Sony - 75 Class (745 Diag) - Led - 2160p - Smart - 4k Ultra Hd Tv With High Dynamic Range Reviews

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Sony X950H Design Picture

Curved No

The Sony X950H has a unproblematic, nonetheless outstanding design, with sparse bezels and minimal branding. Although the anxiety look thin, they're fully metal and back up the Tv well. We have them prepare equally wide as possible, but yous can move them inwards to accommodate smaller tables.

Sony X950H Stand Picture

The stand is fully metallic and supports the Television receiver well, assuasive very fiddling wobble. There are 2 possible positions for the feet. Nosotros gear up ours at the wide position, simply you lot can set them up at the narrow position if you lot have a smaller tabular array. The feet are also interchangeable, so you lot don't take to worry about putting them on the wrong side.

The stand up on the 49" variant is different; it's similar to the 1 on the Sony X950G.

Footprint of the 55 inch stand at the broad position: 47.eight" x 12.3"

Footprint of the 55 inch stand up at the narrow position: 32.1" ten 12.3"

Sony X950H Back Picture

Wall Mount VESA 300x300

The back of the Telly is fairly manifestly and fabricated of plastic. It has a horizontal brushed texture, and the inputs are facing sideways, making them easier to access when wall-mounted. At that place are two clips included in the box to tie the cables to the feet, which serve as cablevision direction.

The 49 inch variant has some down-facing HDMI ports.

Sony X950H Borders Picture

Borders 0.35" (0.9 cm)

The bezels are very thin and aren't distracting.

Sony X950H Thickness Picture

Max Thickness 2.72" (six.9 cm)

The Idiot box is of moderate thickness and doesn't protrude much when wall-mounted. Our unit leans backward a tiny flake; however, this varies between units.

Sony X950H Build quality picture

The Sony X950H has a great build quality. Although it'due south generally plastic, it feels well-built, and there'southward no flex on the back console, except the area where the inputs are located. The metal stand supports the TV well, and there'southward very piffling wobble.

Picture Quality

Sony X950H Checkerboard Picture

Native Contrast 3,170 : 1

Dissimilarity with local dimming three,819 : i

The Sony X950H has a swell native dissimilarity ratio, and it gets slightly improve when local dimming is enabled. All the same, information technology'south lower than what we would wait of a VA panel due to Sony'south 'X-Wide Angle' layer, which improves viewing angles at the expense of lower contrast. That said, blacks still expect deep, making it a good selection for dark room viewing. Note that the dissimilarity ratio tin can vary between units.

The 49 inch variant of this TV doesn't accept the 'X-Broad Angle' layer and is expected to accept a higher contrast ratio.

If you lot want a Tv with a higher dissimilarity ratio, cheque out the Vizio P Series Quantum 10 2020.

Existent Scene Summit Brightness 565 cd/m²

Peak ii% Window 880 cd/chiliad²

Peak 10% Window ane,085 cd/thou²

Superlative 25% Window 847 cd/chiliad²

Peak 50% Window 628 cd/thou²

Peak 100% Window 626 cd/thousand²

Sustained 2% Window 867 cd/g²

Sustained 10% Window 1,060 cd/1000²

Sustained 25% Window 842 cd/thou²

Sustained fifty% Window 626 cd/m²

Sustained 100% Window 625 cd/chiliad²

Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL) 0.031

The Sony X950H has excellent tiptop brightness in SDR. Information technology's enough brilliant enough to overcome glare in whatsoever indoor setting, even if you lot have a lot of natural low-cal. Unfortunately, there's some variation in peak brightness with different scenes, simply it's not very noticeable with about content. If you want an even brighter TV for outdoor use, check out the Samsung The Terrace.

Nosotros measured the SDR top brightness after calibration, using the 'Custom' Picture Way, with Local Dimming set to 'Loftier', and X-tended Dynamic Range set to 'High'.

If you don't mind losing paradigm accurateness, y'all can get a brighter image past setting the Pic Way to 'Vivid', Local Dimming to 'High', X-tended Dynamic Range to 'High', and Dissimilarity to max. We achieved a peak effulgence of 1145 cd/m² in the ten% window with these settings.

