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Quick verdict
The review evidence points to a tradeoff: motion handling and Dolby Vision support versus picture quality and HDR highlight detail. Choose according to which strengths matter more to you; the overall score alone does not settle that choice.
Choose Sony BRAVIA 6 OLED for motion handling and Dolby Vision support.
Choose Samsung 77S90H OLED for picture quality and HDR highlight detail.
Scores are out of 5. Missing scores mean missing review evidence, not a missing feature.
In the right room the OLED delivers beautiful blacks and attractive colors. Bright scenes, reflections, and weaker image processing prevent it from matching the best similarly priced TVs.
Deep blacks, natural color and rich highlights give this 77-inch screen an excellent overall image.
Even moderate ambient light can overcome the modest screen brightness. Windows and reflections make this a poor choice for bright daytime rooms.
Bright daylight and nearby windows do little to spoil visibility, especially in scenes that would otherwise reflect the room.
Deep blacks produce excellent contrast, but dim highlights and muted bright scenes limit the HDR wow factor. Better OLEDs produce a more vivid cinematic image.
HDR material looks vivid and contrasty, with strong highlights and rich colors, though large bright fields are less commanding.
Small HDR highlights lack sparkle, and scenes with large bright areas look especially restrained. This is among the TV's most consequential picture weaknesses.
Small highlights look striking, although sustained bright scenes and higher-end rivals expose some brightness limits.
Clearance depends on stand configuration and soundbar height. One assessment found a low position could obstruct the screen, while another describes raising the stand for extra room.
The pedestal leaves useful room beneath the picture for a soundbar.
The built-in system produces little deep bass or cinematic rumble. Explosions and music have much less weight than they would through a good soundbar.
Bass sounds deep and full, although the lowest notes could be more precisely defined.
Both HDR highlights and large bright SDR scenes are relatively dim. Brighter rival OLEDs make much more impact in daytime light and HDR showcases.
Peak light output is strong, particularly for small highlights, but the C6H and premium G6/S95H alternatives can surpass it.
Internal sound is serviceable for voices but underpowered for cinematic effects and large rooms. An external sound system would provide fuller bass and impact.
Built-in sound draws mixed assessments: balanced and clear but quiet in one evaluation, exceptionally rich in another.
Factory white balance is imperfect, especially in bright SDR scenes, though calibration can produce excellent results.
Factory white balance is highly accurate in SDR; HDR has some minor gray-shade deviations.
Instant-feeling control response and sharp OLED motion make games enjoyable. Support for several consoles is excellent, even if HDR punch is limited.
Very low lag, fast pixels and broadly effective VRR make this an especially capable gaming TV.
Evening viewing brings out the strengths of the OLED panel: rich blacks, high contrast, and immersive shadows. Peak brightness is less of an obstacle when the room is dark.
Near-perfect blacks make movies look dramatic in dark rooms, although vertical near-black bands prevent a flawless result.
Brightness drops noticeably as larger parts of the image become light. Sports and snowy or sunlit scenes can look especially subdued.
OLED brightness falls when much of the picture is bright, reducing impact in sunlit scenes or full-screen white imagery.
Color looks reasonably natural out of the box, and much better after calibration. Bright SDR material can still look too cool or washed out before adjustment.
Natural skin tones and very small SDR color errors make the picture convincing before extensive adjustment.
The TV can produce very accurate images after calibration, with natural colors and controlled whites. The limited calibration toolkit makes some HDR errors harder to correct.
Natural color reproduction is a highlight, while HDR white balance and near-black gamma are less perfect.
The OLED panel can display highlights beside completely black pixels for effectively infinite contrast. This particularly enhances dimly lit scenes.
Pixel-level black control creates outstanding contrast, and the matte coating helps preserve that advantage in light-filled rooms.
Compression smoothing can reduce coarse artifacts, but it may erase fine detail and give low-quality video a waxy appearance.
Compression problems such as posterization and macroblocking are not removed particularly well.
Pixel response is excellent for games and fast-moving content, but some 60p video is hampered by poor judder removal. Results depend on the source.
Fast response and clean motion impress, but slow camera pans can still exhibit visible stutter.
