Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900A Pro Reviews

The 4K Ultra HD Sony XBR-65X900A delivers top-notch picture quality with both HD and UHD content. The 65-inch TRILUMINOS quantum dot display can widen the color range and render rich, luscious colors. As a Smart TV, this Sony supplies over 200 streaming content partners. We are just at the beginning of the Ultra HD TV era and who knows exactly what the future will bring. But if you have the budget and the desire to jump in early, the Sony XBR-65X900A, along with the Sony FMP-X1 4K Ultra HD Media Player, offer a great pairing to explore the brave new UHD world.

I’ve been relatively picky about this new Sony, but make no mistake, it’s an excellent set. Apart from the lack of full LED backlit local dimming, which in our experience is superior to the edge-lit dimming offered here, this is arguably the best LCD HDTV of its size—Ultra HD or not—that Sony has yet produced. Only with extended exposure to more 4K material than we have today, on sets of a size likely to show a significant benefit to 4K (I suspect this will be more than 65 inches), are we likely to know whether or not 4K is something we can’t live without. But despite this, and the XBR’s high sticker price, early adopters who want to bring home 4K, together with good black levels and shadow detail, brilliant but natural color, and state-of-the-art 3D, won’t be disappointed.