Sony XR55A80J 55 Inch 4K Smart TV

Sony 55″ BRAVIA XR A80J 4K HDR OLED TV – XR55A80J

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• With a brilliant OLED display and immersive sound, this Sony Bravia 55-inch TV is the perfect addition to your living room. The OLED display offers intense contrast with pure blacks and lifelike brightness for an immersive viewing experience. The picture is further enhanced by the XR Triluminous Pro™ technology, which produces billions of accurate colors for picture quality that looks natural and lifelike. The cherry on top is the Cognitive Processor XR™ a cutting-edge technology that uses the human viewing experience to deliver intense contrast, high brightness, and natural colors. Everything you watch will automatically be enhanced thanks to the XR 4K upscaling, which brings the quality of any movie or show as close to 4K as possible. This Sony Bravia OLED TV also features the exclusive BRAVIA CORE™ app for an incredible cinematic experience from home. Get comfy on the couch and turn on your TV to access exclusive access to new films and classics as well as a substantial selection of IMAX® Enhanced movies. Movie nights have never been more exciting.

• Convenient Viewing for TV Lovers & Gamers

• This Sony Bravia OLED TV features Google TV™ to keep your favorite content across top streaming platforms in one convenient location. With built-in Google Assistant, you can just speak into the remote instead of scrolling endlessly trying to find something to watch. Hosting game night? Use Game Mode for faster frame rated and reduced input lag, perfectly optimized for competitive gaming. More responsive operation eliminates frustrating delays, whether you’re having a battle royale with friends or trying to take the top spot in a tournament.

Key Features

• COGNITIVE PROCESSOR XR™ – Revolutionary TV processing technology that understands how humans see and hear to deliver intense contrast with pure blacks, high peak brightness, and natural colors.
• XR TRILUMINOS PRO™ – Rediscover everything you watch with billions of accurate colors and see impressive picture quality that is natural and beautiful to the human eye.
• XR OLED CONTRAST – Feel the beauty of OLED contrast with pure blacks and lifelike brightness.
• GOOGLE TV – Seamlessly browse 700,000+ movies and TV episodes from across your favorite streaming services, all in one place. Watch content from Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, YouTube, the Apple TV app, and many more.₂
• BRAVIA CORE™ – Bring the cinematic experience home. Enjoy streaming high-quality movies included with BRAVIA CORE™, exclusively on select Sony TVs.₃
• HDMI 2.1 – Get the most out of next-gen gaming with BRAVIA XR HDMI 2.1 enabled TVs featuring 4K/120Hz and BRAVIA Game Mode for increased frame rate and reduced input lag.₅
• XR MOTION CLARITY™ – Intelligent motion processing for fast-moving, blur-free sports, and action-packed movies.
• XR 4K UPSCALING – Enjoy all your HD content in close to 4K resolution and bring back lost texture and detail with intelligent TV processing.₆
• ACOUSTIC SURFACE AUDIO+ – The screen is the speaker, perfectly matching sound with the action on screen for a truly immersive experience.
• DOLBY VISION8, IMAX ENHANCED9, NETFLIX CALIBRATED MODE10 – Enjoy immersive and engaging cinematic content as the creator intended.
• GOOGLE ASSISTANT – Use your voice to easily find your favorite movies, shows, and music. Get answers on-screen, control smart home devices, and more.₂
• APPLE AIRPLAY – Works with AirPlay 2 to easily stream content from your Apple device.₁₁
• 3-WAY MULTI-POSITION STAND – Beautifully designed to complement your unique viewing experience, offering three levels of flexibility – standard low-profile setting, narrow furniture setting, or raised to accommodate a soundbar.₁₂
• ULTRA-SLIM WALL MOUNT COMPATIBLE – Hang your TV like a work of art with the optional SU-WL855 ultra-slim wall-mount bracket that is specially designed for select Sony BRAVIA™ OLED and LED TVs.₁₃

