TV & Home Theater

[josh2903]

I recently hooked up a Sony Blu-Ray player to my Sony Ex500 television. After watching my first blu-ray on it (Saving Private Ryan) I noticed a problem with some of the lighting. For example there was a scene with a couple of fires and the light from the fire made sort of an orange halo above the fire that gradually continued up the screen. It is definetly a problem with a setting on the television or blu-ray, but I cannot figure out what it is. If anyone has any suggestions to solve this problem please let me know! Thanks for your time and help!

[NoNoBadDog]

Not sure if calibration will help.  The quality of Sony products has continued to decline over the last 5 or 6 years, and their TV products seem to have suffered the most.  Most knowledgeable people won't even place Sony in the top 5 any more. 

I hope you get your issue resolved.

[rwillen · Accepted solution]

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josh2903 wrote:

I recently hooked up a Sony Blu-Ray player to my Sony Ex500 television. After watching my first blu-ray on it (Saving Private Ryan) I noticed a problem with some of the lighting. For example there was a scene with a couple of fires and the light from the fire made sort of an orange halo above the fire that gradually continued up the screen. It is definetly a problem with a setting on the television or blu-ray, but I cannot figure out what it is. If anyone has any suggestions to solve this problem please let me know! Thanks for your time and help!

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Check these threads over at AVS Forum:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1227927

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=1249204

[AgentM · Accepted solution]

There may be a firmware update for tis issue (HDMI color correction) on the Sony consumer site here:
http://esupport.sony.com/US/
You will need your full model number and an empty flash drive to update the TV. They can also send you a pre-loaded flash drive with the update already on it. If your TV is connected to the internet, you may be able to download it directly.

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[josh2903]

Thank you for the link to this site. I am looking through all the postings right now and if nothing else this will at least inform me of different ways to improve my TV.

[AgentM]

If you click on 'drivers & downloads', put in your model, it will show you any firmware updates that are available for your TV. I did a search for the EX500 line and the 40" version showed an update for HDMI color rendering issues.

-Agent M

[AgentM]

Oops, "drivers & software" link.

-Agent M