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If you're looking for excellent overall picture quality and can afford a higher price, the Sony A95K OLED is a great option. It performs very well in both dark and bright rooms and offers a superior viewing experience for movies, sports, and gaming. The OLED technology provides perfect blacks and a wide viewing angle. On the other hand, if your budget is more limited, the Sony X85K LCD is a good midrange choice. While it doesn't match the A95K's performance in a dark room, it still offers good picture quality, especially for sports and gaming. However, its viewing angle is more limited and it may not handle reflections as well as the OLED. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Sony X85K (LCD)
- The Sony X85K (LCD) has no clear advantages over the Sony A95K (OLED).
Advantages of the Sony A95K (OLED)
- Very good for bright room
- Excellent for dark room
- Very good for gaming
- Best in class for movies & TV
- Best in class for sports
- Best in class for news, talk, & other TV
- Best in class for cartoons & animation
- Excellent for use as monitor
- Best in class viewing angle
- Best in class reflections
Key differences
Picture Quality
7.2
9.4
7.50/10
CONTRAST
10.00/10
7.4/10
COLOR VOLUME SCORE
9.1/10
LED
PANEL TYPE
RGB OLED
VA
PANEL SUB-TYPE
QD-OLED
The Sony A95K (OLED) has excellent picture quality, while the Sony X85K (LCD) has good picture quality.
Movies & TV
6.4
9.5
7.50/10
CONTRAST
10.00/10
6.8/10
BLACK UNIFORMITY
10.0/10
10.0/10
UPSCALING
10.0/10
Yes
HDR10 SUPPORT
Yes
No
HDR10+ SUPPORT
No
Yes
DOLBY VISION SUPPORT
Yes
The Sony A95K (OLED) is best in class for movies & TV, while the Sony X85K (LCD) is only fair.
The Sony A95K excels at movie watching with its OLED panel offering perfect black uniformity and contrast, plus excellent colors and viewing angles, all essential for a cinematic experience. In contrast, the Sony X85K, with its LCD screen, fails to deliver the same level of performance in these areas, making the A95K a superior choice for movie enthusiasts.
Sports
7.4
9.5
10.0/10
MOTION PROCESSING
10.0/10
120Hz
REFRESH RATE
120Hz
7.3/10
INPUT LAG SCORE
10.0/10
10.0/10
UPSCALING
10.0/10
8.4/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
7.9/10
Yes
HLG SUPPORT
Yes
The Sony A95K (OLED) is best in class for sports, while the Sony X85K (LCD) is good.
The Sony A95K provides an exceptional sports viewing experience due to its OLED panel, which offers instant response time and excellent motion processing, ensuring crisp fast action scenes, along with best-in-class reflection handling and wide viewing angles that keep the picture clear from different seats. On the other hand, the Sony X85K, although very capable with good motion processing, falls short with its LCD panel leading to narrower viewing angles and less effective reflection management, but offers a more budget-friendly option.
Gaming
7.5
8.9
7.6/10
RESPONSE TIME SCORE
9.4/10
7.3/10
INPUT LAG SCORE
10.0/10
10.0/10
MOTION PROCESSING
10.0/10
0.0/100
GAMING LOCAL DIMMING
100.0/100
7.3/10
GAME HDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
8.3/10
The Sony A95K (OLED) is very good for gaming, while the Sony X85K (LCD) is good.
The Sony A95K provides a superior gaming experience with an exceptional response time and input lag, ensuring crisp visuals and minimal delay in reacting to gameplay. In contrast, the Sony X85K, while still offering a good gaming experience with decent response time and input lag, falls short compared to the A95K's performance.
Cartoons & Animation
8.5
9.5
7.5/10
COLOR GAMUT SCORE
9.3/10
7.4/10
COLOR VOLUME SCORE
9.1/10
8.4/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
7.9/10
9.1/10
COLORS OUT OF THE BOX SCORE
9.3/10
7.5/10
GRAY UNIFORMITY
9.8/10
The Sony A95K (OLED) is best in class for cartoons & animation, while the Sony X85K (LCD) is very good.
The Sony A95K (OLED) excels in colors out of the box and color gamut which are essential for vivid and varied colors crucial for cartoons and animation, while the Sony X85K (LCD) also performs very well in these areas but not to the same extent. The A95K further stands out with its color volume, enhancing the richness across different luminance levels which can be particularly noticeable in animated content.
News, Talk, & Other TV
8.2
9.5
8.4/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
7.9/10
10.0/10
UPSCALING
10.0/10
The Sony A95K (OLED) is best in class for news, talk, & other TV, while the Sony X85K (LCD) is very good.
The Sony X85K performs very well with upscaling and has very good SDR brightness making it suitable for news and TV programs, but it has lower quality color production out of the box compared to the Sony A95K. The Sony A95K, being an OLED TV, offers best-in-class viewing for news and entertainment with its excellent color out of the box, wider color gamut, and superior contrast and local dimming, which enhances the viewing experience, especially in dark scenes, although this comes at a higher price point.
