They always do that, they make 65in with Chinese panels to force you to get 75/85in models

She’s reviewing the wrong Bravia 9 😂

Glad to hear you're happy with the purchase! 😄

@@TechCody113 Please explain / expand on that.

@@rsr789 sonys been doing this for years, but technically they make 65in cheaper and worse panels, forcing people to get 75/85in models.

B9 is the sun ☀️

Hope you enjoy it! Thanks for watching 😄

Same. I know the A95L has a wider range of colors, but based on the Sony demos, you couldn't tell. What you could tell is that the Bravia 9 is an insanely good TV.

This is great Sony, but make a 98” version!!

Until Vincent comes along

Please tell us about it! Do u love it so much.

Hello there, i have one query please. Few people complaining about auto local dimmimg. So is it software issue which can go away with software update? Settings issue and can be quickly resolved? Or you are also facing /not facing this issue.

@@michael-4k4000 it’s fantastic tbh. Everything I’ve watched and played has been great. Some calibration and you’re golden with this tv. One thing I’ll add is how impressive the tvs speaker are. I never use my TVs speaker unless I’m watching a KZfaq video and it’s surprising how good it sounds

@@gauravgoel8092 the TV downloaded and installed an update on day one while I was navigating through the settings. It was able to do that without shutting the tv off for a restart. I haven’t noticed any issues with auto local dimming. I had the tv calibrated right away. I forgot what it’s set to (low/med/high) but it is on. I can speak for any units being defective but it’s not based off new tech so I don’t think there should be any concern about that. It could just be that some people pick a setting and leave it at that without going through each setting to have the best possible picture

We at RTINGS came to deliver some early presents! 🎅

Can use 4 cinderblocks to start

How about the Mediocre Viewing angles😂

@@hastensavoir7782 Viewing angles are better on larger screen sizes for QLED televisions.

@@hastensavoir7782 Not an issue, my seating arrangements are rather limited and no one would ever sit off-angle against the screen. I know OLEDs have superior viewing angles, I suppose that's what you're trying to teach me?

@@hastensavoir7782 For people buying a set for just a few people to watch from a couch, the viewing angle is the least important trait.

Then you’re getting some wrong information bro. Always do your own research from multiple sources.

Hi Brian! 👋🏼

@BRIANSTECHTHERAPY Common Brian, do you actually think this review justifies the capability of Bravia 9? I'm guessing you probably be like 🤦‍♂️ while writing this comment. 😁

dining?? what is?

@@mickeyneo4228 sorry, dimming*

Yeh I notice my Sony a90j OLED dim in brightness while watching content with logos on the screen

@@gerardwiesel559 she didn’t mention a lot of things about this TV. Half hearted review.

@@Xaxtikar No. It’s a review. Not a discussion on the best settings. There are plenty of other channels that go into the best settings.

Thank you for watching, hopefully one day you're able to get your hands on it!

If it ever comes to Brazil it will, unfortunately, cost a kidney.

We need a TV importing service!

@@andre_ss6 Asap!

Why not an OLED TV? Will you use it in bright rooms or a lot of uneven content?

good point! In the meantime, this settings page might help! www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/sony/bravia-9-qled/settings

That's only true if you're spending most of your time gaming. Sports, live television and 24 fps content aren't going to look as good on any OLED.

The G4 is also a heck of a lot more expensive. Especially at the 80" models. The B9 is what? $4,800 and the G4 is at an eye-watering $6,500.... The G4 does reign supreme for games but IMO is not at all worth the $1,700 price difference.

@bleachedwhale I don't get why people say this. A calibrated g4 will be at..what..a brightness level of 13? Sdr is suppose to be 100 nits and you really think something is going to look better than oled? Oled offers a LOT more than just gaming performance. There is not one category in which the bravis 9 beats the g4, or even a95l. Movies are 1000 nits and don't go beyond p3 bit you think an led with local dimming is going to be better than an oled...that's insane. A 1500 nit oled removes the relevancy of any led unless you're looking to go big or save money.

Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed our review 😄

She certainly is...possibly the best

And how!

Not trying to be that guy, but what does gender have to do with it? She’s one of the best irrespective of gender. It’s not like there are many women in KZfaq tech anyway so her being “one of the best female tech presenters” isn’t really saying much

Guys, guys, c'mon guys... Guys. Really, guys, let's be real. Guys.

She is one of the best presenters straight up.

Better Quality Control is needed

@@TonyDAngelo-ot7ny Yeah, on the Samsung S95C bugged firmware even caused the tv to "forget" to run its compensation cycles, causing burn-in to appear much more quickly than it would've done otherwise. That's a serious flaw that should've been corrected way before launch. At the worst it should've been a day 1 patch, to make sure consumers weren't affected. Instead, the tv had been on the market for over 6 months before it was fixed. We're basically paying tv manufacturers to become their beta testers at this point.

