Sony Bravia 9, 8, or 7?

[Herry Dunston]

The family's been thinking of upgrading our Sony x900f. It's a good enough TV when we got it for its time, but there have been a couple issues I've been having of it: first, it's the local dimming, which isn't great and it's becoming very distracting to me as I notice the bleeding blooms on dark scenes in HDR content; second, and this is the most important, Dolby Vision doesn't work on this TV, as there's a bug in the system that prevents it to work properly from external devices.

So I though about gettin' an iterative upgrade in the form of the x90L, which from what I read, does have Dolby Vision properly work on all devices. But then I look through the Rtings review for this TV, and I've come to the realization that maybe we as a family shouldn't settle for the bare minimum.

Thus, I've been looking at three of the most premium Bravia sets. The Bravia 9 looks like it counters all the issues I have with our current TV. However, it's also very expensive, and we're trying to be careful with our budget. There's also the Bravia 8, and I know people sing praise on OLEDs; I'm planning to get an OLED for my personal room. That said, OLEDs work best in a dark area, and our TV's in the living room has the sun beaming directly at our TV, so OLEDs might be a disadvantage especially if we wait HDR content; ergo, brightness is important. And thus comes the Bravia 7, which is comparatively the most affordable of the three. But remember what I said about local dimming being less than great on our current TV? Apparently from RTings, the B7 is not quite great with that as the B8 or B9.

But the Bravia 7 would at the very least be a technical step-up from the x90L, right?

I'm deciding on what TV is beneficial for our buck and our needs, so I ask you the community to provide a direction or two. We don't necessarily want the best of the best if we can help it. Of course, there's the LGs and the Samsungs that might give us what we want at a fair price, but let's focus on the Sony's for the thread.

[Vilya]

I never noticed any Dolby Vision problems with my 85" X900F during the five years that I had it. I found the local dimming to be decent for a LED TV, but it certainly could have been better. Overall, I was quite happy with this TV.

I gave my X900F away to a friend nine days ago when my calibrated 85" Sony Bravia 9 arrived. I am very happy with it so far... and so is the recipient of my X900F. The Bravia 9 surpasses the X900F in every way from what I have observed so far.

I think that you will find that mini LED is a big improvement over LED.

[Auditor55]

Originally Posted by Vilya

I never noticed any Dolby Vision problems with my 85" X900F during the five years that I had it. I found the local dimming to be decent for a LED TV, but it certainly could have been better. Overall, I was quite happy with this TV.

I gave my X900F away to a friend nine days ago when my calibrated 85" Sony Bravia 9 arrived. I am very happy with it so far... and so is the recipient of my X900F. The Bravia 9 surpasses the X900F in every way from what I have observed so far.

I think that you will find that mini LED is a big improvement over LED.

Why didn't you get an OLED (smh)

[Vilya]

Originally Posted by Auditor55

Why didn't you get an OLED (smh)

I just don't trust OLED tech.

TVs that come with maintenance utilities that need to be run to "refresh/ clean pixels" is not something that I want to deal with among other reasons.

https://www.lg.com/us/support/help-l...20153710651501

[Bluyoda]

I work as a Sony promoter at an electronics store here in Europe.
The Bravia 9 is incredibly bright, has amazing black levels for an LED, and great colours, as well as the extra wide angle. Bravia 8 is a good OLED, but shadow detail gets lost a bit. Bravia 7 is bright, has very good colours, and decent black levels, but no wide angle.
The ultimate would be the Bravia 8 mk II. It's as bright as the Bravia 9, but OLED black levels and colours.

If you are on a budget, I'd get a Bravia 8 or 7, if you really need a bright TV.
Bravia 9, if you have the money. Save for a Bravia 8 mk II, if you want the best of both worlds, or try to find a good deal on an A95L! That's a beauty!

[Auditor55]

Originally Posted by Bluyoda

I work as a Sony promoter at an electronics store here in Europe.
The Bravia 9 is incredibly bright, has amazing black levels for an LED, and great colours, as well as the extra wide angle. Bravia 8 is a good OLED, but shadow detail gets lost a bit. Bravia 7 is bright, has very good colours, and decent black levels, but no wide angle.
The ultimate would be the Bravia 8 mk II. It's as bright as the Bravia 9, but OLED black levels and colours.

If you are on a budget, I'd get a Bravia 8 or 7, if you really need a bright TV.
Bravia 9, if you have the money. Save for a Bravia 8 mk II, if you want the best of both worlds, or try to find a good deal on an A95L! That's a beauty!

What do you consider a good deal on an A95L?

[Robert Zohn]

Here's the new Promotional offers on Sony's A95L Master Series QD OLED TVS:
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Also all of Sony's BRAVIA TVs in all screen sizes are on sale now! Here's just a couple examples:

BRAVIA 8 II 65" XR80M2 $3,499, sale $2,999, + we gift our clients w/$150 credit. 55" XR80M2 $2,999, Sale $2,299. + we gift our clients w/$115 credit.

All BRAVIA 5 XR50 TVs are on sale! Love the 98" XR50 Original price was: $6,499..Now on sale $4,499.

Also love Sony's BRAVIA 8 OLED 4K HDR TVs, 77″ $2499.99 – 65″ $1599.99 – 55″ $1499.99

And all BRAVIA 7 and BRAVIS 9 TVs are all on very aggressive sales now!