Sony’s New Bravia Home Theater Line Is Its Brightest, Most Immersive Release Yet

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Sony is giving home theater enthusiasts a brighter, more immersive way to experience movies exactly as filmmakers intended.

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The company has announced a new Bravia TV and Theater home audio lineup, including the Bravia 9 Mini OLED 4K TV that promises a peak luminance of up to 4,000 nits, the Bravia 8 OLED TV that’s 30 percent thinner than the A80L, the Bravia 7 Mini LED with 790 percent more dimming zones (compared to the X90L) and the entry-level Bravia 3 LED TV. The new Bravia Google TVs will also feature auto-calibration exclusively for Prime Video content — a first for the Amazon-owned streamer — and select models will begin shipping around May 6.

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Compared to Sony’s X95L (its brightest Bravia LED TV set on the market right now), the Bravia 9 Mini OLED TV is 50 percent brighter, features up to 325 percent more dimming zones, and uses 20 percent less power. Pricing will be $3,300-$5,500 and the screen comes in 65-, 75- and 85-inch sizes. Sony has not yet announced a release date.

The Bravia 8 OLED TV is priced from $2,000 to $3,900 and comes in sizes from 55 to 77 inches; no release date has been set. Shipping begins May 6 for the Bravia 7 Mini ($1,900-$3,500) and the Bravia 3 LED TV ($600-$1,900).

The Bravia 7 to 9 models features Sony’s XR Processor, 4K X-Reality Pro and XR Clear Image upscaling, XR Triluminos Pro color technology, 120GHz XR Motion Clarity, compatibility with the new Voice Zoom 3 (an AI-driven dialogue volume enhancement), HDR10 and support for Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and IMAX Enhanced.

However, only the Bravia 7 and 9 boast the new XR Backlight MasterDrive tech (which delivers the stunning contrast of deep blacks and vibrant color), and the Bravia 9 features X-Wide Angle and X-Anti Reflection viewing.

Sony Bravia 9 Mini OLED 4K Google TV

BUY 75-INCH AT SONY, $4,000

Buy 85-inch at Sony, $5,500

Sony Bravia 8 OLED Google TV

Buy 55-inch at Sony, $2,000

BUY 65-INCH AT SONY, $2,800

BUY 77-INCH AT SONY, $3,900

Sony Bravia 7 Mini LED Google TV

Buy 55-inch at Sony, $1,900

BUY 65-INCH AT SONY, $2,300

Buy 75-inch at Sony, $2,800

Buy 85-inch at Sony, $3,500

Sony Bravia 3 Google Smart TV

Buy 43-inch at Sony, $600

BUY 50-INCH AT SONY, $700

BUY 55-INCH AT SONY,

BUY 65-INCH AT SONY,

BUY 75-INCH AT SONY,

BUY 85-INCH AT SONY, $1,800

Sony’s Bravia Theater home audio range supports Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and IMAX Enhanced, and is designed to work seamlessly with the new TVs to provide Acoustic Center Sync sound. Offering 360-degree spatial sound mapping, the Bravia Quad audio system ($2,500) begins shipping between April 26 to May 1 and promises 16 total speakers with the option to add a wireless subwoofer.

The Bravia Theater 9 soundbar has 13 speakers ($1,400), the Bravia 8 features 11 speakers ($1,000) and the Bravia Theater U neckband speaker ($300) brings an immersive and open-ear listening experience to TV.

Sony Bravia Theater Quad Speaker System

$2,500 at Sony

Sony Bravia Theater 9 Soundbar

$1,400 at Sony

Sony Bravia Theater 8 Soundbar

$1,000 at Sony

Sony Bravia Theater U Neckband Speaker

$300 at Sony

The news comes after Sony’s new Ult Power Sound Bluetooth speaker series was released in partnership with Mexican singer Peso Pluma.

In April 2023, Sony released its new flagship BVM-HX3110 4K Trimaster professional production monitor, which processes footage with up to 4,000 peak nits of brightness. At the company’s media preview — held Sony Pictures Studios’ Culver City lot — in March, Top Gun: Maverick director said of the BVM-3110, “I was blown away with 4,000 nits. It’s incredible to see how far it has come in just a few years. I am excited to work with it on our new film — we have daylight exteriors and that seems to be where HDR shines in a way that feels very natural.”

“We’ll spend weeks, if not months, color grading a movie — it is critical the consumer has an option to see it exactly as we intended,” he continued.

Academy Award-winning cinematographer Claudio Miranda (Life of Pi, Top Gun: Maverick) added, “from the demos we saw of Top Gun, I could see it was the exact way we shot it.”

See more from the announcement below, and pre-order and learn more about the entire Bravia TV and home audio lineup at Sony.com.

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