Controller actions appear onscreen almost immediately, with very little perceptible delay. This is a strong point for fast games.
Game Mode delivers extremely low delay, so control inputs feel immediate.
The dim panel and conspicuous direct reflections make glare control a notable weakness. Closing blinds improves dark-scene visibility considerably.
Direct lights become diffuse and much less distracting thanks to the matte anti-reflective coating.
Native apps and 24p sources avoid judder, but 60p boxes can show choppy, uneven motion. This is a notable weakness for some older media devices.
Film judder is removed reliably across most sources, with a small exception for some European-format signals.
Direct lights and windows are plainly visible, often obscuring dark scenes. The screen coating only partly mitigates ambient reflections.
The matte finish dramatically suppresses mirror-like reflections, a decisive advantage over many glossy OLED alternatives.
Very bright HDR elements can lose fine texture as the set reaches its brightness ceiling. Delicate highlights are less convincing than on brighter OLED competitors.
Bright details are usually preserved impressively, although one assessment noted some loss at the very brightest levels.
Most DCI-P3 content is handled competently, but the TV struggles with the wider BT.2020 gamut. Fully saturated red and green tones are harder to reproduce.
Wide color-space coverage helps the panel retain saturation, including vibrant reds and greens.
Standard-resolution material scales sharply, but compression smoothing is less convincing. Poor-quality streams can lose texture and appear waxy.
DVD and lower-quality video remain surprisingly detailed after scaling, though visible compression artifacts can persist.
A genuinely enjoyable dark-room OLED picture and outstanding connectivity are offset by weak brightness, middling value, and reports of severe software glitches. The balance is less favorable than the Sony name might suggest.
The 77-inch model earns a highly favorable overall assessment for combining an improved OLED panel with outstanding reflection control.
The OLED SE panel delivers genuine OLED black levels but lacks the brightness and color strength of premium tandem OLED models. It is an entry-grade OLED rather than a flagship panel.
This 77-inch RGB Tandem variant is noticeably more colorful than several other S90H sizes; results should not be generalized across the whole range.
At 120Hz, game movement remains sharp and responsive. The ceiling is lower than the 165Hz offered by some similarly priced OLED rivals.
Fast OLED transitions make rapid action crisp at high frame rates, ideal for smooth competitive play.
The RGWB subpixel arrangement improves compatibility with PC text rendering, helping text appear crisp. Static desktop interfaces still warrant careful long-term use.
A revised subpixel pattern helps text somewhat, but Windows ClearType is not optimized for it.
The native 120Hz panel produces crisp movement and is well suited to consoles. It falls short of the higher maximum rates offered by some similarly priced gaming OLEDs.
Up to 165Hz delivers particularly sharp, fluid gaming motion when the source supports it.
Near-black scenes can display pronounced vertical bars and streaks across the panel. These artifacts are an important drawback for darker movies and games.
Vertical bands in very dark scenes are an unwelcome weak point, even though ordinary gradients are generally smoother.
Saturated color looks convincing in darker scenes but loses intensity as picture brightness rises. Bright scenes can appear washed out.
The 77-inch RGB Tandem panel delivers unusually vivid colors for this range, staying rich even when brighter colors fill the screen.
Mid-gray screens show little central mottling, a benefit during sports and large camera pans. Slight edge darkening remains but is usually minor.
Central-screen dirtiness is limited, though some darker vertical bands can still be seen across the panel.
Very minor transition overshoot can appear in dark tones, but it is difficult to notice in ordinary viewing.
Very dark gradations can be crushed by imperfect gamma, offsetting otherwise strong shadow reproduction.
Compatible consoles automatically trigger low-lag operation, avoiding the need to change picture modes manually before gaming.
Automatic Game Mode switching removes the hassle of manually selecting the lowest-lag settings on modern consoles.
Bright static elements such as logos, news tickers, and game HUDs carry a meaningful risk of permanent burn-in over time. Mixed content is much safer than leaving fixed graphics onscreen for long stretches.
Static logos and persistent screen elements pose a real permanent burn-in risk, even though mixed viewing is less concerning.
A full calibration can improve accuracy dramatically, but the controls are limited. In particular, there is no full color management system for nuanced corrections.