Features

• XR Picture
  Enjoy breathtaking OLED contrast with picture quality that feels deep, natural, and real. Our revolutionary processor uses human perspective analysis to cross-analyze and optimizes hundreds of thousands of elements in the blink of an eye. Combined with our unique OLED panel, this technology delivers truly lifelike picture quality with ultimate pure blacks.
• XR Contrast
  Our Cognitive Processor XR cross-analyzes data, enhancing picture quality in the same way that the human eye focuses on more realistic color and depth. With XR OLED Contrast, brightness is adjusted for higher peaks in glare and deeper blacks in shadow—no more details overwhelmed by shadow or lost in blown-out highlights.
• XR OLED Contrast
  With XR OLED Contrast using human perspective analysis, color, and contrast are boosted in bright areas so you can enjoy exceptional levels of pure black contrast and peak brightness. See pictures full of enhanced depth between subject and background. Details are defined, even in areas of dark shadow or glare.
• XR Color
  See colors that are natural and beautiful to the human eye. The Cognitive Processor XR™ enables our unique display to access a wider palette and reproduce each color with the subtle differences seen in the real world. With extended hue and saturation, vivid shades, and realistic texture can be seen in the flowers. Even pale colors look realistic.
• XR Triluminos Pro™
  Powered by our Cognitive Processor XR, this TV reproduces color it in a way that humans find beautiful. See a wider palette of colors with an enhanced range of hue and saturation, allowing natural shades and precise details to be seen, even in dark scenes.
• XR HDR Remaster
  With XR HDR Remaster, this TV can detect each object on the screen, analyze its color and adjust contrast for even more realistic pictures. Object-based processing, powered by BRAVIA XR™, takes precision to a whole new level by adding adjustment of hue, saturation, brightness, motion vector, bandwidth, and more. The result is exceptionally real scenes with greater depth, lifelike textures, and natural colors.
• XR Clarity
  Whatever the content or source, you’ll enjoy entertainment close to 4K resolution with XR 4K Upscaling. Our Cognitive Processor XR accesses a vast amount of data, intelligently recreating lost textures and detail for real-world pictures. See details such as naturally defined animal fur and sharply outlined rock.
• XR 4K Upscaling
  Powered by our Cognitive Processor XR, this TV takes 2K signals close to true 4K quality for incredibly real and immersive viewing. XR 4K Upscaling accesses and utilizes a vast amount of data, analyzing patterns in scenes and recreating subtle details.
• 4K XR Super Resolution
  XR Super Resolution detects individual objects in a picture and reproduces virtually real-world textures on screen. Our BRAVIA XR processor precisely analyzes and processes data to power 4K pictures with four times the resolution of Full HD to enrich scenes with real-world detail and texture.
• 4K XR Smoothing
  XR Smoothing creates smooth, natural 4K pictures as you watch, without the “banding” that can occur on other TVs. Scenes are reproduced with thousands of tones, shades, and gradations, making them look incredibly real.
• XR Motion
  Watching sports and fast-moving movies just got a whole lot better. Our Cognitive Processor XR with XR Motion Clarity™ cross-analyzes data to ensure action stays smooth, bright, and clear.
• XR Motion Clarity
  With pictures created by millions of individually controlled pixels, everything is sharp and clear on OLED. And with our OLED XR Motion Clarity™ technology, even fast-action stays smooth and clear. Moving images are precisely controlled to minimize blur so that pictures remain true with less loss in brightness during high-speed scenes.
• 4K/120fps
  Get the edge on the competition with BRAVIA. With HDMI2.1 you can get a 120fps frame rate on compatible games, so you’ll have the advantage in shooting, sports, and high-performance games with the instant on-screen action. You’ll also enjoy ultra-smooth gaming with a reduced input lag of less than 8.5 ms with 4K/120fps and dedicated Game Mode.
• XR Sound Position
  For an audio experience that matches how we sense the world, XR Sound Position brings you the reality of sound behind the picture. As the screen is the speaker on this BRAVIA XR 4K OLED TV, sound matches precisely with what’s on the screen for a truly immersive experience.
• Acoustic Surface Audio＋
  With our Acoustic Surface Audio+ technology, sound comes directly from the center of the screen with powerful actuators behind the TV vibrating to create acoustics that moves with the picture. Because sound follows the action, you’ll hear more realistic dialogue and sound effects. A front-facing subwoofer provides powerful bass and ensures you won’t miss anything that’s happening on screen. The actuator and subwoofer allow you to enjoy the stable sound, whether your TV is on the wall, a shelf, or a stand.
