A QD-OED TV that the witness of the best Sony OLED panel collects

The novel technology RGB LED From Sony was not the only thing we could discover recently at the European headquarters of the firm in Weybridge. And it is that the reason for our visit was rather knowing Your new TV line for this 2025which we knew very little or nothing.

This year three new Smart TVS arrive that complete the range that the firm presented in 2024: Bravia 8 II, Bravia 5 and Bravia 3. In this article we have wanted to offer you Our first contact about Bravia 8 IIsince we had the occasion to mess with her more carefully and ended up looking like one of the most interesting models, especially for the return of the panels QD-OED From Samsung to the most up -to -date TV line of Sony.

Sony Bravia 8 II, Technical Card

More shine and back to the QD-OED panel to give cane this 2025

When Sony launched its exceptional in 2024 Bravia 9his strategy left us somewhat bewildered. The firm launched a panel with MINILED TECHNOLOGY after an outstanding A95L With QD-OED panel. The change of sight now makes more sense We know that the company intends to focus on the near future on RGB LED technology, its proposal to improve the minned through a backlit matrix capable of reproducing the three primary colors (red, blue and green).

However, it seemed rare for Sony to abandon QD-OED technology, even more so knowing the exceptional 2022 and 2023 models that they said to become our favorite OLED models of their respective years. Recently they implied that this was not so, but that the firm has opted for A two -year launch to complete its entire Bravia range.

Although by the name we can assume that Bravia 8 II is the successor of the previous Bravia 8 of 2024, the truth is that both Sony’s documentation, and our experience with the TV, made it clear that This model comes to the Sony A95L of 2023both for benefits and for the type of panel.

Brief review: This Sony Bravia 8 II has a state-of-the-art QD-OED panel of Samsung that, according to the documentation provided by Sony already lack of taste it in our most exhaustive analysis, offers A maximum peak brightness level that exceeds the Sony A95L by 25%. Despite being another panel technology, Sony also compares it with Bravia 8, this time with a maximum peak brightness difference that reaches 50%.

During our tests at Sony offices We were able to test it in front of Sony A95L and also next to the HX3110 reference monitor. As we could see at that time, the calibration against A95L is very similar (already outstanding in the 2023 model), although we could clearly identify that improvement in the delivery of brightness, highlighting even more that difference in certain scenes. The content we had by hand to try the TV were films in Bluray UHD as’The reborn‘,’Jumanji: next level‘And other tapes.

Although it is still from the experience that a reference monitor can give us in terms of image quality, Sony takes chest from its image algorithms and calibrated engineering Offering an image with this Bravia 8 II that, in the absence of spending more time with him, gives us clues of the great work that this house has done to move the experience of that reference monitor to the home.

The differences are also palpable against the high -end units of other manufacturers that Sony placed in the room next to the Bravia 8 II, especially in color reproduction through the different ‘standard’, ‘cinema’ and ‘and’ image modes.FilmMaker‘. While we did not have the opportunity to get in the room with televisions from the rest of the manufacturers, Our first impressions with Bravia 8 II give us a very good flavor from Boca in the face of the experience obtained over the last months with the rest of the televisions. Although as we have made clear before, this model is still examined in more detail in our in -depth analysis.

Here the secret is again its XR processorresponsible for optimizing the contrast in the image, of reproducing the colors so that they feel alive but without reaching the feeling of being ‘artificial’, offering images that eliminate the noise without softening the scenes too much and obtain the maximum possible detail of each frame both in the regions with more shadow and in the brightest. Therefore, the processor, in addition to the calibration, are the main reasons why, although Sony mounts the same Samsung panel, there is a reasonable difference.

Colorimetry ends up highlighting for its way of offering ‘living’ images without being artificial or supersaturated, as we have mentioned. In the test in front of the A95L that improvement is already noticeablealthough in truth, the difference between the A95K and the A95L was more palpable and obvious at first glance.

Another outstanding television feature is its construction, offering an elegant and fine design, with only 34 mm thick. This thickness is inferior to its predecessor, but it is still superior to its rivals. Sony will offer this television in sizes of 55 and 65 inches. For lovers of great diagonals, perhaps they are sizes that fall somewhat short. From the company they did not know how to give us a clear answer about why it does not exist, perhaps, an extra size of 77 inches, as it happened with the A95L. At the moment we have to wait until Sony gives us more clues.

The double base at both ends also returns in the Bravia 8 IIoffering an already characteristic design that we have been able to witness on Sony televisions in recent years. Mechanized in aluminum, their side legs are elegant and discreet in sight, something that gives body and style to their proposals. We will have to wait to know if in any of their sizes we can opt for Central Peana, which will be ideal for those who cannot easily place it at home.

The back of the TV also remembers the same A95L, with rough polycarbonate plastic. It is rigid, of good quality and worksso few huts here. In addition, the TV also has the Sony owner connector to plug the webcam, a detail that few manufacturers include today.

And continuing with the back, the ports. Here we meet four HDMI ports, of which Two are compatible with 4K signals at a 120 Hz panel soda frequency And only one of them also offers us EARC/ARC. In addition, we also find two USB ports, integrated switch to activate and deactivate the microphone, digital optical output, Ethernet and the usual suspects.

The few novelties in regard to the surface design and construction of this TV in front of last generation are also extrapolated to their remote control that, in the absence of last minute changes, It is practically identical in terms of button and functions. Of course, this time it provides a matte touch and a stary night sky design with small blue points, unlike the bright plastic texture of the A95L. In their buttons we find the already known Netflix, Disney+, Prime Video, YouTube and Crunchyrollwith the return of Bravia Core renamed ‘Sony Pictures Core’ to find UHD content without loss.

Sony again bet on QD-OED, and that means competition problems

This television is presented as One of the most attractive proposals On Sony, not only for benefits, but also for its price. We still do not have official details, but the brand confirmed us in situ that will be at a sale price lower than A95L. In addition, he has also left us wanting to test its characteristics against Bravia 9, which is still considered by Sony as its most premium television even though it mounts a Minned panel.

In general, Bravia 8 II seeks to offer an experience remarkably superior to the most outstanding at A95Lthis time in a more competitive context, if possible. As expected, we still have a long way with this TV, because we need to try it in depth and in a reposition to offer our final verdict. Even so, both due to brightness, as for colorimetry and capacity of its processor, we are facing a television that surely does not leave anyone indifferent. In case you expected it, the TV does not process content in HDR10+ But Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLGa lack that we have known years.

We also have to have an exhaustive session to have more information about its sound section, since although we had good feelings, I fear that it will also be a section that we will book to discuss it more in depth when we have a unit to get back in a more exhaustive way.

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