Sony has talked about the synergy between its divisions for well over a decade, but it’s finally delivering. You’ll no doubt be aware of the various collaborations between PlayStation and Sony Pictures, which will see the likes of The Last of Us adapted into a live action series. But point your peepers at the organisation’s marketing campaign for its latest range of Bravia XR televisions: they’re being billed, quite literally, as “perfect for PlayStation 5”.
What makes these panels ideal for gamers, then? Well, they’re actually adding a bunch of PS5 specific features: Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode. The former will automatically calibrate your console and television for optimum performance when you plug it all in, so you won’t have to fiddle around with menus or search Google for the best settings. It’s a minor convenience in the grand scheme of things, we suppose, but should help out less savvy users.
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Meanwhile, here’s what Auto Genre Picture Mode does: “The TV automatically switches into Game Mode when gaming, which minimises input lag to make the action more responsive, or to Standard Mode when watching movies via a streaming service or from an Ultra HD Blu-ray disc on the PS5, which shifts focus to picture processing for a more expressive picture.” Presumably you’ll be able to turn all of this off if you’d still prefer to set things up yourself.
The features will be available across the Z9J, A90J, A80J, X95J, and X90J models in the Bravia XR range. These screens share a new “Cognitive Processor”, which Sony says “works the same way as our eyes, detecting the main focal point in a scene and enhancing each detail in an object so it stands out with a natural sense of depth”. For the layman, the panels will support up to 120 frames-per-second in crisp 4K, with input lag as low as 6.0ms.
The press release does mention that the PS5 specific features will be added as part of a software update by the end of January 2022, and you will need to ensure both your console and television are running the right version in order to take advantage of them. Who’s in the market for a new TV, then? Use your cognitive processor and let us know in the comments section below.
[source prnewswire.com]
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All of that sounds wonderful...but I have no idea what any of that means outside of the resolution and framerate. I'm sorry I'm ignorant with this type of marketing.
Admit it at first glance you saw "Sony Simps Perfect for PS5 Bravia XR TVs" 🙂
6ms? yeesh thats pretty bad in todays gaming market. for anything else, sure, but oof.
@Nalverus for a TV, 6ms is actually pretty great if not some of the best in the market. The only only other one that I see that competes is the LG OLED65G1 at 9ms.
Edit: I found one a tad lower at 5.32 the LGC1 but still 6ms is not oof.
@Spanky lg CX TV's do1ms. Also pretty much every large format gaming monitors do 1ms as well and some do 144hz (if you don't need the actual TV tuner). So if Sony are marketing this as gaming TV then it's not very good compared to the competition. (I'm Not sure if they are marketing as gaming TV though)
@Nalverus
This is outstanding for a TV. If you prefer gaming on a tiny little monitor, good for you. I prefer my 65"
So still no VRR?
Game mode is usually pretty good on sony tvs. samsung ruins the picture on their tvs in game mode.
First thing to always do with new electronic devices: Disable everything "auto"
@Juanalf nope
@Denni5m I think you're talking about response time instead of input lag.
… and the x900h owners get the shaft.
@Rjak ahh I just saw 6ms and thou5 they were talking about response time. The Bible on this is here: https://www.rtings.com/tv/tests/inputs/input-lag
At 120hz 6ms seems to be the standard for good TV's with game mode enabled.
@Denni5m
I'm willing to bet that they don't have HDR with (good) local dimming. That's part of why TV's have higher latency than monitors. Local dimming takes time. And I'm willing to bet you won't see the difference between 1 and 6 ms in a blind test anyhow.
@ThaBEN depends on how much you want to spend. A monitor like the Asus pg43uq has it all, but at a price higher than TV's the same size.
All I can see its Trial Mountain! So dope!
Wasn't HGiG supposed to resolve issues between consoles and TVs by creating synergy between TV manufacturers and console makers?
(I know my TV is HGiG compliant and enabled)
@Grimwood - Exactly. Game mode, frame creation, blah blah blah - always turn this stuff off. Doesn't take much effort to tweak the 'basic' settings to make the most of your TV. I also like tweaking
Disgusting behaviour from Sony, having to buy one of their new TVs to be able to see through the windscreens in gt7
A promised feature on Sony X900h last year which never happened. I might consider returning it for a refund
Not entirely sure what the benefits are here - surely this is something controlled by what the PS5 should be outputting and not massaged by the TV into showing something different?
And how monstrous are these units? With a minimum 75" TV and a PS5 , there's going to be a lot people having to move house just to fit their gaming gear!
Apart from the fact that most TV's will have ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) which switches automatically to Game Mode when you play a Game and to whatever 'Movie' mode it has for other media. Some TV's also have a 'auto HDR' mode too so I don't think this is 'special'. At least with Xbox, that all comes built into the console so you can take advantage of all of this on any compatible TV...
As for 'Calibration', you should never look at the internet for someone elses 'settings' as all Panels vary. The Purpose of 'calibration' is to reduce those minor variations (or 'errors') specific to that exact panel to get a more 'accurate' image. For example, one panel maybe a bit more 'blue' in the shadows and a bit more red in the highlights, another a bit more green and yellow - if you copy the 'settings' from the Calibrated 'Blue/Red', you'll actually make your TV 'worse' - more inaccurate!
To me, this sounds like its 'forcing' people to buy a Sony TV to get the functionality of other consoles on PS5. What next, you have to buy a Sony Bravia to get VRR too?
I would hope that this is just marketing BS to make people think they have to buy a Bravia but all those functions should be built into the Console and work with 'ANY' HDMI 2.1 TV - like they do with Xbox
@Nalverus you must be thinking of gaming monitors. For TV's that is excellent.
I’m disappointed these features don’t seem to be coming to the X900H which is the first TV Sony said was designed for PS5 & its still way too new to upgrade.
