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Sony Bravia A9F It is an excellent 4k TV, one of the best we have tested. Like other OLED TVs, it can produce perfectly deep blacks and it also has a wide color gamut and low input lag. Unfortunately it can’t get the whole screen very bright for those in bright rooms, and there may be a risk of burn-in with static content.
We bought the 55 inch A9F to test, but it is also available in a larger 65 inch size. We expect this larger size to have very similar picture quality.

Sony Bravia A9F OLED 2018 Design

First we’ll look at the design of the TV and then move on to the picture quality. We’ll look at the motion handling and input lag, and then compare to competing models which are currently available. The design of the A9F is great.
The TV looks sleek from the front, without any visible stand. The TV sits on small rubber feet and leans back similar to the A1E. Some people love this, but others can’t stand the lean. It does feel very stable due to the large footprint.
The electronics are located on the stand of the TV, which can make it a bit more difficult to access the inputs or to use the controls. Like the Z9F, the A9F has four HDMI ports that all support HDMI 2.0 full bandwidth signals.
Covers over the rear of the stand can hide all of the cables neatly out of sight which looks great.

It is also possible to fold the stand flat for those who want to wall mount the TV. This does eliminate the lean, but can make accessing the inputs even more difficult. Thankfully there is one HDMI port and one USB port directed out the side for easier access. Looking at a thermal image of the TV we can see a warmer region near the center due to the location of the electronics, overall the TV is fairly cool, and heat shouldn’t cause any issues.

Sony Bravia A9F OLED 2018 Picture Quality

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The Sony Bravia A9F is able to produce perfectly deep blacks, which is excellent for those who watch
in the dark. This is also true of other OLED TVs like the A1E and C8. The A9F is a great choice for those who have a wide room and sometimes watch the TV from an angle. When moving off-axis, the brightness doesn’t change much and the image remains mostly accurate but the colors do shift. This is much better than most TVs with VA panels such as the Vizio P Quantum. The Sony Z9F does have improved viewing angles over other VA TVs so may also be a good choice
for those with wide seating and IPS TVs also offer accurate images for wide rooms but at the expense of dark room performance.

The A9F is excellent at dealing with reflections. It has a glossy finish so reflections do remain defined rather than smeared but their intensity is reduced significantly. Like many other TVs with excellent reflection handling, this does result in a purple tint though which some people don’t like.

It is especially visible when the TV is off. The A9F can produce bright highlights in our HDR real scene at about 630 nits.
We can see how this compares to other TVs we’ve tested in the past two years, and
it is a good result. Small bright areas like windows which take up 2% or 10% of the screen area can also get
bright, however very large bright objects are a different story.

The TV is restricted from drawing too much power by an automatic brightness limiter or ABL . This causes the screen brightness to change depending on the content. Most of the time this isn’t noticeable, but when used as a PC monitor this can be distracting. The ABL can be disabled by turning the ‘Peak Luminance’ option off. This prevents the change in brightness, but results in a fairly dim image at about one hundred and forty nits across the whole screen. For those who want a bright TV to overcome glare then a bright LED TV may be worth it. The 50% gray uniformity is excellent.
This is generally the case for OLED TVs which fare better than LCD models. This is great for sports, as dirty screen effect isn’t distracting when watching hockey or football. Very dark grays do show some banding though when viewed in a dark room, which may be noticeable in dark scenes.

This varies between units, but it is a common result for new OLEDs. The A9F has an excellent wide color gamut for producing vivid highlights in HDR. It isn’t as good as the Samsung QLEDs, but still makes HDR content pop.
It can also display these saturated colors at a wider range of brightness levels than other OLED TVs, which is great. HDR content can be displayed accurately as the A9F closely tracks the reference PQ curve. Like the Z9F but unlike previous Sony models, all of the picture modes have the same EOTF
tracking.

