Whatever Happened To Sony TVs?

[@JoloNavarro]

We still have our Sony Bravia TV that was bought a decade ago. Still works like a charm!

[@confuseddesi80]

Mine is almost 15 years old

[@metalheadzaki]

mine has green strips showing up on the screen after almost a decade and before that the colors of the screen changes to grey and green, sony tv is just like any other brand from the looks of it

[@metalheadzaki]

@@level80888 lucky you

[@jedimaster12100]

I have a Sony KDL-55W900A that I bought in 2012. It still works great. My mom had a 2009 Sony that died in 2022. I got her a Sony😮. It sucks that Sony's prices are outrageous when I replaced my Sony as my living room TV, I went with a Samsung because it was better. Who knows what I'll replace the Samsung with.

[@level80888]

@@jedimaster12100 samsung cant be better. It may be cheaper, but not better.

[@DK-ox7ze]

Actually Sony never lost the best picture quality crown. Even though it uses Samsung and LG panels, in terms of pure picture and audio quality, Sony is still the best. And now they are only targeting the premium end of the market, which makes sense given the massive shifts in the TV industry.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

True, but I would argue that Samsung and LG are close behind

[@DK-ox7ze]

@@LogicallyAnswered Yes they are close behind, but for the TV enthusiasts Sony is still the number one choice. But ofcourse it doesn't lead to massive sales. But I believe Sony still has pretty good brand value in the TV industry and anyone who can spend (irrespective of whether they are tv enthusiast or not) will likely consider Sony as the top choice.

[@seriouslyfun9740]

@@LogicallyAnswered I dont think they are close. LG is like a lower quality barnd with overprice tag.

[@davianoinglesias5030]

​@@LogicallyAnsweredLG is nowhere close to Samsung or Sony when it comes to image quality

[@thatsamazin-]

@@davianoinglesias5030 The LG G4 is currently the best looking tv right now. In side by side comparisons, most are siding with G4 over A95L.

[@GaretZaugg]

I bought an “open box” Sony TV on EBay for $2,200. It didn’t power on. Surprisingly, Sony customer service shipped me a $4,500 TV to replace it. I was so impressed by the customer service and quality, I bought a second for my game room and am now a Sony loyalist.

[@barbaralyle6703]

That’s great but I bought a new 70 inch 3dtv from Sony. The panel failed in 6 months they shipped me a refurbished one after waiting 9 weeks that had several dead pixels. They said it was in the acceptable range. It did last almost 20 months then the screen went black. No further replacements. Oh and the best part they no longer make 3D TVs. No one does now and I was disappointed with their customer service. Glad they treated you fairly.

[@RobertK1993]

Sony fanboys just can't help their live but fanboyism is bad

[@idrathernot_2]

I'll take shit that never happened for $500 Alex

[@GaretZaugg]

@@idrathernot_2 Want to bet $500 it did? I’ve got receipts. Or are you just a spineless troll?

[@GaretZaugg]

@@idrathernot_2 Want to bet $500 that it did? I have receipts. Or are you just a spineless troll?

[@MYDOESofficial]

I've been living in the Philippines for 6 years now, and I've noticed that most TVs here are from Chinese brands. Samsung and LG seem to be the popular choices for higher-end models. Interestingly, the only Sony product I see widely recognized is the PlayStation.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

PlayStation is likely Sony’s only surviving hero product

[@DaleonM4]

Sony is just plain expensive. And Chinese brands give u just enough with android tv u don't need more.

[@nuznikas]

Sony onwn Hollywood and music industry Sony Bravia create streams movies higher bitrate than nowrybady does

[@MrDragos360]

@@LogicallyAnswered really ? Their Alpha profesional Mirrorless are the best, their TVs like A95L, X95L and the new Bravia 9 are the best TV on the market, their smartphones like Xperia 1 and 5 V are the best, their ANC headphones are the best. Is not really Sony problem that people can't afford high end devices. Especially in poor countries like South East Asia.

[@MrDragos360]

@@DaleonM4 And ? Is not their problem you can't afford thier top end electronics. I preffer to save few months and get a top end Sony at 2000-5000 euro than a "just enough" Chinese brand for 500-1000 euro.

[@Evil.Totoro]

I have had 3 different Sony flat screens ranging from 15 years old to 4. All work perfectly and I couldn’t be happier. Hope Sony is still making TVs when I need to upgrade years down the road.

[@sohigh10]

I still love my Sony Bravia OLED. The way they calibrated the panel makes it look so much nicer, more natural and impressive than all the fake sharpening, overblown highlights and ridiculous saturation commonly seen in other TV's in stores.

[@bend8353]

You can set any TV like that. The display always is set to vivid

[@eegernades]

It's because sony tvs are some of the best. This video is uninformed

[@nimblegoat]

@@eegernades Flagships are very small part of market . otherwise Plasma would have beaten LCD for another 6 to 8 years . Stop thinking you and me are the market.I may get a G4 83" this year. Folks could get a 98" monster on special for $2000 in the USA a month or 2 ago , they laugh at puny A95L 77" for 2 to 3 times the price. Did you even watch the video. TCL will continue to grow , with big actually pretty good mini-LEDs . Even for flagships how many actually buy day one, most wait for BF or Easter day sales following year for big discounts , ie not much profit to be had if any. That's why Sony is a niche seller, they still want to compete with Bravia 3 and 5. They hope to sell lots of Bravia 7 as think people will pay a so so premium for better quality , reliability and processing . Bravia 8 now is just keep costs to miminium , make some sales . Bravia 9 is there hope to get the cream with little discounting. Look a for PS5 the new VR , Sony's sales falling , so looking to sell it for PCs as well

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Trigered 😅

[@havencat9337]

yea...turn up saturation and you get just what Sony has...Cmon dude, grow up, Sony its gone now. upgrade and welcome to 21 century!

[@lawball1727]

I have 2 SONY TV that I bought in 2012. Both are still going strong, beautiful life like pictures. The build quality is excellent with Gorilla glass screen in all Black (KDL- NX720). Even when the TV is off, it looks like a work of art ...simply beautiful.

[@good-tn9sr]

get a room 🤮

[@shivamguchhait]

​Get a brain​@@good-tn9sr

[@tonydarcy7475]

I bought a Sony TV in 2019 and it died after 3 years. They aren't the same quality they used to be.

[@SpencersStuffTV]

@@tonydarcy7475 it also depends on model. If you bought one of their lower end tvs, qc isn't as good.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

If u bought--LED in 2012. If u have one of those very high end LED, with Gloss STand, 1 senter spine. Thoes are --SHARP Aquos LED. At Begining of LED era. 100% 💯 of LEDS were produced by SHARP Aquos -in Japan. SONY LG Samsung did not have capacity produce LED> they went to SHARP asked to do whole sale at high price. Put their logos on it. U are likey have 2 SHARP tv with SONY LOGO.

[@mr.y.mysterious.video1]

Sony use Samsung oled panels also. In fact the best TV currently on sale is the Sony oled that uses a Samsung oled panels.

[@personzorz]

Does that marketing job pay well?

[@MrDragos360]

@@personzorz he tels the truth, lookt at A95L. It uses a 2nd gen QD-OLED from Sasmung and it looks better than on S95C, own Samsung TV

[@fafillionaire]

@@MrDragos360 I have the A80, uses the Samsung S90 screen but with a way better CPU. I can't complain at all

[@blackbelt2000]

@@personzorz cry harder

[@eegernades]

​@@personzorzhe aint lying. Look it up. Has one of the best motion processing on the market as well.

[@PavelGramatikov]

Sony's high end TVs are still the best out there. They might be buying their panels from other manufacturers but their quality, tuning, and processing are above everyone else's.

[@kabubagachugu7729]

Nah man. You cannot outsource your panels and be the best out there. That honor falls to LG. The Chinese are catching up fast though.

[@destructodisk9074]

@kabubagachugu7729 Sure you can. You just ha e to use the best panels available and tune them better than the manufacturer. Support them with better hardware. Somy does this with TVs. Apple does it with monitors and phones. No one is doing color grading on a Samsung Laptop or tablet, because Samsung calibrates their displays to catch your eye on the sales floor with out of tune fake punchy colors. Professionals use Apple screens made by Samsung all day long though.

[@MG-Alexandrovich]

Sony’s image motion processing and upscaling is really good.

[@ruukinen]

@@destructodisk9074 You don't get sold the best panels. Competitors are not reliable suppliers.

