Sony X85K VS X80K - Which Do You Need? 

You’re welcome

Good looking out also looking at the 85 incher

Yeah i was thinking the same, is the x80k 120hz or not? In 85 inch

Only the 85 inches

Exactlyyyyyy what I came here to say!!! Mine says 120

Lol, I never thought about it that way but you’re right

​@@TechSteve hey Steve , will it better option to purchase sony's 2022 model in 2023. Or should we wait till new model gets launch...? I mean if I purchase this sony x85k then will I get updates.?

2023 models haven’t released so I can’t advise on something that we know nothing about

@@TechSteve okay. 👍

Steve’s videos are comparable to Brian Cooley’s car videos in that, as you mentioned, they hit the spot and you feel like you learned something relevant, more so than most

Interesting 'coz everywhere i have checked it out the x80k they said its a 120 refresh rate ...

That’s motion rate not native rate

@@TechSteve I know that, it says refresh rate

The 80j i reviewed was an IPS panel and I thought it preformed better. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ar2ojoeFYrU.html

@@TechSteve sir x85k vs x90j please please please

@@RaviSingh-tw2jm X90J ✌️

You’re welcome

I have a X80K , nothing exceptional

Hello. How much storage memory does the X80K come with? On the Sony page it says 16 GB, but counting the applications and the OS, how much does it actually come.

@@danbigboss6484 Hello. How much storage memory does the X80K come with? On the Sony page it says 16 GB, but counting the applications and the OS, how much does it actually come.

@paulpoco22 - Check out Sony's new for 2024 Bravia 7 as an upgrade.

@@JerseyDevil26 Hey man, I am planning to buy the X85K too. Do you recommend it after a year use?

I made a video on x80k

@@TechSteve is this better than SAMSUNG Q80A?

@@3iknow i think yes, sony is always better thn Samsung

Good to know

I just ordered my 55 x85k today and it will arrive by Saturday. I'm also going to be using it with my PS5. Did you use any specific picture settings with your x85k or did you stick with the default picture settings out of the box?

Good to know! I will buy it soon at Best Buy! This applies to both of you guys: should I buy it now or wait til Black Friday sale?

@@DWOMT all I did was put it in game mode and whatever settings I changed was just setting it up for the ps5

@@SonyEnthusiast that's a tough one, personally I'd get it now it's so worth price. Got mine for 800

@@benboyd3082 ok Best Buy has them for $800 👍

Excellent choice

@@TechSteve 🙂🙂🙂

@@TechSteve ..also I'm planning to get a Samsung Q Series soundbar to go along wd the X80K. Will their be any incompatibility when it comes to connectivity and compatability? . Thanks

You can use any tv with any sound bar

@@TechSteve tnx mucho!

I agree. The x85k looked like it had washed out blacks and way too bright. Very disappointing

@drew3354 - The X80K is only 120 Hz at 85 inch. All the smaller sizes are only 60 Hz. If you want 60 Hz you may want to consider Sony's new for 2024 Bravia 3.

Problem is the test videos he used were very bright demos. And the camera can only be set up to make either the brighter tv or dimmer tv look it's best.....the other will be made to look like it has crushed blacks or washed out and faded or both sometimes. The X80K is not as bright and the cameras exposure was set for this one mainly so it looked more colourful and better balanced on camera here. So basically the odds are that the X85K looks far worse than it actually was if seen stand alone and another thing too is that since there is no local dimming on these brighter tvs , it can't help but raise the blacks in these super bright demos.....but in real content I think this will only effect super bright scenes, watching at night in HDR darker scenes, the VA panels will look better. So in real HDR content they should look very similar except for the brightest scenes/highlights where the X85K will go brighter but this in turn will raise your blacks to reach a very high brightness. Which is exactly what you see in this video with the dog demo raising the blacks on the X85K but not on the X80K and the X80K looking clearer and the X85K looking more washed out on camera.... 😄 So I think in this video the X85K is made to look far worse than it actually is.....just read the comments, where the better looking one on camera (X80K) people mostly assume it's the best one.....😆 Edit: Whoops wrong video, in this one it's the other way around the brighter tv is in focus on camera so the X80K looks like I said crushed blacks and dim....this is why I think you should use real HDR content so the brightness is about the same, making both look good or you could adjust the brightness down a bit on the brighter tv so you see a difference still but both still look roughly how they actually look in person. Instead of always making one look great and the other much worse......also VA panels should be angled to the centre of the camera as the colours and blacks get effected otherwise.......