There is very little roll off, but this is great for those who care about brightness accuracy when watching HDR.
The gradient performance of the A9F is excellent. It can smoothly display a 10 bit signal, with the best performance we’ve tested. Even problematic dark shades can be displayed with only minor banding. This is excellent for those who care about banding in movies or games and there is alsoa ‘Smooth Gradation’ feature to reduce banding in content.
Like other OLED TVs, the A9F may have the risk of burn-in after displaying long periods of static content.

It uses an organic compound to emit light, which degrades with usage. You can see our video series linked below for an investigation into this issue, however we don’t expect it to be a problem for most people with changing content.
The response time of the A9F is instantaneous. This results in very little blur following moving content, as most of the blur is the result of persistence from sample and hold of the image. This is great for gaming and watching sports. For 60 Hz content this displays each frame for half the duration, with black frames between.

It works well to clear up persistence blur, and is useful for gamers. Those sensitive to flicker may find it distracting and it reduces the screen brightness significantly though so isn’t for everyone. It also isn’t possible with a one-hundred and twenty hertz signals from a PC as it causes every second frame to be lost.

The A9F has an excellent low input lag, which is an improvement over previous Sony models like the A1E especially for 1080p signals. It also natively supports a one-hundred-and-twenty hertz signal with low input lag, which is
excellent.

Sony Bravia A9F OLED 2018 operating System

The A9F runs a version of Android TV which is customized by Sony. Unlike the A1E and A8F, it comes with Android 8 or Oreo. This results in a massively improved interface speed which is great. It is still possible to access a huge range of apps on the google play store and the home screen makes it easy to find new content.

It is a bit less intuitive than LG’s WebOS or Samsung’s Smart Hub but still works great. A google assistant button on the remote provides quick voice access to a huge range of features like searching for content or setting a timer.

Sony Bravia A9F OLED 2018 Sound Quality

The A9F has better sound than most TVs, but it isn’t as good as dedicated speakers. It gets loud, and can produce clear dialog. Like the A1E, the surface of the A9F vibrates to produce some sound. The A9F also features a new ‘Audio System’ mode, and can replace the center channel when connected to an audio receiver and external speakers. The TV needs to be turned on for this function.

The TV is also advertised to support eARC for higher bandwidth audio passthrough, however we unfortunately haven’t been able to test this as there is very little equipment which supports it yet.

Conclusion

So overall the Sony A9F is a great TV, with excellent picture quality. Like other OLED TVs, it is best suited to a dark room with wide seating. It isn’t without flaws though, as long periods of static content may result in permanent burn-in and the whole screen can’t get bright to overcome glare.

The A1E is the predecessor to the A9F. It shares many of the same design characteristics including leaning back on a rear stand and acoustic surface speakers. The A9F offers a few improvements though, like the faster android Oreo interface, lower input lag, and support for four high bandwidth HDMI ports.

The A9F Is better for a dark room or wide seating though, as it can produce deeper dark scenes and remains accurate when viewed at an angle.

Sony Bravia A9F OLED 2018 User Manual

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It has been over five years since I wrote my last review for Home Theater Review, and in that time, we've not only seen the rise of 4K/Ultra HD but also the further integration of smart technology--even voice-controlled AI (artificial intelligence)--into our everyday lives. Five years ago, OLED was but a trade show promise, a design exercise meant to drum up headlines and rack up industry design awards while never actually coming to fruition. The future, five years ago, seemed far off indeed, and yet here I sit before you writing not about the future, but about the present. A present that feels decidedly futuristic as I gawk at Sony's new flagship-adjacent OLED display, the XBR-65A8F.

The XBR-65A8F (you're forgiven if the name doesn't tickle your giblets) is Sony's next to top of the line OLED display boasting Ultra HD resolution, complete with HLG, HRR10, and Dolby Vision High Dynamic Range (HDR) capability, along with Smart TV functionality thanks to Android TV. While the XBR-65A8F may seem more like a NASCAR on paper, what with all of its licensed tech and whatnot, its physical appearance is the epitome of sophistication through subtlety. Einstein has been quoted as saying 'everything should be made as simple as possible and no simpler.'