[@destructodisk9074]

@@ruukinen You can say that in theory... but in the real world you will almost never see professional studios with Samsung monitors, because Samsung doesn't build their displays to the highest ends of professionals work flows. They do however build the displays for competitors who's monitors are found in studios. And yes competitors like Samsung are a reliable supplier.. because of competition. They aren't the only ones making the displays for their competitors. There are many display manufacturers that make panels for companies like Apple. Not all of them are retail brands so you may have never even heard of them since they aren't available to buy directly, they only manufacture, not sell. Also in many cases professional monitor vendors will have displays built to their own specifications. Meaning even though it's manufactured by Samsung, you can't buy that display from Samsung, since Samsung doesn't hold the rights to it... they are just the assembly factory. And what happens if Samsung makes a subpar display for an order from a studio grade display vendor? The vendor drops the order, delays release, and finds another manufacturer that can meet the appropriate quality yield or has Samsung try again. Meaning Samsung eats a loss if they produce an unreliable product for their competitors. You can look it up, this has happened many times and is covered by tech news outlets. Many times a single studio grade monitor model will be produced by multiple competing manufacturers at the same time, and they are all expected to produce them same panel. If they can't keep up, they eat the loss and the other manufacturers fill in the gaps. LG on the other hand has been known to be able to do both, sell studio grade panels and manufacture them for competitors. it's mostly only Samsung in this regard that doesn't sell studio quality monitors with success. You can see the same thing with Samsung in CPU manufacturing. They themselves design and produce B tier CPUs. You can't buy a top end Samsung CPU. However their foundries produce the CPUs of many flagship processors... those processors are built to competitor's specifications because Samsung isn't competent enough to design a winner.

[@anddo24]

Sony is still the gold standard in terms of high-end, picture quality and processing. The price of Sony TVs puts them out of the range for most consumers. The average person cares more about size, as previously noted. It's why the average Joe will buy a 100" TCL over a 75-85" Sony, LG or Samsung. The price and size difference are why TCL and Hisense are on the rise. I purchased my mother a 55" Hisense Mini-Led TV last year for under $600. The picture quality, brightness are all more than adequate. But I could tell the areas it was lacking. I'll continue to go Sony until they exit the market. The picture quality and industry leading innovations; bravely putting out a flagship that is not an OLED in 2024, is why Sony is still relevant.

[@PanteraRossa]

I think Sony just saw they were getting out competed in TV and pivoted towards Cameras. For about 10 years now Sony has made incredible advancements in pro video applications and grew their market share tremendously.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

True, they are indeed killing it with cameras

[@dariomladenovski7047]

cameras and speakers are the only two markets they have left, they got destroyed in lap tops, TV's and smartphones and they will likely lose in gaming to Microsoft in the next 10 years

[@dariomladenovski7047]

cameras and speakers are the only two markets they have left, they got destroyed in lap tops, TV's and smartphones and they will likely lose in gaming to Microsoft in the next 10 years

[@BigHeadClan]

⁠@@dariomladenovski7047Sony has taken a step back from manufacturing of completed goods but they’ve still massive supplier of individual components and patents used in almost every electronic produced today and own more intellectually property/patents than almost any company. And over the past 20 years they’ve actually never done better.

[@alpay389]

not as long there are playstation exclusive games.

[@iceflower7004]

We bought a Sony tv recently, and it’s amazing. It was only slightly cheaper than entry level oleds, but it’s super bright and there is very little blooming. We are very happy with our purchase. We could have bought a Hisense, but those are notorious for breaking after a few years

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Unfortunately if now i can tell u ppl work at Bestbuy has been exposing that Bestbuy takes SONY bribe. N makes employee tell everyone that Hisenese has qualiy issues. 😮

[@radspeed113]

Sony hasn't gone anywhere, they just haven't sacrificed quality and are on top because of it. Sony is light years ahead in image processing The best OLED TV is a Sony The best LED TV is a Sony The best mini LED is a Sony Some of the best audio in the industry is a Sony. They won't go anywhere like Panasonic and sharp did, because Sony is the company making the movies themselves, and making all of the equipment movies are made on. That's a benefit no other company has

[@evan]

I absolutely love my Sony X90J! Honestly the best quality tv I’ve ever had. Best TV at the price without going into microLED or OLED. Well there’s updated ones now but yeah

[@vigilant_1934]

Do you mean MiniLED? You can find some of those in the price range of OLED or even less money. MicroLED TVs on the other hand, are still around $100,000 and I think still at a minimum of about 80-90" in size. I think Samsung has the smallest microLED TV available and that's 89" though they showed a 76" one last year. You can find smaller microLED displays in certain luxury vehicles but of course those vehicles are also $100,000+. I've been waiting for microLED for a couple years now and we'll have to wait before they get to the price range OLEDs are currently in. It's a completely different technology and much more expensive manufacturing process that OLED or miniLED right now.

[@Technobitz]

They decided that they would focus on the higher end tvs and they are known for their performance and processing

[@LogicallyAnswered]

I would argue that Samsung and LG are on the same league now in the high end market, if not ahead even.

[@yuval6091]

​@@LogicallyAnswered that would be a wrong argument. Sony uses Samsung's QD-OLEDs for the past 2 generations, and they, alongside sonny's processing are considered the best in the market. As an owner of the LG C2 and C1, I can say that WebOS has gone from a top tier OS to a shitty one full of ads, and I would rather have Android over Tizen any day of the week.

[@wnxdafriz]

@@LogicallyAnswered I'm going to be blunt, unless my family is just unlucky ---- Samsung monitors/tv's 3,000$ DLP tv (b4 the widespread LCD panels and plasma) died 1 month after the warranty expired 2 years... samsung had no parts to repair the tv, a 3000 dollar television back in 2002? or 2003? my brother and I had their 32 inch first QD LCD hi-refresh rate monitors... both of our monitors got serviced two times, we had arguments with their support where they kept claiming the monitors had only a one year warranty... the RMA was so high on those monitors that they changed their warranty on all their monitors to one year (this line when it first came out had a 3 year warranty like their competition) ... mine should have been serviced a third time and I had to take Samsung to small claims (live in the county seat.. and the courthouse is literally blocks from my house so it is quite easy to do) brother and parents had a samsung plasma tv, it was great when it worked but both developed issues just after 2 years (brother bought his 1 year after i got my dad one on clearance) meanwhile my high end sony lcd tv from 2018, still gets updated and has had zero issues in 6 years / friend bought one 3 years ago which is just an updated version of my model and it has had 0 issues, friends old plasma DLP monstrosity (not sure if its dlp... the weight of the thing and how large it is continues to be the reason it doesn't move ... i know the screen is supposed to be plasma but unsure if there is some odd CRT hybrid use... picture still holds up to OLEDs to this day and the tv is like 16 years old now) still no issues sony doesn't do the volume compared to other brands but I would be hard pressed to say they aren't a better buy for high end products because if you are going to spend 1000+ dollars on a tv you want to get it from a company that has a track record where the screens don't die after two years my family and i recommend to almost anyone that I wouldn't invest a lot of money in any samsung tv as its my opinion the parts they put in their high end models are no better than their low end... because the only samsung tv's i have seen last are mine and my parents 43 inch tv's that i got for less than 200 dollars on clearance but even then they behave weird sometimes where the screen will be all garbage lines flicker and stuff and the solution to fix it is just turning the thing off and on until it fixes itself.... but it continues to limp on apologies for the wall... but samsung really really really gets on my nerves when people try to say their high end is comparable to their competition but is 100 dollars cheaper.... 10 percent cheaper than your competition is nothing when their product easily lasts 5 times longer --- personally id take my chances with hisense or TCL now over samsung

[@eegernades]

​@@LogicallyAnsweredthey aren't. Especially samsung. LG is considered budget. Sony's audio and motion processing is undisputed the best. LG, lesser extent samsung, suffers from stuttering on panning shots.

[@eegernades]

@user-zn9ke8um8s you just agreed with me. Reread mine again. It goes 1. Sony 2. LG 3. Samsung

[@rishi0299]

The Sony A95L is still the best screen I have ever looked at.

[@daviddavis6876]

I agree.

[@doujinflip]

That’s the one I chose over the slightly cheaper Samsung equivalent. Image looked a bit better, the Sony shop I bought it from sounded more competent regarding warranty service, and it uses the more open Google TV OS in case I want to install some app like a remote control preset button changer.

[@huwdavies-tallon3305]

Best on the market right now high end Sony's always are. Samsung is ahead mainly due to massive success of phone business giving it a huge budget advantage.

[@michaelbeckerman7532]

It's the best screen that anyone has ever looked at.

[@joeyp1927]

The problem with Sony goes across all their products, even their very best ones: they don't properly promote or distribute their products, and issue pointed out by the Wall Street Journal back in 2014 when Sony released an Xperia phone. It said that Sony was producing great phones, but "too bad no one knows about them...Sony needs to do something about distribution." One of the best mobile phone analysts, engineer Tomi Ahonen, reported that Sony's phones were ahead of Samsung and Apple's iPhone often by a year - but again, no one knew about them, saying that Sony should "hire an American marketing person." Same with their VAIO line of computers that even Steven Jobs praised, saying they used it as a model for their products. Point is, when Sony has a great product, be it a TV, phone, laptop, or reader, it does not promote the product or make it widely available. Even the WSJ saw this. It is almost as if they are embarrassed to make waves, so they make their products languish. The funny thing is that the leading handsets, iPhone and Galaxy, use Sony imaging technology, from the slow-mo features to the sharp megapixel chips.

[@barebarekun161]

They suffered the same problem as Panasonic make great TVs that nobody knew or heard of until it was too late.

[@joeyp1927]

@@barebarekun161 Yes, the Japanese do not properly promote their products because they're scared. The Koreans aren't afraid of this, so Samsung and LG took major market share from Panasonic, Sharp and Sony. Now, Sharp is owned by the Taiwanese.

