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The Sony X930E is an well-rounded 4K TV excellent for mixed usage. It is a great alternative to the OLEDs in this price range and does not suffer from image retention issues.
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Pros
Pro Good for gaming
Having low input lag and well-handled motion blur, the Sony X930E is an excellent LED gaming TV for those who refrain from buying an OLED TV.
The input lag of the X930E is only 25.7 ms, which allows for fast and responsive gameplay as the TV needs only 25.7 ms to process your actions, like a click of a button, and display a corresponding reaction.
The motion blur of the TV is handled by the highly responsive LED panel of the X930E. The panel’s full pixel response time is only 12.7 milliseconds, which means that each pixel of this TV needs around 1/80th of a second to change its color, so that fast-moving objects might leave only a tiny trail on the screen.
Pro Good picture quality
The X930E has outstanding picture quality regardless if the TV is placed in a bright or dark room as the TV has excellent contrast ratio, decent black uniformity, and exceptional SDR peak brightness. It looks much better than all of its LED competitors, including the VIZIO P-series and Samsung Q7C.
The TV has a very high native contrast ratio of 5744:1, which combined with the panel’s good black uniformity allows the TV to reproduce deep and rich dark scenes. In fact, within its price range, only a few OLED TVs can outperform the X930E in picture quality.
The sustained peak brightness of this TV is 1436 nits, which is by far more than any competitor can offer and enables it to fight off glare.
Pro Suitable for console gaming
The Sony X930E is an excellent TV to hook up with any current generation console because of its high native refresh rate at 4K. Furthermore, as the TV’s input lag stays constant regardless if the HDR is on or not, it is also suitable for HDR gaming. In fact, it is expected that the X930E will be compatible with all the next generation gaming consoles since it’s highly unlikely that those consoles will surpass the 4K120 mark soon.
Cons
Con Poor viewing angles
Because of the TV's VA panel, the viewing angles of the X930E are not that great. You will start to see noticeable color and shadow shifting once your viewing angle gets greater than 19 degrees. Still, this is a widespread issue for VA panels and is not specific to this TV alone.