New tech. Welcome to earth.

​@@dllemms90c for 750, or 65 inch for 950. But it's Sony so they can charge triple for a worse tv

Agree that’s Sony for you.

Its the first mini-led with Ganular light control...it is onw of the brighter TVs ever and the clossest a Qles TV has ever gottwn to OLED when it comes to blooming and microcontrast.

Only if you're incredibly ignorant. Name me a single $2000 MiniLED TV that comes close to being anywhere as good. And I'm talking about launch MSRP obviously.

happy to report that testing for the QM8/QM851G started today

@@derekyt__ Where did you buy it? I haven't seen them for sale anywhere.

@@budthecyborg4575 i’m just a viewer, but i bet they bought the 65” model from somewhere

@@budthecyborg4575 i’m just a viewer; i don’t know where they bought the model they’re testing

@@derekyt__ Ok cool. Nonetheless very curious where they got it.

Great information thanks

On paper the Bravia 9 has twice as many zones, giving better contrast and gets quite a bit brighter. It also tracks the EOTF quite a bit more accurately since it seems the X95L makes content a bit too dark than intended.

It's not really the no of zones which matters here ... the new "Backlight Master Drive" they set up just outperforms any other backlight to date. Nevertheless it's still an lcd tv with all it's technology driven drawbacks ... but a great one ;-) From what I saw and heard so far ... the new Bravia 7 (also equipped with a "Backlight Master Drive") is roughly on par with last years X95L... So, more or less: A95L > Bravia 9 > X95L = Bravia 7

Given that (besides renting a Nvidia Pulsar) there is only one professional monitor available being capable of 4,000 nits (the Sony BVM-HX3110) ... I very much doubt the studios have switched to 4,000 nits mastering ... or will do so soon...

@@marcuscole8796 Why not? With Dolby vision metadata indicating the HDR level, the movies can be mastered with different nit levels. It’s just that Samsung may need to rethink their lack of support for Dolby Vision.

@@Radarcb329 That's not how colorists are working ... they are working (mainly with still pictures) with the original material and absolute values for colors and brightnesses ... anything else is just guessing ... and nothing the professionals (the studios) are able to use due to their work needs to be traceable, replicable and the results must match/fit perfectly to those of their co-workers which are working on the identical movie in parallel. Standards is the magic word here ;-)

correct, ads are only in the built in Google TV menu.

Enjoy! Can you tell me how your DSE is please

I have a C1, it is perfectly despite the years and gaming (except for the horrendous default color accuracy). I also have a cellphone with a woled. The phone isn't a happy tale tho, it is severely burned

LOL STUPIDEST MISTAKE EVER

@@ccjh0806 I know, I should have ordered it 30 days ago

Does the 85” have better contrast or is it just slightly brighter compared to the 75” ?

Does the Bravia 9 have the center speaker option like the a90j and a95L

Not one, but two BRAVIA 9s! Enjoy them!

A 75 inch tv in your bedroom is insane.

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The x95k doesn't have rainbow reflections

@rah113 Yes it does lol. Any LCD with any sort of wide angle viewing filter (which the X95K does have) exhibits that issue. Just google "Sony X95K reflections" and you'll see numerous reddit posts about it. And rtings shows it in their review.

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Grats ... you got the better tv for half of the money ... and it matches your need for 65" size ... perfect outcome from my point of view ;-)

@@marcuscole8796 Yeah I'm in a one bedroom apartment so I think 75 inches would have been too big anyway, happy with the 65!

Im in oz. Just got the 85” Bravia 9 for $6150, was 22% off. If you haven’t had it delivered you may be able to cancel your order and get the B9.

@@davevale7021 Nice, having seen the TV's I don't think an extra $2,750 is worth it for me personally. I like OLEDS and the B9 looks good but G4 is very nice too.

@@marcuscole8796…..Except one is 75” and the other is 65” 🤷🏻‍♂️

Thanks for watching! 😄

8K Tv's draw too much current. Excessive current equals excessive heat and premature product failure. They are banned in the UK as a result

@@vidsbfree4me Why is the 8k QN900D sold there then?

8K is incredibly unnecessary.

@@Erickhetfield That's your opinion, not mine. I want higher resolution for more true to life images.

It doesn’t

anyone seen a really good review on the B7 that gives honest answers

I wasn't impressed with the B7. Ended up returning it and shelling out the extra 1k for the G4.