[@lvproductionsinc9748]

I think people don’t realize that Sony isn’t just into TVs. it’s the largest sensor manufacturer in the world, largest music label out there, the number one professional camera and the #1 full frame consumer camera manufacturer, professional monitors for grading movies, and regarded as the number one tv brand in picture quality the last 5 years in a row won. Sony just doesn’t make everything out there, they stick to entertainment in home and the professional entertainment side and electronics used to create and capture the content people watch daily or listen to daily and more

[@didamnesia3575]

"I think a lot of people don't realize" = long winded opener for "this is my opinion"

[@lvproductionsinc9748]

@@didamnesia3575 these are pure facts, not an opinion, you can research it. Idk if you have a personal feeling about things and felt the need to comment to troll, but have a good day.

[@TVEXPERT.Co.]

You hit the nails on the head with this one. Sony is solely focused on things which you can connect cognitively and emotionally.

[@mmusimapheto2924]

You’re right in that they are doing well in other areas. But to say they are No.1 in all those industries is misleading. You will have to state your sources….

[@arx117]

Sony changed their focus from TV to camera since 2000. If you asked your parent, Sony trinitron and Sony wega is the best tv until LCD tv became popular and bravia sucks until 2017

[@Throttle_Club]

after 25 years i will still use the sony TVs

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Still have one from 2009 as well :)

[@NotSomethingIsNothing]

@@LogicallyAnswered have one from 2009, it's outdated and going to get a Samsung now, it's overpriced for the features.

[@Wo9i7sj5l2a]

It’s Samsung OLED

[@joby602]

I will use all of the sony TVs

[@huwdavies-tallon3305]

Meto just bough a X80L and have another sony from 2010. That's why i stick to them make better long lasting TV's.

[@saviordream]

I bought a 50" Sony TV back in 2014 that I used as my gaming room TV until around 2020. My wife still uses it as the living room TV in our new house, while we got a 77" LG OLED TV when we bought the house back around 2020/21 that we have in our finished basement. Even though it's pretty old, the Sony is still going strong and since my wife basically just uses it for streaming content (she has a Roku hooked up to it as its own built-in apps are woefully outdated) she hasn't seen the need to upgrade, even though I've mentioned it to her multiple times.

[@arx117]

Sony tv before lockdown can withstand long lifetime. But if you follow Sony group, Sony quality already plummeted since lockdown until today. Recently sony introduce a new Line up tv anda i hope it's not bad quality as covid era

[@haakonht]

Would love to get a Sony OLED, but it's not worth the 30-40% premium over LG when picture quality is like 5% better at most.

[@GanymedeXD]

They are more expensive, but much better resale prices, even after many years! I like the DTS passthrough LG does not offer, better, picture, design … definitely worth the extra costs.

[@wmalden]

My “daily driver “ is a 1998 Mitsubishi 32” CRT TV. Still works perfectly.

[@GhostSal]

Sony used to be my go to TV brand but that was over 10 years ago, now I don’t even consider Sony anymore when buying a new TV.

[@GanymedeXD]

When looking for a new one 3 years ago it was the only option for me … Samsung is a no go … poor service, unreliable, Samsung unable to get it into working or … KG did not have DTS pass-trough and plenty of features missing … and Sony had the best picture quality.

[@GhostSal]

@@GanymedeXD I prefer LG OLED personally…. But tech is always advancing so that may change.

[@L33tSkE3t]

My dad purchased a 77in SONY Bravia OLED TV a few years ago. I can’t remember which model exactly, maybe the A80J but, it is a great Panel capable of over 745 nits peak brightness which is pretty good for an OLED. I have a 65in SAMSUNG QN90A QLED TV with full array local dimming capable of about 1800 nits peak brightness with 792 local dimming zones and although there is some light bloom / haloing, it is really only noticeable with white text on black backgrounds and it really is the best of both worlds of the brightness of an LED and contrast of an OLED, without the currently high cost of QD-OLED Displays. I currently won’t purchase a Chinese TV due to privacy and quality concerns and although the Panels in Hisense and TCL TVs are good, the SoCs they utilize are a bit lacking, so features like a smooth UI experience as well as features like upscaling and image processing can be less than ideal. They also seem to have shorter lifespans than SONY, SAMSUNG and LG TVs. A TV is about more than just the panel technology but, things like the SoC and how capable it is at image processing and just delivering a good user experience in general and although I’m sure people are purchasing a lot of low to mid budget TVs from Chinese brands, I still feel as though the Japanese and Korean brands make the best all around TVs and Displays right now.

[@ubacow7109]

Sony x95 and the future bravia 7 & 9 models w/ miniLED are where its @. Imo OLED doesnt sell it for me, but MiniLED w/ brightness makes a lot more sense esp w/ Sony's color science and motion processing.

[@williamgo9957]

I HAVE been obsessed with display technology since 1999 when I took my first flat-screen CRT TV (the Wega, 29"). Since then I owned a Sony CRT 7-inch projector, 40 DLP/LCD projectors (including the Marantz 11S2/15S1/12S4, Optoma 8600, Infocus IN83, etc.), 7 OLED TV's (only one Samsung, a 77"), a 70" Sharp LCD, 6 Plasma TVs, 5 Dell Ultrashap monitor, an Apple iMac 5K, 6 Sony RX100 cameras and 2004 Sony digital camera with a Carl Zeiss lens that at that time produces the most breathtaking digital image - but at a mere 4 megapixels. My fervor for display has not waned as is my preference for Sony, but lately as my finances has gone into dearth and the world economy being what it is now (which cannot reversed the economic damage/hardships that the covid epidemic has brought, as well as the invasion of Ukraine which brought so many disasters on the world economy that I myself cannot quantify, the only solution to it being that Putin should be killed in the most brutal manner to be hastened to hell) -- I lament that Sony's TV pricing in my land, The Philippines, is so disconnected from the financial pulse point of Filipinos. For a 77" S95C Samsung OLED, you could buy it for P125,000 from a TV wholesaler (roughly $2,100 without any tax levy) but Sony sells a similar size (with the same LG panel) for P222,000 ($3,900). How in the world can a price disparity be this great, is Sony processing that specialized (is it even better than a HQV-Teranex/Realta, of long ago?) and stands as state of the art video processing platform? In my heart I wanted to go Sony all the way but hard realities ties my hands, hence I had to settle for a Samsung (yet even with its $2,100 price tag I still have to take out a bank loan just to be able to pay it within six months). Clearly Sony or at least Sony Philippines, couldn't see the handwriting on the wall, the financial woes for billions of folks all around the world will obliterate Sony TVs' sale, and the most regretful thing is that Sony won't marked them down in any meaningful value but adheres obstinately to their pricing scheme. What leads me also to think twice about Sony now is the failure of their OLED TV, two of them failed after two years like it was a planned obsolescence or terminal failure. And the failure too of two RX100 cameras (one got deemed unusable when a very subtle sound of an "explosion" took place inside the camera). After those, there's nothing anymore sacred or a fanboy choice for me, I'll go where what I can only afford could get me....

[@collinbeilke8231]

What I love about the Sony tv that I use is that the TV remote can be used for controlling the ps3, ps4, and ps5, all good blue ray players

[@cubetikiller]

all new tv's i think have this feature as some hdmi passthrough thingy , i can too with samsung tv

[@mAdcaTzm4a1]

Loved the sony bravia tv before and bought one. 2 years after the warranty expired, there were green lines present on the screen, eventually grew to unwatchable tv. Since then i vowed not to buy sony, switched to LG and never regretted

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Do u have C9 CX C1 C2 C3? Or the B series?

[@rocketPower047]

Dude, how do you pump out so much content??? I hope you're not burning out or you're getting help. It's great stuff!

[@LogicallyAnswered]

On the grind hahaha /)

[@destructodisk9074]

@LogicallyAnswered future CEO right here.

[@divyanshbhutra5071]

I live in India, and back in early 2010s, good be considered affluent if you had a Bravia. For the past 6-7 years, this status has slowly shifted completely to Samsung TVs.

[@anand.chaudhari]

You’ll still be considered affluent if you own a Bravia mere bhai. Sony ka naam aaj bhi chalta hai apne yahan. Although Samsung TVs are better now

[@divyanshbhutra5071]

@@anand.chaudhari Not that much. People know Sony is no longer the quality king. Most people consider Sony as overpriced TV for people who love splurging on old brand names.

[@ubacow7109]

Its chause theyre cheaper but they look terrible, id rather go TCL/Hisense than samsung

[@GanymedeXD]

They are cheaper … as is design, quality, picture, service … re-sale price irrelevant as they do not survive that long. Obsolete.

[@RFGSwiss]

Sony had trinitron tubes. Man, they were durable and sharp. They had superior technology but failed to adapt to lcd. From there it was all down hill.

[@NinjaRunningWild]

I still own 2 Trintrons. They still work amazingly after more than 20 years. I should go knock wood though, so as to not tempt fate.

[@RFGSwiss]

@@NinjaRunningWild the tubes will work another 20. maybe some of the electronics will deplete over time. capacitors an mainly solder joints in the highvoltage part of the mainboard (very quick fix if handled asap).