SDR is easy to dial in with excellent results; HDR calibration yields little further improvement.
G-SYNC support helps keep compatible PC gaming smooth and nearly free of tearing, even as frame rates vary.
Compatible PC hardware can benefit from smooth variable-refresh output over a broad range.
The coating reduces some total reflected light, but windows and lamps remain quite visible. Direct reflections can overwhelm dark scenes.
Glossy-screen users may need time to adjust to the matte presentation, even though its glare reduction is superb.
VRR keeps compatible games nearly free of tearing even during frame-rate fluctuations. Older AMD cards without supported VRR technology are a notable exception.
VRR works extremely well across the panel's range, preventing most visible tearing.
Bright objects stay cleanly separated from dark surroundings, without the halos associated with backlit LCD televisions.
Bright highlights sit against black backgrounds without the halos that can appear on backlit TVs.
Fast objects remain distinct without long blur trails, thanks to rapid OLED pixel transitions. Some persistence blur is still possible at 60Hz.
Fast-moving objects appear sharp with almost no smearing across 60Hz, 120Hz and 165Hz operation.
Low-resolution DVDs and similar sources are enlarged cleanly without obvious oversharpening. This strength does not extend fully to compressed-stream cleanup.
Standard-definition and HD sources look cleaner and smoother after conversion to the native 4K display.
Image processing is a divisive area: some previews anticipated Sony's usual advantage, but tests found weaker streaming cleanup and loss of fine texture. The missing premium XR processing is significant.
Fine detail is preserved, but compression artifacts are not cleaned up as effectively as on some competing OLEDs.
Individual OLED pixels switch fully off for truly deep blacks. Dark-room contrast is excellent and a consistent strength.
OLED's self-lit pixels produce genuinely inky blacks that give dark scenes impressive depth.
Four full-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 connections are the clearest hardware advantage. Consoles, PCs, and other high-rate devices can stay connected without choosing which inputs get the best features.
Four full-bandwidth HDMI 2.1 inputs leave enough connections for multiple current-generation consoles and a gaming PC.
The full Google TV experience includes ads, and turning off ad personalization does not reduce their number. An ad-free basic-TV setup sacrifices smart features.
Tizen places advertising across its interface; targeted ads can be switched off, but ads as a whole cannot.
Completely black areas are beautifully uniform thanks to the self-lighting panel, with no halos around bright objects. This does not prevent visible banding in near-black gray scenes.
Fully black areas are exceptionally even and remain free of halos, despite separate issues with near-black gray tones.
Clips built into the feet make it easier to route cables discreetly behind the television.
Small grooves in the stand offer a simple way to organize the cables behind the screen.
Voices are intelligible through the internal speakers. There is no sophisticated room-correction system to compensate for the acoustics of a particular space.
Speech is easy to follow through the built-in speakers, even if voices can sound slightly thin.
Four HDMI inputs offer plenty of room for consoles, media players, and other AV devices. Their full bandwidth makes the count more useful than a simple four-port specification.
Four high-bandwidth connections allow a multi-device setup without sacrificing full-speed ports.
OLED pixels change almost instantly, preventing noticeable trails behind fast-moving objects. This helps both games and sports.
Almost instantaneous pixel changes sharply reduce the blur behind moving objects.
Near-black scenes can be marred by obvious vertical banding, even though fully black areas look perfect. Gray-field uniformity is considerably better.
Vertical streaking in near-black scenes can be clearly distracting, despite relatively clean medium-gray areas.
Simple blade-style feet hold the screen securely. Their placement has limited flexibility compared with adjustable-width stands.
The pedestal feels supportive and lifts the image usefully above a cabinet.
The blade feet give the TV a secure base without noticeable wobble.
Its pedestal holds the very large panel securely without obvious wobble concerns.
Four full-speed HDMI 2.1 inputs simplify mixed entertainment setups with consoles, PCs, and external media devices. The breadth of compatible audio formats is an additional strength.
Four full-bandwidth HDMI inputs offer plenty of flexibility for a gaming PC, consoles and other high-demand video gear.
The picture retains its appeal from off-center seats, making the screen an excellent fit for wide group seating.
Side seats retain excellent contrast and generally stable colors, with only mild color shifting.
