Sony A95K QD-OLED TV
Sony holds no allegiances.
The company’s current flagship TV models use LG’s OLED technology and are tuned with a custom processor, but the Bravia XR A95K TV revealed at CES is based on an entirely different type of panel—one made by Samsung.
The A95K TVs, available in 65-inch and 55-inch models, have 4K panels with a quantum dot organic light-emitting diode (QD-OLED) display. If that sounds vaguely familiar it’s because QD-OLED combines OLED’s self-illuminating pixels with the quantum dot layer found in many of Samsung’s TVs. This way, you get all the goodies of OLED—infinite contrast ratio and perfect black levels—plus the benefits of quantum dot LED panels, including a wider range of colors and higher peak brightness.
Sony’s new TVs come with four HDMI inputs, two with full HDMI 2.1 support so you can play games on your new console at 4K, 120Hz. They will also ship with variable refresh rates, meaning the pixels can speed up or slow down based on what’s on the screen.
Interestingly, Samsung didn’t reveal its own QD-OLED TV despite sourcing the panel technology. That announcement seems imminent, but in the meantime, Sony will soak up the attention.
