Sony TVs
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 lineup compared

The company from Japan is one of the largest and strongest-selling electronics group in the world and, in addition to televisions in various price and technology classes, offers many additional electronic devices, for example in the audio and mobile phone sector. The world-famous PlayStation console, now in its fifth generation, also comes from Sony. In the TV segment, the brand has been scoring points for many years now, especially in terms of picture quality, and is therefore a very safe place to go for enthusiastic film and series watchers.

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Sony TV models overview (2019-2024)

2019 2020
2021
2022
2023
2024

OLED Models

A75K
A75K
A75K
Panel Type
OLED
Sizes
55", 65"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
A75L
A75L
A75L
Panel Type
OLED
Sizes
55", 65"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
A8G
A8G
A8G
Panel Type
OLED
Sizes
55", 65"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
A8H
A8H
A8H
Panel Type
OLED
Sizes
55", 65"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
A80J
A80J
A80J
Panel Type
OLED
Sizes
55", 65", 77"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
A80K
A80K
A80K
Panel Type
OLED
Sizes
55", 65", 77"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
A80L
A80L
A80L
Panel Type
OLED
Sizes
55", 65", 77", 83"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
A85
A85
A85
Panel Type
OLED
Sizes
55", 65"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0b
A9G
A9G
A9G
Panel Type
OLED
Sizes
55", 65", 77"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
A9S
A9S
A9S
Panel Type
OLED
Sizes
48"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
A90J
A90J
A90J
Panel Type
OLED.EX
Sizes
55", 65", 83"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
A90K
A90K
A90K
Panel Type
OLED
Sizes
42", 48"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
A95K
A95K
A95K
Panel Type
QD-OLED
Sizes
55", 65"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
A95L
A95L
A95L
Panel Type
QD-OLED
Sizes
55", 65", 77"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1

LED (FALD) Models

XG9005
XG9005
XG9005
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
49"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
XH9005
XH9005
XH9005
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
55", 65", 75"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X90J
X90J
X90J
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
50", 55", 65", 75"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X90K
X90K
X90K
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
55", 65", 75", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X90L
X90L
X90L
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
55", 65", 75", 85", 98"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X92J
X92J
X92J
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
50", 55", 65", 75"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X93J
X93J
X93J
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
50", 55", 65", 75"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X93K
X93K
X93K
Panel Type
Sizes
55", 65", 75", 85"
Resolution
Frequency
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X93L
X93L
X93L
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
65", 75", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X950G
X950G
X950G
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
55", 65", 75", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
X950H
X950H
X950H
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
49", 55", 65", 75", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
X95J
X95J
X95J
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
65", 75", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X95K
X95K
X95K
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
65", 75", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X95L
X95L
X95L
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
65", 75", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
Z8H
Z8H
Z8H
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
75", 85"
Resolution
UHD-2 8K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
Z9G
Z9G
Z9G
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
85", 98"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
Z9J
Z9J
Z9J
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
75", 85"
Resolution
UHD-2 8K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
Z9K
Z9K
Z9K
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
75", 85"
Resolution
UHD-2 8K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1

LED Models

XG70
XG70
XG70
Panel Type
IPS
Sizes
43", 49", 55", 65"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0b
X750H
X750H
X750H
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
43", 49", 55", 65", 75"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
X72K
X72K
X72K
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
43", 50"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
X75WL
X75WL
X75WL
Panel Type
IPS (43", 55", 65", 75")
VA (50")
Sizes
43", 50", 55", 65", 75"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
XG80
XG80
XG80
Panel Type
IPS (43", 49", 55", 65")
VA (75")
Sizes
43", 49", 55", 65", 75"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
XH8077
XH8077
XH8077
Panel Type
ADS
Sizes
43", 49", 55", 65"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
X80J
X80J
X80J
Panel Type
ADS (43", 55", 65", 75")
VA (50")
Sizes
43", 50", 55", 65", 75"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
X80K
X80K
X80K
Panel Type
ADS (43", 55", 65", 85")
VA (50")
Sizes
43", 50", 55", 65", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
X80L
X80L
X80L
Panel Type
IPS (43", 55", 65", 75", 85")
VA (50")
Sizes
43", 50", 55", 65", 75", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
XG81
XG81
XG81
Panel Type
IPS
Sizes
43", 49", 55", 65"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0b
XH8196
XH8196
XH8196
Panel Type
IPS
Sizes
43", 49", 55", 65"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
X82J
X82J
X82J
Panel Type
IPS (55"), VA(65")
Sizes
55", 65"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
60Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
XG83
XG83
XG83
Panel Type
IPS (43")
VA (49")
Sizes
43", 49"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
XG85
XG85
XG85
Panel Type
IPS (55", 65", 75")
VA (85")
Sizes
55", 65", 75", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
XH8505
XH8505
XH8505
Panel Type
IPS
Sizes
49"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.0
X85J
X85J
X85J
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
43", 50", 55", 65", 75", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X85K
X85K
X85K
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
43", 50", 55", 65", 75", 85"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X85L
X85L
X85L
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
55", 65", 75"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1
X89J
X89J
X89J
Panel Type
VA
Sizes
43", 50", 55", 65", 75"
Resolution
UHD 4K
Frequency
120Hz
HDMI Standard
HDMI 2.1