• XR Surround
  With BRAVIA XR, everything you watch gets the true surround-sound treatment. XR Surround creates surround sound from the sides and vertically so you can experience 3D audio without the need for in-ceiling or up-firing speakers.
• 3D Surround Upscaling
  Our BRAVIA XR signal processing technology enables this TV to reproduce multi-dimensional sound for a truly immersive experience. Feel the sound surrounding you, not only from left and right but also from a vertical dimension. With 3D Surround Upscaling, you can experience the cinematic thrills of the latest audio formats such as Dolby Atmos® at home, as well as enjoy vertical surround with content not compatible with Dolby Atmos.
• Google TV
  Browse 700,000+ movies and TV episodes, plus live TV, from across your streaming services, all in one place and organized into topics and genres based on what interests you.
• Hands-free Voice Search
  Find your favorite content faster than ever using the power of your voice, no remote required. With Voice Search, there’s no more complicated navigation or tiresome typing—you just have to ask.
• Google Assistant
  Your TV is more helpful than ever. Use your voice to find movies, stream apps, play music, and control the TV. Ask Google to find a specific title, search by genre, or get personalized recommendations by saying, “what should I watch?” Even get answers like sports scores, control smart-home devices, and more. Talk to Google to get started.
• Works with Alexa
  Connect your Alexa-enabled devices for seamless hands-free control of a Sony TV. With Alexa, you can power up your TV, change channels, control volume, and more.
• Works with Hey Google
  Connect to a Google Assistant-enabled device for hands-free control of your Sony TV. You can find and cast your favorite videos to your Sony TV, all with just your voice. Just start with, “Hey Google.”
• Works with Apple AirPlay / Apple HomeKit
  With Apple AirPlay, you can stream video and audio to your television right from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. Watch movies and shows from the Apple TV app, your favorite apps, or even Safari. Share your photos with everyone in the room.
• Chromecast built-in
  Chromecast lets you cast your favorite videos, games, and apps from your mobile device, in full quality, to your Chromecast built-in TV. Just one tap of the Cast button on your Android or iOS screen is all you need to supersize the things you love. Cast your content then continue browsing on your phone or tablet.
• Smart remote
  All your connected devices can be controlled with our smart commander. One button access to video-on-demand services brings shows and movies into your room in seconds.
• Three-way multi-position stand
  A 3-way multi-position stand gives you the choice of a standard-setting that focuses you on the picture, a narrow setting for smaller shelves, and a soundbar setting for the ideal positioning of your sound system.
• Metal Flush Surface
  The premium metal bezel is extremely narrow so your eyes naturally focus on the picture, not what’s around it.
• Living Decor
  Our Living Decor turns your TV into an essential part of your living space with on-screen artwork, personal photos, screensaver themes, and clock functions.
• Light Sensor
  On conventional TVs, brightness stays the same regardless of the light in a room, resulting in pictures that are too dark or bright. This TV includes a Light Sensor that optimizes picture brightness to room conditions, boosting brightness in light rooms and reducing it to dark ones so you get the perfect view.
• Acoustic Auto Calibration
  No matter where you’re sitting, this TV detects your position and optimizes sound so you’ll enjoy the same sound quality as if you’re sitting right in front of the TV. Sound can change depending on your room environment. 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. This TV detects objects and reproduces sound that’s enhanced and optimized to your room.
• Netflix Calibrated Mode
  This mode was specially developed to enjoy Netflix originals and reproduce the same picture quality on a TV as on a studio evaluation master. With Netflix Calibrated Mode, the creator’s vision and intent are faithfully preserved.
• IMAX Enhanced
  This Sony 4K smart TV is IMAX Enhanced certified, meaning it’s optimized for high-fidelity picture and sound. Enjoy a more immersive at-home entertainment experience with IMAX Enhanced picture mode, which takes full advantage of all IMAX Enhanced remastered content.
• Dolby Vision® and Dolby Atmos®
  Enjoy cinematic thrills at home. Dolby Vision® brings scenes vividly to life for authentic viewing, while Dolby Atmos® fills the room with immersive surround sound.
• BRAVIA CORE™
  A huge number of movies are included and waiting for you. With BRAVIA XR technology, Pure Stream, and IMAX Enhanced, everything you watch is delivered with stunning visuals and expressive sound quality.

