Other launches from Sony include the A9G 4K OLED TV with AirPlay 2 support, X8500 Dolby Atmos soundbar with twin-woofer setup, and more.
“Other launches from Sony include the A9G 4K OLED TV with AirPlay 2 support, X8500 Dolby Atmos soundbar with twin-woofer setup, and more.”
Sony’s big splash at the ongoing CES extravaganza has finally happened, and it is actually a rather large one. Case in point — Sony’s headlining act, a 98-inch television, Bravia Z9G ‘Master’, flaunting 8K resolution, IMAX Enhanced-branded upscaled video content and Apple AirPlay 2 support. Sony’s latest flagship television, the Z9G ‘Master’ series, is a sheer feat — there certainly isn’t any content playback in home entertainment, which can make the most of four times more information than a 4K film, and 98 inches of screen space.
Yet, the company has specified that the BRAVIA Z9G Master includes the Picture Processor X1 Ultimate image processor and the 8K X-Reality Pro engine, which help the television upscale any content all the way up to near-8K video quality, taking reference from Sony’s reserve of true consumer-grade 8K videos stored in its database. This quality is further branded as IMAX Enhanced, adding cinematic immersion to the visuals. This TV employs an LCD panel, quite starkly in contrast with LG’s Signature Z9 8K OLED TV that was announced prior to CES 2019. To make up for that and the use of an LCD display, Sony uses Backlight Master Drive and ‘X-tended’ Dynamic Range, allowing better backlight control and producing deeper blacks and richer true-tone colours.
The rest of its party tricks include a Netflix Calibrated mode, Android TV with Google Assistant, Apple AirPlay 2 and HomeKit compatibility (the second company to add it after Samsung), HDMI 2.