[@cjeelde]

Oh yeah Trinitron DESTROYED the competition! All other TVs were crap! Totally garbage! There's a good reason why Apple used Sony Trinitron for a long while for most of their CRT displays for their Macs. Some displays were not Trinitron, for example the display for the first Mac 128k and the successors and iMac G3. I grew up with some Sony Trinitrons and everytime I saw non-Trinitron at friends I thought for myself "whyyyyy did they buy this piece of crap when there's Trinitron models in the stores???" 😇

[@Erowens98]

They've had the best LCD TVs on the market for years. Its not that they couldn't adapt to LCD. Though you could argue they sort of abandoned the low end market that most people are buying.

[@arx117]

​@@Erowens98Sony never have good LCD TV, i remember when they introduce bravia in 2005, they look crap compare to Samsung. Thats where Panasonic with plasma tv became huge success from 2005 to 2012

[@Paulie8K]

So my gf is a big fan of Sony and we upgraded our old TCL 42" 4K tv to a Sony Bravia 65" 4K tv for our living room. Huge upgrade but in all fairness, the TCL was a $270 entry level model from 4 years ago and the Sony is a $1300 mid-range tv. We also own an LG B2 in our bedroom which I actually prefer picture quality wise as those deep blacks are incredible in low light. There is fierce competition in the TV market which is ultimately great for us consumers.

[@crimsonninja5090]

You could buy a Sony OLED to compare against the B2 OLED. To be fair, Sony wouldn't be making OLEDs as its flagship from this year on, and are moving to miniLED. But still, the picture quality of Sony's OLED TVs are undeniable. They are still very much at the top end of the spectrum. The main downside is the cost.

[@Paulie8K]

Actually, my gf got her parents the OLED version of the Bravia that we have just a few months ago to upgrade their 10 year old Sony TV (her and her family are huge Sony fans). It's definitely a step up from the "Full Array" model that we have. We'll probably hold off on any upgrades for now as our LG B2 is less than two years old and our Sony Bravia is only 6 months old. I'm definitely getting OLED or mini LED for any future tv moving forward. I'm spoiled by OLED. I wanted the C3 but she insisted on our Sony.

[@Samosayummyyay]

@@Paulie8K Personally, I would go for a TCL miniled. OLED-like contrast, but with much higher peak brightness. And all that, with no worry about tv lifespan of the TV as that is the case with ALL oled TVs.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

@@Paulie8KI know AT LEAST 2 PPL with B3 or C3. 1 bought C3 returned for U8K. Another guy bought X90L. Blooming too bad, returned for 75” U8K. N another has 65” C3 n 75’ u8k. He end up bring C3 upstairs instead cuz him n his wife both prefer U8K. The hype is real dude. I mean ppl hear mix signals. U have to see it to believe it. Its like Tesla, when a lot of ppl be rating it. D rest are quietly buying them , soo nice.

[@kitpong1777]

I have owned a series of Sony TVs over the last 35 years, from the first one I bought when I started my first job. When an old model got worn put or when it made sense to upgrade to new tech, I always ended up buying another Sony. Never regretted any of the purchases. Recently I went shopping for a new TV, after the old one had started to give trouble. It was quite a shock to see Sony relegated to the far corner of the showroom. The retailer obviously considered Sony one of the less desired models.

[@jaseaquino]

Sony TVs seems more premium feel, despite I hate the operating system they're using (Android TV/Google TV) as it is notorious for being too painfully slow.

[@noahflare6825]

I wish SONY executives watch this video. Their pricing is so out of touch with market reality. I have bought TCL TVs, washing machine, and airconditioner. While they dont have fancy features, they get the job done without being expensive. Quality is good as I have them for about 4-5 years now and they are still working fine. With consumers seeing they can have reliable goods on cheaper brands, it does not make sense to buy higher priced brands, especially in this economy.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

I love your domment about SONY OUT of Touch. I cant still believe BEST buy still has 2022 SONY X85K-- Edge Lit TV on the WALL under x93L on display Yeah edge lit 2010 tech

[@shivamarya5225]

X85k isn't edge lit. It has a backlight for direct lighting and it's a qled tv, Sony calls it triluminos

[@ubacow7109]

Its cause they make the best though, ironically when it comes to TVs TCL & Hisense have the best features but only on paper. They dont do everything else but they do a lot of things but they do a ton of cost cutting. My Hisense q8k flagship shipped in a flimsy box w/ almost no padding i was concerned for damage when i received it, whereas my Sony x900h was shipped in a box that felt robust and def could have tanked shipment bumps. The other thing is that while my Hisense q8k is bright as hell but its exhausting to look at because the colors are all over the place and the brightness processing is really poor leading to weird color gradients and blooming. Whereas my x900H looks really natural and i can sit in front of it forever, images look like they move really organically. Sony does image processing and color calibration better than anyone else and that what you pay for out of the box.

[@shivamarya5225]

@@ubacow7109 even in terms of features i personally think sony has pretty good lineup of features not offered by others, remote control finder, google assistant, auto picture settings adjuster, voice zoom function to make the dialog clear without raising volume or are not a native speaker but enjoy english movies, it only works with english but still works fantastic, raised shadow details, it will automatically raise shadow colors so the areas that are too dark would be visible and they have the best motion software to remove judder and motion blur and the best upscaling software when you're watching 1080 or 720p content like on youtube or cable which would not look good otherwise, other brands can't get their processing to work with youtube, And special mode for netflix and amazon prime

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

@@ubacow7109 hey dude good for getting U8K. MOST ppl even GURUS they get Hisense to test, they do NOT how to set it up. They are using OLED n 1 trick poney to adjust LED. Its like using Cookig method for Greek to cooking Chinese. I can tell u friend ppl like ME n Quatum tv (HE has Hisense U8 at home he actually USE it till this date) . We know how to set it up. How to make it not blinding X900H is a great tv. And it is yes -680 Peak brighness. Its A very Dim tv its good for its time. In Theater at movie watching I MAX. Its dim because its PROJECTION . Most projection lamps are very dim watch in dark room. But if they BOOST brighness. They look PLAIN. So if projector ADD INSANE color VOLUME. EVERYTHING come ALIVE. U DO NOT even need to worry about Black. The IMAX moive none of black is even black. If u have U8K day time mid day. If by window. Open the curtains, if the backlight is so high at 70-80s. All u have to do is up the “COLOR” (Density) to 75-80s. BOOM. 💥 come alive. It will look vibrant 3D solid object. So remember any time when it looks washed out, its like projector with the COLOR tint that is too thin. It needs DENSER color . Dont worry black level as much. If those cable tv news etc “brightest white is too bright” then turn the “CONTRAST” down. If “Brightness” is up (it ups entire panel including peak brightness), color up n rich. But turn the (brightnest white down) u are good. Most ppl focus on Black Black black. They dont remember the Contrast is for (d brightest peak brighness) , the COLOR -Density makes things 3D. Solid visual vs a Tint. Not black. Before I bought Hisense. I read online Reviews on Chinese site. The Girls 👧🏻 bought Hisense flagship were giving heads ups lol . Saying “1 takes a couple weeks for eyes to Break in. 2 takes like 2-4 weeks to get used to tweak the tv. But 1 month later, u CAN never go back. N dont worry about initial annoyance. A few weeks in u can weak the tv on the fly in a few seconds for any show. SOOO EASY”.

[@jamesmisener3006]

We enjoy our Samsung Plasma TV for the picture quality. 10 years old now. Great channel by the way. Cheers 🇨🇦

[@blackbelt2000]

plasma?!? dang. Brings back memories.

[@GanymedeXD]

My 2006 Samsung Plasma was biggest fail … 5 panel changes, Samsung unable to repair it, but left me aline with that garbage. Dumped it and went back to Sony.

[@ArthasProVEVO]

I bought a 4K 42 inch TCL TV 8-9 years back @ $550 or so , and it's still woking fine without any issues , Never repaired , but not to forget that my older 15 year old LG 720p TV still looks great because of LG's Screen quality

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Hey u must have TCL Roku tv. So they are talking about HIsense TCL. They are mostly taking about their--extremely high END flagship GOOGLE OS tv. They tag team have been CRUSHING SONY flagship LED performance surpassing OLED last 4-5 yrs. No joke. My family think SONY’s flagship LEDS are inferior TVs last many years now. In case ppl only know Hisense tCL about their Roku. Their high end Mini LED U8K U8n(just launch last week) INSANE. Then UX this year. TCL also has QM8. My 2020 55” 2021 65” Hisense tv together cost me $2500 in Canada. If buying from EU. They would costed like $3500 for those 2 smaller panels. No joke if u are in USA. When u get the next UPGRADE. U will be JAW Dropping seeing their flagship. They had those superior tv outside of USA for decade. They just never made to USA till last 5 yrs. So now they are selling VERY good stuff in ROKU n Elite level like insane value SONY LG cant compete. Last year SONY for the first time of 30 yrs did NOT show up at CES Las Vegas Consumer Eletronic show. . The SONY ppl are in RAGE. Cuz Hisense extreme high end tv launch. 2024 CES SONY did not show up again. Cuz they are like “this is walk of shame” so they only promote thru youtubers, tech journalist now. They do youtube launch instead . So ppl dont see them first hand, but u get to see the youtube Influncers pitch. It’s getting so sketchy n pitty. .