@@kymyst18tabout to return my b7 as well. I’d go g4 but I play a ton of Diablo 4… probably the least friendly game for oled burn in.

@@Voce24 valid concern. What attracted me to to OLED is the wide viewing angles. This TV is wall mounted in my living room on a wall nearly 30ft long. I have seating to view the TV straight on, as well as sofas that are perpendicular to the TV wall which can create viewing angles that are not ideal. The B7 image was completely washed out from the side seating, which in hindsight should have been expected, so I can't knock it for that. The major disappointment, however, was that I didn't find the picture quality all that impressive even in ideal seating. I wanted to like it. Also thought about the B9 since the price point is so similar to the G4. For my situation it just made more sense to take advantage the OLED wide viewing angle, which is really incredible btw.

@@Voce24I wouldn’t sweat burn in. I’ve been playing on a 6 year old lg c8 and it doesn’t show any signs of minimap or hud burn in

People will fanboy anything. Tribalism really is one of the worst human flaws.

@@MrLathor it’s horrible. People have such low self esteem these days that they are use TV brands or models to put people down in order to bring themselves up and to try and justify their purchases. It’s sad

people are ridiculously tribal for TV brands. Sony is particularly polarizing with their high price relative to literally everyone else. That vs the percieved higher quality. Influencers push them very hard and Sony is "active" in their circles. Sony events where they show off tv's, Rob Brennan doing interviews, etc.

@@jorge69696 this. Literally, seriously, 100% this.

They need people to agree with their subjective opinions so they can disregard reality and objective measurements

Micro leds are apparently supposed to be better than OLEDs whenever they become reasonably accessible to the public

Yes

It has to do it. Its peak HDR brigthness is outstanding

HiSense really likes the 'throw more zones and brightness at it' way of doing things

Was about to write this, sound bars are a NO‼️

Legitimate question: what’s wrong with sound bars?

@@seth4321 there’s nothing inherently wrong with them but you can get a far better experience at nearly the same price by going with a stereo pair of outboard speakers.

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Well, that depends on your watching distance.

@@Xaxtikar 12ft so in the sweet spot for both.

If you don’t have a wide sitting area, then get 98.

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You meant X90L?

LCD consumes less power and still these are the best TVs if you watch TV all the time, because OLED what does it matter that they have super black if it is very dark in bright rooms and in 3,4 years if the TV is on for a long time you have a burnt screen, so never any OLED. If you want the TV to serve you for let's say 10 years then only LCD or Mini Led

That's pretty true for AVR owners :-) ... nevertheless ... after HDMI 2.1 was released in 2017 and implemented first in 2019 (LG C9) ... after these 5 years every highend and expensive tv should offer ALL ports capable of this state-of-the-art technology. Regarding the Bravia 9 price point RTINGS critic seems to be quite just tho. But yes ... practically seen, many people do not need all the HDMI 2.1 capabilities ... WHAT would be helpful: tvs with only two HDMI 2.1-ports should use one of the HDMI 2.0-ports for their eARC-connection ... leaving THEN two HDMI 2.1-ports which would cover most requirements :-)

​@@marcuscole8796Again, I would rather Sony have switched their suppliers to gain four (or more) 2.1 HDMI ports, but- if you're using a newer AVR with 4k/120 hrz+ support to switch your inputs, having eARC on one of the 2.0 ports is a major detriment, so I'm very glad this TV doesn't have that configuration.

@@bleachedwhale Unfortunately the most powerful SOC (besides LG's and Samsung's ofc) is the MediaTek Pentonic ... and this chip offers 2 of the fast ports only ... so, Sony basically doesn't have a choice because LG and Samsung won't sell them to Sony. Because eARC doesn't require the higher bandwidth of HDMI 2.1 there actually is no drawback at all by implementing eARC on one of the 2.0 ports ... many 2.0 ports today are a mixture of 2.0 and 2.1 ... very often lacking the high bandwidth only. I very often saw such 2.0 ports being communicated as 2.1 recently although they were lacking full bandwidth ... this seems to be allowed by the HDMI Association ... which as a customer I feel being somewhat disturbing and misleading.

