Sony 4K Ultra HD Android TV KD 65X9077H 65inch

Panel Size: 65-inch (available in 65-inch as well)

Panel Type: VA LED

Panel Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - 4K

Panel Refresh Rate: 120Hz

HDR 10 support: Yes

Dolby Vision Support: Yes

Weight (with stand): 23.2kgs

HDMI Ports: 4

USB Ports: 2

Bluetooth: Yes

Wi-Fi: Yes

Ethernet: Yes

Speakers: 20W (Full Range (Bass Reflex) x 2, Tweeter x 2)

Built-in storage: 16GB

DISPLAY AND PICTURE QUALITY

Let’s dive into the thing that matters the most first - display and picture quality. The Sony X90H has a VA panel with support for 4K resolution and HDR 10 along with Dolby Vision support. It also supports Dolby Atmos. It also has a Netflix Mode which we’ve seen on multiple Sony TVs. For Dolby Vision content it has two settings - Dolby Vision Bright and Dolby Vision Dark, again, something we’ve seen on multiple Sony and some Android TVs as well. While the TV has full-array backlighting and local dimming, it does not have Sony's X-Wide Angle technology which helps improve the viewing angles of the TV. We have seen this tech in higher-end Sony TVs and it works quite well. Its absence here is missed, but the viewing angles on the Sony X90H aren't bad by any means. It is only when you get to absolute extremes that you will notice a colour shift. Considering it is a VA panel, the viewing angles are good. Let’s get into some content performance. 

4K AND HDR PERFORMANCE

Holy smokes, this panel is bright is the first thing that comes to mind when you start watching the TV. While we do not know the peak brightness of the TV, know that it can get really bright, especially when consuming HDR content. In fact, all our test videos, be it Altered Carbon, Our Planet Grand Tour, looked sublime. There are a lot of TVs available in the 50 to 70K price point, both 55 and 65-inches, and they all have some impressive performance, but one look at the X9077H and you know why you are paying a premium. Firstly, with the dimming zones - while it doesn't look to be as many as what we got on the X95G (review) last year, it's still enough to distinguish bright and dark objects right next to each other. So, when watching a show like Our Planet which has some lush environments and some dark corners in a jungle, the content looks very crisp. 

GAMING PERFORMANCE

Since this is the “ready for PS5” TV and we sadly don't have access to the new console yet, we hooked up both the Xbox One X and the PS4 Pro to the TV. For the PS4 Pro, we played some God of War and Ghost of Tsushima. The former has a sequence where you are in a mine and in most budget 4K HDR TVs, it is a bit harder to see the details in the dark unless you shine your light source to it. Here, you could see the details in the dark corners, which is great. Even in Ghost of Tsushima or Assassin's Creed: Odyssey, which lets you play in a nighttime setting, which is what we did and under a moonlit sky the games looked quite breathtaking with the visuals. The performance of the Sony TV with these game's sequences surpassed the performance of TVs we’ve reviewed like the Hisense 55A71F (review) and the Realme SLED TV (review) with ease.   

Even bright action sequences in a game like Gears 5 (review) which is an HDR game looked absolutely gorgeous on this TV.