@barryjones2366 this is a older video before I purchased an hdr camera, growing pains of filming TVs

@@TechSteve Yeah I understand it must be difficult. I just don't like the way people seem to assume so much about what they see in these comparisons and get the wrong idea all the time. With a HDR camera and the va panel tvs angled towards the camera too, it would be much more like it actually is in person for sure. 👍But in most comparisons people are watching in SDR.....so I think it would be best to try to get the brightness and angles within the cameras dynamic range by lowering the brightness a bit of the brighter tv maybe? so at least for the scene the blacks/shadow detail, brightness and colours look about right for each.

@barryjones2366 just keep in mind I watch the TVs before i film anything and I notice anything I mention it, if you have any time try to film your TV and edit the video it is harder than you think.

Interesting note. I also refer to rtings from time to time. With that being said, do you think it would be worth it to upgrade to the X85K from the X75h? Main use being watching movies. No gaming at all.

I can't find an X75H. So I can't answer you.

@@chriskelly1740 it's normally the x7500H

@@dancerehab1092 I did find an X750H. The X85K might be newer, is definitely a little brighter, and has lower color AND white balance delta Errors, as well as a better native contrast without Local Dimming.

@@chriskelly1740 that's the one. Would it make sense say a budget upgrade...keeping in mind I'll not be upgrading again for like the next 4years.

85

Thanks

My bad I thought this was a X85k vs X85j video, it’s 85 vs 80 which makes more sense sense.

Unless you’re getting an 85inch where the X80K has the same refresh rate of 120hz.

1440p with 60hz a mean then 1080p with 120hz

Did you turn on the hdmi enhanced, also that’s a 60Hz TV

You got Gucci, you Gucci.

Sony

@@TechSteve Awesome thanks for the quick reply!

You’re welcome Savage One

​@@TechSteve exactly the type of comparison needed, thanks. Will be a new subscriber now. How has TVs changed since 2016? Have 55X850D with manufacturing date August 2016. X85K vs 55X850D?

@WhatthedunkSb - For gaming, the X85K is the clear winner as it features two 2.1 HDMI ports for 120 Hz gaming on either the PS5 or Xbox Series X.

You can never go wrong with LG.

@@alessandroher09 Sure... xD

Sony or Samsung QD-OLED or u can go Sony or Philips OLED too, but minileds good too! LG sucks!!!

What size was your x80k? blooming is not possible because it has no local dimming. maybe it was clouding.

It the backlight technology

@@TechSteve Any other option that isnt OLED that doesnt have that issue?

OLED and QD-OLED but everything else you’re going to get some, less on more expensive models

@@TechSteve However OLED models have the burn-in risk and i'd like to prevent that at all costs...Again, any Non OLED option avaliable for a 43" TV?

It doesn’t happen as often as you think, reviewers do torture test

Lol

55" 👍

Update your router or check the firmware

@@TechSteve ok I'll check when I get home tonight, thanks

You’re welcome Brandon

It’s a recording

I don’t have a vrr video card to test

I’m not sure, check Sony’s website

@@TechSteve I did, but their manual makes it very confusing! So funny how you “google” this and no answers. Looks like I’ll have to make my own video on how to do this when I get mine

Hisense hasn’t reached out to me at all, last year they sent me a few…. I’m not buying anymore TVs until I film more that I have..

