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Sony X95L (XR-65X95L)

Mini LED TV | £2199 | whf.cm/SonyX95L

Sony’s debut Mini LED TV, last year’s X95K, was mostly excellent, combining bags of brightness and contrast – just as we would hope to see from Mini LED technology. The only problem was that bright objects could still be surrounded by noticeable halos of extra light.

Pre-launch demonstrations of Sony’s second Mini LED TV, though, the X95L, suggested that the brand had found a way to tackle that previous haloing issue – something we are able to confirm, now that we have a final production line model of the 65in X95L sat imposingly on our test bench.

While the XR-65X95L’s £2199 asking price is clearly a lot of money, we would argue it looks like decent value for such a well specified TV. Rival Mini LED TVs from Samsung and rival QD-OLED or MLA OLED TVs from

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