Local Dimming Yes

Backlight Full-Array

This Tv has a proficient full-array local dimming feature. In normal content, there'due south more dimming than blooming around bright objects, but not to the point of burdensome small highlights or losing particular. Highlights don't stand out as much and are handled a bit more evenly. While there's nonetheless some blooming, it'southward much better handled than on the Sony Z9F, but not as expert as the replacement Sony X95J.

Local Dimming Yes

Backlight Full-Array

The local dimming characteristic performs identically in Game Fashion.

Sony X950H EOTF

Real Scene Highlight 999 cd/one thousand²

Summit 2% Window 945 cd/m²

Peak ten% Window ane,167 cd/thousand²

Summit 25% Window 970 cd/m²

Height fifty% Window 719 cd/k²

Summit 100% Window 688 cd/m²

Sustained 2% Window 920 cd/one thousand²

Sustained x% Window 1,148 cd/chiliad²

Sustained 25% Window 962 cd/m²

Sustained fifty% Window 717 cd/m²

Sustained 100% Window 685 cd/m²

Automatic Brightness Limiting (ABL) 0.028

This Television receiver has excellent summit brightness in HDR. Information technology's brilliant enough for small highlights to really stand out, and it delivers an impactful cinematic feel in HDR, fifty-fifty in very bright scenes. The TV tracks the EOTF properly, so all scenes are displayed at the correct effulgence, but it cuts off sharply at the Tv set's peak brightness, which can cause a loss off fine details in some scenes.

We measured the HDR peak effulgence before calibration, using the 'Custom' Moving-picture show Mode, 'Expert 2' Color Temperature, and with Ten-tended Dynamic Range set to 'Loftier'.

If you want a brighter image and don't mind losing accuracy, set up the Film Mode to 'Bright', Local Dimming to 'High', X-Tended Dynamic Range to 'High', and Contrast to max. Nosotros achieved a tiptop brightness of 1185 cd/m² in the x% window with these settings.

Sony X950H Game Mode EOTF

Existent Scene Highlight 870 cd/m²

Peak 2% Window 1,042 cd/m²

Peak x% Window one,106 cd/thousand²

Tiptop 25% Window 884 cd/k²

Peak 50% Window 658 cd/g²

Tiptop 100% Window 687 cd/m²

Sustained two% Window 1,011 cd/m²

Sustained x% Window 1,087 cd/one thousand²

Sustained 25% Window 880 cd/m²

Sustained fifty% Window 655 cd/thousand²

Sustained 100% Window 685 cd/m²

Automatic Effulgence Limiting (ABL) 0.030

The Sony X950H has excellent peak brightness in HDR Game Style, but it'south not quite equally bright as out of Game Mode. Minor highlights stand up out well, and at that place'due south little variation in meridian brightness with different content. The EOTF is most identical to 'Custom', with the aforementioned sharp cutoff nearly the Television receiver's peak brightness.

Sony X950H 50% Uniformity Picture

fifty% Std. Dev. 4.625%

fifty% DSE 0.162%

Sony X950H 5% Uniformity Picture

5% Std. Dev. 0.671%

5% DSE 0.080%

The Sony X950H we bought has good gray uniformity, but this tin vary betwixt individual units. The corners of the screen are significantly darker than the center, only in that location'southward just a chip of muddy screen effect, which is great for sports fans. Near-dark scenes wait much better, with almost no noticeable issues.

Sony X950H Native Black Uniformity Picture

Native Std. Dev. 0.536%

Sony X950H Black Uniformity Picture with Local Dimming

Std. Dev. w/ L.D. ane.229%

Our unit of the Sony X950H has outstanding blackness uniformity; however, this can vary between individual units. Without local dimming, the entire image looks more grayish, and at that place's a petty chip of blooming around the test cross. With local dimming enabled, uniformity is significantly better, merely the blooming is much more noticeable.

Sony X950H Chroma Graph

Color Washout twoscore°

Sony X950H Hue Graph

Color Shift 38°

Sony X950H Lightness Graph

Brightness Loss 50°

Black Level Raise 23°

Gamma Shift fourteen°

This Television has a mediocre viewing angle, as expected for a VA panel. Despite having Sony'due south 'X-Wide Angle' layer to better viewing angles, gamma shift still happens adequately quickly when moving off-heart. Information technology's okay for most rooms, simply not for large rooms with broad seating arrangements.

The 49 inch variant of this Telly doesn't take the '10-Wide Angle' layer and is expected to have worse viewing angles.

