Haris, I 've been sort of following some discussions on this over in the avsforum. Many different opinions but a number of the participants seem to give the edge to the Z9 in blacks and contrast. However the Sony is a bit cheaper so, this might be a tough call.
This is one of the threads currently going over there: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...hreadid=128025