Sony's latest high-end TV uses Samsung's QD-OLED panel

Sony is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its Bravia TV lineup, and as a part of the celebration, the company has announced three new TVs: Bravia 2 II, Bravia 5, and Bravia 8 II. Terrible names, we know. However, the Bravia 8 II has caught our attention, as it uses Samsung Display's QD-OLED panel.

The Bravia 8 II is Sony's latest high-end TV, one step below the company's current flagship model, the Bravia 9. It succeeds last year's critically acclaimed A95L and uses Samsung's 4K QD-OLED panel with a 120Hz variable refresh rate. It also uses the latest high-luminance QD-OLED panel and a temperature sensor that controls light output. Samsung's new QD-OLED panel was showcased at CES 2025 earlier this year, and it can reach a peak brightness of up to 4,000 nits.

The Bravia 8 II supports Dolby Vision, HDR10, and HLG. It runs Android TV OS and has 2.2-channel speakers that can follow on-screen action and support Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, and DTS:X IMAX audio. It will be available in 55-inch and 65-inch sizes.

Sony claims that its new QD-OLED TV has 125% of the peak brightness of last year's A95L and 150% more brightness than last year’s Bravia 8 (WRGB OLED). The company says the Bravia 8 II will have the same design as the A95L but will have a lower price tag. Its pricing hasn't been revealed yet.

Yosuke Nakano, a member of the company’s product planning department, said Sony aims to deliver the most authentic color reproduction in the industry, closely matching the colors from professional monitors used by movie directors and studios for HDR color grading. Sony's BVM-HX310 can reach up to 4,000 nits of peak brightness.

To showcase its new TV's performance, the company reportedly compared the Bravia 8 II with Samsung's S95D (2024 TV model), Sony A95L, LG G4, and Sony's BVM-HX3110 reference monitor. The Verge says that Sony's Bravia 8 II was the closest to Sony's reference monitor.

Image Credits: Samsung (Feature Image), Sony