[@mooreshady]

Only Sony I support and buy. No other comes close.

[@katycatjulius]

I have a almost 10 years old (since buying it in 2015) sony tv, i use it a lot and it still works perfectly just as good as when i first got it

[@pasjeihobby]

I love this channel. Best one man podcast.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Thanks you so much man!

[@lutzfilor8253]

Working in TVs in America we lost all tv manufacturing in America. All I learned the moment one stops to offer more features then what the market reasonably would need - you have already lost the battle as the market requires new features year after year. Yes cost is the driver. The cheapest display technology will dominate.

[@Controllerhead]

Surprised you didn't really mention Sharp, which was at one time the Aquos was the best rated TV on the market. They invested heavily into making their own panels very early, however, other companies basically outpriced them. It's still a great looking 1080p TV all of these years later! ...also "late 1900s" oh god lol 💀💀💀💀

[@arx117]

Sharp picture quality is great in mid to late 2000's but they got serious financial problem and got sold to Foxconn in 2015

[@phoenix5054]

Japanese electronics companies completely misread the 2000/10s trends. They lost the internet, streaming VS. dvd/blu ray, TVs, smartphones, cameras, appliances, etc. We'll see if they lose the car and gaming market.

[@Hermit-Crab]

Sony Bravia was the GOLD standard in TV. The key word is WAS.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

🎉🙌🏼

[@Tombradyjockstrap]

Just like LG WERE a leader in smartphone sales till Apple blew them out the water. But the key is they adapted and didn’t fail.

[@arjund.4817]

Still are. People just can't afford their TVs, so they're buying cheaper products from budget brands.

[@XavierMathewsEntertainment]

They focus on quality. They know what they are doing. They have other streams of revenue. I think my 77inch OLED might have ran $3,700 at the time I bought it. The average consumer may not care to pay that for quality they may not notice. When I eventually upgrade my big screen I’ll compare Samsung and Sony and see who I choose. My eye dictates the winner.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

A80L has matching IPhone 8 iPhone XS -level dim screen tho. Since it only has 1 3rd 🥉 of Color Density/color Volue . On large 77” screen images so stretched -- OUT . Being Dim n low Color . It’s going to look inevitably Dim out . Plus it’s very blue tinted ! 😮 In bio science 🧬, it’s taught by research 🔬 PHD professor . Our eyes respond to-- warmth . In each retina there is 6million color cones . 1/3 respond to Cool 🆒 tone , 2/3 respond to Warmth .

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

In nature . Most of Forest ,🌳 tree 🌳 flower 🌺, animal 🦒 , river , desert 🏜️ skin tones , sunset 🌅 , soil …r all warm tone . At night , the Eye 👁️-- rods kick in that each eye has 120 Million rods . They r more sensitive to black n White . So u don’t see much Color . Those -- so called Premium WOLED could br -- SEEN as “more clear “ at night , but any time there is light in the room … your Eyes 👀 will use Color , n Brighness to judge 🧑‍⚖️ image as 3D or 2D . Looking into WOLED day time is like comparing to -- going hiking 🥾, seeing a cave n peak in. It’s bright here n there . But u don’t see entire picture . Major loss of visual . Painless . The WOLED is like Cloudy 🌥️ day vs 8am spring morning (LED) . Cloudy day Cloud ☁️ block a lot long wave 🌊 length red light . Mostly blue light 💡 come down . That’s why even it’s bright we don’t see as clear ! Becusee our eyes need -- more warmth to SEE ! We lose 2/3 of info that’s sent to brain . Sony LED /WOLED 🤖 both severely blue tinted for decade . Their White is not white but pale blue . So once tv is larger 77” 85” most pockets of visuals within the frame of image is -- constructed by the Transition of Color Density /brightness rather than Black n white . 🍡🥬🍑🌸🌺🌹🪀🧿🔮🪼🐠🦧🐦‍🔥🍀 🥮. The WOLED will suffer that the image get stretched -- OUT n will look very 1 tone 🐊🌲🦚🦈🥦🪁🎽🏉🎾 or tinty when image don’t have much black in it . Becusee they have 1/3 of color Volum of Hisense TCL Samsung LED . Hisense latest U8N already Mach color volume S95C , look significantly more solid 3D for larger panels than LG G4 for a lot of images . G4 has Color volume very low will look tinty 🧩🌸

[@3Cr15w311]

Sony's quality control went down in the 90s and early 2000s. I had a number of Sony products with problems (two identical model relatively high end cassette decks that ran at audibly different speeds (3-4 percent difference), a Sony digital camera that failed shortly after 3 years of owning it, and worst of all, a 57 inch HDTV rear projection set that developed the flickering brightness problem (which many did around 2002). Because of these problems, I stayed away from Sony after 2002 and I think the quality control issues with their products helped former customers to avoid the brand in the future.

[@arx117]

Sony brqvia tv also got crap quality since 2020. I see plenty of people resell their tv after warrranty ended

[@ubacow7109]

This is just false 2024

[@drew3030]

It's wrong to jump from anecdotal evidence (your few instances of personal experiences) to a general inference about the population ("I think the quality control issues with their products helped former customers to avoid the brand in the future"). You would only have to browse through the comments here and will find and least 100 positive about Sony quality for every negative. Actually yours was the only negative I found but I'm sure there could be more.

[@GanymedeXD]

Never had any problems with Sony … especially compared to LG or Samsung.

[@GanymedeXD]

@@arx117Makes zero sense … I do the same as after end of warranty (get me the 7 years extended) I get me an upgrade … hence many are selling. At least you can sell them on … excellent re-sale prices … Samsung died within warranty period.

[@driller_e8098]

I was shopping for new TV 15 years ago, when I had movies on my Harddrive , I said to the guy I need a TV that will play from USB. Sold me top end Sony. Got home, didn’t work due to formatting and copyright problems, went back and swapped for LG and it worked perfect and have only bought LG ever since

[@arx117]

If i'm not wrong Sony only use FAT32 until they adopt Android TV and their DHCP is very strict. Other brand doesn't have this issues

[@GanymedeXD]

Formatting and copyright? 😂😂😂😂 Hardly possible … using my Sony’s for 15 years to do exactly that! 5-10 TB hard-disk … simply hooked up and it okays everything, even most exotic formats from everything … no copyright issues … why should it … no special formatting required … Sony there is the only one not causing issues with that.

[@𢎐]

Great vid as usual!!!

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Thank you Mayank!

[@evanrhildreth]

It goes back even further. Sony was caught off guard by flat panel tvs - they were still pushing their Trinitron CRTs when other manufacturers released their first flat panel plasma and LCD tvs. Without the ability to manufacture their own panels, in 2004 Sony made a deal with Samsung to supply LCD panels for Sony tvs, under a joint venture called "S-LCD", but it was 100% Samsung panels and Samsung profits. This meant Sony tvs were more expensive than the Samsung tvs with the identical panels. In 2007 Sony showed off an OLED tv, the XEL-1, even placing it front on center in Sony stores. They never followed it up, and the whole thing felt like a publicity stunt to say "don't buy an LCD or plasma tv yet, wait for OLED". In 2011, Sony broke off their deal with Samsung, and briefly sourced panels from LG and Sharp, before sourcing from Chinese manufacturers. So now, Sony tvs have panels that come off the same Chinese assembly lines as HiSense and TCL. At times, Sony produced their own upscaler processors, or their own backlights, to try to differenciate themselves from cheaper tvs that shared the same panels. But without panels of their own, Sony could never reproduce the following they once commanded for their CRTs.

[@mmusimapheto2924]

They’re not getting panels from LG anymore?

[@GanymedeXD]

But Samsung failed to create the excellent picture quality that Sony created with their panels!

[@balpreetsingh6834]

Great video as always

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Thank you as always Balpreet!

[@GatCat]

The SONY A95L is still the best. Samsung has never over taken SONY in performance.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

That doesnt count dude Samsung makes A95L, lg makes the oled on the A95L. Its like someone had Sereget baby tV. The Mother /Dad side of DNA are all un related :) just RE Claiming the Parental-ship of the infant :) SONY does NOT hv the Tech pattern for OLED or QD-OLED> IN marketing “here hand me over your product , i put my label on it help u selling n we split cost”. SONY OLED were from LG, Sony’s own LED been so inferior they gave LED BAD NAME.

[@Thumper68]

I can tell difference between coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper by smell alone 😂

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Hahaha

[@mankind8088]

😭😂😂😭😂😂🤣😂😭😂😭

[@vitaminprotein6814]

I give myself an uppercut every time I drink Dr Pepper.

[@Thumper68]

@@vitaminprotein6814 really that’s all I drink. I mean it’s the oldest soda they got it right the first time.

[@gavriloking5637]

I switched from LG to Sony when a single diode strip was damaged and created a single diode line across the screen but LG's quoted repair price was 90% the original cost of that TV. With such a poor attitude towards repair costs, I went to Sony. I owned that LG (2017) for only 6 years as well so we'll see how long the Sony goes for but from the comments it seems that most people say the quality is top notch.

[@binderrobert4909]

I still have 5 SONY tvs, last one bought last year! First one from these 5 in 2018! Love them!