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While Einstein may have been trying his best to distill the concepts surrounding Occam's Razor, the quote definitely applies to Sony's approach to the XBR-65A8F's design language, in that the display itself seems to be nothing but a pane of glass when viewed from the front. One can walk nearly 180-degrees around the front of the XBR-65A8F and discover little in the way of visual cues that would clue you in to the fact that you were, in fact, looking at a modern TV. There are two diagonal sizes available in Sony's A8F Series--55 and 65 inches--with the latter being reviewed here. Prices start at a reasonable $2,799 for the 55-inch model, with the 65-inch model carrying a slightly higher MSRP of $3,799.

The Hookup
Sony sent along the larger 65-inch display for review, which arrived neatly and securely packed in the same type of box that flat panel displays have been shipping in for years. Unpacking a display such as this is always a job for two people, and this is especially true of OLED displays, for their supermodel thinness may make them beauties to behold but they are also decidedly fragile. My brother helped me with the unboxing procedures, and in moving the display from its container to a blanket laid out on a nearby table we could feel the OLED panel actually flex and bow towards the center. Needless to say, this is a display that should be carried upright (aka vertically) whenever possible to avoid any accidental damage.

Placing the XBR-65A8F on its face (screen side down), I was able to take stock of its backside, which, if I'm being completely honest, isn't as sexy as its front. Around back the XBR-65A8F features a lot more plastic, not to mention strangely shaped extrusions that keep the display from being truly flat. At its thickest point, the XBR-65A8F is two and a quarter inches deep, hardly what anyone would call 'fat'. However, given that the top third of the display is less than a quarter-inch thick, anything girthier than that does come across as a little obese.

At first blush, these extrusions look like the byproducts of the XBR-65A8F's need for an I/O board and power supply, to which you'd be partially correct. But they serve another purpose; they house the XBR-65A8F's unique and rather ingenious built-in speaker system--more on that in a little bit.

Dispensing with the hyperbole for a moment, the XBR-65A8F, in its 65-inch form, measures 57 inches across and 33 inches tall, with a previously stated depth of two and a quarter inches (without its included table stand). Adding the table stand takes the XBR-65A8F's depth to a little over 10 inches, though that is just around the display's base and not a true mark of its razor thin profile. Weight is surprising, tipping the scales at roughly 54 pounds. While the XBR-65A8F is lighter than the two other 65-inch displays I have on hand for review, its weight is still deceiving, a byproduct of its glass front façade--something we haven't really seen since the days of plasma (open can of worms here).

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As far as inputs and outputs go, the XBR-65A8F sports four HDMI inputs, one located along the side, with the remaining three pointing downward along the bottom of the display's backplate. All four HDMI inputs are HDCP 2.2, so you needn't worry about what you plug into what for the best performance--something I liked very much, as I hate having to play the 'which input is best?' game. Yes, there is HDMI-CEC too, for those of you who like that sort of thing, and there is even ARC located on the third HDMI input. Other inputs and outputs include a bottom mounted RF antenna input, Ethernet port, optical audio out, RS-232C control port, and USB.

Moving up the side, you get two more USB ports, an IR Blaster port, an analog audio out (presumably for headphones), and an analog video in complete with analog audio inputs--albeit in 3.5mm form. Needless to say, the XBR-65A8F's connection options, while comprehensive, are aimed at today's all-HDMI world. Other, non-physical, connection options include Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) as well as Bluetooth 4.1.

When it comes to control, there are several ways with which you can command the XBR-65A8F to do your bidding. The XBR-65A8F is at its core an Android TV, complete with Chromecast built-in as well as Google Assistant support. Before we get into all of that, I need to pause for a moment to address one of my biggest gripes about the XBR-65A8F at this stage: its remote.

