topic Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display in XZ Series

Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Eusebio — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 02:20:20 GMT

Is all XZP hv green tint ?

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Ramto_8 — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 04:15:53 GMT

It must be the display color gamut and contrats settings, i have mine on professional mode. The standard mode does look slightly greenish/blue.

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

LogicAnalyzer — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 04:45:56 GMT

Yes, the white balance is not very good or I guess it's not to the liking of some, including myself, which is probably why they added the option of changing it. Try these settings, which I'm using:

Red: 100

Green: 0

Blue: 65

Let me know if that works well for you as well. By the way, each display mode resets to 0,0,0, so change it for each display mode (the phone remembers the setting for each display mode, so you could have a different white balance for each mode - a really nice touch by Sony).

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Alessio_841 — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 12:41:05 GMT

Hi @Ramto_8,

Can you provide a screenshot of the display in Standard Mode where is noticeable the greenish tint and a screenshot in Professional Mode to see the difference, please?

Thanks!

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Alessio_841 — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 12:45:08 GMT

Hi @LogicAnalyzer,

Yes, the XZP has a bad white balance visible either directly side by side with calibrated display and in color chart risulting from analysis.

Plus, on Youtube, the greenish tint on whites is easily visible on comparison side by side with Samsung S8 and iPhone 7 Plus.

It is bad that Sony always provides devices with bad white balance.

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Ramto_8 — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:21:00 GMT

@Alessio_84 wrote:
@hi @Ramto_8,
Can you provide a screenshot of the display in Standard Mode where is noticeable the greenish tint and a screenshot in Professional Mode to see the difference, please?
Thanks!

Hello Alessio,

I tried taking a screenshot but unfortunately it does not capture the image with the color settings. Its just the image generated before displaying it on the screen.

And also i don't have another camera with me to take a picture of the phone's screen... my old Z2's camera is broken.

When you are in the professional mode, the display has a slight warmer hue, on standard mode it is slightly the cooler side. But i notice the difference only when i change it in the settings. In general use its difficult to tell the difference! Like you said you need to put it side by side with another phone to see the difference.

I just noticed when comparing to my old Z2, this one has a much much better calibration !

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Alessio_841 — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 16:32:26 GMT

Hello Ramto_8,

No problem! It was more useful a screenshot from other phone of the two different display mode to know the difference in white balance.

I also had a Z2, the best display calibration of all Sony's devices. However, if through your friend's phone you could post here some screenshots, it will be very useful for all that consider to buy the XZP! :smileysmileythumbsup:

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Ramto_8 — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 19:42:18 GMT

@Alessio_84 wrote:
Hello Ramto_8,
No problem! It was more useful a screenshot from other phone of the two different display mode to know the difference in white balance.
I also had a Z2, the best display calibration of all Sony's devices. However, if through your friend's phone you could post here some screenshots, it will be very useful for all that consider to buy the XZP! :smileysmileythumbsup:

Hello again Alessio,

Got my brother's ipad and took a pic of my XZP vs Z2

As you can see, the Z2 has a better white balance. I do remember, however, that at the begining when i just got my Z2 it did have a similar issue when compared to my original Z ! I read online something about the glue which they used on the screen that need to some time and heat to fully dissapear. Lets hope its the same case here !

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Alessio_841 — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 13:10:56 GMT

Hello again Ramto_8!

You are GREAT and great is your gentle answer and comparison! I tahnk you so much about, very very gentle!

Yes, the bad white balance is noticeable, to much to think a not corrected display calibration. As you most wisely suggest, it quite sure depends from a glue used for the screen. Also iPhones had the same problems with this yellowish tint on the screen in first uses and Apple answered as you suggested.

However, I have got a Z2 also, great phone with great display calibration!

If you have time, can you tell us here if the yellowish tint disappears in the next days with normal use? This information will be most useful to every users, like me, interested in XZP.

Thanks again for your patience and comparison, very GREAT!:smileysmileythumbsup:

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Ramto_8 — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 14:09:59 GMT

Will take another picture after a few weeks but i think that might take a while before the glue effect (if any) fades away. I have only been using the phone for 1 week and am not a heavy user.

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Alessio_841 — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 14:51:56 GMT

Thanks Ramto_8!

I wait your next pics to check your answer as a solution, only if the glue effect, as I really think is it, fades away. :smileysmileythumbsup:

Also I read your complaint about the big lens distortion in the other thread... Very bad for a 800€ device...

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Ramto_8 — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 12:42:47 GMT

Soo.. been using the phone for one week and... i noticed no change in the color balance. Guess it will take a while or the screen has indeed bad calibration.

Anyway, i have used the white balance control and got myself a pretty accurate white (R 108, G 0, B 108). So, no problem for me! It will just take some time to calibrate but once done, its pretty good. Don't think sony can release a software fix for this one since this seems to vary from phone to phone.

Also check out the review by Erica, she talks about the screen calibration. You can see that her calibration is completely different from mine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl28F5k20eg

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Alessio_841 — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 12:58:24 GMT

Hi @Ramto_8!

I agree with you, I think the glue used for the display needs more time to evaporate. I have experience with the Z2 before and X Compact now and I noticed that glue needs aproximately 1-2 months to fully go away. I hope this is the same also for you.

I know Erica, I appreciate so much its review about Z5 Premium where shows in deep the calibration of the display with the absurd blue cold tint. However, you must consider that changing the RGB values you change also contrast ratio and brigthness (as she say). According to her, its display is bluish and the change the slider calibration with much red; however I saw more reddish whites. personally I prefer buish ones because more near with the daylight. So, if the little greenish tint doesn't annojing you so much, I suggest you to use the defaul color calibration and wait. If no results, I think could be a defect of display.

Thank you very very much for your info and I appreciate if you could continue to update the forum about.

Best!

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Hazza — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 13:23:25 GMT

I haven't noticed any tint of green on the screen. I should put it side by side to my fathers iphone 7. That will tell me how calibrated my screen actually is

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Alessio_841 — Sat, 01 Jul 2017 13:44:04 GMT

Hi @Hazza!

Could you post here the shot of your XZP near the iPhone 7 either in Professional and Standard Mode to see that you have not greenish tint? That will be very useful, if you can...

Thanks!

Re: Xperia XZ Premium Green Tint Display

Hazza — Sun, 02 Jul 2017 03:04:22 GMT

Yes i will. I will take a shot with my brothers S7 edge