​​@@marcuscole8796 Sony has much more leverage to gain high end features from its suppliers, and to reverse engineer competing tech from alt suppliers than you're giving them credit. The real reason they haven't adopted four 2.1 HDMI inputs is purely cost. They are still under contract with their current supplier for a set price, and although they could launch new product with an alternate supplier at will, the ramp up and engineering will be expensive at scale. That's understandable, and I don't begrudge them that point. I just wish they had made the switch on this generation rather than on a later one. It practically reeks of FOMO for high end non-brand loyalists. Regarding your thoughts about eARC compatibility on some HDMI 2.0 eARC TV inputs- HDMI version 2.1 is not a strict requirement for eARC, but eARC was introduced as being one of the aspects that would be included with HDMI version 2.1. If you hook your 8k 60/HDMI 2.1 equipped AVR into a 2.0 HDMI port on a TV, you're not going to be able to view 4k120/8k60 content on your TV coming from any source on the AVR. This is the whole point of having eARC on an HDMI 2.1 port, to gain both the functionality of eARC and high bitrate passthrough, which is important for gamers and those who wish to have a better browsing experience on PC. That may not be the majority of users, but it should definitely take priority over cost on a flagship television on a premium brand like Sony.

​@@marcuscole8796 The reason Sony hasn't switched to newer HDMI chipset/switches is entirely down to cost. They are likely still under contract with their current supplier, and although they could be reverse engineering a new 4x 2.1 HDMI board right now, the production cost to scale up for retail will also likely be too high to justify launching it on a single product line for now. I don't begrudge them that, however- I do wish they would push this change forward some, as the competition is overtaking them in the high end space, especially on image processing. As far as your thoughts on eARC on HDMI 2.0, it will work fine with all the audio formats and have the same fidelity, but you will lose the capability to pass through a 4k120/8k60 signal, which is important for next gen gaming. This is why hooking an external 2.1 HDMI switcher/AVR into a 2.0 HDMI eARC TV port kneecaps your television's 120hz VRR capability.

Not even close

@@AndrewB23 Not even close????? LoL! .... on your opinion which are the best This year?

He is lg poled pan poi ​@@ramonzaions7522

Oleds

It is June

Right? If i sit on the couch on the wall to the right of my tv, I cant even see a different.

85" Sony miniLEDs tend to perform better than the smaller models.

Compare it to LG C class line and you'll see the difference

I didn't find it mediocre either. It's excellent. Even the off angle blooming is great.

I think they call it okay cause they compare it to models with better viewing angles like oleds etc, plus I know it blooms off angle so I think they add that in the rating

Computer monitors don't have ads yet

Why do you need 4 separate 2.1 ports.

@@forzanerazzurri2339you’ll never know….

You should buy a custom-made tv with 10 hdmi ports

That’s all I need. Actually only using one with my Trinnov feeds everything to it.

There's a reason why my best buy never puts the Hisense U8 series or the TCL QM8 next to this tv bro. Cause the Sony would never sell. 💯

$500?

​@@MarkNOTWGotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers.

@@MrHorst38 is it cirrhosis free?

​@@MarkNOTWWell I don't drink alcohol so there's a good chance.

@@MarkNOTW $600

We will never forget Daniel

Of course!

It has to be pay for play. I had completely disregarded the S95D because of her and other reviwers. It was such a bad review that I decided to look at the G4, QN900D, A95L and Beavia 9 only. The only reason I now have the S95D is because I was more or less forced to watch side-by-sides. Not only is the S95D a significant upgrade from the S95C, it's color luminance smoked the others. Sure, purists do not like that it isn't accurate out of the box and the processing is only very good (but top 5ish), the matte screen is amazing in the dark and I can finally game in the light - but is horrible in a warehouse full of fog lights.. But for the life of me, I'm trying to figure out how this set got so underrated that channels are actively looking for every nook and cranny to give as many bad strokes as possible. This year, I think I may have discovered something for myself. That "professional" reviewers have a strong bias where they go either all in for the good, or all in for the bad. Rtings no longer is trustworthy for me.

Its better in mostly everything except the 8K part 😂

​​@@falsehope5529 I mean yes on paper for sure but visually how much really? I know the Z9 series already hits 4000 nits. So the Z9 is still brighter and has 85 watt audio cause I guess it is a Master Series?

I mean on paper yes the Bravia 9 is better. But the Z9K still brighter at close to 4000 nits and has an 85 watt audio system cause its a Master Series. I really hope to see a comparison of both of them. Im really curious 🤔

⁠@@AnythingGoesJoJoDo you have a Z9K?

@@AnythingGoesJoJoZ9K doesn’t hit 4000 nits only around 3500 to 3600 which is right there with the bigger size Bravia 9 but the blacks don’t even compare so the B9 will always look and be brighter it’s like having a oled that can do 3000nits with 8-900 full field and the B9 has a better processor that’s been tweaked to advantage of it.

Looks like a remote for a $500 tv. Just compare it to something Sony used back before 2010.

no it just shows in the banner for shows in the android TV home screen. It doesn't 'insert' ads into anything you're watching

@@chibbyylol thanks for the clarification.