Sony KD – 65 A8: OLED -TV with 65 – Customs creates a cinema atmosphere Color edges and jitter Conclusion and test table Read article in c’t 2 / 2021 Sony’s 65 – imperial Like all televisions from the Japanese entertainment specialist, Topmodell uses Android TV as the operating system. You can quickly get lost in its extensive setting menus. Fortunately, Sony has provided a quick launch bar that opens with a click on the gear. The most frequently used settings can be brought forward in it. If you also fix the preferred apps on the home screen and remove the others, the operation becomes much clearer.

The Smart TV offers all the essential streaming apps, Chromecast is built in as well as Apple AirPlay. The station search takes what feels like an eternity, the stations found can be sorted, creating a favorites list requires a certain amount of suffering. You can record TV programs on a memory connected via USB, there is no timeshift option for time-shifted TV viewing.

Sony provides useful image presets, when streaming content in HDR format Dolby Vision, image parameters can be adjusted manually if necessary – this is not possible with all manufacturers. We have taken the contrast plate back a little and increased the black level a little. Then the presentation looks very natural and very well resolved. The top luminance of the KD – 65 A8 reached in HDR mode 750 cd / m 2 , which is good for a large OLED TV. The rich black of the OLED TV is just as pleasing as the viewing angle-independent display.

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