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Inside the competition that named the Sony A95L the best TV of 2024
It takes a lot to be the “King of TV.”
In terms of Mini LED backlight performance, Sony’s determination and investment in this tech is clearly paying off — the XR90 had the least amount of blooming and the fastest response times and could hit peak brightness more consistently than the other sets. The uncalibrated test also allowed these sets to showcase their brightness — the LG G4 came closest to the reference display during a particularly brutal black-and-white Dune: Part Two scene, and the Sony XR90 was the brightest and most intense of all during the Vader lightsaber sequence in Rogue One. I don’t think there’s any doubt that OLED TVs remain the standard after judging the Shootout — the Sony A95L in particular can be calibrated to match a reference display so closely that complaining about its picture quality requires an almost obsessive devotion to image rendering arcana.
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