Apple TV 4K (2021) producing green flashes on new Sony Bravia TV

Ha! Wow - it's nice to be able to help with one of these requests...

I almost took my X85J off the wall and back to BestBuy which was going to be an enormous hassle. Especially since they were most likely going to point me in the direction of Sony.

Fortunately I saw this first:

https://www.reddit.com/r/bravia/comments/k4d5x2/green_flicker_when_using_apple_tv_4k_dolby_vision/

It's for an older Sony X900H, but the fixes there seemed to work. Do you have it set to Dolby Vision?

Basically, what worked for me was going to Settings on the Apple TV / Video & Audio, and:

1. Changed Format from Dolby Vision to 4K HDR
2. Changed Match Content Range & Frame Rate to both be ON

Somewhat unbelievably the flickering stopped instantly.

I don't fully understand everything that's happening here, but all I know is that the green flicker that seemed to be becoming worse, hasn't shown up yet. At least for our set up.

Have a go!

Best wishes

I have the exact same issue. New Sony X85J purchased and installed before 2022… I only appear to get the flickering issue when  TV 4K goes into wallpaper/ screensaver mode. No issues when watching the tv.

My does the same thing… it’s frustrating when you have to turn on the range on the appleTV because every time you go to something different it takes a while for it to switch… very frustrating I wish Apple would come out with an update for Sony TVs apparently this has been an issue for a while…

Yes. It is a little frustrating. I obviywiah it didn’t happen at all. But does not seem to flash for me except screensaver mode. I’ve watched a YouTube video and seen the flash there as well. But I can not recall a green flash during prime viewing.

I have yet to call Sony. But that is coming.

looks like this has been an issue for years! Sad that one of them can not figure this out. My last 75” Vizio did not do this. Not ONE single time.

eric H

I have the same issues with Sony X85J and Apple TV while using Dolby Vision. I hope that Apple will have firmware update soon. What's the point of having Dolby Vision option if we can't use it?

I was able to fix the green flickering with Dolby Vision on my X81J by disabling Picture settings > Clarity > Random noise reduction and Digital noise reduction

Can you tell me what you put the clarity settings on I’m having the same issue with my Apple TV in my Sony TV 85j whenever I have it set to Dolby