Sony X950H Reflections Picture

Sony X950H Average Room Off Picture

Sony X950H Bright Room Off Picture

Screen End Glossy

Full Reflections 1.seven%

Indirect Reflections 0.9%

Calculated Straight Reflections 0.ix%

This TV has outstanding reflection treatment. It has a glossy finish that significantly reduces direct reflections, only the X-Broad Viewing Angle filter causes pregnant rainbow smearing that tin can be distracting.

Sony X950H Pre White Balance Picture

Sony X950H Pre Gamma Curve Picture

Sony X950H Pre Color Picture

White Remainder dE i.89

Color dE 2.35

Gamma ii.14

Color Temperature 6,518 K

Movie Style Custom

Colour Temp Setting Expert 1

Gamma Setting 0

The Sony X950H that we bought has first-class accuracy out-of-the-box. It can vary between individual units, but Sony TVs usually have excellent accuracy. The white balance is excellent, and the overall color accuracy is great, but there are some noticeable problems with certain colors, including blues and greens. The color temperature is very close to our 6500K target.

Sony X950H Post White Balance Picture

Sony X950H Post Gamma Curve Picture

Sony X950H Post Color Picture

White Residue dE 0.22

Color dE i.10

Gamma 2.18

Color Temperature 6,503 Grand

White Balance Calibration 10 bespeak

Color Calibration Yeah

After calibration, the Sony X950H's color accurateness is exceptional. White balance and gamma are most perfect, with simply a slight dip in the gamma causing bright scenes to be over-brightened. There'due south still some inaccuracy with the color blue, which is typical for LED TVs.

You can come across our recommended settings hither.

Sony X950H 480p Picture

480p content like DVDs looks practiced, and we didn't notice any visible artifacts.

Sony X950H 720p Picture

720p content, like cablevision TV, is upscaled without whatever issues.

Sony X950H 1080p Picture

1080p content looks skillful, and there are no noticeable upscaling artifacts.

Sony X950H 4k Picture

The Sony X950H displays native 4k content perfectly.

The Sony X950H can't brandish an 8k signal.

Sony X950H Pixels Picture

The pixels are blurry due to the Tv set's 'X-Wide Angle' layer. It'south very probable that the layer also affects scarlet and light-green sub-pixels more, as they appear doubled while the blueish sub-pixel remains clear.

Wide Color Gamut Yeah

Sony X950H Color Gamut DCI-P3 Picture

DCI P3 xy 91.01%

DCI P3 uv 95.55%

Sony X950H Color Gamut Rec.2020 Picture

Rec 2020 xy 67.xiv%

Rec 2020 uv 73.xvi%

The Sony X950H has a cracking HDR color gamut. It has outstanding coverage of the DCI P3 color space used in most HDR content; yet, coverage of the wider Rec. 2020 is just okay.

Sony X950H P3 Color Volume ITP Picture

Normalized DCI P3 Coverage ITP 87.0%

10,000 cd/m² DCI P3 Coverage ITP 50.0%

Sony X950H 2020 Color Volume ITP Picture

Normalized Rec 2020 Coverage ITP 75.5%

10,000 cd/grand² Rec 2020 Coverage ITP 42.6%

This TV has keen color book. Information technology fills out most of its gamut in the DCI P3 color infinite, and it can brandish dark saturated colors well. Vivid colors are just equally brilliant as pure whites, which is great.

Sony X950H Gradient Picture

Colour Depth ten Bit

Red (Std. Dev.) 0.076

Green (Std. Dev.) 0.094

Bluish (Std. Dev.) 0.067

Gray (Std. Dev.) 0.091

Similar most Sony TVs, the Sony X950H has fantabulous gradient handling. At that place's a bit of banding in darker shades of all colors, although information technology'southward most noticeable in greens and grays. Enabling Smooth Gradation can remove most of it, but it tin can cause the loss of some fine details in high-quality content.

Sony X950H Image Retention Picture

IR afterwards 0 min recovery 0.00%

IR after ii min recovery 0.00%

IR after 4 min recovery 0.00%

IR after six min recovery 0.00%

IR after 8 min recovery 0.00%

IR after 10 min recovery 0.00%

The Sony X950H shows no sign of temporary epitome retention, but this can vary between individual units.

