MINI-LED MASTERY
Sony X95L
Sony’s top-of-the-range mini-LED set shows considerable control to deliver sublime pictures
SPECIFICATIONS
Screen sizes 65-inch /75-inch /85-inch Panel 3840 x 2160 100Hz/120Hz mini-LED HDR support Dolby Vision Audio Dolby Atmos, auto-calibration OS Android TV Connectivity 4x HDMI, (2x HDMI 2.1; 1x eARC), 2x USB, ethernet, Composite, digital audio out, Wi-Fi 5, Bluetooth 4.2 Dimensions 1443x835x62mm / 1667x960x59mm / 1888x1085x59mm Weight 32.2kg / 42.2kg / 51.8kg
Mini-LED televisions – which use smaller and multitudinous LEDs for M greater backlight accuracy and brightness – were once pretty pricey. But those days are gone. Sony’s X95L is a case in point: it’s one of the company’s premium ranges, but it’s keenly priced.
Sony is nothing if not a sensible company, and so it has done the sensible thing with the X95L and left well enough alone. At 62mm deep it’s not the slimmest option, and at 32kg is probably not ideal for hanging on a partition wall – but when viewed from the dead-ahead it’s an elegant and understated looker. The bezels are very brief indeed, and both the metal and plastic used in its construction look and feel reasonably premium.