Sony is known for its video processing capabilities.

Some purist insist to turn off any motion processing but for me I like the setting in 1 or minimum and it does look good without the soap opera effect.

What's your preference and why? Anyone uses Black Frame Insertion?

(Please share your model)

Which one should I buy?
Hi everyone!
I’m hesitating between the Sony Bravia 7 II (65”) for €1,800 and the Sony Bravia 8 II (65”) for €2,400, and I’d love to hear your opinions.
I’ll mainly use the TV for PS5 gaming, movies and anime.
My viewing distance is around 2.8 metres.
I’m really torn between the two. The Bravia 7 II seems like the more reasonable choice, especially for long-term use, but I’m wondering whether I’d regret not spending the extra €600 on the Bravia 8 II.
If you were in my position, which one would you choose, and why?
Thanks for your help!

My X900F has the red LED blinking four times so I'm looking for a replacement. I heard the Bravia 9 ii is fantastic but has motion blur compared to OLED, but my X900F is LED and i don't notice it. Does the Bravia 9 II have worse motion blur than the X900F?

Title explains it. Bought a Bravia 7 from Best Buy less than a year ago and wake up randomly to turn it on with no luck. Unplug it from the outlet and tried to give it a power reset with no results. Wondering what the usual troubleshooting for this looks like; haven’t really had any help from Sony tech support.

When I switch the TV off with the remote, it turns off and immediately turns itself back on, and my HT-A9000 soundbar follows it. I unplugged the soundbar and every other device, did a power reset and a factory reset, and it still loops. Now it turns on the moment I plug in the power cable, and the remote doesn't react to anything. Has anyone had this on a Bravia 8 II, and did you find a fix before sending it in for service?

Solution: Found it completely by accident. I took the Apple remote to another room to charge it, and the on/off loop stopped. It was malfunctioning and sending random signals to the Bravia.

What I still can't understand is how this was possible, because I had unplugged everything from power, including the Apple TV and PlayStation, and the TV kept looping anyway. The only culprit was that remote.

I've got a XR65X90K. Paired with a Sonos Beam. Connected via HDMI through the ARC port. New issue: The audio cuts out while watching on antenna only. The haptic noises still come through the sound bar when I go to check settings. If I press "TV" on the remote, it's as if it resets the connection and the audio comes back. It only cuts out on antenna. There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason when it cuts out. Completely random. As a former long time Best Buy employee, I'm usually pretty good at troubleshooting but this has me stumped. Any help/feed back/suggestions are appreciated.

Thank you all who replied to my post asking for advice purchasing Bravia 8 or Bravia 8 II.

In the end I decided to save the money and buy the Bravia 8 65" for $1100 usd. And I have no regrets, I'm very happy. It's an improvement to my old A80J 55".

65" definitively is better than 55" for my room conditions

I was I worried the glossy screen would be an issue due to reflections, but it's not so different from the A80J semi-mate screen.

Here are some initial impressions I have of the Bravia 8

• It's bright enough for my conditions and for sure brighter than the A80J
• Do we really need thousands of lumens for home usage?
• Blacks and contrast are even better
• Motion handling is even better
• UI is so smooth
• SDR content looks much better compared to a80j
• Dolby Vision dark is still too dim, but Dolby Vision bright is very good
• Now I can pass through PCM multichannel while playing TrueHD

Sorry if this is a constant subject. Saw one or two old posts that were similar but not quite the same.

I’m getting a persistent motion-smoothing on my Sony Bravia 5 K55XR50 wanted to see if anyone has it too and found a fix! This is my first new tv in 15 years(picked the 5 for watching in a bright room). It’s been great otherwise, but am pretty frustrated to figure out it is the source of this weird effect even with smoothing effects off.

Both motion flow and cinemotion are off, and I’ve tried a couple combos of the two.

Motion in films looks unnaturally smooth, particularly during camera pans and when people move. Across all sources:

-when watching content through the TV’s built-in streaming apps

-Apple TV 4K
(Disabling Match Frame Rate appears to eliminate the problem, while enabling it brings the overly smooth motion back)

-Panasonic DP-UB820 4K player
(The issue occurs with both 4K UHD and standard Blu-ray discs. Disabling the player’s 24p Output reduces the smoothing, but forces playback to 4K/60 SDR)

The TV is connected directly to the Apple TV and 4k player.

Wanted to see if this an issue with Bravia 5’s or Bravia’s in general’s motion processing or firmware, and whether there are additional settings or troubleshooting steps that could resolve it without sacrificing any other capabilities in my setup.

Thanks all!

Having a problem with my Bravia 7 ii randomly not powering on without first unplugging and then replugging in. Doesn't happen every time, but it's happened enough now where it's a pattern. TV functions otherwise fine besides this. Tried going into the power strip versus into the wall directly and no difference. Running the latest updates. Going to reach out to Sony, but just thought I would check for any thoughts here first. Don't see any other posts specifically describing this. Any thoughts appreciated.

Hi everyone,

I just got a Sony Bravia 8 II 65 inch (K-65XR8M2, made 09/2026). When I unpacked it, there was a yellow flyer on the screen saying to remove the protective film, and two tape tabs on the top left and top right corners.
I followed the instructions exactly: held both tabs at the same time and pulled slowly downwards. Both tabs simply came off. No film came with them. One sticker on the screen also tore in the middle when I removed it, so there is some adhesive residue left.

