1 SONY XF90
£TBC, sony.co.uk
TV is the undisputed king now. Even Hollywood has acquiesced to this, having doffed its cap to a range of Netflix and Amazon Prime Video originals at this season’s film and TV awards. With ‘binge-racing’ the new binge-watching, no wonder so many of us are ploughing cash into our home cinema setups. 2018 will be a defining year for always-connected laptops, sure, but 4K HDR TVs are gearing up for glory too – and that’s due in part to Sony’s XF90 Series of LCD 4K HDR TVs.
While we haven’t yet tested the XF90, the big spec, dynamic features and glossy looks are enticing. We’ve complained in the past that bigger screens have more noticeable motion blur during action scenes, but Sony says that this won’t be an issue for the XF90, thanks to its new X- Motion Clarity tech that keeps fast-moving images smooth and bright. Just as well, as this luxe Android telly also comes in a whopping 75-inch model.
We’re quietly enamoured with the XF90’s minimalist good looks, fronted by an enhanced Triluminos display and built to support Dolby Vision, and we’re still getting our heads around all the high-performance tech and features crammed in, including Sony’s object-based HDR remaster and Super Bit Mapping 4K HDR tech. Come spring when the XF90 Series begins shipping, we know that we’ll be bingeracing series 2 of The Tick on Amazon.
“Sony does it again – this will be the midlevel TV to beat.”
Matt Bolton, Editor