This is obviously to avoid issues with image retention or screen burn but can become annoying if you’re prone to marathon gaming sessions. The A80J features the same aesthetic Sony has been pursuing with its OLEDs in the last couple of years. There’s Sony’s own menu that’s the same as before, accessible through the settings button on the remote or by making your way to the right-hand side of the screen in the Google TV UI. With selected Sony headphones, you can also enjoy the simulated surround of 360 Spatial Sound using Wireless Transmitter WLA-NS7 (sold separately).

As part of this mission, whenever we review a product we send the company a series of questions to help us gauge and make transparent the impact the device has on the environment.Motion handling has always been another of Sony’s strong points, and the A80J continues that tradition with processing that keeps the action flowing smoothly while still retaining that all-important cinematic feeling. It delivers a smooth and responsive gaming experience thanks to its near-instantaneous response time and relatively low input lag, so your actions are in-sync with what you see on the screen and there's no visible blur behind fast-moving objects.

Although it only has okay HDR brightness, HDR content still looks amazing due to its near-infinite contrast and wide color gamut. Because the other two available models, the 55-inch XR-55A80J and the 77-inch XR-77A80J, share the same core features and underlying technologies, we expect the performance of all three versions to be comparable, and our recommendations for the XR-65A80J may also apply to the other sets. You could plant the feet out wide, or have them seated in the middle, or if there’s a soundbar to fit, configure them into an elevated position. Curtains, for example, absorb sound while objects in front of the TV can disturb the passage of sound, compromising the quality of what you hear.

As previously mentioned, though, to take advantage of this feature, you’ll need to connect your console to either HDMI port 3 or 4, which are the only two that support HDMI 2. That said, as is still the case with Sony's 2022 TVs, there's quite a lot of faff involved to enable the various gaming features, and while the TV supports Dolby Vision, there's no Dolby Vision game mode, which effectively rules out gaming in Dolby Vision unless you're able to somehow put up with very high input lag. I ran into one temporary hiccup when I asked Google TV to take me to Disney+, and it griped that the app wasn’t installed (it was), but aside from this, it’s top-notch.

With the Finder function, you simply need to say ''OK Google, find my remote'' or press the button on the side of your TV to activate your missing remote. This turns the A80J into a fully functioning smart assistant, and there’s support for Chromecast, too. XR Smoothing creates smooth, natural 4K pictures as you watch, without the “banding” that can occur on other TVs. The A80J is certified for IMAX Enhanced, tuning its picture and sound in accordance with IMAX’s standards.Unfortunately, like all OLED displays, there's a risk of permanent burn-in with static elements like a desktop interface. The picture quality is superb with both SDR and HDR thanks to accurate colours, deep blacks and bright specular highlights. Its Dolby Vision performance isn’t as good as LG and Panasonic OLEDs, the lack of Dolby Vision IQ leads to a surfeit of detail in the darkest parts of an image. Our Cognitive Processor XR™ accesses a vast amount of data, intelligently recreating lost textures and detail for real world pictures. Google TV represents a significant step up from Android TV, with an interface that is notably cleaner, more useful, and better at surfacing content you’ll want to watch.