Sony's OLED technology in TVs

September 21, 2019

Sony has been on the market for a long time, offering a wide range of digital products.

It may be experiencing a bit of a setback in the smartphone market, but the film, music, and television sub-segment is particularly thriving, where the company is undoubtedly one of the leading places.

The history of Sony's OLED TVs dates back to 2008, but the Japanese giant has decided to try its luck with this technology again. This time for the mass market. This is the Sony A1 OLED TV.

This technology has already made it onto the list of the best smart TVs of 2019 .

Compared to other TVs, Sony takes a rather minimalist and elegant approach to the design concept, which in this case is called Ones Late.

The idea is that neither the screen bezels nor the stand are visible from the front, but rather a plain and simple glass plate appears in front of us. Such a visual will fit into any type of interior and even seem to disappear into it.

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The front and back are made of glass, surrounded by a sturdy aluminum frame, just like in today's smartphones. The TV stand is located at the back, and it hides the entire brain and peripherals, practically everything that is not even visible at first glance.

If desired, of course, the stand folds down and the TV can be hung on the wall. You'll also notice that there are no speakers anywhere around the entire perimeter of the TV, as they're built right into the screen.

The company calls this technology Acustic Surface and has been developing it for a long time, but until now it was impossible to use it due to the insufficient fluidity of the panel.

Now, as you can see, it's possible. The entire front is actually one big speaker, and it uses vibrations to produce sound.

The whole idea is that the sound becomes mobile and the screen can emit sound from any letter around the entire perimeter, which ultimately gives us even more immersive experiences.

As for the screen, it is 55 inches with 4K resolution, and a 65-inch model is also available.

The brightness of the OLED panel is 1000 nits, which is very good, although the main advantage of OLED technology is undoubtedly deep blacks and super vivid colors, which the Sony A1 certainly does not lack, although the panel is not everything.

The TV is equipped with the X1 Extreme processor, which uses advanced image processing algorithms to significantly reduce digital noise, increase detail, and make the final picture much more realistic.

Additionally, the screen also supports Dolby Vision and HDR 10 for wide dynamic range, which looks great not only on the spec sheet but in the real world as well.

I was also quite surprised by the fact that even 1080P content looks great here, that's how well Ubsqyuing's technology works up to 4K .

Everything is detailed, clear and very contrasting. The TV runs on the Android TV operating system , which is version 6.0 out of the box, although an update to 8.0 Oreo has also arrived, which means that the TV is included in the Google ecosystem and standard Google applications are available, such as Playstore, Youtube, Assistant, and in general, your personal Google account, which you fill in from the phone and do not have to type giant passwords with the remote control, which is very convenient.

There is also built-in Chromcast functionality, which allows us to share videos, photos, music, and any type of content directly from our phone with the click of a simple button.

You can download any application you need from the Playstore. For this, there is 16 GB of built-in memory, which may be small by smartphone standards, but the TV doesn't need more than that.

Ultimately, is the Sony A1 worth buying? If you want the most innovative, attractive, beautiful and technologically advanced TV , the Sony A1's ideal and colorful OLED screen, minimalist design and innovative sound system are for you.