These screenshots look terrible. Who in their right mind plays a driving game in first person?!?!?
Yet VRR still isn’t available despite “coming soon” since May 2020
Hmm, I just got a 4K SONY TV last year so I am not going to get another one even if a GT7 car is blurry in front of me (I think my TV will be ok tho)
@trev666 I’m guessing one or some of the tvs in that range supports vrr but ps5 still doesn’t so sad times
@Juanalf I always have had Sony TV's they stay good for a long time great picture quality.
Too expensive for me I'm still using a bravia from 2014
I stand corrected, according to the fine print https://electronics.sony.com/bravia-gaming#D2CWebops-braviaTvs
Applicable models: all BRAVIA XR models, X85J, X80J and X90H.
X900H owners rejoice! Yes X90H and X900H are identical.
@AndyKazama supposed to but only with games HGiG compliant? I’ve turned tone mapping back on for FC6; too dark. Not a something I’ve felt the need to do for a while
@Lloyd1nspace / I game on a 75” x90h and so far they haven’t done much of anything to correctly support 120fps mode. We will see, but I wouldn’t place money on big improvements!
I prefer the OLED
@Denni5m LG CX has 13 ms input lag, as measured by rtings
This is actually pretty awesome if it works right. Since caveman times we have had to either manually adjust for each piece of content (no one does this), or just find the best all around settings and hope for the best. A world where each piece of content comes with its own auto calibrated setting, therefore giving us that content in a way the developer wanted us to see it, is frankly an incredible idea. I doubt it catches hold due to the effort involved and the small slice of the population that owns a Sony TV or heck even understands the tech. I wish this was compatible with my Sony projector..
@viktorcode I think you will find it's 6.7ms for 120hz 4k which is the standard pretty much these days. Sony are quoting input lag at 120hz as well.
I was trying to point out that LG and Samsung's had the same specs back in 2020 and Sony are overcharging for their Box which has now only just caught up to have 4k 120 usable for gamers.
I went through a whole saga last year buying a new screen to use on ps5 and PC and first bought a gaming widescreen, sold it because I didn't like the black bars on ps5, then couldn't get a LG CX (best tv at time for gaming) so got a Samsung (can't remember model but was gaming 120hz 4k mode) which was pure garbage and didn't work properly with any 120hz 4k and would flicker, so then returned that and got a large format Gaming monitor instead.
So I have some recent experience with this lol. 😀
This is Sony trying to reinvent the wheel again, this already exists, Its call Dolby Vision, its already supported in loads of games and loads of TVs. It's the same story with Atmos, Sony just not supporting due to the licence costs. I hope, down the line, when production costs drop for the PS5 they will add support with a firmware update. At the moment my PS5 is a exclusives only console as it does not support the features that bring the best out of TV's/Sound set-up.
@Nalverus dude that is incorrect, 6ms total input lag is extremely fast and as fast as the fastest gaming monitors ever made, in fact it is equal or better than many 240hz monitors.
Oled TV's also handily outclass every single monitor high end or not when it comes to pixel response times, often around 4x faster than the fastest LCD displays on the market such as an odyssey g7/g9.
All of this can be found here, its an LG C1 review by tech spot (techspot are hardware unboxed on youtube) the LG C1 also has 6ms input lag, topping the charts when used as a monitor against other monitors, these are the fastest gaming TV's on the market.
https://www.techspot.com/review/2292-lg-c1-oled-gaming/
@viktorcode 13ms is not the fastest you can make it, 6ms is achievable on the LG CX/C1, all comes down to settings used, game mode is different to pc mode etc etc.
Using an LG C1 myself on both a pc and ps5 and its stunning, my previous monitor was an alienware aw3821dw which is a very high end 38in ultrawide and the C1 simply outclasses it in every way, image quality, HDR... the whole lot. Never did I think TV's had come this far, gaming monitors have fallen behind, especially for HDR.
Anyway these Sony TV's look sweet aswell, my only problem is Sony taking what is dolby vision and binning it in favour of their own that only these tv's support, I just don't get it why do Sony play this game and not play ball with anybody else.
Anyway, get an Oled... I can't recommend it enough just make sure you have all the warranty available to you no matter the cost to protect your investment, worth it for peace of mind.
@jinx20001 They test TVs latencies in game mode and outside of it. 13 ms is for game mode.
@viktorcode 13ms is at 60hz in standard mode. go back to Rtings and read the input lag section again mate, they state at 120hz 1080p its 5.2ms, at 120hz 1440p its 5.2ms and at 4k 120hz its 5.3ms. so yes they state its 13ms in standard 60hz mode, but they state you also can enable boost mode which they measured will knock 3ms off that. as somebody that uses a LG C1 as a pc monitor on a very high end pc (rtx 3080/5900x) i can tell you there is no reason to use standard mode, pc mode with boost and at 120hz 4k and it will give you 5.2ms input lag.
this article you are commenting on here states the sony TV will get as low as 6ms at 120hz 4k... so still not as low as measured on a LG C1 by Rtings.
@jinx20001 Sorry, yeah, you are totally right that there is boost mode that drops input lag even more. My original reply though was to the claim that LG С1 has input lag of 1ms (and thus Sony's 6ms is so slow).
@viktorcode yeh no its not input lag of 1ms but the pixel response times are a true 1ms unlike most LCD displays (in fact all LCD displays, none have managed a true across the board 1ms pixel response).
the sony TV's will also have a 1ms pixel response time if they are OLED as this is the advantage OLED has, but yeh its not input lag of 1ms, that is 6ms or even a bit lower on the LG C1 and 6ms on the sony TV's, so both are amazingly fast for input lag, both will also have 1ms pixel response times (oled models only) which again is extremely fast.
people always mix up input lag and pixel response times
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