Permanent Burn-In Take a chance No

We don't expect VA panels to experience permanent image retention, equally the VA panel in our long-term test appears allowed.

Motion

Sony X950H Motion Blur Picture

Sony X950H Response Time Chart

lxxx% Response Fourth dimension 4.2 ms

100% Response Time x.7 ms

The Sony X950H has an impressive response time overall, resulting in articulate motion with little blur behind fast-moving objects. Similar well-nigh TVs with VA panels, transitions in dark scenes are much slower, resulting in noticeable blackness smearing, but at that place's very little overshoot.

Sony X950H Backlight chart

Flicker-Free No

PWM Dimming Frequency 720 Hz

The Sony X950H uses pulse width modulation (PWM) at all backlight levels, just the flicker frequency is high enough that it shouldn't bother most people. The "Standard", "Bright", and "Cinema" modes flicker at 120Hz by default, only this is because Motionflow is enabled by default in those modes. Disabling it resets the flicker to 720Hz.

Sony X950H BFI Picture

Sony X950H BFI Frequency Picture

Optional BFI Yeah

Min Flicker For 60 fps 120 Hz

60Hz For 60 fps No

120Hz For 120 fps Yep

Min Flicker for 60 fps in Game Mode 120 Hz

The Sony X950H has an optional backlight strobing characteristic, usually known as black frame insertion, to reduce movement mistiness.

Sony X950H Motion Interpolation (30 fps) Picture

Move Interpolation (thirty fps) Aye

Sony X950H Motion Interpolation (60 fps) Picture

Movement Interpolation (60 fps) Yes

The Sony X950H has a movement interpolation feature that can interpolate lower frame charge per unit content up to 120 fps. It handles nearly content well, but we noticed significant artifacts in busy scenes. It seems similar the Television receiver keeps trying to interpolate frames, fifty-fifty when it tin't keep up, whereas many other TVs would just cease interpolating.

Frame Hold Time @ 24 fps thirty.nine ms

Frame Concur Time @ 60 fps five.nine ms

Since this Television set has a relatively fast response time, in that location's some noticeable stutter in wearisome panning content. The motion interpolation feature can assist reduce stutter if this bothers you.

Judder-Costless 24p Yes

Judder-Free 24p via 60p Yes

Judder-Free 24p via 60i Yes

Judder-Gratuitous 24p via Native Apps Yes

This Idiot box can remove judder from all sources.

Native Refresh Rate 120 Hz

Variable Refresh Rate No

HDMI Forum VRR No

FreeSync No

Grand-SYNC Compatible No

4k VRR Maximum Northward/A

4k VRR Minimum No VRR back up

1080p VRR Maximum Due north/A

1080p VRR Minimum No VRR back up

1440p VRR Maximum N/A

1440p VRR Minimum No VRR support

VRR Supported Connectors No VRR support

Unfortunately, the Sony X950H doesn't support any variable refresh rate technologies. If you want a similar TV with VRR back up, cheque out the Samsung Q80/Q80T QLED.

Inputs

1080p @ 60Hz 19.iii ms

1080p @ 60Hz Outside Game Style 85.7 ms

1440p @ 60Hz 19.ii ms

4k @ 60Hz 19.i ms

4k @ 60Hz + x-Bit HDR nineteen.0 ms

4k @ 60Hz @ four:4:4 19.1 ms

4k @ 60Hz Outside Game Style 85.vi ms

4k @ 60Hz With Interpolation 78.3 ms

8k @ 60Hz North/A

1080p @ 120Hz 10.8 ms

1440p @ 120Hz N/A

4k @ 120Hz Northward/A

1080p with Variable Refresh Rate N/A

1440p with VRR N/A

4k with VRR N/A

8k with VRR Northward/A

The Sony X950H has fantastic depression input lag when in 'Game' or 'Graphics' way. It's responsive plenty for nearly casual gamers, but information technology's a chip likewise high for competitive gaming. While yous tin use motion interpolation for gaming, it increases the input lag significantly and isn't recommended.

If y'all desire lower input lag for gaming, check out the Sony X900H.

