Another key premium TV feature widely available on rival premium TVs not yet supported by the A90J is Variable Refresh Rate gaming. This was first supposed to have been added to 2020’s Sony X90H/X900H, but it still hasn’t arrived. In fact, Sony still can’t promise a definite date for its arrival. It's worth nothing that this feature was promised for the PlayStation 5 and hasn't arrived there either, so perhaps Sony will roll it out to all devices at some ill-defined point in the future. The Sony A90J has good HDR brightness, good enough to make bright highlights pop. However, there isn't much consistency across scenes with different luminance levels due to the TV's Automatic Brightness Limiter (ABL). It performs similarly to the LG G1 OLED, but it's not as bright as the LG G2 OLED. Warming up the TV doesn't significantly impact the HDR brightness. Things can still become a bit confusing when it comes to the TV’s detailed settings menus, which don’t feel very well integrated into the interface, and aren’t particularly friendly in their presentation when you get to them. But once most people have completed the initial installation, I guess they won’t need to delve into the advanced setup menus too often. Sony A90J review: Verdict

Great contrast often leads to great colours, and that’s true of the A90J – with bells on. Sony’s promise to deliver colours richly saturated enough to keep pace with the panel’s high brightness is fully delivered on, as the screen holds on to even the brightest of tones without even a hint of desaturation. BBC’s Planet Earth II looks gorgeous on the A90J. Colors are vibrant and saturated while still looking natural, from the greens of leaves to the blues of water. The excellent contrast and color make the picture look downright lifelike. Fine details like fur and bark are crisp and clear, and can be easily discerned whether they’re in bright sunlight or dark shade. With XR Contrast Booster bright areas are brighter and dark areas darker, so no more details overwhelmed by shadow or lost in blown-out highlights. All this talk of powerful image processing may sound alarming to AV purists. But trust me: The Cognitive Processor XR is driven much more by naturalism than any desire to make pictures in any way gaudy. In fact, it’s pretty easy to imagine Sony sitting there tuning the XR processor with the brand’s legendary X300 OLED mastering monitor sat alongside for reference. The Sony A90J is not fully compatible with the PS5 due to not supporting 1440p @ 120Hz. Still, as part of Sony's 'Perfect for PS5' lineup, it supports a few unique features when paired with a PS5, including Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode. After a firmware update to version PKG6.5660.0668NAA, the Sony Bravia XR A90J also now supports both VRR and ALLM.For SDR and HDR movie and TV show viewing the Sony A90J is a superb performer with stunning image quality and impactful HDR brightness and colours. With XR Contrast Booster bright areas are brighter and dark areas darker, so no more details overwhelmed by shadow or lost in blown-out highlights. Enjoy beautiful pictures from any angle with X-Wide Angle. There’s also eARC support on HDMI 3, so that you can pass lossless Dolby Atmos and DTS:X out to eARC-compatible soundbars. The Sony 65A90J’s combination of a new high-brightness panel and sophisticated new processing engine yields pictures that can consistently only be described as breathtaking. Or beautiful. Or maybe breathtakingly beautiful.

Remote design may differ depending on country. Interoperability and compatibility among Bluetooth® devices vary. As noted earlier, some might wish that Sony had used the new high brightness panel to deliver a more sustained full screen brightness, like Panasonic does with its expensive premium OLEDs, rather than using the brightness to deliver much punchier highlights for short durations of time. But personally I quite like Sony’s dramatic approach. Sony has taken full advantage of its new high-brightness panel to deliver not just easily its best OLED TV, but also the most all-round spectacular OLED picture quality to date. Certainly no other OLED TV has delivered such an exciting demonstration of the joys of high dynamic range pictures – at least when it comes to the ‘range’ part of the HDR label.

What Is the Sony A90J?

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Ergonomics Information about the ergonomic functions - height adjustment, swivel angles, tilt angles, etc. VESA mount This includes, in particular, figuring out where the focal points of images are and gently enhancing their relative presence in the overall picture.The A90J is certified for IMAX Enhanced – a serious rarity in the current TV world. This means its images have been assessed by IMAX as being good enough to deliver the extra picture quality created by the IMAX Enhanced mastering system. IMAX Enhanced content is available, if you're wondering, on a small selection of 4K Blu-rays, plus Rakuten and Sony’s new Bravia Core movie platform. Sony also states that the Cognitive Processor XR can also analyse the sound position in the signal so the sound matches precisely with the action on the screen. In addition, it upconverts any sound to 3D surround, to deliver an immersive soundscape.