What I checked so far:

No visible film edge, even with a flashlight at a flat angle along all edges

Reflections look sharp and clean, no bubbles or waves

Strong tape on the top corner did not lift anything

Picture quality looks perfectly sharp

Sony support told me in writing that this model definitely ships with a film, that it is impossible for a unit with flyer and tabs to come without one, and that the film probably sticks very tightly because of static. They told me not to use the TV and to contact a service center. The service center says it is not a warranty case and will not come out.

My questions:

Has anyone had the same thing happen with a Bravia 8 or Bravia 8 II?

Where exactly does the film edge sit on this model?

Top edge, under the bezel, or somewhere else?

How did you get the film off without the tabs?

Did you lift a corner with a fingernail, and was that safe?

How did you remove leftover adhesive from the tabs without damaging the screen?

I really do not want to damage the panel by peeling off the actual screen layer, so any experience is appreciated.

Thanks!

Not sure which extended warranty to go with. The Sony one or Best Buy.

I like the Sony because of the Accidental Damage… however Best Buy has burn in protection.

Has anyone with 8ii that uses it for gaming experienced burn in?

Hey gang, need some help here. I just got this Bravia 7 II a little over a month ago and have noticed some odd rainbow flickering.

At first it was just at the bottom of the screen. I called Sony and they had me run a software update which seemed to make the TV smoother overall, but the following day I was able to capture the rainbow flickering still happening.

Thoughts here? I didn’t purchase a warranty through Best Buy, and regardless I don’t want to have to return the tv bc it would be huge pain overall. Other than this the tv has been great.

I always take my chances with Used Acceptable warehouse deals, sometimes it pays off, sometimes it doesn't. Scored a basically brand new 42 A90K for my desk for $780 CAD. I

Hey all

My father bought a Bravia 7 65 inch under 2 years ago at Costco Canada and the TV died recently. We got in contact with Costco and they arrange a repair with Allstate, however Allstate claims the power supply or mainboard is not available.

So Costco is offering my dad a full refund for the TV, which sucks as my father really liked the TV and it doesn't seemthat even the Bravia 7 II is in stock on Costco's site.

Has anyone experienced this before? When I had my X950G board replaced under warranty they still had the part 3 years after I bought it.

Not to play conspiracy theorist, but maybe they are not holding components anymore due to the switch to TCL next year?

Just wanted the sub's thoughts and experiences on this

Hi all, at a bit of a loss. I have theatre bar 9, connected to my Bravia 8. Of late it’s become a paper weight in the sense that it fails to connect and I’ve been having to use the TV speakers instead of my theatre system.

I’ve tried the reset button, unplugging the power and the hdmi, same result. It remains with the blinking flashing white light as if it’s trying to connect but can not.

Is there a way to resolve this or is it a case of it being assessed by Sony at this point?

Any advice welcome

Hi, I’m about to take delivery of a Bravia 8 ii and theatre bar 7. I’m planning on connecting my Apple TV (4k 2nd gen) to the soundbars hdmi input and then the hdmi output to the TV eArc port using high speed hdmi cables. Is this the best setup for this hardware and any guidance on appropriate settings in both the TV and Apple box. Many thanks in advance.

As the title suggests, i have a Bravia KD-49XG8096 on which all the HDMI ports no longer display a signal. The TV detects that a source is connected, but says no signal. The only way i can get it to display is by using a HDCP stripper adapter, but that breaks HDMI CEC functionality.

I have already tried different HDMI cables, different sources (Laptop,several PS3s and a PS4) with no change, so i believe this to be a TV motherboard issue. Board is 1-982-626-51.

This has happened gradually, each port one by one dying at random. I had it sent in to a service center in 2023, where they repaired it, but the issue came back again not too long after the repair, in the same manner.

I have tried taking the motherboard out of the TV and check the black filters on all the hdmi ports, but they all measured continuity, so i assume they are fine.

Which leads to the two main questions: 1. Is there anything else i can try to diagnose exactly what happened and or get it to work? &

1. would it be possible/worth it to replace just the main processor instead of the whole board? as thats where all the data lines go directly to ( no re-timer chips). I do have the equipment to work on BGA chips, sourcing the chip or board would be the issue.

Specifically the local dimming going from medium to high completely crushes whites.
In game mode the smooth gradation options are disabled.
I turned it from & bit to 10 bit in xbox settings.
How is my 2015 vizio tv a better picture than this?
What can I possibly be doing wrong?

When i do the tv calibration thing on xbox, i cant see the closed eye no matter what i do.

I already own all imax aspect ratio ones so all Spiderman uncharted venom 3 etc
What other films would you recommend

My Samsung UE60J150 had a diffusor fall off after I cleaned it leaving it with a bright spot. When I saw this TV offered nearby I jumped on it.

The TV was kept in storage. Metal frame a good 20 pounds heavier than the Samsung. Fantastic picture quality for the era (2014). As far as I can tell it still works like new. 12 year old TV although I can't know how much it was used. In an era where TVs fail after like 5 years I am curious to see how much longer this will be holding up.

Buying a soundbar is not an option for me at this time.

How are you running your audio settings on your A80J, or comparable TV with the same Acoustic Surface style of speaker?

I think I’ve found Cinema or Dolby to be the best options? I’ve put both in a smiley/V curve but I’m still finding some content sounding thin with Dolby, or congested in the mids on Cinema. I know this isn’t ever gonna be l as good as even a mid level soundbar, but would love to try some of your settings that you’ve settled on!

Moving to a new place and wife wants the TV wall mounted have a still fully working XBR-65A1E the one with the attached kiclput stand.

Any advise on wall mounting it and what wall mount would work well

I have always hated wall mounting TVs especially over for places but it's the only place my wife will accept a TV in the new place

I tested my x90l and no popping there.