For a near-as-makes-no-difference flagship product, the XBR-65A8F's remote is decidedly uninspiring. Moreover, it isn't even different from the remote that comes packaged with Sony's more cost effective or budget model LED displays. It is all plastic and not backlit to any degree. Hell, it doesn't even have glow-in-the-dark keys. It's easy enough to understand and navigate, mind you, and I do like the tactile feel of the buttons themselves. But for a statement product, the XBR-65A8F's remote simply ran out of 'the best words' it would seem.

Peering behind the physical veil, so to speak, the XBR-65A8F possesses a TRILUMINOS equipped OLED panel with a native resolution of 3,840 pixels across by 2,160 pixels vertically. For those of you who may not be as familiar with the difference(s) between OLED and LED backlit LCD displays, please read Home Theater Review's easy-to-understand wiki page on the topic.

Moving on, while the native resolution of the XBR-65A8F may be Ultra HD, it should be noted that it can accept Cinema 4K resolution (4,096 x 2,160 24p/60Hz) on down to standard definition and just about everything in between. Anything that you feed it that isn't in its native Ultra HD resolution gets scaled using Sony's latest '4K HDR Processor X1 Extreme' to near UHD quality. I (and Sony) say 'near UHD' because no non-native signal can be made as good as a native signal, of course. Cummins n14 service manual free download. That is to say you cannot make SD look as good as UHD, though you can definitely make it look better, hence the 'near' caveat.

The XBR-65A8F has HDR support in the form of HDR10, as well as Hybrid Log Gamma and Dolby Vision. So, while the industry (and enthusiasts) debate over which format will reign supreme, Sony has you covered in the HDR department--for now. For a complete listing of the XBR-65A8F's features and format compatibility, check out its product page on the Sony website.

As far as setup is concerned, the XBR-65A8F is pretty straightforward. If you've setup an Apple or Google product in the past few years, the step-by-step process by which you get the Sony up and running is largely the same. Upon power-up you'll be treated to a series of on-screen prompts asking you to identify your home's Wi-Fi network, etc., which is all part and parcel of the Android TV operating system that serves as the display's 'brain,' if you will.

Once setup is done, you'll be taken to the Android TV home screen, which is not unlike home screens you're likely familiar with from the likes of AppleTV, Roku, and the like. I adore TVs with built-in Apps and such, especially if I can customize them to my liking, which I can with the XBR-65A8F, as it makes third party streaming devices like an AppleTV or Roku (largely) irrelevant, assuming you're fine with the standard library of apps and don't need more esoteric offerings. The fewer devices connected to my display the better, I say.

Where the XBR-65A8F falters a little is in how sluggish the whole OS--and display itself--is to commands. Now, I'm used to a mild delay when relying on voice commands via Google Assistant, but up to a full three second delay when simply trying to access basic menu commands? C'mon, man. I know delays of this kind can be filed under the hashtag FirstWorldProblems, but if we're going to discuss a premium product such as the XBR-65A8F, one has a reasonable expectation for the entire user experience to be, well, premium. The XBR-65A8F is definitely cool, well equipped and feature-full when it comes to built-in content access, it's just that the access is slow--painfully so.

In this instance I believe the XBR-65A8F's sluggish response time is actually aided or easily overlooked if you choose to utilize the remote's Google Assistant voice command button, or better yet, pair the display to your existing Google Home ecosystem, whereby a simple, 'OK, Google, (insert command here)' can have the Sony doing proverbial backflips. While I did utilize the Google Assistant button on the XBR-65A8F's remote a lot, I also liked the control I had over the display's playback functionality via my Google Home products located throughout my home. There's nothing cooler than being in the bedroom, telling your Google Home Mini to pull up MSNBC on YouTube, and walk into the living room/kitchen to find the XBR-65A8F ready and waiting with the previous night's Rachel Maddow.

Click over to Page Two for Performance, The Downside, Comparison & Competition, and Conclusion..

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