AC to VDC adapter and am still unsure what the problem is. I am attempting to contact Sony this week.

I bought this about a week ago,works great,looks amazing,no problems with the top being warped like some said.Didnt buy it for the 3D features so don't know how it looks.Only problem is the tv doesn't sit up high enough on the stand so my Sony soundbar blocks the sensor to run the remote.Colors are very bright but not as bright if you sit to the side however still looks good.

Purchased in Dec of 2016 and shortly after 1 year warranty expired, the TV now has horizontal lines and the picture is distorted. Geek Squad came out but could not guarantee they could fix the TV based on what they diagnosed. Happens every day and makes watching TV irritating.

Great TV. I bought it a year ago and haven't have any problems. The picture is amazing. I gave it 5 stars for every category except for sound quality. I have my TV hooked up to a Denon receiver and that is how I get my sound. But the speakers on the TV are adequate.