Image 1 — Matic keeps climbing over low objects: Workarounds?
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Matic keeps climbing over low objects: Workarounds?

Has anyone found a good way to get Matic to recognize and avoid low-profile objects that it otherwise tries to climb over?

My two problem areas are a bathroom scale and the low base of my coffee table.

Matic regularly drives over the bathroom scale and sometimes drags it around the room. It actually damaged my previous scale by catching and pulling off a panel that housed some wiring. With the coffee table, it will hop over the low raised base and drive underneath, but then often gets stuck because it doesn't seem able or willing to cross the same bump to get back out.

Fixed no-go zones don't really solve either problem because both the scale and coffee table move around slightly during normal use.

What I'm wondering is whether anyone has found a physical way to make objects like these more visible to Matic. For example, has anyone tried putting contrasting tape, stickers, reflective markers, a thin border, or anything similar around a low object that Matic will reliably recognize and avoid?

Basically, I'm looking for some kind of simple visual or physical indicator I can add to these objects that tells Matic, "this is an obstacle, don't climb over it."

I reported the coffee table behavior to support when I bought Matic last year. At the time they said they'd reproduced the specific issue and were working on it. More recently I received a more general response that navigation would continue improving over time, so I'm curious whether anyone in the community has found a practical workaround.

u/Fizzafarian — 2 months ago
▲ 31 r/bravia

Bravia 9 in bright spot with direct reflections: worth it?

Here’s my pickle.

I’m redoing our loft, where an old Vizio finally bit the dust. The space hasn’t been used much, but I’m planning to use it more for watching TV and escaping now that our young kids have commandeered the main living area.

I moved our LG C1 from the main room into the loft, but the reflections are terrible. I don’t remember them ever being this bad with the Vizio, although I also haven’t used this space regularly in a while.

I also have Sony Bravia Theatre Quad speakers in the room, which can pair with compatible Sony TVs to use the TV as the center channel.

I’m currently considering these options from Best Buy:

Sony Bravia 9 - Open Box $2,100 (fair), $2,200 (Excellent)

  • Pros
    • Last year's flagship Sony picture quality
    • Hoping brightness can overcome glare
    • Acoustic Center Sync compatible and has good speakers
    • Integrated Google TV software
  • Cons
    • No real anti-glare coating; concerned about reflections being too distracting

Sony Bravia 9 II - No Open Box - Wait for Black Friday and hope Open Box can bring it down to maybe $4.5K? Current open box 3 hours from me is $5.2K

  • Pros
    • Current flagship RGB picture quality
    • Excellent anti-glare
    • Acoustic Center Sync compatible and has good speakers
    • Integrated Google TV software
  • Cons
    • Extremely expensive for a loft space that is a secondary TV

I know that on paper the Bravia 9 II is easily the best option, but I’m having a hard time justifying the price for this space.

  • Bravia 9: Is it realistically an option in a room like this? I can accept some reflections, but not reflections that completely overpower dark scenes like they do on the LG C1 in the attached photo.
  • Bravia 9 II: Are the other two options likely to leave me disappointed and $2,000 lighter, meaning I should just leave the loft unused for now and wait for a strong deal on the 9 II?
  • What would you pick? If ACS is not really worth it, I can consider 7 II down the road as well.

EDIT: A lot of posts commenting on why no curtains or blinds. Reason is simple. Wife is refusing curtains. The material for the blinds already in place (style) is no longer sold, meaning I have to replace the rest of the roller blinds for them to match. This is a very expensive proposition as there is a large open plan space behind this picture (at least 6 windows in this area alone). I might as well get the B9 II at that point. However, reconfiguring the TV position is potentially an option though not ideal aesthetically given the open plan space behind. Just have to convince my other half.

u/Fizzafarian — 3 months ago
▲ 11 r/SonyBravia+1 crossposts

S95F vs. Bravia 9 vs. Bravia 9 II for bright space with direct reflections

Images of space: https://imgur.com/a/9S2mt6O

Here’s my pickle.

I’m redoing our loft, where an old Vizio finally bit the dust. The space hasn’t been used much, but I’m planning to use it more for watching TV and escaping now that our young kids have commandeered the main living area.

I moved our LG C1 from the main room into the loft, but the reflections are terrible. I don’t remember them ever being this bad with the Vizio, although I also haven’t used this space regularly in a while.

I also have Sony Bravia Theatre Quad speakers in the room, which can pair with compatible Sony TVs to use the TV as the center channel.

I’m currently considering these options from Best Buy:

Samsung S95F 83" - Open Box, $1,800

  • Pros
    • Excellent anti-glare
    • OLED flagship (WOLED not QD though)
  • Cons
    • Was previously on show floor
    • Have bad personal experience with Samsung software
    • No Dolby Vision
    • No Acoustic Center Sync

Sony Bravia 9 - Open Box $2,100 (fair), $2,200 (Excellent)

  • Pros
    • Last year's flagship Sony picture quality
    • Hoping brightness can overcome glare
    • Acoustic Center Sync compatible and has good speakers
    • Integrated Google TV software
  • Cons
    • No real anti-glare coating; concerned about reflections being too distracting

Sony Bravia 9 II - No Open Box - Wait for Black Friday and hope Open Box can bring it down to maybe $4.5K?

  • Pros
    • Current flagship RGB picture quality
    • Excellent anti-glare
    • Acoustic Center Sync compatible and has good speakers
    • Integrated Google TV software
  • Cons
    • Extremely expensive for a loft space that is a secondary TV

I know that on paper the Bravia 9 II is easily the best option, but I’m having a hard time justifying the price for this space.

  • Bravia 9: Is it realistically an option in a room like this? I can accept some reflections, but not reflections that completely overpower dark scenes like they do on the LG C1 in the attached photo.
  • S95F: At $1,800, and given my specific lighting conditions, is it worth seriously considering over the Bravia 9 despite the Samsung software, lack of Dolby Vision, and no Acoustic Center Sync?
  • Bravia 9 II: Are the other two options likely to leave me disappointed and $2,000 lighter, meaning I should just leave the loft unused for now and wait for a strong deal on the 9 II?
  • What would you pick?
u/Fizzafarian — 3 months ago