[@LogicallyAnswered]

A true Sony enthusiast haha

[@binderrobert4909]

​@@LogicallyAnsweredyes, you can put it that way! Excellent products for decades! By the way, excellent videos! Keep up the good job! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@wololocute]

Sony is costlier because its components are tested for low failure rate like apple. Chinese mobile ad tv can be used at max 3 years without problem.

[@destructodisk9074]

This. People are so excited to fill their houses with $300 TVs these days. They are fine with throwing them away after they break in 2 years and buying the latest ewaste tech of the day. Buying a TV used to be a really big deal, and that TV meant something to family and was a part of the home. You only wanted something of quality be the center piece of your entertainment that could last a decade and define the period. Now they are just on the grocery shopping list.

[@huwdavies-tallon3305]

​@@destructodisk9074yep people see a TV as a phone now as not a big buy now people use to spend 1000 plus and keep for years now 300 and keep for 2-3 years.

[@ruukinen]

@@destructodisk9074 I mean, if the TV you get in 3 years is way better than the high end TV now that you have to pay 6 times the price for. Then it makes all the sense in the world to buy the passable TV now and upgrade it when technology inevitably advances.

[@Erowens98]

Apple components are not tested to low failure rate. They have extremely high failure rates, some of the most shoddy (or intentionally bad) engineering in the market. In the electronics repair space they have a reputation for issues that no other brand seems to even have to consider because they engineer their products to fail in order to drive more sales. Stuff like completely stationary ribbon cables breaking after less than a year of normal use. They're a bad comparison.

[@destructodisk9074]

@@Erowens98 That is false as heck. Even Louis Rossmann, a known anti-Apple evangelist and repair man, will tell you, of all the things he hates Apple for, at least they have good build quality. They aren't made to be easily repaired, but they are built solid from the ground up and made to last. There were a few short years where Jony Ive got to make design calls, and he tried to go way too thin and way too lite with everything, and that caused issues.. but yeah that was only a few years during the bend gate and butterfly era. He hasn't been with the company for a long time now. He was only CDO from 2015-2019. Apple was known for quality since the 70s, and the thin and lite period was killed in 2020.. so 4 years of a select few products having issues that werent even due to cheap parts like HP, Asus, and Acer are known for failing.. but because they tried to overachieve. Ive took Form Over Function way too far.

[@Warpig20N]

This is crazy because I have a Sony TV in every one of my bedrooms and I'm thinking about getting a new Bravia 9 TV as well and I have a 3D Sony TV that I'm currently watching your video on that I bought when I was stationed in Korea and it still works till (2012) this day. My mom has a Samsung TV that should replace like three four times now

[@LogicallyAnswered]

A true Sony enthusiast!

[@arx117]

Old tv can still works. But today post covid tv will died after warrranty end

[@animaze8043]

Its actually simple. They focussed on high-end TVs, but seems to forget they have competition from other brands like LG. Their OLED tv in 55" was/is more expensive than the 65" LG offering (G-series, not the cheaper C-series). Similarly, when i looked in stores, noone had any model on display. Lastly, even as the cycle was nearing its end, the gap between the LG and Sony offering had widened. Sony was practically still at launch price, LG G-series had a tasty discount to move inventory before next model.

[@InnerFire6213]

This channel is all about sensationalism. Always 'this brand is dead, that brand is doomed, this new tech is taking over' 😂

[@Drazorig2]

Sony is still the best, going strong here in the UK. Have had Sony tvs for over 20 years, picture sound & technology/features is generally a cut above the competition.

[@unlap9377]

All I know is that BestBuy sales people loved telling my grandparents to buy the most expensive Sony OLED TVs for a decade and each one burned out dead or unwatchable. Now they're enjoying normal LCDs since they couldn't tell the difference anyway with normal cable television with 0 quality loss.

[@frederickclause2694]

I can relate to that. I'm an old guy and I can't really tell the difference between 1080 and 4k.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Yeah i AM waiting for Hisense U8N. It just launched this week. INSANE stuff. 2000-- local dimming zone for 65” U8N. For x90L --58 local dimming zone . Lmao. N they still try to promote that!

[@ubacow7109]

I mean that happens w/ all OLEDs, you can get Sony LED / MiniLED tvs you know....

[@unrealbot3027]

Sony's picture clarity is more realistic with just the right amount of saturation (be it their display panels or camera lenses). I absolutely dig that metallic semi dark filter of the pictures take by sony cameras or displayed on sony panels. It feels so much more organic. Almost similar to how our eyes perceive things around us.

[@dani3po]

Sony used to be synonymous with an extra quality, "premium" product, and still is for older people. But in 2024 it's hard to justify the high prices of their TVs when they don't offer more quality, so it's logical that they sell so little. Something similar has been happening for some time with their phones. They are very expensive and offer nothing over their competitors.

[@fungo6631]

They don't offer a headphone jack, tool less microSD card slot and professional camera settings! Oh wait, they do...

[@Erowens98]

They are still top end when it comes to quality. That seems to be the niche they are targeting

[@ubacow7109]

They do offer the best image processing movement and colors are litterally the best out of the box in all objective & subjectve benchmarks they always score higher than the rest.

[@anand.chaudhari]

@@ubacow7109but still do they justify the price tag? I don’t think so

[@ubacow7109]

@@anand.chaudhari I do, when you look at a sony flagship you can look at it for hours and its the most cinematic picture possible. I own a flagship Hisense Q8K and flagship Sony x900H and the picture quality is so much better on my x900H. The Q8k has a ton of features but the image just isnt natural. When you get used to proper color accuracy and motion processing everything else looks wrong. Going back to my hisense, everything looks fatiguing almost and it feels like im watching a mall tv display rather than a proper home theater.

[@fluidefluide1128]

A well thought-out analysis.

[@Steven64]

I bought a Bravia TV at Costco and not even a month later I got a letter saying that they extended my warranty for free. Then, at Costco, I saw many of the same TVs at the store. All completely dead. Mine still works, but it always makes a click sound when turning it on or off. (4K 65" just in case.) EDIT: The sound comes from the Power Supply inside the TV.

[@jjunify]

Do kids visit often, grandpa?

[@arx117]

Sony quality turned into bad quality post covid. I got Sony phone and it got vertical green Line. I saw many of people in Sony FB group complaining their tv died under warrranty, they Said their old Sony tv still working.....so after Sony fixed those tv, they resell it and stick with their old Sony tv

[@bonle3771]

Cuz Chinese brand made good one, affordable, and have most of what people need.

[@alphadog6970]

They are more expensive than any other brand while offering nothing in return to justify the price.

[@jackdominiak445]

You're talking about the mass cheap market! Sony is still No.1 for quality and they solely concentrate on the mid to high end market. If you want the best & are prepared to pay for it.....Nothing beats Sony!

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Thats prob why they are not selling. In marketing the NEED cant not be forced upon ppl . Like cant ask married couple with 2 kids 1 dog to buy supped up Sports coup when they need premium Family car. SONY focus too much in Gamming n Movie. Most ppl play Game all day are living home parents basement. If they are in persue of Dr. Law, CPA certficicate, etc THEY HAVE NO time to like sleep never mind the dating life n other social connections. Selling a feature that the ppl with Money dont need, its a huge Miss. its like Selling the MOST premium Nisan 390Z or Mecedes coup to college students , they cant afford even tho THATs the group want light race car show off . No joke most of my friends in school days Monday to Thursday Grinding school, weekend out Partying, then Sunday study. Rinse n repeat, then when go to work force, even get busier. NO one has time to play endless video game. When they are KIDS they play video game . But when ppl settle down they get mortage , car loan to pay. They really do no have time to watch 3hr/movie even once a week or play any video game. MOST ppl want 75” -100” tv they have huge house with kids. They want Bright over all best tv. Like SONY’s even 2024 right now : x90L. 65” --88 local dimming zone. So pathetic. Its like sever blooming. On top its 😮MATTED fine grain matte screen, super frosty pale reflective any time lights on or day time if watch dark show. Its an OVER ALL -DECENT - at best . Its like Selling AUDI price CAR with VW jetta type of experience. Jetta is decent but like ppl get burned thinking where is the “wow”. Cuz if u play a DARK video game on x90L day time . If with like glass wall condo or lots window. Forget about it. But if go up a range to go to SONY X93L x95L glossier . It has horrible rainbow 🌈 smear cause image blur, due to the Anti reflective layer inside of screen. But MOST KZbinrs are PAID off , they do NOT show u that in the review. Ppl only “finding out” at home first time turning it on.😮 Hisense U8N just came out this week --65”. 2000 local dimming zone, incky black. Yeah 2000 vs Sony 88. Superior color tone mapping. Ppl in my household think SONY is inferior tv false marketing for decade. Sony just A okay , ppl buy it lives in Placebo like when they buy BMW X3 everything is like Honda Civic experience .

[@kev3226]

Sony TVs still awesome.

[@ianstorm45]

I own one of the latest Sony TV and it’s very good, it have one of the best pictures in comparison to Samsung and LG tv, what’s causing Sony down fall it’s not about the inability to make good tv” it’s their marketing approach, they mostly caters to wealthy people with their high prices 😮

[@BabyCowGoingmadinafield]

Samsung sells curved OLED's in a straight box.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Would you expect a curved box???

