Sony’s stunning audio-visual showpiece represents a titanic shift in home entertainment. Ushering in eye-popping 4K HDR, this breaks the mould of regular panels by packing its 55” screen with a greater colour palette. This depth-enhancing tech is backed by Sony’s innovative TRILUMONOS backlight, crisp 800Hz motion rate and intuitive Android Smart platform. This even has built-in Playstation Now, letting you play selected PS3 games without needing a console. At the cutting-edge of TV technology, the XD80 is a complete hub that will change the complexion of your living room.
Plumb The Colourful Depths Of HDR
Forays into colour-boosting High Dynamic Range (HDR) have begun, and Sony are one of the forerunners. As members of the newly-founded UHD Alliance, they've delivered top-shelf HDR with a staggering 10-bit colour depth. This means that there are over a billion individual colours to deepen your view and show shades you’ve never seen in home entertainment before. Usually, studios are forced to dilute the colour of their shows and films to fit on our TVs. Now, HDR screens like the XD80 can channel content from studio-to-living room with the same precision and utterly otherworldly hues.
Rich, Ravishing 4K
To respond to screens getting bigger, brands have packed their screens with more pixels. This 55” screen has four times the number of pixels than 1080p HD TVs, delivering stunning realism, natural motion and incredible detail.
Up-Scaling 4K X-Reality PRO
Enhance everything you watch on your Sony Bravia TV with the 4K X-Reality PRO and improved X1 processor. This engine boosts the picture quality of everything from dazzling 1080p Blu-ray Disc™ movies to very low-resolution Web video to 4K. After analysing each pixel and comparing patterns, the system restores detail lost in compression and transmission. The system also reduces noise and reproduces optimum contrast, colour and sharpness. The result is that you experience stunning 4K picture quality with better clarity, for anything you watch.
Delightful TRILUMINOS Display
Sony’s TRILUMINOS Display Technology expands the range of colours of that you see on more conventional LED displays, injecting images with more lustre. The eye-popping picture is treated with deeper reds, more natural greens and sharper blues, giving your shows and films a richer palate. Combined with image-deepening HDR, this tech will make your viewing simply extraordinary.
Crisp Motion With Motionflow XR 800Hz, every image on the screen refreshes at a higher rate than normal. Sports and fast-moving action look noticeably smoother, sharper and more natural, with reduced blur and judder.
Super-Smart Android
Your Smart TV has just got smarter with Android. Developed by Google, you'll be able to enjoy seamless entertainment, intelligent search and the latest apps from the likes of Google Play and Netflix. All the personalisation, intelligence and entertainment of your Smartphone or tablet can be easily viewed on the Sony TV too, taking your viewing experience to the next level. Enjoy built-in Google Cast, which lets you beam content from your smartphone straight to the big screen, Voice Search and hundreds of awesome apps.*
*Use of this TV requires consents to Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Simulated UI. Applications availability varies by country and device
Playstation Now
This fresh feature from Sony lets you play a rich catalogue of PS3 games through your TV. All you need is a Playstation 3 or 4 controller and a subscription to the service (sold separately) to get gaming.
Youview Catch-Up
In addition to a wealth of online entertainment, this set comes with built-in YouView. The seven-day scroll back TV guide brings together catch up TV from across BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5. You can also enjoy over 70 live TV channels and radio stations for free, such as BBC 1, 2 & 3, ITV, Channel 4, E4, Channel 5, 5 USA, ITV 2 and Dave.**
Super-Slim Silver Slate Design
Sony TVs are renowned for their chic shapes, and the XD80 takes this a step further. The sleek, skinny aluminium frame has convenient cable-management features at the back and through the stand, so you can hide unsightly wires. This way, your set will look beautiful on-and-off.
Top comments
haritori
22 Sep 1620#6
Its a good price so hot for the deal.. but
Its the wrong time to buy into 4K, there is just too much uncertainty with standards esp around HDR, as i read recently, 4K is just new tyres for you old car. 4K OLED now that is a brand new car.
FatherTed
22 Sep 1616#49
OLEDs have no backlight so how can it be uneven?
edanfalls
22 Sep 164#47
3 years is a long time mate. I had my LCD TV since 2009 and had been waiting patiently for OLEDs to become affordable. But in the end I went for another LCD last week.
Why? Because yes, OLEDs are becoming affordable, but they still have their own problems. Poor colour accuracy, uneven backlighting, slow processing tech... This is still early days for OLED TVs - in the future you will see them change dramatically, they will be ultra thin (a few millimetres), flexible, and will be able to be stuck up on the wall with blu tac pretty much.
That's the OLED I was waiting for but that's at least 5 years away. You can wait forever or you can just buy something now and enjoy it.
Human_me to shahidali47
22 Sep 164#5
33ms at 4k + HDR on.
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JellybearXo
22 Sep 16#1
How many hz is this anyone pls
Ianm to JellybearXo
22 Sep 16#2
800
shahidali47
22 Sep 16#3
input lag?
Human_me to shahidali47
22 Sep 164#5
33ms at 4k + HDR on.
DrDb
22 Sep 16#4
Damn tempted...
haritori
22 Sep 1620#6
Its a good price so hot for the deal.. but
Its the wrong time to buy into 4K, there is just too much uncertainty with standards esp around HDR, as i read recently, 4K is just new tyres for you old car. 4K OLED now that is a brand new car.
toonarmani
22 Sep 161#7
... but won't hit <£1000 for a long time.