Adaptive refresh performs well across the supported range, including low frame rates when the source supports compensation. Tearing is kept to a minimum.
Gaming remains nearly tear-free even at lower frame rates when the source supports compensation.
Panel longevity looks reasonable with varied content, but static graphics pose burn-in risk. Operational freezes in one review introduce a separate concern about day-to-day dependability.
The broad panel-risk outlook is relatively reassuring, with important caveats for static content and eventual edge-pixel wear.
HDMI Forum VRR and G-SYNC work well, but lack of FreeSync excludes VRR on certain older AMD graphics cards. Check PC graphics compatibility before relying on tear-free play.
Supported FreeSync sources can run with very little tearing, including when frame rates dip.
DTS compatibility is particularly helpful for Blu-ray collectors and external home-theater systems. It provides broader audio-format flexibility than many competing setups.
No DTS support is disappointing for disc collectors whose Blu-rays use DTS soundtracks.
Dolby Vision offers a useful range of picture modes, including cinema and gaming options. It can improve some scenes but cannot fully compensate for the panel's low brightness.
Dolby Vision is unavailable, ruling out that particular HDR format for compatible streams, discs and games.
HDR10, HLG, and Dolby Vision cover the major formats many viewers use. HDR10+ is absent, so that particular format requires fallback playback.
Dolby Vision is notably missing from an otherwise capable HDR display, potentially restricting preferred content formats.
Games look sharp at 4K and can run as fast as 120Hz, with excellent input response. The missing 1440p option is a smaller compatibility drawback.
PS5 and Xbox gaming are well served, with sharp 4K output and smooth, low-latency operation.
Current consoles and compatible PCs can play at 4K/120Hz on every HDMI input. Native 1440p signals are not supported, so some alternate output setups are more restrictive.
The 77-inch set accommodates demanding current-generation console signals, making fast 4K play a genuine strength.
Every HDMI port carries high-bandwidth gaming features rather than reserving them for only two inputs. This is an unusually flexible arrangement for a Sony OLED.
Full 48Gbps bandwidth across all four ports offers generous flexibility for demanding gaming signals.
The TV tracks much of the intended HDR brightness curve closely. However, it cuts off highlights abruptly rather than preserving the brightest gradations.
HDR luminance tracking is impressively faithful, retaining detail through most mastered brightness ranges.
Google TV has a large catalog of familiar streaming services and entertainment apps. App availability itself is a strength even though operation is not universally trouble-free.
Tizen has a broad catalog of streaming apps and games, making it easy to find major services.
Using Google TV includes advertising, but a basic setup without a Google sign-in offers an ad-free alternative. The tradeoff is losing many smart functions.
Disabling personalized advertising is possible, but completely removing promotional material from the interface is not.
Much of the HDR signal follows the intended luminance curve accurately. The brightest areas nevertheless clip rather than holding fine gradations.
Static tone mapping favors accuracy, while Active makes scenes brighter at the cost of faithful reproduction.
Google TV provides a wide assortment of mainstream streaming services. Actual playback reliability is a separate concern in light of reported freezes.
A substantial selection of streaming apps makes it easy to use the TV without an external streaming box.
Thin framing on all four sides keeps the front unobtrusive and places visual attention on the picture.
Narrow bezels help the large panel look clean and contemporary rather than bulky.
Construction is sturdy and tidy, without apparent assembly flaws. The simple design feels well put together.
The extremely thin chassis feels well assembled and shows no obvious workmanship problems.
The BRAVIA 6 has clean, restrained styling, slim bezels, and simple feet. It looks attractive without a flashy finish.
The slim body and minimal framing give this 77-inch television an elegant, upscale appearance.
Google TV menus can feel fast and straightforward, but another hands-on assessment found freezes that repeatedly interrupted operation. Daily use is therefore less consistently polished than the interface suggests.
The set can run in a basic mode without a Google sign-in. That removes advertising but also strips away many connected-TV conveniences.
Optional black-frame insertion helps with 60Hz blur, but it is restricted to that rate and cannot eliminate persistence completely.
Built-in speakers deliver surprisingly substantial low-end weight, tempered by some muddiness.
