Sony Xperia XZ Premium tutorial: Here's how to enable constant 4K display resolution
Pssst. Pssst! Got a Sony Xperia XZ Premium?
If so, then you're probably awed by its super-crisp 4K display... that's actually downscaling content to Full HD 1080p by default.
Yes, as per Sony, "4K (and 4K HDR with 4K HDR content) is used in the Album and Video apps and third party apps with 4K (and 4K HDR) content. Everything else, so homescreen, apps, menus, etc are shown in Full HD."
A bummer, isn't it? Having a 4K display on paper but not using it to its full potential... Well, lucky for all of you tinkerers out there, there's a neat little trick that allows you to easily force the Xperia XZ Premium to output 4K all the time. Of, course, this is likely to have a detrimental effect on your phone's battery life and performance, especially in games and other graphics-intensive tasks.
reference: @damirfranc
16 Comments
1. gabrielvoica
Posts: 67; Member since: Mar 05, 2013
and the one who made this video tutorial is a german youtuber called Damir Franc and you should've at least give him credits for this...he also took the tutorial from a german tech site but he,compared to you PA,gave credits to those people..
shame on you!
posted on Jul 03, 2017, 8:21 AM 9
3. mimicryXD
Posts: 173; Member since: Apr 03, 2015
yeah im a subscriber of damir and he is a good reviewer (despite long videos of him, LOL) and he really loves xz premium bcos its the fastest phone in 2017! if you watch his review, clearly xz premium performance is amazing.
posted on Jul 03, 2017, 8:23 AM 0
11. Nathan_ingx
Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012
I don't know if they edited it but if you check "reference" below the tutorial slide, you'll see "@damirfranc".
posted on Jul 03, 2017, 10:04 AM 1
6. SYSTEM_LORD
Posts: 1168; Member since: Oct 05, 2015
Seeing as how this phone is a sub 6" LCD display, there is no reason for anything over 1080p save for a few situational circumstances. Pixel layout is of major importance, and this is where modern AMOLED tech does not match LCD.
posted on Jul 03, 2017, 8:48 AM 2
7. trojan_horse
Posts: 5868; Member since: May 06, 2016
I see no need to have everything constantly rendered at 4K. Battery life will be an absolute mess, not to mention overheating!
posted on Jul 03, 2017, 9:10 AM 1
8. zunaidahmed
Posts: 1183; Member since: Dec 24, 2011
You will say that until the next note comes out with 4K display...... Technology should move forward, not stand still.
posted on Jul 03, 2017, 9:32 AM 4
12. Nathan_ingx
Posts: 4769; Member since: Mar 07, 2012
LAWL...on the first part!!
posted on Jul 03, 2017, 10:07 AM 2
9. avalon2105
Posts: 352; Member since: Jul 12, 2014
Great that you can do it but I have to ask why? Aside from multimedia and VR there is really no need for such resolution. I really wanted the concept to catch up when Sony started it with Z5P and other OEMs would start using the same thing. Sadly it didn't.
posted on Jul 03, 2017, 9:33 AM 1
14. sachouba
Posts: 264; Member since: Jun 08, 2014
The Xperia XZ Premium's display isn't even 4K!
Sony claims it is 4K because it interpolates subpixels. But there are even less subpixels than in a Pentile display, actually...
XZ Premium on the left, LG G6 on the right:http://img1.lesnumeriques.com/optim/news/63/63477/sonyxz-vs-lg-g6-maps.jpg
posted on Jul 03, 2017, 2:55 PM 0
16. hansip87
Posts: 226; Member since: Nov 10, 2015
might be just for a few niche market but when you do VR, the Sony 4K screen will give you less screen door effect compared to the LG one as you post in the link. The same could be said with Pentile AMOLED, but Samsung needs to bump up to 4K first before the lines start getting to disappear.
posted on Jul 04, 2017, 5:56 AM 0
15. kanagadeepan
Posts: 1232; Member since: Jan 24, 2012
Is there a trick to force 1080p ALWAYS, even in gallery and video apps????
