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    Oct 13, 2021 6 minutes

    Sony XR-55A80J

    • Screen type OLED
    • Resolution 4K
    • Operating system Google TV
    • HDR formats HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG
    • HDMI x4 (HDMI 2.1 x2)
    • 4K@120Hz Yes
    • VRR No
    • ALLM Yes
    • ARC/eARC eARC
    • Optical out Yes

    OLED Sony XR-55A80J

    We were delighted to bestow the full five stars upon Sony’s 2021 flagship OLED, the A90J, when we reviewed it earlier this year. This step-down OLED from Sony certainly isn’t quite as good as its pricier sibling but, by offering most of what makes the A90J great at a much more competitive price, it has put itself in the box seat for one of our Awards. At the time of writing, it is more than £1000 cheaper than the 55in A90J, yet features much of the same core technology.

    Human perspective

    The panel section of an OLED TV is always super-thin, thanks to the lack of a backlight, but a TV’s processing hardware, speakers

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