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Sony KD-55XF9005 review

Sony KD-55XF9005. Display diagonal: 139.7 cm (55"), Display resolution: 3840 x 2160 pixels, HD type: 4K Ultra HD, Display technology: LED, Screen shape: Flat, LED backlighting type: Direct-LED. Smart TV. Motion interpolation technology: X-Motion Clarity, Native aspect ratio: 16:9. Digital signal format system: DVB-C,DVB-S,DVB-S2,DVB-T,DVB-T2. Wi-Fi, Ethernet LAN. Product colour: Black

4K HDR Processor X1™ Extreme: So real you can feel it


Our 4K HDR Processor X1 Extreme™ includes powerful real-time image processing for ultra detailed pictures. It takes everything you watch and upscales it to near 4K HDR quality.

Reality revealed with X-tended Dynamic Range™ PRO


Enjoy beautiful night shots, full of dazzling lights and deeper blacks. With up to six times the contrast of conventional LED TVs, this 4K HDR TV with X-tended Dynamic Range PRO ensures dark scenes are darker and bright scenes brighter.

Every movement, beautifully clear with X-Motion Clarity™


Our X-Motion Clarity technology keeps fast action smooth and clear. Moving images are precisely controlled to minimise blur. Even during high speed scenes, pictures stay true with no loss in brightness.

TRILUMINOS™ Display: Extra colours, extra brilliance


See vivid real world colours all around you. A TRILUMINOS Display maps from a wider palette, faithfully reproducing every shade and hue in the umbrellas.

Rediscover every detail with 4K X-Reality™ PRO


With 4K X-Reality PRO, every image is upscaled closer to true 4K quality for remarkable clarity. Images are sharpened and refined in real time, revealing extra detail in the books and architecture of the library.

Discover thrilling 4K HDR entertainment


This TV brings you the excitement of movies and games in 4K HDR. It handles a variety of HDR formats, including HDR10, Hybrid Log-Gamma and Dolby Vision™.

Transform your viewing with Dolby Vision™


Bring scenes to life with striking highlights, deeper darks and vibrant colours. Dolby Vision is an HDR solution that creates an immersive, engaging cinematic experience in your home.

Enjoy HDR gaming with PlayStationÂŽ


Sony’s 4K HDR televisions are perfect partners for PlayStation®4 and PlayStation®4 Pro consoles. Immerse yourself in a responsive, fun-filled gaming experience with vivid textures and intensely vibrant colours. See your favourite games come to life with incredible picture quality.

Explore new worlds with Android TV™


Your smart TV just got smarter. Enjoy many of your favourite smartphone and tablet experiences on a big, beautiful BRAVIA™ screen. Android TV™ with advanced voice control lets you connect and access content, from movies and TV shows to thousands of apps, simply by talking.

Narrow aluminium frame


The screen is edged with a slim, narrow frame that maximises the viewing area. A beautiful aluminium finish gives a premium look to the TV.

Cable management


Hide cables in the stand, and hold them in place with an included cable holder.

Cable-free front


Hide all your cables from set-top boxes or Blu-ray players within the unique stand.

Motionflow™ XR keeps the action smooth


Enjoy smooth and sharp details even in fast-moving sequences with Motionflow™ XR. This innovative technology creates and inserts extra frames between the original ones. It compares key visual factors on successive frames, then calculates the split second of missing action in the sequences. Some models also include black-frame insertion for a blur-free and truly cinematic look.

Object-based HDR remaster


With Object-based HDR remaster, the colour in individual objects on screen is analysed and the contrast adjusted, unlike most TVs where contrast is only adjusted along one black-to-white contrast curve. Because objects are remastered individually, this TV can reproduce greater depth, textures and more realistic pictures.

Super Bit Mapping™ 4K HDR


There are thousands of tones, shades and gradations of light in a sunset. Super Bit Mapping 4K HDR reveals them. It creates smooth, natural 4K TV picture quality as you watch, without the “banding” that can occur on other TVs.

Dual database processing


One database is used to clean the picture, reducing on-screen noise. The other is used to upscale the resolution, improving clarity. These two powerful image improvement databases work together, dynamically improving pixels in real time. Each database has tens of thousands of references, amassed from our experience creating content for TV and movies over the years.

Say what you want to see with voice search


Spend less time browsing, and more time watching. Voice search on Android TV™ provides you with the power of Google search, allowing you to find content across different services without the hassle of time-consuming text entry. You can also get recommendations; asking for “romantic comedies” for example, brings up a list of suitable options.

Chromecast built-in: Plays nice with your other devices


BRAVIA™ is Chromecast built-in so you can easily cast your favourite entertainment like YouTube™ or Netflix from your personal device on to the stunning BRAVIA™ screen.7You can cast from Android™, iOS™, or your laptop.

Google Play™: A world of content and apps


Discover movies and TV shows, games and much more from Google Play™. Enjoy a huge and ever-growing choice of apps on your TV in a brand new way.

Made to listen: ClearAudio+


Make your listening as lifelike as your viewing. ClearAudio+ fine-tunes TV sound for an immersive experience that seems to surround you. Hear music, dialogue and surround effects with greater clarity and separation, whatever you're watching.

DSEE restores detail to your digital music


Low-resolution Internet video, catch-up TV and other heavily compressed audio files don’t always sound so great. A large amount of information gets thrown away when digital audio is compressed. With Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE) technology, lost frequency components (especially high frequencies) are restored for natural sound with a more spacious feel.