[@fluidefluide1128]

Bananas arrive in a straight box. Always have a yellow tint though... developement.

[@mmusimapheto2924]

@@LogicallyAnswered😂😂😂

[@braydensecora3516]

I own and still use the original Sony Bravia series “flatscreen” (it’s like 4” thick”) TV. It’s perfect for console gaming.

[@RavenousFallen]

Sony TV was always too expensive.

[@marlonbachini7296]

Profit margin for electronics including TVs are in the single digits and Sony is focusing more on products with higher margins. Sony was number one in electronics and like most Japanese, they fail to innovate. China is using the same playbook the Japanese did in the 1980s, make existing products cheaper and higher quality. Sony failed to invest in R&D and used the profits to diversify into entertainment like the PS5 and Hollywood which have more long term success. Before the iPod, consumers were flocking to the Walkman.

[@RealCptHammonds]

Samsung and LG are Korean, not Chinese.

[@LogicallyAnswered]

Didn’t say they were haha. TCL and Hisense are Chinese

[@TheTransitmtl]

Ya, cool. That is what he said. LG and Samsung Korean. TCL and Hisense Chinese. It's even highlighted in the document shown

[@shanksinha81]

You obviously haven't experienced a modern Sony Bravia. Hell, they even make the LG OLED panel look better. The key is their X1 processor and picture processing. They have moved into the premier segment long back and still command a premium.

[@ubacow7109]

Sony TV's > Everything else, they are still the king of color science & image processing. Theres a reason why theres something called the "Sony Premium". Samsung is for normies but Sony is for the enthusiasts. Sony has brand loyalty because they do everything better than everyone else, but what they dont have is a marketing department and a cheap product for normies to get them in the door for brand awareness.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Thats prob why they are not selling. In marketing the NEED cant not be forced upon ppl . Like cant ask married couple with 2 kids 1 dog to buy supped up Sports coup when they need premium Family car. SONY focus too much in Gamming n Movie. Most ppl play Game all day are living home parents basement. If they are in persue of Dr. Law, CPA certficicate, etc THEY HAVE NO time to like sleep never mind the dating life n other social connections. Selling a feature that the ppl with Money dont need, its a huge Miss. its like Selling the MOST premium Nisan 390Z or Mecedes coup to college students , they cant afford even tho THATs the group want light race car show off . No joke most of my friends in school days Monday to Thursday Grinding school, weekend out Partying, then Sunday study. Rinse n repeat, then when go to work force, even get busier. NO one has time to play endless video game. When they are KIDS they play video game . But when ppl settle down they get mortage , car loan to pay. They really do no have time to watch 3hr/movie even once a week or play any video game. MOST ppl want 75” -100” tv they have huge house with kids. They want Bright over all best tv. Like SONY’s even 2024 right now : x90L. 65” --88 local dimming zone. So pathetic. Its like sever blooming. On top its 😮MATTED fine grain matte screen, super frosty pale reflective any time lights on or day time if watch dark show. Its an OVER ALL -DECENT - at best . Its like Selling AUDI price CAR with VW jetta type of experience. Jetta is decent but like ppl get burned thinking where is the “wow”. Cuz if u play a DARK video game on x90L day time . If with like glass wall condo or lots window. Forget about it. But if go up a range to go to SONY X93L x95L glossier . It has horrible rainbow 🌈 smear cause image blur, due to the Anti reflective layer inside of screen. But MOST KZbinrs are PAID off , they do NOT show u that in the review. Ppl only “finding out” at home first time turning it on.😮 Hisense U8N just came out this week --65”. 2000 local dimming zone, incky black. Yeah 2000 vs Sony 88. Superior color tone mapping. Ppl in my household think SONY is inferior tv false marketing for decade. Sony just A okay , ppl buy it lives in Placebo like when they buy BMW X3 everything is like Honda Civic experience .

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Just because Samsung , Hisense , TCL more affortable doesnt mean they are cheap normies lol. I have Mac pro with M chip, Ipad -pro with M2 chip. Air bud pros head phones. N SONY xm3 , Xm4 ear buds , n iphone 14-pro n dyson vaccume. D only thing my entire family think is inferior is SONY tv. They are great they are JUST never was Best. If u Have had $5000 sharp Aquos TV. Or HIsense, Samsung Flagship. U can never go back to SONY. They just look like OVEr promoted online. U can go thru all the “processing” “this, that”. Its like online dating someone has “best dating check list” even the BEST picture on tinder . but finally meet in person they look decent but not so hot.

[@michaelportier8597]

I bought a Sony TV in 2021 and it's a great TV but I don't see myself buying another one over in LG mainly because the Sony caps their HDMI 2.1 ports to 32 gigabytes per second which means you can't run vrr and Dolby vision at the same time not to mention they only give you two HDMI 2.1 ports and limit the other two to 2.0 while LG pushes their HDMI 2.1 ports to 40 gigabits per second and give you four of them

[@onkz]

This is only true for MT5895-based Sony TVs and before that. However, anything from A95L onwards (new range) uses the Pentonic 1000 chipset base, which surpasses this HDMI limitation.

[@newguy69]

Let me save you 12 minutes of time: Sony sells malfunctioning products that are not up to specification, and customer support is a joke. They don't provide any useful advice for customers, let alone actually fix any of their (numerous) firmware bugs and hardware faults. Yet they not ashamed to put a price tag twice as high compared to other brands. That's it, no mystery.

[@InfiniteForces]

Here are my 2 cents on the Sony situation,seeing it from the brazillian standpoint: In the 90s and early 00s,Sony was the way to go if you wanted quality over anything else. You wanted a good TV? You got a Trinitron or a WEGA. You wanted the best possible audio quality for your living room mini system,but didn't want to overpay for an ultra-niche luxury brand? Get a Sony one. Digital cameras and camcorders? Home Theaters? Headphones? Sony got everything in the upper spectrum of consumer eletronics covered in this time. The problems came when the mid-10s came around here,and with that,came the smart TVs. Sony was extremely slow to adopt smart TVs,even in its higher end lineup,while Samsung and LG(and to a lesser extent,Philips and Philco) started nosediving onto the smart tv trend,chewing away all the market share Sony had here. Even the picture and sound quality didn't matter anymore,because LG and Samsung could easily match these aspects to the unkeen eye of an average consumer,and also had the advantage of decently reasonable pricing,unlike Sony. As for the other sectors,they weren't doing well either. They were slow to move to wireless speakers,and in the meantime,Harman/Kardon,with its JBL division,ate away all their marketshare in the audio sector,while Lenovo/Motorola and Samsung ate away what little they had in the phone sector in the post-Ericsson era. Oh,and Canon basically sent Sony to the nethers on the now-niche DSLR sector. Sony then started pulling out division by division until 2019,when they quit selling consumer electronics alltogether here,Playstation excluded. Their factory in Manaus is now a manufacturing plant for Mondial,a brazillian small kitchen appliances maker,which in a turn of events,happened to partner with a brand which used to be owned by Sony(Aiwa),and in another turn of events,started manufacturing Aiwa-branded TVs here,on the same plant which used to make Sony TVs back when they came in the 90s.

[@kevincrawford6243]

Believe it or not, I had a 40” (yes 40”) 4:3 (there was also a 42” 16:9 available) flat-faced HD Tube TV from Sony that I bought new in 2004, because it was so much cheaper than the Flat Panels of comparable size at the time. The thing weighed around 300 lbs, had DVI, did 1080i, and had its own subwoofer. Required a special stand made just for it. Was about 3’ deep. And it was awesome. To this day I have not heard a TV that sounded nearly as well as that one did. Wish I still had it. All that being said I like my 50” LED Sony real well. It’s not the biggest TV in the house, but it is the best, especially for gaming.

[@arx117]

Those CRT is the best Sony tv ever did. Sadly CRT weight and energy consumption is too high forcing them to migrate to LCD

[@MarbsMusic]

We used Samsung and LG and still have a number of their TVs, however we we decided to get one very nice high end we got a Sony OLED, the upscaling was far superior to LG or Samsung. I believe ours has an LG panel but the Sony software and processors make the picture just superior and reviews seemed to verify what we saw with our eyes. The speakers without a soundbar were also much better. We didn't really look at Sony for years but are very happy and will probably buy more of their TVs in the future.

[@FSWEB2011]

They dont update their android tv software...2 + years with a sony tv...still stuck on android 10. No updates for 2 years. Just buy a cheaper tv with good quality and add a google tv dongle...problem solved.

[@anthonymullen6300]

Sony still sold 9 million TVs last year, it's all about the amount of players and Sony is still holding up... so your question.. what happened to Sony TVs?.... f****** nothing!!

[@onkz]

Yeah this vid is complete opinionated FUD ngl.

