The Sony X95K is a premium TV that offers excellent overall picture quality, great gaming performance, and impressive bright room handling, making it well-suited for various viewing conditions and content types, including movies, sports, and gaming. It also has local dimming, a higher number of HDMI ports, and better sound quality with great speakers. However, it comes at a typically much higher price.
On the other hand, the TCL S470G is a budget-friendly option with decent overall performance, particularly for casual viewing and bright room usage. It costs significantly less but doesn't perform as well in a dark room and has lower picture quality, gaming performance, and speaker power compared to the Sony X95K.
If you're looking for top-notch quality across a range of content and environments and are willing to invest more, the Sony X95K is the better choice. If you're on a budget and mainly watch in bright rooms with less demand for high-end features, the TCL S470G might be sufficient. Give Feedback
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Advantages of the Sony X95K (LCD)
Best in class for bright room
Very good for dark room
Very good for gaming
Very good for movies & TV
Very good for sports
Excellent for news, talk, & other TV
Very good for cartoons & animation
Good for use as monitor
Best in class for upscaling
Best in class motion processing
Very good reflections
Advantages of the TCL S470G (LCD)
Good viewing angle
Key differences
Picture Quality
8.0/10
5.4/10
7.50/10
CONTRAST
3.76/10
7.8/10
COLOR VOLUME SCORE
6.3/10
LED FALD
PANEL TYPE
LED
VA
PANEL SUB-TYPE
IPS
The Sony X95K (LCD) has very good picture quality, while the TCL S470G (LCD) has poor picture quality.
Movies & TV
8.0/10
5.0/10
7.50/10
CONTRAST
3.76/10
6.1/10
BLACK UNIFORMITY
5.4/10
10.0/10
UPSCALING
6.0/10
Yes
HDR10 SUPPORT
Yes
No
HDR10+ SUPPORT
No
Yes
DOLBY VISION SUPPORT
Yes
The Sony X95K (LCD) is very good for movies & TV, while the TCL S470G (LCD) is poor.
Sports
8.0/10
6.2/10
10.0/10
MOTION PROCESSING
3.5/10
120Hz
REFRESH RATE
60Hz
7.0/10
INPUT LAG SCORE
10.0/10
10.0/10
UPSCALING
6.0/10
9.1/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
5.1/10
Yes
HLG SUPPORT
Yes
The Sony X95K (LCD) is very good for sports, while the TCL S470G (LCD) is only fair.
The Sony X95K provides a very good experience watching sports due to its excellent motion processing and response time, which keep fast action smooth and clear, while also managing reflections well, which is important in bright rooms. Conversely, the TCL S470G offers a fair sports viewing experience, hampered by its poor performance in motion processing and response time, making fast movements blurrier, though it manages reflections decently and has good viewing angles.
Gaming
8.2/10
5.6/10
8.0/10
RESPONSE TIME SCORE
5.9/10
7.0/10
INPUT LAG SCORE
10.0/10
10.0/10
MOTION PROCESSING
3.5/10
85.0/100
GAMING LOCAL DIMMING
5.0/100
9.1/10
GAME HDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
5.4/10
The Sony X95K (LCD) is very good for gaming, while the TCL S470G (LCD) is poor.
The Sony X95K excels in gaming because it has a very good response time and input lag, which translates to smoother visuals and less delay between your actions and what you see on screen. On the other hand, the TCL S470G struggles with gaming as it has poor response time and input lag, making for a less responsive and slower gaming experience.
Cartoons & Animation
8.7/10
5.7/10
7.7/10
COLOR GAMUT SCORE
7.2/10
7.8/10
COLOR VOLUME SCORE
6.3/10
9.1/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
5.1/10
8.5/10
COLORS OUT OF THE BOX SCORE
7.4/10
8.0/10
GRAY UNIFORMITY
6.8/10
The Sony X95K (LCD) is very good for cartoons & animation, while the TCL S470G (LCD) is poor.
The Sony X95K delivers vibrant and accurate colors straight out of the box, with a color gamut and volume that are well suited for cartoons and animations, making it very good for this content. In contrast, the TCL S470G, despite having decent color accuracy, falls short in terms of the range and depth of colors portrayed, which makes it poor for watching cartoons and animations.
News, Talk, & Other TV
9.1/10
5.4/10
9.1/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
5.1/10
10.0/10
UPSCALING
6.0/10
The Sony X95K (LCD) is excellent for news, talk, & other TV, while the TCL S470G (LCD) is poor.
The Sony X95K shines in upscaling lower-resolution content and has excellent SDR brightness, making it well-suited for watching news and TV programs in different lighting conditions. In contrast, the TCL S470G struggles with upscaling and has poor SDR brightness, which can lead to a less enjoyable viewing experience for everyday shows, especially in brighter rooms.
Bright Room
9.5/10
5.3/10
6.0/10
VIEWING ANGLE
7.3/10
9.1/10
SDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
5.1/10
9.1/10
HDR BRIGHTNESS SCORE
5.3/10
8.4/10
REFLECTIONS SCORE
6.0/10
The Sony X95K (LCD) is best in class for bright room, while the TCL S470G (LCD) is poor.
The Sony X95K outshines the TCL S470G in bright rooms due to its excellent SDR and HDR brightness, which ensures a brighter display, and superior reflection handling that mitigates the impact of light sources in the room. In contrast, the TCL S470G struggles with lower brightness in both SDR and HDR content and is less effective at reducing reflections, making it less suitable for well-lit environments.
Cost
$1,998
$400
$0
$500
$1,000
$1,500
$2,000
$2,500
$3,000
The Sony X95K (LCD) has a price of $1,998 and the TCL S470G (LCD) costs $400.
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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.
About TCL
TCL, the highly recognizable TV brand from China, has firmly established itself as the second-largest manufacturer in terms of sales volume. Renowned for striking an impressive balance between affordability, picture quality, and design, TCL TVs deliver a compelling overall package. While they have traditionally excelled in the low-end and midrange TV segments, TCL has recently made remarkable strides in the realm of high-end televisions, introducing impressive models that rival top competitors. Most TCL TVs use Roku software which is very user friendly and easy to use, but they have a few other models that use Google TV which has the largest app selection, but is not as user friendly as Roku.
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