Clear Phase for smooth, balanced frequencies


BRAVIA™ uses a powerful computer model to analyse and compensate for inaccuracies in speaker response. It does this by ‘sampling’ the speaker frequency with higher precision. This information is fed back to cancel out any peaks or dips in the speaker’s natural response – resulting in pure, natural audio with smooth, even reproduction of all frequencies.

Cinematic S-Force Front Surround


Enjoy an immersive soundstage that pulls you into the heart of the action. S-Force Front Surround mimics the way the brain correlates sound sources to create proper volume, time lag, and sound wave spectrum – using only left and right speaker channels. By naturally emulating three-dimensional sound fields, you’ll enjoy rich, high-fidelity audio across a wider listening area.

Bluetooth connectivity


Connect BLUETOOTHÂŽ compatible devices to your TV for easy wire free entertainment. Pair your Bluetooth headphones or earphones with BRAVIA and enjoy TV shows and music in your favourite place - without any disturbances or interruptions.

Experience the best in 4K UHD picture quality


Our range of 4K UHD TVs deliver stunning picture quality and are compatible with the Digital Europe UHD requirements.

Turn your TV into a digital recorder: USB HDD REC


Store your favourite TV shows on an external USB hard disk drive to enjoy whenever you want. USB HDD REC allows one-touch and timer recording of a digital broadcast onto any USB HDD device up to 2TB in capacity. While viewing the show, simply press REC to start recording, which will automatically stop at the end of the programme.

IR Blaster – control everything with one remote


The Infra-red (IR) Blaster lets you control other devices in your home from your Sony TV remote. You can use it to control your Set-top box (cable box) with the TV remote controller.

Sony KD-55XF9005 specs

Packaging Data

Package type: Box
Package weight: 26 kg
Package height: 831 mm
Package depth: 190 mm
Package width: 1334 mm
Quick start guide: yes
Remote control included: yes
Cables included: AC
Desktop stand: yes

Ports & Interfaces

Common interface Plus (CI+): yes
RF ports quantity: 1
Headphone outputs: 1
Digital audio optical out: 1
Composite video in: 1
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) Type-A ports quantity: 1
USB 2.0 ports quantity: 2
Ethernet LAN (RJ-45) ports: 1
DVI port: no
HDCP: yes
Audio Return Channel (ARC): True
HDMI ports quantity: 4

Weight & Dimensions

Weight (without stand): 18.2 kg
Height (without stand): 70.6 cm
Depth (without stand): 6.9 cm
Width (without stand): 122.8 cm
Weight (with stand): 19.1 kg
Height (with stand): 771 mm
Depth (with stand): 268 mm
Width (with stand): 1228 mm

Management Features

On/Off timer: yes
Sleep timer: yes
On Screen Display (OSD) languages: BOS, Bulgarian, CAT, Croatian, Czech, Danish, German, Dutch, English, Spanish, Estonian, Finnish, French, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, KAZ, LAT, Lithuanian, MAC, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, SER, Slovak, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish, Ukrainian
On Screen Display (OSD): True
Electronic Programme Guide (EPG): True
Voice control: yes

Network

Browsing: True
Web browser: yes
Miracast: True
Bluetooth profiles: A2DP,AVRCP,HOGP,SPP
Bluetooth: True
Bluetooth version: 4.1
Wi-Fi standards: 802.11a,Wi-Fi 5 (802.11ac),802.11b,802.11g,Wi-Fi 4 (802.11n)
Ethernet LAN: yes
Wi-Fi: True

Performance

USB recording: yes
Picture processing technology: Sony Dynamic Contrast Enhancer,Sony TRILUMINOS Display,Sony X-Reality PRO,Sony X-tended Dynamic Range
Local dimming: yes
Teletext function: yes
High Dynamic Range (HDR) technology: Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG)
High Dynamic Range (HDR) supported: yes

TV Tuner

Analog signal format system: PAL,SECAM
Digital signal format system: DVB-C,DVB-S,DVB-S2,DVB-T,DVB-T2
Tuner type: Analog & digital

Power

Energy saving mode: yes
AC input frequency: 50 Hz
AC input voltage: 220 - 240 V
Power consumption (standby): 0.5 W
Power consumption (typical): 145 W

Design

Housing material: Aluminium
Panel mounting interface: 300 x 300 mm
VESA mounting: yes
Product colour: Black

Other Features

Energy efficiency class (old): B
HDD capacity: 16 GB
Google applications: Google Play
Annual energy consumption: 201 kWh
Cable management: yes
Built-in speaker(s): yes
Batteries included: yes
3D: False
Light sensor: yes
Hybrid Log-Gamma (HLG): yes

Smart TV

Smart modes: Animation, Cinema, Custom, Game, Graphics, Photo, Sports, Standard, Vivid
Screen mirroring: yes
Operating system installed: Android
Internet TV: True
Smart TV: True

Audio

Audio decoders: DTS,Dolby Digital
Audio decoding technologies: DTS Digital Surround,Dolby Digital,Dolby Digital Plus,Dolby Digital Pulse
RMS rated power: 20 W
Number of speakers: 2

Display

Peak luminance ratio: 78%
Display diagonal (metric): 139 cm
Motion interpolation technology: X-Motion Clarity
Supported graphics resolutions: 3840 x 2160
Supported video modes: 480i,480p,576i,576p,720i,720p,1080i,1080p,2160p
Screen format adjustments: 4:3, 16:9, Auto
Native aspect ratio: 16:9
Screen shape: Flat
LED backlighting type: Direct-LED
Display technology: LED
Display technology: LED
Display resolution: 3840 x 2160 pixels
HD type: 4K Ultra HD
Display diagonal: 139.7 cm (55")