[@ashdog236]

I have the X90k and it’s a great tv but menu is laggy and sluggish

[@FiveFishAudio]

I used to be an Amazon associate years ago, selling TVs on my affiliate website, funneling buyers to Amazon. On my website, I have pictures and models of lots of Sony and otherTVs brands. Guess what? Sony did not ioke that. Their lawyers sent me a cease and desist order for displaying photos of their TV.. I explained I'm an affiliate of Amazon, the phtos are provided by Amazon to help sell their Sony TVs. Sony lawyers said, I can continue selling their TVs, but *NOT* display photos of their TV on my website. So as my petty revenge, I removed all Dony brands from store, and only sold LG, Samsung and other brands. Good riddance Sony.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

That’s sick 🤒! Yeah 👍🏻 woohoo . Hisense tcl make their tv looks so inferior, my family think Sony as lower end since Sharp aquos n Hisense flagship .

[@mmusimapheto2924]

Very stupid of them. They were getting free marketing!

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

@@mmusimapheto2924 u know some brands are Delusional.

[@whitebeard1807]

Better to go back to sony TV. Got Samsung TV with blue screen issue, and LG back lens dislocating "for second time!".

[@dlovansl2]

I disagree, I literally own a Sony TV and its perfect.

[@RenasMayi]

But it's always the most expensive one with slightly higher quality

[@Strike_Raid]

Bought a A8H oled a while back, it developed a row of dead pixels going from top to bottom right in the middle literally 18 days after the 1 year warranty expired. They said nope, not going to do anything about it. Before that, I had an XBR-85X850G that only lasted 2 years. Before those I had a series of 51, 57 and 65 inch RPTV’s, all of which died. I guess I’m a glutton for punishment but I did finally learn my lesson; Sony reliability is terrible. I did have a KDL-70W850B that died too, but after I fixed it with a new main board, it never did die again, I just got rid of it because it was old but still working (but it did die, most would have trashed it). Literally every Sony TV I've ever owned from 2002 until now died quickly.

[@kifkroker6483]

Hehe... serves them right! I have always loved Sony products and until seven years ago i only bought SONY products. But one day it hit me... SAMSUNG also makes nice products just like SONY, but unlike SONY their products are not overpriced. Today I have many different electronics brands, except for SONY because of their overpricing.

[@GanymedeXD]

😂 once went for Samsung … cheap quality, picture, service, unreliable, awful handling … more in repairs than at home, Samsung unable repair despite they exchanged panel 5 times … Sony is more expensive, but not overpriced as excellent quality, no problems, excellent service, 7 year extended warranty and great resale prices as extremely popular.

[@kifkroker6483]

@@GanymedeXD Hah... what do you know! Well, personally I've never had not even the slightest issue. I too value quality, and yes SONY is quality, but as I said, their products are overpriced... just like Apple, but their products don't have a long life! If that's the way you feel, than by all means keep paying overprices .

[@evo-infinite7171]

I like to use sony tv's but their tv's are 7x 8x times higher than other tv manufactureres. So avoid buying sony.

[@mikemccormick8115]

Back in the day everyone wanted a Sony TV. When you bought one, you knew you had the best. Sony got complacent and lazy.

[@CM-tc4ny]

Bought my Sony TVs in 2010. I was hoping to upgrade to newer televisions but these things just wont die. Ended up replacing because of the newer features and advancements - not because they broke.

[@elikwok4389]

Japan believed that with its strong economic strength, it could break free from the control of the United States and become an independent sovereign country. As a result, the United States imposed economic oppression on Japan, leading to the signing of the Plaza Accord. In order to replace Japan's supply, the United States supported South Korea's manufacturing industry, and Japan fell into a long-term recession after a brief growth in the Plaza Accord, causing many Japanese companies to face crises and decision-making and R&D failures, leading to the loss of leadership in LCD and OLED for Japanese home appliances and television. If it weren't for the United States suppressing Japan, there wouldn't have been the rise of South Korea's manufacturing industry. Now, the United States is trying to use its old tricks to suppress China and support Southeast Asian countries, but none of them can succeed.

[@erniekeller1093]

Sony is the leader for videophiles in the US because of color accuracy, upscaling quality and the fact that they require relatively little picture adjustment out of the box. It helps that Sony TVs are designed to come as close as possible to a professional reference monitor, the BVM-HX3110 made by Sony.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

In business school. Professor explain the Sony business model as the MOSt manipulative f ed up fake prestege. U know how Hollywood Oscar ppl wear those $100000 Dresses from LV GUCCI? the stars are--PAID to wear those. They did not choose them. Once show off. Ppl will flood to buy those $2000-3000 LV Gucci bag! SONY spent --MILLIONS bribing Hollywood from day 1 to use their TV as”Reference Monitor” turn out their TV looks like Blue tinted Shit. But even tho they are ugly as blue tinted all over, they can still use that “reference MOnitor, cost $20000” , so ppl will Flood to buy it, cuz they can claim on sales pitch” its color accuracy to movie” Duah, cuz they back door bribed Hollywood, its a created to make SONY easy sale. Like Bonneing with 737 Max! The ppl do the checking used to work for Bonneing If u EVER hear ppl say” most accurate Color”, u nkow that person doesnt care. They are just talk the talk or they are SONY snob like I used to be. That cant give up that believe that they wasted their passion/money for

[@redpete89]

Prices are too high

[@nitricoxide1]

I actually have a Sony TV myself but was never used because it was upstairs used for binge watching on the bed but was never used at all because the upstairs was really hot. The last time I knew it was used was from last year. All it did was it being just a decorative thing. Our main TV that lives in the living room is a Samsung TV. Yep... A Samsung TV. We also recently bought a LG TV because we wanted a OLED TV but was not used in the living room. It was more like my sister's personal TV that she uses nearly every day probably.

[@arjund.4817]

Sony doesn't compete well on price, but what they do compete on is quality, and no brand has better quality control and image processing then Sony. Sony pivoted HARD towards the premium market in the mid 2010's, so while their TV's aren't as ubiquitous, they're the top choice for sticklers.

[@stewcoil2481]

What's a DV?

[@RobertK1993]

Dolby Vision HDR

[@chebrubin]

This is well done

[@dmac7128]

Although Sony uses the same OLED panels found in LG TVs, the video display processor chipsets are designed in house and in my opinion give a better picture quality than what is found on LG TVs. One other observation about Japanese TV manufacturers is their lack of attention to the design of remote controls in terms of TV ease of use. I have always seen their TV remotes as unfriendly and their user interfaces are in need of improvement. Samsung and LG do a much better job as making their TVs more user friendly and easier to set up and modify. And their remote controls are more ergonomically designed

[@bombkuan]

I think one of the reason people choose other brand like Samsung and d LG because people just see review, compare the price tag and purchase online. I am quite confident most people will choose Sony when they visit physical store to compare the picture and built quality.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

Yeah I am one of those esConfident ppl had $5000 LED (SHARP Aquos). Spend years trying to find upgrades. N kept going to Store n strange the SONY newr Flagship look Inferior than other brand’s other older panels. Its JUST disturbing. I at least give a change. My family sees SONY like :” NO ..why am I getting a tv look like worse than what I have?” I am talking about their flagship LED> SO bad. Their OLED . SEVERLY BLUE tinted . Whtie is always blue. SONY LOGO in demo when everything goes Black. The -SONY--is blue. THIS is SONY’s SOW White❄️ NOT ☁️ :P u dont belive me. u can go to BEST buy this weekend to look for SONY A80L A80K , the up coming 2024 SONY R8 will be d same.

[@GanymedeXD]

@@Yoga_Tv_buyingMakes zero sense … design excellent and picture quality awesome compared to other brands. Its not the TV its people playing with the shit in shops! But no problem to optimise settings in store.

[@Yoga_Tv_buying]

@@GanymedeXD Sony has been inferior for at least half decade . I have 2 Hisense Google panels post my 2 $5000 Sharp LED . Sony Blue -🪼tinted pestle visual just looks funny by default . UX , U8N, U8K , U8H - Hisense Bravia 9, X93L , x95L , x90L , Bravia 7 , X95K .. - SONY contrast : (rtings) UX(2023) -400000:1 (Hisense 2023) Bravia9 --388000:1 (2024 flagship ) U8N --- 290000:1 (2024 , Flagship U9N , UX not out yet ) X95L----200000:1 (2023 flagship) Q90D---167000:1 U8K----165000:1(2023 flagship) Qm851--161000:1 (2024) U8H--- 160000:1(2022) flagship Qm8 ---114000:1 (2023 flagship) Bravia7-- 100000:1 X95K---100000:1 (2022) flagship U7N----89000:1 Q90C.--- 83000:1 Q7---- 80000:1 X93L. ---72000:1 U8G----54000:1 (2021 Flagship ) U7K----45300:1 X90L. ---42000:1 U6K ----38300:1 X90K----37000:1 x95J---- 37691:1(2021 Flagship ) X90J----34400:1 Q90T--- 10500 :1 H9G----10400:1 (Hisense 2020) X900h----5400:1 (Sony 2020) 😻Flagship U9N , Big boy 2024 UX r not even Out yet 2021 Hisense U8G (same 384 -65” local dimming zone as X93L n still better color volume than X93L ) even look Significantly better than 2024 SONY X90L (88 local dimming zone -65”) sever blooming , n MATTED screen ! Ppl trash talking about Tesla usually never been in Tesla “Gas car better “ premium EV ruins their bragging rights . Same with Hisense , ppl just having beef with it cuz it’s 2 yr ahead of Sony 5 yr in a row .