Sony A80L: The Ultimate All-Rounder OLED?

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In this video we review a the all-new Sony Bravia XR A80L TV to see if it's worthy of a place on your shortlist. Plus we've put it head to head with last years A80K model and discuss what's new...

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:12 Need to Knows
3:18 What's New?
5:21 Setup
5:53 Design
6:12 Connections
6:41 Picture Quality
9:48 Picture Settings
11:21 Comparisons
13:11 Audio
14:28 Gaming
16:23 Verdict

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[ravisamatvam]

From India - I bought A80L this week and installed on same day... Man, what a TV..no one can reach near to Sony A80l... really a allrounder!!!!

[ChristopherMarloweCain]

One setting I have not been able to find on this TV that I had on my last Sony LED is the "Night Mode" option for Audio. It's helpful when my wife is asleep and I don't feel like wearing my headset.

[BLR]

For movies the Sony processing and cinematic presentation is top tier. I compared the LG C2 and my A80k extensively and kept coming back to the Sony. It just has better upscaling, processing and shadow detail than the LG products. Sony does give up the extremes of peak brightness but my A80K can still blow your hair back with the correct settings. For me accuracy and cinematic presentation were king. You also don’t have to mess with the picture controls much out of the box. LG webOS is horrific and laggy. Google OS mops the floor with the LG software - it’s lighting quick and responsive.

[huwdavies-tallon]

Had this 6 weeks now amazing picture quality and sound amazing without soundbar. I had a plasma sony for 15 years was great so had to go for sony again. Could not quiet afford the A95L so went with this better value for money!

[BloopsnBleeps]

My 83 inch comes tomorrow. Very excited

[TechGuyChris]

Im going for the A95K. I have the A80k from last year in a different room and its beautiful

[helex]

Love the hq production of your video 👍

[ferndogg]

I just ordered this TV online, looking forward how good the picture and gaming is

[justinleaskjl]

Got this tv today and very impressed especially hooked up to a PS5, imax enhanced films on Bravia core are demo material loving it 😉

[gm]

thank you for showing the 3 leg/stand set up options. you'd be surprised how difficult it is to find visuals on how each option looks

[honors]

This is my first oled tv, im super excited for it to be delivered. You should keep a cheap Walmart TV on hand to compare picture

[azizkhafizov]

Just bought this tv man it’s crazy upgrade from led tv from Sony

[normtulsiani]

Thanks for the review of the A80L. I hope you will be posting your comparison video with the X90L soon.

[Subacabra]

I love Sony, still rocking a D-Nice calibrated 900e but I think I’d pass this up for a c3 or s95c.

[SAMMee]

Get the Sony A90J! Great Master Series OLED now going for $2200 US dollars for the 65 inch. Love mine. Its definitely bright enough and the color accuracy is off the charts.

[marcel]

I just bought it for a great price and love it!

[faultless]

Where’s the video comparing Sony A80L vs LG C3?

[jasonhughes]

Could I ask what size TV are you using in the review?

[nishant]

Hi,
I like Sony's image processing and picture quality better than LG. Plus the sound for sure. What would you recommend between a80L, LG G2 and LG G3, given that G3 and A80L are priced same here in India at around 1800 usd while G2 is approx 500 usd cheaper compared to them

[sricharanpusala]

Torn between a 65" X90L (Getting for $930) and a 55" A80L (Getting for ($1155). Planning to wall mount in front of the bed for the next 1.5 years. Any thoughts?