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Sony KD65X9500G

We’ve been wildly impressed by Sony’s OLED televisions, especially the sloping no-legs monolith designs like the current A9F, though we know these didn’t appeal to all, since more conventionally styled TVs were quickly introduced for those finding the monolith too imposing, or the angling unsuitable.

The X95G has legs, and is a full-array LED-LCD television rather than OLED, indeed the top of its LCD range excepting only the Masters series Z9G and Z9F. As such it is nicely competitive on price: it launched at $3499 but even Sony offers it below $2500 on its website at the time of writing, and offers a price match facility too. Sony seems not to follow the usual high website price and heavy store discounting we see with some other brands; its website just tells it

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