On a 5% slide, we could see very faint bands, which is common on all OLED panels, but these were not visible with normal viewing material, even in dim viewing conditions with dark scenes. ![]() Screen uniformity on the A80J was very good with no obvious signs of dirty screen effect (DSE) or banding. the A80J is not quite as accurate out of the box as the LG C1 or Philips 806 which both feature Filmmaker Mode. There is also Calman AutoCal via the Bravia App for those who hire a professional calibrator or want to try calibration themselves by purchasing the extra gear required. The Sony Custom preset has too much blue in the greyscale in comparison which is visible as a cyan tint to whites, which thus look cooler than the warm D65 white required by the standards. Sadly, the A80J is not quite as accurate out of the box as the LG C1 or Philips 806 which both feature Filmmaker Mode. We also have Custom mode, Netflix Calibrated mode for watching Netflix content and the IMAX Enhanced mode to ensure you are watching content as it was intended to be seen. There is no support for HDR10+ or Dolby Vision IQ. The A80J supports HDR10, HLG (Hybrid Log-Gamma) and Dolby Vision. This results in an OLED TV that competes strongly against its peers, such as the LG C1, Panasonic JZ1000 and Philips OLED806. The A80J is not a Master Series model, it sits below the A90J in that regard and doesn’t feature the aluminium laminate layer to dissipate heat for a brighter HDR performance, however, it does feature all the other features the A90J offers. We are reviewing the 65-inch version of the Sony BRAVIA XR A80J, but the general performance should be the same for the other screen sizes in the range. And being a Sony OLED, the screen is the speaker thanks to the excellent Acoustic Surface Audio+. In addition, it upconverts any sound to 3D surround, to deliver an immersive soundscape. The Cognitive Processor XR can also analyse the sound position in the signal so the sound matches precisely with the action on the screen. Audio-wise there is support for Dolby Atmos, plus calibration using the Acoustic Auto Calibration system. It is a shame that Sony never takes part in industry-wide initiatives like Filmmaker Mode, preferring to do its own thing, like its Custom mode. The Sony A80J supports Dolby Vision, HDR10 and Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG) HDR formats and includes IMAX Enhanced certification along with a Netflix Calibrated Mode but no Filmmaker Mode. ![]() Sony has a reputation for its excellent image processing and the A80J with the Cognitive Processor XR keeps that tradition going with some of the best motion and upscaling on the market. The A80J also features the same video processing as the flagship, with XR 4K Upscaling and XR Motion so the OLED displays the best possible scaled image as well as presenting motion correctly for 24fps film and 50Hz broadcast content. Sony TVs usually have excellent colour reproduction thanks to the company’s rich heritage in producing some of the best professional grading monitors for the film and TV industry and this translates to accurate colours on its consumer models. The A80J also benefits from XR Triluminos Pro colour thanks to the processor which means that the TV should be able to cover the DCI-P3 wide colour space well with good saturation tracking and brightness. So, while peak brightness will not be quite as high on the A80J, the HDR and SDR image quality should still benefit greatly from the image processing, which Sony has always done well. Where the A90J sports XR OLED Contrast Pro, the A80J drops the 'pro' element (the heatsink) but retains the Cognitive Processor XR which helps to boost colours and brightness naturally, as well as picking out details and objects to make them feel more real based on how humans see things, as the Sony marketing puts it. The A80J is available in screen sizes of 55-, 65- and 77-inches and as the new Bravia XR models are announced for 2022 this week (January 2022) at CES in Las Vegas, the A80J should become a bit of a bargain should you decide it has all the features you want and you’re not tempted to wait for the new replacement model. Apart from losing the aluminium laminate heatsink that resides within the A90J, the A80J keeps most of the other features found on its big brother and it competes in the same areas of the market as the Philips OLED806, Panasonic JZ1000 and LG C1 OLED TVs. This may be Sony’s step-down OLED model for 2021, sitting just below the flagship A90J, but it certainly doesn’t mean a step down in overall performance.
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