The X950H (I purchased the 55” — due to some hardware differences, this review may not be fully applicable to the 49” model) is a mid-high-end, full-array local dimming LED. TV. Its picture quality does not disappoint and it is arguably one of the best ones out there.It is not perfect, though. I’ve had Sony, Samsung, and Panasonic (plasma only for Panasonic) sets and I feel Sony always produces the best images for an LED, whether it be local dimming or edge lit models. The quality and the fit and finish is typically top-notch.It’s the latter portion of the previous sentence that concerns me in regard to this set. Please see the images — one is a close-up of the identical image.At first, I thought it was a set of dead pixels, and they weren’t present when I bought this TV just over a month ago. But as you can see in the zoomed-up image, they’re not dead. And, if you move slightly to the left or right, you can see a shadow of these markings reflected on the LED panel.I’m not sure what Sony claims this to be a result of or how it claims this set is produced (ironically, although vendors change, LG currently makes Sony’s LED panels — but to Sony’s exacting specs. Sony does NOT advertise this), But clearly this is a panel-on-panel build.This is indicative of a screen filter sandwiched on top of the LED panel — and some type of small particle of something that was present on the inside of the filter screen has, for whatever reason, drifted down (perhaps from the top edge of the screen) and simply landed there.I’ve tried the tapping with an eraser head to see if anything could change and with the way the pixels reacted, I could tell they were functional but something was obstructing them.So, yes, this is a first from a Sony set and I am disappointed about this aspect.At this point in time, the only alternative is a warranty repair and I don’t feel this warrants a warranty repair — I think we all know that once you have a warranty repair, it’s never quite as perfect as it would’ve been brand new from the factory, and as this was purchased.It would be nice if Sony offered a brand new replacement due in o this but I seriously doubt that. I do know for a fact they read these reviews.So, those are my caveats. This is an excellent TV. However, I do fault Sony’s quality control for this — and with how competitive the market is, it’s something that’s unacceptable.**Also, as others report, there seems to be a glitch with the microphone activity LED light, which is a bright orange LED to the bottom left of Sony’s logo ... Sometimes it’s on for no apparent reason and other times it shuts off. This is not to be confused with the timer lighting effect, which typically appears as a longer horizontal light-orange LED bar immediately below Sony’s logo.The recent software update does not resolve this but if you play around on the home screen and then tap the keyboard, you can eventually get this microphone light to turn off if your light remains on — Even if you have the microphone set to off.