Best Sony TVs for HDR brightness

#1

HDR brightness is extraordinary, reaching several thousand nits while preserving impactful highlights and strong full-screen output.

#2

HDR highlights are vivid, controlled and often spectacular, but the Sony is not the brightest flagship and some modes can push highlights away from reference.

#3

HDR is bright and impactful enough to make highlights pop and colors stay vivid. Measurements vary by mode and source, and several rivals can go brighter.

#4

HDR has pleasing punch in many movies, but the 55–85-inch sets trail brighter rivals and small highlights can be restrained. The 98-inch version has markedly more headroom.

#5

Moderately lit HDR scenes can look lively, but the measured output lacks the headroom to make tiny specular highlights sparkle. Opinions are more positive when judging against basic LCD sets.

#6

Small HDR highlights lack sparkle, and scenes with large bright areas look especially restrained. This is among the TV's most consequential picture weaknesses.

#7

Highlights rarely have the intensity HDR material deserves, and the weak peak brightness makes bright scenes look flat rather than spectacular.