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The LED TV with outstanding contrast

With a powerful processor the Sony XG95 boasts super-high-resolution - perfect for watching sport or action movies

Thursday 04 April 2019 17:33 BST

Whether your taste runs to Killing Eve or Game of Thrones is more your bag, there are some sensational shows to feast on right now – and a sizeable, cutting edge, high-definition LED TV is one of the most immersive ways to experience them.

With the best-available LED TVs, there’s much more than just the size of the screen to consider. You need 4K - the super-high-resolution that makes everything look as though it’s the real thing, as found in the Sony XG95.

The XG95’s powerful processor ensures great colour fidelity and accurate brightness, as well as minimising motion blur that can afflict cheaper flatscreen panels – which is great news when you’re watching sport or action movies.

Parts of the backlight can be bright while other areas are switched off

Outstanding contrast

Picture quality is paramount, and an LED TV usually has one backlight, which can mean deep blacks can look like middling greys.

The Sony XG95, however, has something called a Full Array LED backlight which is much more effective, and it also has effective local dimming. This means that parts of the backlight can be bright while other areas are switched completely off, resulting in amazingly deep black shades and outstanding contrast. Regular LEDs can’t come close to this because they have, at best, several side lights. This TV has multiple backlights across the display.

Pin-sharp pictures

The Sony XG95 also has a sophisticated Picture Processor X1 Ultimate chip, which is smart enough to detect hundreds of different objects onscreen and can adjust the brightness, detail and more to add to the realism. It also means that even when the action onscreen is fast and furious, it stays sharp and bright, too.

TVs often have poor visuals unless you’re sitting front-and-centre as viewing angles deteriorate towards the edges of the screen. With the X-Wide Angle technology on the Sony XG95’s massive 75-inch and 85-inch, the picture looks good even if you’re sitting to the side. Ideal to ensure the whole family are in a great seat, wherever they are sitting. There’s even a special setting for streaming Netflix to ensure that what you see is exactly as the director intended.

Browse the full range of Sony TVs available in store or online, and let the experts help find the right model for you, here

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