Changes

  • Z Series gets an 8K panel with Full Array Local Dimming and HDMI 2.1

  • XG95 becomes the new LED top model

  • XG90 now available in one size with 49 inch

  • Additional devices receive an eARC port

  • XH90 gets HDMI 2.1 support

  • A8H becomes new OLED flagship

  • A9 is now only available in 48 inch

  • OLED range and LED models starting with the X85J are equipped with HDMI 2.1

  • First 100-inch size represented in the X92J range

  • VRR feature now available on HDMI 2.1 devices

  • Android platform now officially becomes Google TV operating system

  • The A95K is Sony’s first QD OLED to hit the market

  • OLED range expands; A75K to be the new entry-level device

  • QD portfolio is expanded with a 77-inch variant

  • No new 8K model represented in the 2023 line-up

  • Full Array Local Dimming now also available within the X80 series (X85L)

  • OLED offering halved; thus only two OLEDs in the portfolio in 2023

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More about TV manufacturer Sony

Sony is generally known for trimming its – sometimes rather small – portfolio in the top range especially in the aspect of picture optimisation. First and foremost, this often ensures improved colour fidelity and makes the Japanese manufacturer’s TV devices especially interesting for demanding people who watch a lot and home cinema enthusiasts that prefer the fullest possible cinema experience with high colour precision. In addition, there is a wide selection of different HDR formats. Higher-priced models are often labelled with the IMAX Enhanced badge as well.

In terms of price, you typically pay for these elements starting from mid-range upwards. Compared to the competition, models made by the Japanese manufacturer are often a few euros more expensive at the dealer and less often feature attractive price reductions. This can quickly add up to a few hundred euros that Sony charges.

Despite the stricter pricing policy, you will not see such models on the top shelf when the topic of peak brightness comes up. This applies equally to OLEDs as well as backlit LED models. In total, the capacity is usually sufficient to display HDR content with the necessary brilliance, but devices from other manufacturers regularly place themselves further ahead.

Sony TV technologies explained

With 4K XR Smoothing, your TV will display consistent 4K images without visible stripes – also known as colour banding. This results in a consistently clean surface with fine colour gradients and no vertical gradations.

In contrast to the full-fledged upscaling function, the entire image is not affected by the editing process, and instead only individual objects or parts of the image are taken into account. The intention here is to re-sharpen textures and contours. The XR processor plays an important role here.

 

Using the Acoustic Center Sync feature, you have the option of amplifying your TV within a multi-channel solution as a centre speaker – also known as a middle channel. To implement a corresponding setup, you need a compatible soundbar. The advantage: better, clearer voice reproduction.

Sony TVs offer you a comparatively good sound image with the Acoustic Surface Audio+. Based on a system of actuators, meaning movement motors in the housing, the TV can vibrate its panel depending on the sound requirements and thus transform it into a speaker, as it were.

With the so-called Auto Genre Picture Mode – which is an exclusive feature for PS5 owners – the TV recognises whether you are watching a film on the console or getting ready for the next gaming session. Depending on the type of use, the device automatically changes the picture mode. So, either the focus is on the gaming mode with optimized response time of the screen and the input lag of the controller or with image processing for the best possible playback quality of the content.

Here Sony combines several features under one banner. Provided you have a Bravia Cam, which we describe in more detail below. If this is the case, your TV can detect the distance to the position where you are sitting and automatically adjust the acoustic parameters accordingly. Depending on the lighting conditions in the room, it is then also possible for the television to regulate the screen brightness on its own.

An additional option that you can only use with the PlayStation 5 is this one. Here, the console automatically optimises its HDR settings to match the respective Sony TV model – for example, when it is used with it for the first time. As a result, details and colours are preserved in the best possible way.

The Bravia Cam adds several useful capabilities to your Sony TV. For example, the camera has the Ambient Optimization Pro feature described above. If no one is sitting in front of the device, the overall brightness is dimmed to save power. With a gesture control, you can adjust the volume or change the channel. If someone is sitting too close in front of the TV, a warning can be given. Video chats are possible as well. Note: Although the cam is only included in a few top models, it is compatible with many additional devices and can therefore be purchased as an extra option.

Sony has launched its own streaming service with the so-called Bravia Core App. With the purchase of a supported TV set, you benefit from a 24-month membership free of charge, which allows you to stream film and series content. Depending on the model, you will also receive a certain amount of so-called film credits that you can spend on new releases.

This is Sony’s term for its processing units, which are used in more upmarket models such as the A80L or A95L. Basically, the processor has several tasks that can range from picture and sound processing up to the local dimming feature on backlit LED TVs from the X series.

This mode optimizes the picture settings for you when accessing content from Bravia Core or Netflix. In the last case, the Netflix Adaptive Calibrated Mode also takes into account the lighting conditions at your location and adjusts the picture material accordingly.