You know they don’t sell those models in the us right, i wouldn’t know

@@TechSteve oh ok, never mind😂🙏👍

Get the more expensive one...

Hello

X80j is the closest

They are, I’m using a HDMI splitter

@@TechSteve I still don't know which one to get outside of the color corky one's darker and one's lighter that's not a in the middle

Sample footage here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fCOFWcmHz7k.html

Same probably best place to buy order models is online like Amazon

LG G2 by FAR. It’s one of the brightest and most reliable OLED’s because 1. OLED’s are PERFECT for dark rooms because they produce infinite contrast due to self-lit pixels (no big backlight) 2. They added a heat sink to further avoid burn-in rumors and 3. They make their own panels(which are fantastic), unlike Sony.

@@NLCovers I want an 85 inch and that's not happening under 2500

@@NLCoversNo thanks, i don't need to be worried about burn in and how many hours TV should be on besides that, i never play or watch movies in a complete dark room so...maybe in a near future i will get my first OLED but for now Im ok with Led Full Array Local Diming TV ✌️

LG Qned Mini LED

The Samsung is a old model and i sold it off already

I know that, I’m using a Sony fx3 and I also adjust to the brighter TV, if you look on my channel i have over 300 TV video so there was alot of trial and error m. Now I film in HLG HDR and convert to rec. 709 for the masses.

@@TechSteveI am planning to buy the Sony x80k so was looking at review videos and found yours. I did not look at your latest videos before commenting so I didn't know. These comparisons you do are wayy better now! Thanks for your reply!

Thanks, filming TVs is no easy task, but I’m doing it more than others and some people don’t realize that this channel was built off of my own money. And very few sponsorships

@@nithinmalladi405how has the x80k been for you?

I like the darker black in x80k

Yeah 85k has to much light takes away from the dark spot details

I just bought the 65 inch x80k , I love it coming from a Samsung 65in 6 series that stop working after only 4 years

How about movies

@@zureai I can't say it in words it's really awesome . feel like theatre experience 👌👌👌

@@rajapandian3815 Thanks for your input ! Good price for a 120hz tv

@@zureai 90k 😊

gaming console? or PC ?

Appreciate you

Are you happy with 85k?

@@MIODEK77 I have a90k and its nice.

@@tonydillinger2553 How was 85k?

The x85k is not the x80k

@@TechSteve I bought the x80k and it says it has 120hz . That’s why I’m confused. It is the big screen 85 inch but the model is x80k!!!

@@celestebennett1525 - The 85 inch X80K features a 120 Hz IPS panel but all the smaller sizes are only 60 Hz. This is because the X85K doesn't come in 85 inches.

VA

4K bring it out 👍🏽

The video is the answer

Yes

Nope the x80k is 60Hz and the x85k is 120hz watch the individual review, i connect gaming consoles and measure the input levels.., www.displayspecifications.com/en/comparison/7b9521098a

@@TechSteve X80K's 85" has 120 Hz, other X80K's TV sizes have 60Hz.

Oh ok, at the time i made these videos the 85” wasn’t available so it wasn’t in my notes. Sorry about that

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-fCOFWcmHz7k.html

Have you checked the US website? Also i have to buy the TV myself to review, I don’t work for a TV store

@@TechSteve thanks Steve! I am from India so it's new launch on Flipkart.

Gotcha, I haven’t seen that brand store before

@@TechSteve Ok, no problem. Thanks Steve!

It’s not hooked up right now, maybe someone else can help in the mean time

@@TechSteve Thanks. I wonder why

By one

My 50 inches X90J was 730€ ...less biguer yeah but a better TV ✌️

I told the sizes in the video

@@TechSteve sorry I might have missed it. Thanks for clarifying!

They both are 50” most of the X80K TVs are IPS accept for this size and all of the X85K are VA

@@TechSteve actually I'm really confused between 50" & 55" X80K. I feel 55 is too large, but 50 has got VA panel. Should I prefer size or panel. :)

Up to you I’m a guy with a 75” in the bedroom