Sony Bravia XR-65X90L (65")

Do not order from Sony online! We ordered our TV directly from Sony, received confirmation and Australia Post tracking number. The TV was supposed to arrive in 6-12 days. Day 11 tracking number still did not show a dispatch. Contacted Sony was told that now a courier would deliver with the expected delivery to be day 18. I responded that this will be to late as we will have left for our holiday and that the TV was for our house sitters. Sony accepted our cancellation and said they would organize a refund. We prompted Sony twice but we still have no refund and are now on day 32...

Mediocre Picture and Sound – The TV is a midrange SONY model, the best LED full array LCD unit before mini LEDs. I happen to also own its natural competitor , a Samsung 80B series which is equally their best LED full array LCD. Their features are evenly matched as are the prices. The SONY XR90L has a less brightness and contrast compared to the Samsung and is just generally dull. The blacks look poor and the colours dull. The upscaling, which is so critical now days as sources and streaming services vary so much in the quality of each thing they show, is also mediocre on the SONY. The Samsung leaves it for dead. Overall, even ignoring the Samsung, the SONY just looks lacklustre

The sound on the SONY is tinny and to be honest, exceptionally poor for a $2000 TV. They trumpet the ability to add external sound bars and a special ' S Centre ' speaker and now that i own the TV, i know why! The built in sound is that terrible. Again, the Samsung is like a HIFI system by comparison. Note that the SONY is advertised as coming with 'positioning speakers' - ie extra speakers to make it all sound better but the total result is just weak, hollow and tinny.

The remote is a good point, it still has some key buttons like input select which the Samsung doesn't. The Android TV system is fine and gives you a large range of apps. Note though that you can’t cast a computer to the TV directly, they force you to use chrome cast via a google chrome browser which doesn’t work well. You can’t control the resolution for example and it just doesn’t use the simple ways built into windows or Apple.

Overall, it is just a mediocre TV from a leading manufacturer. I was mislead by the instore Demo as there it looks as good as the Samsung. At home though it is chalk and cheese. I am not a lifelong Samsung fan, i gave this SONY TV a go. Once SONY tube Trinitron TVs were the best, no doubt about it, now days i am afraid with the 90L, they are just trading off their name. I really suggest you avoid it, poor picture and terrible sound. I respect the other reviewers but maybe they converted from much older TVs.