The 100Mbps wired network port should handle everyday streaming, but it can be a bottleneck for extremely high-bitrate local files. Faster networking arrangements may be preferable for demanding home media libraries.
The screen avoids traditional PWM dimming but has small refresh-related brightness dips, so it is not absolutely flicker-free.
Low-latency motion smoothing can make older low-frame-rate games look less choppy without a severe control penalty.
Samsung's low-lag smoothing option helps lower-frame-rate console games without substantially compromising responsiveness.
Entering Game Mode preserves peak brightness while unlocking exceptionally responsive gameplay.
Most color transitions are subtle and smooth, but very dark gray gradients can exhibit banding.
Older and lower-quality sources are enlarged smoothly to 4K, with little jagged edging or loss of fine texture.
An 83-inch configuration allows a very large OLED image with deep blacks. It makes most sense where the furniture and viewing distance can accommodate its size.
With no backlight zones to coordinate, bright-to-dark transitions avoid local-dimming pumping or halos.
Opinions differ on how loud the internal speakers can get: one test found limited output, another found it adequate for noisy rooms.
OLED pixel transitions are exceptionally clean, with only slight overshoot around certain dark-to-bright changes.
Gentle interpolation settings do little to erase stutter in slow pans, limiting their value for film watching.
The simpler remote has attracted criticism for its design and layout. Its functionality is conventional rather than especially premium.
The simplified remote design has drawn unfavorable reactions. Hotkeys remain, but the overall button arrangement may not appeal to everyone.
Internal speakers range from merely decent to remarkably good depending on the assessment, but dialogue remains intelligible.
Foot placement is not especially flexible, so the furniture must accommodate the fixed stand width. Check dimensions before buying.
Around 32GB of stated internal storage is seen as enough for typical streaming apps and everyday software.
Slow horizontal pans can jump visibly, and mild motion interpolation does not fully fix the problem.
Playing video files from a USB stick was not dependable in one hands-on evaluation. A local media library is not a risk-free alternative to streaming.
The TV tops out at 120Hz even at 4K, while some similarly priced OLED rivals can accept higher 4K refresh rates. High-frame-rate PC enthusiasts have faster alternatives.
Dolby Atmos and other Dolby and DTS formats broaden external audio compatibility. For cinematic impact, an upgraded sound system is still preferable to the modest built-in speakers.
eARC can deliver high-bitrate, uncompressed surround audio from connected devices to a compatible receiver or soundbar.
There is no HDR10+ decoding, so HDR10+-only titles rely on a compatible fallback format. Dolby Vision support helps offset the omission on other content.
An ATSC 3.0 tuner supports NEXTGEN TV broadcasts in the United States, making the television flexible for compatible over-the-air services.
The four full-bandwidth HDMI connections are a genuine benefit, but the picture is dimmer and often less refined than cheaper OLED rivals. Even a sale price may not erase concerns about software reliability.
One hands-on test encountered crashes or freezes that required physically unplugging the TV. This serious weakness sits uneasily beside otherwise smooth interface reports.
Google TV navigation feels quick and intuitive during normal operation. More severe reliability problems were noted in another test, so speed is not the entire story.
Google TV's normal navigation is fast and direct, although that responsiveness does not guarantee freedom from occasional system faults.
Google TV offers easy navigation and broad access to streaming services. It is flexible in principle, though one test uncovered disruptive operating glitches.
eARC and wide format compatibility allow high-quality audio to pass to a soundbar or receiver. This is a useful asset for surround-sound systems.
Ambient-light adjustment may make casual viewing easier, but it changes the picture as room lighting shifts. Those who need a steady image should pay attention to the setting.
The 77-inch model's RGB Tandem OLED structure delivers a real improvement over several other sizes in the series.
Individually lit pixels mimic ideal local dimming without the compromises of backlight zones.
Subtle picture textures survive well even with ordinary streaming and cable feeds.
Fine-tuning a good picture for both daylight and evening can require more work than expected.
Thin screen borders and a slender profile help this enormous OLED blend into a refined living-room setup.
The 48-, 55-, 65-, 77-, and 83-inch range covers compact setups and expansive theaters. Some rivals additionally offer 42-inch models.
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