Sony OLED: Consumer tips
Enjoy your favourite films and series in brilliant quality. Whether it’s sound or picture quality, they offer a breathtaking experience in every respect. Additionally, there are countless features that make your home cinema experience something special.
The Sony OLEDs are suitable not only for multi-person households with plenty of space for their own home cinema but also for smaller rooms where an additional sound system cannot be installed. The televisions are not cheap: Prices range from 1,300 to 5,000 pounds and upwards for an OLED from
These features make the Sony OLEDs shine
The OLED technology impresses with a sharp image, true blacks, and a colour intensity that will captivate you. To achieve the best possible picture, it comes with several features that can be individually adjusted to your taste. Furthermore, OLEDs from offer an enhanced smart TV experience as well as crisp sound. Depending on the model, the devices include the following features:
- Acoustic Audio Surface+:
- Sounds like in a concert hall – the sound in the Sony OLEDs comes from various directions. Two powerful subwoofers complete the sound experience. The speakers can also easily serve as a centre speaker for your home cinema system.
- Voice control via Alexa and Google Home:
- You can conveniently connect a Sony OLED with Alexa or Google Home. This allows you to operate the device easily, even when you don’t know where the remote control is.
- Triluminos Display:
- The powerful display of the Sony OLEDs uses an extensive colour palette that accurately represents even the smallest colour nuances and shades. The quality of the image is also independent of the viewing angle, making it enjoyable from any position.
- X1 Ultimate:
- The in-house image processor, with its built-in Pixel Contrast Booster, ensures that you don’t miss any details. The processor’s performance allows hundreds of simultaneously displayed objects to appear rich in contrast and lifelike.
Enjoy your personalised programme with the enhanced smart TV features
Of course, the Sony OLED TVs also come with an extensive library of apps that allow for a television experience tailored to your taste. With Android TV, you have access to the Google Play Store and thus to all popular apps – the possibilities are virtually limitless.
In cooperation with the streaming service Netflix, a special feature has been developed for the OLED TVs from . The "Netflix Calibrated Mode" reproduces the studio productions of the streaming service in the best possible picture quality. Thus, the OLEDs from are also among Netflix's recommended devices.
The Sony OLEDs in tests and customer reviews
In various tests by specialist magazines, the models from have been able to impress across the board. The cheapest model of the Sony OLEDs in 55 inches, the BRAVIA AK8, is rated almost on par with the newer model BRAVIA AK9 according to reviews.
The picture quality of the cheaper model is on the same level as that of its bigger brother. However, some compromises must be made regarding sound quality. Energy efficiency also faces criticism in reviews, as the device consumes relatively little power during operation but draws too much power in standby mode.
Products that are in a similar price category but achieve even better results in tests and reviews can be found, for example, from the manufacturers Philips and LG Electronics.
Conclusion
If you are looking for a powerful OLED TV, you can confidently rely on a device from . Even with the cheaper Sony televisions at 55 inches, there are no compromises to be made in picture quality. Only the sound may not be entirely convincing. With an additional sound system, this hurdle is no longer a problem.
