Sony Bravia KDL-42EX440 Help!

[Agent Bond]

I connected the HDMI cables, the output is at 1080p, I'm playing the Blu Ray of Titanic through Sony's BDP-S185, the TV was advertised as Motionflow XR 120, and the Cinemotion is on Auto.


Yet despite doing all of that, the movie does NOT have the soap opera look!!! What the Hell did I do wrong?

[pentatonic]

Are you outputting 24p from your player?

[Agent Bond]

On the Screen settings for the Blu Ray player, there's something that's say BD DVD 1080/24 Output and there's 2 options for it: Auto and Video.

When I put it on Auto, my Display screen will say 24.

When I put it on Video, it will say 60 instead.

I've tried both options and I don't see a difference on the TV screen with either as I still have the "film look".

[Ray O. Blu]

Have you tried other Cinemotion settings?
Try Cinemotion on High & Motionflow on High.
Or Cinemotion Type 1 or whatever it's called nowadays.
Don't leave Cinemotion or Motionflow on Auto on the TV & leave BD player on Video setting for 60p.

[Agent Bond]

There's only 2 options for Cinemotion: Auto and Off. I've picked both and again I don't notice a difference.

Despite saying it has Motionflow, I've gone through the Settings and can't find the actual option for it.

Why does Sony have to make using a 42 inch TV so complicated?!!

[joie]

On pg. 42 of the manual it says, "Available Picture options, including options in Advanced Settings depend on Scene Select and Picture Mode." So:

Set Scene Select to Sports. That should get Motionflow working -- whether it will be adjustable is another question. Motionflow was designed to interpolate frames so that, for example, a football flying through the air won't be as blurry as it would be without Motionflow.

My Sony is a different model with Motionflow/CineMotion/etc options on one set-up page. Yours is different, but it looks like you might be able to get Motionflow working.

From the manual for your display: The options shown on pg. 38 may be the options that appear when Scene Select is set to General. On pg. 24, the manual shows a remote button that can be used to set Scene Select to Sports. It's probably a button that cycles through different Scene Select modes. Try setting Scene Select to Sports. There may be other modes that may give you some motionflow options, but Sports should definitely get you motionflow. Even if you can't adjust the motionflow, it should give you the "soap opera" effect you want.

Picture Mode settings appear to be on pg. 38, which appear to depend on Scene Select.

This is Sony's Support page, where the Operating Instructions manual can be found.

I am not sure why Cinemotion should be on if Motionflow is on.

[Agent Bond]

Answer: I got all bent out of shape and it turns out the TV was 60 HZ. I exchanged it for a 46" inch Insignia with 120 HZ!

[joie]

The specs state that the Sony KDL-42EX440 has Motionflow XR 120, but don't state whether its refresh rate is 60 or 120 Hz. At the Sony Store, you can choose a Screen Size of 40" - 46", then choose a "Screen Refresh Rate" of Motionflow XR 120 or Motionflow XR 240 or Motionflow XR 480 or Motionflow XR 960!

It could be a 60 Hz display. It depends on what "Motionflow XR 120" means in terms of actual hardware refresh rate. Choosing "Motionflow XR 240" may turn-up 120 Hz refresh rate sets.