Footnotes:

• ₁ As of 11/18/20, Cognitive Processor XR cross-analyses multiple picture elements combined with focal points; recreating human perspective. Verified by Strategy Analytics.
• ₂ User must connect to a Google account to use certain advertised features, including voice to activate linked apps, install software, certain apps, and operating software during setup. User may opt-out and use basic TV operation that does not include certain advertised features such as Google and third-party apps. Wireless connectivity requires an 802.11 home network (802.11n recommended). Network services, content, operating system, and software of this product may be subject to separate or third-party terms and conditions and changed, interrupted, or discontinued at any time and may require fees, registration, and credit card information. Apps must be compatible with the TV. App availability varies by region and device. Upon opt-in, Google Terms of Service (http://www.google.com/policies/terms/) and Privacy Policy (http://www.google.com/policies/privacy/) apply to use of this TV.
• ₃ Number of titles, credits & redemption/viewing period & selection differ per TV model & subject to change. For full details visit https://www.sony.com/electronics/bravia-core. BRAVIA CORE streaming membership reqd. Network services, content, and operating system and software of product may be subject to separate or third-party terms and conditions and changed, interrupted or discontinued at any time and may require fees, registration, and credit card information. For BRAVIA CORE Terms of Service visit https://www.sony.com/electronics/bravia-core.
• ₄ User must set up a broadband network environment. By default, the Pure Stream setting is turned OFF and must be turned ON in BRAVIA CORE settings. BRAVIA CORE offers to stream between 30Mbps-80Mbps once the user turns ON Pure Stream. To access Pure Stream at 30Mbps, the user must have a minimum internet speed of 43Mbps over Wi-Fi. To access the highest quality Pure Stream available at 80Mbps users must have a minimum internet speed of 115Mbps over Wi-Fi. Subject to the user’s network operator’s video streaming restrictions, BRAVIA CORE automatically selects the best bitrate as following with adaptive streaming functionality based on the internet speed available.
• ₅ 4K: 3,840 x 2,160 pixels. Game title supporting 4K/120fps required.
• ₆ 4K: 3,840 x 2,160 pixels. Upscaled, simulated, and enhanced 4K images will vary based on source content.
• ₇ Requires HDR compatible content from supported streaming services or HDR compatible content device connected via HDMI input (sold separately).
• ₈ Dolby Vision content compatible with streaming services or compatible content device connected via HDMI input (sold separately).
• ₉ IMAX Enhanced content enables full IMAX Enhanced experience with compatible streaming services such as Fandango Now (the US only) and BRAVIA CORE, or compatible content device connected via an HDMI input (sold separately).
• ₁₀ Netflix streaming membership required. 4K Ultra HD availability is subject to your Netflix subscription plan, Internet service, device capabilities, and content availability. www.netflix.com/termsofuse
• ₁₁ This Sony TV is compatible with AirPlay 2 and HomeKit. iOS 12.2 or later or macOS 10.14.4 or later is required. Apple ID account required. Subscriptions may be required to access certain content.
• ₁₂ Actual look may differ depending on TV size and type of cables used.
• ₁₃ SU-WL855 wall-mount bracket is available for select Sony OLED and LED models ranging from 55” class to 75” class. TV and wall mount systems are sold separately. Hardware included with a wall-mount bracket.