Sony OLED 77 inch BRAVIA XR A80K Series 4K Ultra HD TV: Smart Google TV with Dolby Vision HDR and Exclusive Gaming Features for The Playstation® 5 XR77A80K- 2022 Model

VERTICAL LINEFive weeks after delivery, about a week after writing this review, a thin vertical line has developed on the TV about 1/3 from the right side. It's about 2-3 pixels wide and persistent. It changes color depending on the background.Guess this gives me a chance to update the review with Sony's support and service. I'm trying not to be too judgemental, otherwise I'm still very happy with the TV. Though the line is obviously a deal breaker.So far, I've spent 20 minutes chatting with support. I've uploaded photos to their support portal. Now I'm waiting 2-3 business days for their "concierge service" to get back to me. In the mean time, I'm going to start investigating my extended warranty options.PICTUREThis is my first OLED TV and I'm pretty much blown away by the picture quality. I'm upgrading from a 50" Samsung LCD, circa 2010, and the difference is astounding. The pureness of the black and saturation of the colors is simply stunning in comparison. I gathered my normally indifferent family members and even they were forced to admit that the differences are staggering. Then, just for giggles, I set up both TVs, side by side, to play "Dune" - I can never go back to a regular LCD.That said, I have no idea how this OLED compares to other OLEDs. But, this is my ignorance speaking, I just can't imagine it being so much better that I could care or even notice the difference. To my untrained eye, this appears to be the pinnacle of television quality. Perhaps in another 13 years, if/when I get a new TV, I'll feel differently.GLAREMy main concern was glare. This is not being used in any sort of home theater - just a normal living room with a big bank of windows. I specifically bought this model because it supposedly handled reflections really well - and it does! Whatever coating they use, along with its brightness, make daytime viewing a non-issue. Easily as good as my old Samsung, which actually had a semi-matte screen.GOOGLE TVAnd here's where my review is deficient. I have no idea how well this TV uses Google TV as I refuse to use it. I have never, and hopefully never will, connected this TV to ethernet or WiFi. I have little desire for Google and/or Sony to track my viewing habits to serve me ads. If you do a little sleuthing, you can find many reports of Google TV putting ads on your home screen. Who wants that?As a Dumb TV, this works perfectly well. There's nothing that forces you to connect it to the internet and setup any sort of account for it to work.MENUSThe on screen controls and menu are nice enough. Sometimes, I feel like a few settings are buried too deep. But the overall layout is sensible. I prefer, "less is more" and the TV mostly gets that right with the on screen displays. Pressing "input" brings up a menu that has a little animation and colors. It's not too bad, but all I need is for it to read "HDMI 1" or whatever.REMOTEIt feels great in the hand. And it has some nice button action. As I never use them, I wish it didn't have dedicated "Disney," "Prime," "Netflix," and "Youtube" buttons. Wouldn't it be better to have that area have non-permanent, user-assignable buttons? But I'm sure most people will appreciate the convenience. I'll stick with my universal remote.Overall, I'm really pleased with this A80K. I paid $1000 for it feels like a relative bargain. If you too are upgrading from a regular LCD, prepare to be amazed.

[REVIEWING Sony OLED 55" BRAVIA XR A80K] TLDR: Everything as advertised is true and amazing. Google TV is buttery-smooth, best TV OS. Audio is flawless! Better than the movies, and I'm not joking.Initially, out of the box, it does need a few tweaks in the Sharpness department and removing some eco-safe features, and the long Google TV setup. But after that, the TV is just truely amazing. Visuals, of course, is insanely good. Forget what people say about the brightness of OLED TV's not being nearly as good as QLEDs. It's still bright. This TV was the best decision I've ever made. I highly recommend this TV.Pros:- 4K, True HDR, OLED - perfect blacks and infinite contrast ratio - best visual experience in movie theather setting.- Audio quality is S-Tier! You do not need a soundbar for this TV. The bass is not dried out or has over-vibration when there is high bass content (ie: SFX, hip-hop) causing a horrible bass experience. The audio range on this TV is insane. It beats my 8 year old, $350 soundbar in audio quality. Samsung should take note!- Auto-compatability with PS5.- Google TV is severely underrated. It is much better than Amazon Fire TV. Google TV is smoother, still supports most Amazon Fire TV apps (basically any app on Amazon is most likely on Google TV as well) but with a better experience. Screencasting for Android users and Apple is great with Google TV! This was a pain for Samsung TVs who supported Apple TV but not Chromecast (very bad move Samsung).- SO much more functionality and control compared to other brands (especially Samsung)Cons:- Price-tag, but if you can afford it, it's worth it.Coming from two Samsung QLED TV's, I replaced my old 2018 Samsung 55" 1080p TV with a newer-ish 65" Samsung Neo QLED 8K. You would think this TV cant beat the 8K? Well, it does. The audio quality on the Samsung TVs were hot garbage and the TV was slow as dirt. I added this to put more emphasis on audio quality and functionality rather than simply visuals.