Sony X90CK 4K hookup

[Nakedland1]

We just bought this tv as our Xmas gift to each other. Our previous tv was a 60” Sony which lasted us 11 years. Our TV is hooked up to our Dish Hopper 3.
We bought the best (we were told these were on Sony forum) HDMI cables

Anker 8K@60Hz HDMI Cable, Ultra High Speed 4K@120Hz 48Gbps 6.6 ft Ultra HD HDMI to HDMI Cord, Support Dynamic HDR, eARC, Dolby Atmos​

Plugged it into the HDMI port 4 because it says 4K on it and then connected other end to Hopper 3. We also have a HDMI cable running from the arc on the tv to our 11 year old Sony sound bar.

We get above average sound from it, I wish it was better.
Anyway, we didn’t find the picture had much improvement when we hooked it up using these HDMI cable. And both of us agree that our 60 inch had a better picture than this brand new Sony.

Ok, I hope I’ve given you enough info. What haven’t we done that we should be doing?


Thanks,
Nakedland

 

[klang]

Go into settings and make sure the video input for HDMI 4 is set to 4K.

Not familiar with Dish equipment anymore, does the Hopper output 4K?

 

[Nakedland1]

Changed HDMI. Thank you

 

[navychop]

It worked?

H3 & “4K” - yes.

 

[Nakedland1]

I now have the new cable plugged into the HDMI 4. I’ve been looking at all the settings on the tv and then I look them up to see what each does. I want to make sure I have it at the perfect settings you pro’s would use on your own. Haven’t changed anything yet. Kind of scary

 

[primestar31]

Nakedland1

Sony X90K/X90CK Review (XR-55X90K, XR-65X90K, XR-75X90K, XR-85X90K)

The Sony X90K/X90CK is an upper mid-range 4k LED TV released in 2022. It sits above the Sony X85K and below the Sony X95K, and it's Sony's lowest-end model in 20...

www.rtings.com

Recommended settings including HDMI here: Sony X90K Calibration Settings

Owners thread here: 2022 Sony X90K Owners Thread (No Price Talk)

 

[Nakedland1]

Thank you so much

 

[HipKat]

We just bought this tv as our Xmas gift to each other. Our previous tv was a 60” Sony which lasted us 11 years. Our TV is hooked up to our Dish Hopper 3.
We bought the best (we were told these were on Sony forum) HDMI cables

Anker 8K@60Hz HDMI Cable, Ultra High Speed 4K@120Hz 48Gbps 6.6 ft Ultra HD HDMI to HDMI Cord, Support Dynamic HDR, eARC, Dolby Atmos​

Plugged it into the HDMI port 4 because it says 4K on it and then connected other end to Hopper 3. We also have a HDMI cable running from the arc on the tv to our 11 year old Sony sound bar.

We get above average sound from it, I wish it was better.
Anyway, we didn’t find the picture had much improvement when we hooked it up using these HDMI cable. And both of us agree that our 60 inch had a better picture than this brand new Sony.

Ok, I hope I’ve given you enough info. What haven’t we done that we should be doing?


Thanks,
Nakedland

There are a LOT of settings on Sony and other TV's. One is setting the Inputs for Enhanced Mode. The other is calibrating your TV for SDR, HDR, Netflix (Yes, that's a setting) etc. Rtings.com is a decent source for most TV Calibration settings

 

[arlo]

It's been awhile since needing to do sound tweaks. Also using a Sony soundbar with arc.
If I'm not mistaken. Aren't most of the sound settings now done in the soundbar menus?
I looked in my action menu at sound settings. Speakers set to audio system (not tv speakers).
All of my sources, sat, fire tv, roku...are using the tv hdmi ports. The soundbar inputs are unused except for ARC.
Sound mode is fixed at cinema. Most every other sound settings are grayed-out. Because that's the soundbar's job.

 

[navychop]

Side note. I have a 7.1 HT. Dish guy STILL tried to sell me a soundbar. Became clear he knew nothing about audio.

 

[HipKat]

Side note. I have a 7.1 HT. Dish guy STILL tried to sell me a soundbar. Became clear he knew nothing about audio.

Most don't but pushing sales is the primary focus of Dish anymore.

 

[harshness]

Not familiar with Dish equipment anymore, does the Hopper output 4K?

The Hopper 3 does output 4K when required.

 

[n0qcu]

The Hopper 3 does output 4K when required.

Yes even if you don’t want it to.

 

[harshness]

Yes even if you don’t want it to.

Does it switch to 4K other than when requesting 4K content?

 

[n0qcu]

Does it switch to 4K other than when requesting 4K content?

Yes it does when you choose multiview

 

[reubenray]

We just bought this tv as our Xmas gift to each other. Our previous tv was a 60” Sony which lasted us 11 years. Our TV is hooked up to our Dish Hopper 3.
We bought the best (we were told these were on Sony forum) HDMI cables

Anker 8K@60Hz HDMI Cable, Ultra High Speed 4K@120Hz 48Gbps 6.6 ft Ultra HD HDMI to HDMI Cord, Support Dynamic HDR, eARC, Dolby Atmos​

Plugged it into the HDMI port 4 because it says 4K on it and then connected other end to Hopper 3. We also have a HDMI cable running from the arc on the tv to our 11 year old Sony sound bar.

We get above average sound from it, I wish it was better.
Anyway, we didn’t find the picture had much improvement when we hooked it up using these HDMI cable. And both of us agree that our 60 inch had a better picture than this brand new Sony.

Ok, I hope I’ve given you enough info. What haven’t we done that we should be doing?


Thanks,
Nakedland

I got this same TV in the 75" size and I used the same 4K cables I had on my previous Sony TV. It has been working great especially the Google TV streaming. One thing I found out real quick was this TV would not work on my small UPS. There was not enough power to do some features.

 

[reubenray]

Nakedland1

Sony X90K/X90CK Review (XR-55X90K, XR-65X90K, XR-75X90K, XR-85X90K)

The Sony X90K/X90CK is an upper mid-range 4k LED TV released in 2022. It sits above the Sony X85K and below the Sony X95K, and it's Sony's lowest-end model in 20...

www.rtings.com

Recommended settings including HDMI here: Sony X90K Calibration Settings

Owners thread here: 2022 Sony X90K Owners Thread (No Price Talk)

I did these tweaks on my X90K.

 

[harshness]

Yes it does when you choose multiview

Is this a common accident? Perhaps a less goofy remote would help.

 

[Bruce]

I got this same TV in the 75" size and I used the same 4K cables I had on my previous Sony TV. It has been working great especially the Google TV streaming. One thing I found out real quick was this TV would not work on my small UPS. There was not enough power to do some features.

I had the same problem with my 85” Sony Z9K, my APC UPS was rated to 1500 watts, but running 3 Class D 500W Monoblocks with it kept causing it to shut down.

So I bought a Soundavo PMX-6600 Power Conditioner, rated , roughly, 3000 watts, been perfect since, any more and I will have to put a 20 amp in.

 

[HipKat]

Is this a common accident? Perhaps a less goofy remote would help.

Less goofy remote?