Istanbul_Kop
22 Sep 161#8
Plex?
uksparky to Istanbul_Kop
22 Sep 162#10
Android so can just get the plex app, also I'd be sure it supports casting too.
PhilK
22 Sep 16#9
A little less in Fenwicks Newcastle - with a deal on a sounmdbar too I think. And Fenwicks is as good a guarantee as JL
PhilK
22 Sep 16#11
A little less in Fenwicks Newcastle - with a deal on a sounmdbar too I think. And Fenwicks is as good a guarantee as JL Agree. Would prefer an OLED but I'll get a Sony (when i finally get round to painting front room - and bedroom....and kitchen....and hallway/stairs....blast)
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Sony’s stunning audio-visual showpiece represents a titanic shift in home entertainment. Ushering in eye-popping 4K HDR, this breaks the mould of regular panels by packing its 55” screen with a greater colour palette. This depth-enhancing tech is backed by Sony’s innovative TRILUMONOS backlight, crisp 800Hz motion rate and intuitive Android Smart platform. This even has built-in Playstation Now, letting you play selected PS3 games without needing a console. At the cutting-edge of TV technology, the XD80 is a complete hub that will change the complexion of your living room.
Plumb The Colourful Depths Of HDR
Forays into colour-boosting High Dynamic Range (HDR) have begun, and Sony are one of the forerunners. As members of the newly-founded UHD Alliance, they've delivered top-shelf HDR with a staggering 10-bit colour depth. This means that there are over a billion individual colours to deepen your view and show shades you’ve never seen in home entertainment before. Usually, studios are forced to dilute the colour of their shows and films to fit on our TVs. Now, HDR screens like the XD80 can channel content from studio-to-living room with the same precision and utterly otherworldly hues.
Rich, Ravishing 4K
To respond to screens getting bigger, brands have packed their screens with more pixels. This 55” screen has four times the number of pixels than 1080p HD TVs, delivering stunning realism, natural motion and incredible detail.
Up-Scaling 4K X-Reality PRO
Enhance everything you watch on your Sony Bravia TV with the 4K X-Reality PRO and improved X1 processor. This engine boosts the picture quality of everything from dazzling 1080p Blu-ray Disc™ movies to very low-resolution Web video to 4K. After analysing each pixel and comparing patterns, the system restores detail lost in compression and transmission. The system also reduces noise and reproduces optimum contrast, colour and sharpness. The result is that you experience stunning 4K picture quality with better clarity, for anything you watch.
Delightful TRILUMINOS Display
Sony’s TRILUMINOS Display Technology expands the range of colours of that you see on more conventional LED displays, injecting images with more lustre. The eye-popping picture is treated with deeper reds, more natural greens and sharper blues, giving your shows and films a richer palate. Combined with image-deepening HDR, this tech will make your viewing simply extraordinary.
Crisp Motion With Motionflow XR 800Hz, every image on the screen refreshes at a higher rate than normal. Sports and fast-moving action look noticeably smoother, sharper and more natural, with reduced blur and judder.
Super-Smart Android
Your Smart TV has just got smarter with Android. Developed by Google, you'll be able to enjoy seamless entertainment, intelligent search and the latest apps from the likes of Google Play and Netflix. All the personalisation, intelligence and entertainment of your Smartphone or tablet can be easily viewed on the Sony TV too, taking your viewing experience to the next level. Enjoy built-in Google Cast, which lets you beam content from your smartphone straight to the big screen, Voice Search and hundreds of awesome apps.*
*Use of this TV requires consents to Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Simulated UI. Applications availability varies by country and device
Playstation Now
This fresh feature from Sony lets you play a rich catalogue of PS3 games through your TV. All you need is a Playstation 3 or 4 controller and a subscription to the service (sold separately) to get gaming.
Youview Catch-Up
In addition to a wealth of online entertainment, this set comes with built-in YouView. The seven-day scroll back TV guide brings together catch up TV from across BBC iPlayer, ITV Player, 4oD and Demand 5. You can also enjoy over 70 live TV channels and radio stations for free, such as BBC 1, 2 & 3, ITV, Channel 4, E4, Channel 5, 5 USA, ITV 2 and Dave.**
Super-Slim Silver Slate Design
Sony TVs are renowned for their chic shapes, and the XD80 takes this a step further. The sleek, skinny aluminium frame has convenient cable-management features at the back and through the stand, so you can hide unsightly wires. This way, your set will look beautiful on-and-off.
Top comments
Its the wrong time to buy into 4K, there is just too much uncertainty with standards esp around HDR, as i read recently, 4K is just new tyres for you old car. 4K OLED now that is a brand new car.
Why? Because yes, OLEDs are becoming affordable, but they still have their own problems. Poor colour accuracy, uneven backlighting, slow processing tech... This is still early days for OLED TVs - in the future you will see them change dramatically, they will be ultra thin (a few millimetres), flexible, and will be able to be stuck up on the wall with blu tac pretty much.
That's the OLED I was waiting for but that's at least 5 years away. You can wait forever or you can just buy something now and enjoy it.
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Its the wrong time to buy into 4K, there is just too much uncertainty with standards esp around HDR, as i read recently, 4K is just new tyres for you old car. 4K OLED now that is a brand new car.
Agree. Would prefer an OLED but I'll get a Sony (when i finally get round to painting front room - and bedroom....and kitchen....and hallway/stairs....blast)