The term Motionflow refers to the intermediate image calculation process that you may already be familiar with. If you activate this setting, the TV uses an algorithm to determine suitable scenes that will help compensate movements based on the current refresh rate. The result is a smoother and more natural reproduction on the screen.

Using the individual speech recognition with Voice Zoom, you can hear dialogues more clearly without having to increase the volume. First, the type of voice is determined and analysed. This is followed by a playback optimisation, which makes spoken words clearer coming through the speakers, even if they are rather difficult to understand.

This is Sony’s term for an additional display layer that widens the otherwise fairly narrow viewing angle of VA panels quite a lot. This provides better saturation and an overall higher-contrast image when viewed from an inclined sitting position.

This function helps your TV to display content that is only available in Full HD resolution, for example, over the entire screen surface of the panel. To do this, a processor intelligently adds the necessary details and structures that are required for an enlarged version of the material.

A rather convoluted term to describe a comparatively “simple” technical concept. What lies behind it is an algorithm developed by Sony based on so-called local dimming in combination with Mini-LEDs. Controlling the brightness becomes much finer, so that content can be illuminated more precisely and with comparatively little blooming around object contours in front of dark backgrounds.

If you switch on this option, possible image noise is reduced and the movement sharpness is improved at the same time. Sony promises that the use should provide a visibly cleaner and clearer image reproduction overall.

By darkening certain areas of the image and brightening others, the XR Contrast Booster adjusts the luminosity to render highlights with brighter values and shadow areas with deeper blacks. This makes scenes appear more realistic, offers more details and makes them appear deeper.

Based on XR HDR Remaster, your TV recognises objects on the screen, analyses the colour and adjusts the contrast ratio individually. So the TV performs object-based processing that takes into account various parameters such as brightness, saturation, shading and movement. The goal: lifelike colours, natural textures and an overall realistic impression of the picture content.

This is a rather charming name for the ABL feature. Based on a temperature sensor, this safety measure detects the heat load on the self-luminous pixels and controls respectively dims the light if necessary. Typically, this is the case with large bright areas that are displayed on the screen for a longer period of time.

In combination with the Cognitive Processor XR, the so-called XR OLED Motion Feature reduces rendering blur by recognising and evaluating core visual structures during the presentation. The algorithm then inserts additional images in between the original sequences in a logical way to ensure that even busy scenes are played out cleanly and clearly. In the end, we are talking about the interframe calculation for Sony’s OLED devices – also referred to as Motionflow.

Sports and action scenes can look blurry on some screens. With XR Motion Clarity, your TV can intervene to achieve smoother, sharper and brighter reproduction. In addition to the Motion Flow for the calculation of the intermediate image, the control of the backlight is also used here in the form of the feature known as BFI.

With this technology, the sound always follows the action. On the basis of the so-called Acoustic Surface Audio+ feature, the output is generated where the noise is produced on the screen. Accordingly, you get a precisely positioned tone here.

Presumably almost none of you can guess what this extremely obscure marketing term means. Basically, it refers to the quantum dot technology known from many other TVs. Sony devices that are advertised with this label are able to display a significantly larger color space than sets without it. From a visual point of view, the benefit of this is a more accurate saturation and a more realistic appearance. The “Pro” and “Max” variants increase the colour spectrum even further.

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High-quality home theater in the mid-range?

As Sony recently announced, premium users of the PlayStation Network will be able to stream PS5 titles in the future. The Japanese company is currently at the beginning of a test phase. When the trial run is completed, games from the next-gen console will also be available directly via the cloud. A previous download will then no longer be necessary.

So far, the offer has been limited to PS4 and PS3 content. The exact scope of the service and whether the cloud gaming app for smart TVs will return in this context was left open.

Source: PlayStation Blog

Sony’s first QD OLED, the A95K, is now available for purchase. The direct competitor to Samsung’s S95B also comes with a new display technology and provides an additional boost to the already high quality level of OLEDs. Besides this new flagship, you can now also buy the conventional models from the other three series, the A75K, A80K and the A90K.

Source: Sony

Sony has announced that the two OLED TVs Bravia XR Master Series A90K and Bravia XR A75K are now available for pre-order. While the A75K is available in 55 and 65 inches, the A90K is only available in 42 and 48 inches for now. In addition, the Japanese electronics manufacturer starts a cashback campaign where you can get up to 300 Euros back, depending on the TV model.

Source: Sony

Sony’s QD OLEDs will be available in the US in June. Now the Japanese TV manufacturer announced the prices for its upcoming model lineup. The top-of-the-line 65-inch A95K model will cost $4,000. The smaller A90K series is priced at $1500 for the 48-inch device.

Source: flatpanelshd

So far, only high-end LG TVs are capable of Dolby Vision gaming, but the feature is expected to be available on more TVs in 2023 through a new MediaTek chip. This includes TVs from Panasonic, Philips, Samsung and Sony.

Source: flatpanelshd

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