Bright Room
7.4
8.6
5.5/10
VIEWING ANGLE
10.0/10
8.4/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
7.9/10
7.0/10
HDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
8.0/10
7.3/10
REFLECTIONS SCORE
10.0/10
The Sony A95K (OLED) is very good for bright room, while the Sony X85K (LCD) is good.
The Sony X85K (LCD) provides very good SDR brightness, good HDR brightness, and handles reflections well, making it suitable for bright rooms; however, the Sony A95K (OLED) excels with very good HDR brightness and the best reflections handling, plus better contrast, color volume, and color gamut, offering an enhanced viewing experience in brightly lit environments.
Cost
$898
$2,997
$0
$1,000
$2,000
$3,000
$4,000
$5,000
The Sony X85K (LCD) has a price of $898 and the Sony A95K (OLED) costs $2,997.
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Spec Comparison
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| Sony X85K (LCD) | Sony A95K (OLED) |
GENERAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Price | |||
$898 | $2,997 | ||
Brand | |||
Brand | Sony | Sony | |
Release Date | |||
Release Date | May 4, 2022 | June 2, 2022 | |
Full name | |||
Full name | KD-65X85K | XR-65A95K | |
Screen Size | |||
Screen Size | 65" | 65" | |
Screen Resolution | |||
Screen Resolution | 4K | 4K | |
TV FEATURES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Operating System | |||
Operating System | Android TV | Android TV | |
Sound Quality Score | |||
Sound Quality Score | 6.9/10 | 8.9/10 | |
NextGen Ready | |||
NextGen Ready | Yes | Yes | |
HDMI Ports | |||
HDMI Ports | 4 | 4 | |
Coax Ports | |||
Coax Ports | 1 | 1 | |
DISPLAY QUALITY SCORES | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Picture Quality Score | |||
Picture Quality Score | 7.3/10 | 9.5/10 | |
Bright Room Score | |||
Bright Room Score | 7.4/10 | 8.6/10 | |
Gaming Score | |||
Gaming Score | 7.6/10 | 9/10 | |
Movies & TV Score | |||
Movies & TV Score | 6.5/10 | 9.5/10 | |
Sports Score | |||
Sports Score | 7.4/10 | 9.5/10 | |
PHYSICAL | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Dimensions w/o Stand (H x W x D) | |||
Dimensions w/o Stand (H x W x D) | 32.9" x 57.2" x 2.8" | 33" x 56.9" x 1.7" | |
Dimensions with Stand (H x W) | |||
Dimensions with Stand (H x W) | 35.6" x 57.2" | 34.6" x 56.8" | |
Weight without Stand | |||
Weight without Stand | 48.5 lbs | 59.5 lbs | |
VESA Mount | |||
VESA Mount | 300 x 300 | 300 x 300 | |
DISPLAY | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Color Depth | |||
Color Depth | 10 bit | 10 bit | |
Black Frame Insertion | |||
Black Frame Insertion | Yes | Yes | |
Auto Low Latency Mode | |||
Auto Low Latency Mode | Yes | Yes | |
Contrast | |||
Contrast | 7.5/10 | 10/10 | |
Local Dimming | |||
Local Dimming | 2.5/10 | 10/10 | |
SOUND | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Speaker Setup | |||
Speaker Setup | 2.0 | 2.2 | |
Speaker Power | |||
Speaker Power | 20 W | 60 W | |
Dolby Atmos | |||
Dolby Atmos | Yes | Yes | |
DTS:X | |||
DTS:X | Up to DTS Digital Surround, Bypass only | Up to DTS Digital Surround, Bypass only | |
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Caleb Denison | March 2022
"A95K will be one of the highest-performing TVs of the year, if not the hottest TV of 2022. The color on the Sony A95K is the most accurate I have ever seen. Certain hues of red just haven’t been produced on a TV … until now. Perhaps with deeper scrutiny, I may one day find some nit to pick, but in the time I was able to spend with the A95K, I was simply thrilled."
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About Sony
Sony stands as a highly experienced and widely trusted TV manufacturer, earning a reputation that surpasses all others. A Japanese company, Sony has been making TVs for far longs than it has been making Playstation game consoles. Sony's high-end TVs are often regarded as the ultimate choice for videophiles, representing the epitome of quality, albeit at a premium price point. Renowned for their advanced and precise motion handling, as well as their cutting-edge local dimming algorithms, Sony consistently delivers unparalleled performance in these areas. They include Google TV software with all their TV sets, which grants access to the largest selection of apps available and they also include Bravia Core which is a movie streaming platform specifically for Sony TVs that offers higher picture quality by using more bandwidth.
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