1080p @ 60Hz @ iv:4:4 Yes

1080p @ 120Hz Aye (native support)

1440p @ 60Hz Yes (forced resolution required)

1440p @ 120Hz No

4k @ 60Hz Yes

4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4 Yes

4k @ 120Hz No

8k @ 30Hz or 24Hz No

8k @ 60Hz No

Even though the Sony X950H has a 120Hz refresh rate, it can just achieve 120Hz at a 1080p resolution, so 1440p and 4k content are limited to 60Hz. It displays blush 4:4:four signals properly, which is of import for clear text from a PC. If yous want a TV that can display a 4k @ 120Hz signal, bank check out the Sony X90J or the Sony X95J.

Sony X950H PS5 Screenshot

Sony X950H Xbox Series X Screenshot

Automobile Low Latency Mode (ALLM) No

PS5, 4k @ 120Hz + HDR No

PS5, 4k @ 120Hz No

PS5, 4k @ 60Hz + HDR Yes

PS5, 1440p @ 120Hz No

PS5, 1080p @ 120Hz Yeah

PS5, Variable Refresh Rate No

Xbox Series 10, 4k @ 120Hz + HDR No

Xbox Serial Ten, 4k @ 120Hz No

Xbox Serial X, 4k @ 60Hz + HDR Yep

Xbox Series X, 1440p @ 120Hz No

Xbox Series X, 1080p @ 120Hz Aye

Xbox Series 10, Variable Refresh Rate No

The Sony X950H can't take full advantage of the newest consoles, every bit it doesn't support HDMI 2.1. It doesn't support whatever advanced gaming features, like variable refresh rate engineering science, either. Information technology doesn't support the industry standard automatic low latency manner (ALLM), but we found that it uses a Sony-proprietary form of ALLM, which only works with the PS4 or PS5.

HDR10 Yeah

HDR10+ No

Dolby Vision Yes

HLG Yeah

HDMI 2.0 Full Bandwidth Yeah (HDMI 1,2,3,iv)

HDMI two.i Class Bandwidth No

CEC Yes

HDCP 2.2 Yes (HDMI 1,ii,iii,4)

USB 3.0 Yes (one)

Variable Analog Audio Out Yes

Wi-Fi Back up Yes (2.4 GHz, 5 GHz)

Unfortunately, this Goggle box doesn't support HDMI two.1. If yous want a Television receiver that supports HDMI 2.one, check out the Samsung Q70/Q70A QLED.

Sony X950H Side Inputs Picture

HDMI 4

USB ii

Digital Optical Sound Out i

Analog Audio Out iii.5mm 1

Analog Sound Out RCA 0

Component In 0

Composite In 1 (adapter required, not incl.)

Tuner (Cable/Ant) 1

Ethernet 1

DisplayPort 0

IR In 1

SD/SDHC 0

In that location are 2 USB inputs on the Television receiver, i of which is a USB three.0 port.

ARC Yes (HDMI three)

eARC support Yep

Dolby Atmos via TrueHD via eARC Yep

DTS:X via DTS-Hard disk MA via eARC Aye

5.1 Dolby Digital via ARC Yes

5.1 DTS via ARC Yep

5.i Dolby Digital via Optical Yeah

five.one DTS via Optical Yep

The Sony X950H supports eARC, allowing it to pass high-quality audio similar Dolby Atmos via TrueHD and DTS:X via DTS-Hd over an HDMI connection. To use it, set eARC to 'Auto', and Passthrough style to 'Car' for DTS to work.

Audio Quality

Sony X950H Frequency Response

Low-Frequency Extension 95.fourteen Hz

Std. Dev. @ lxx two.39 dB

Std. Dev. @ 80 ii.08 dB

Std. Dev. @ Max 4.21 dB

Max 93.6 dB SPL

Dynamic Range Compression 4.43 dB

The Sony X950H'south frequency response is skilful. It'southward relatively well-counterbalanced and gets very loud, but in that location's a bit of compression when playing near max volume. It doesn't have much bass extension, and then it can't produce a thumping, rumbling sound. There's a room correction feature to tune the sound according to your room's acoustics, and information technology's performed using the built-in microphone on the remote control.

Sony X950H Total Harmonic Distortion

Weighted THD @ 80 0.127

Weighted THD @ Max 11.245

IMD @ 80 5.34%

IMD @ Max 37.15%

This Television has sub-par distortion performance. Although the Television sounds clean at moderate volume levels, there's a significant corporeality of distortion when playing near max book. That said, it depends largely on the content, and some people may not hear it.

Smart Features

Sony X950H Smart TV Picture