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Irish Mirror

Lifestyle

Mark Kavanagh

Sony unveils its new range of 2023 Bravia XR TV sets and they are great news for gamers

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Sony has taken the wraps off its new range of Bravia XR TVs which get impressive picture quality and ear-pleasing audio and cut down on all-important energy use.

For the last number of years, the company has been making some of the best TVs you can buy.

So it’s perhaps no surprise that this year Sony is putting the emphasis on tweaking image quality and adding enhancements for gamers especially those using a PS5.

Sony Bravia XR 2023 line-up

The new Bravia XR range of five 2023 TVs includes as its most premium product the dazzling bright A95L QD-OLED that promises up to 200 percent better peak brightness than its predecessor.

This TV has a multi-view mode that lets you play content from multiple sources in a single window.

Gamers could play a game on one half of the screen while watching a YouTube tutorial for it on the other.

There are also less expensive but still premium mini-LED models X93L and X95L.

Not to mention an A80L OLED.

And there’s a full array LED, X90L as the entry level model.

XR Clear Image

A new feature called XR Clear Image adapts picture adjustments based on the quality of the source material. If it’s genuine 4K content from a streaming service or UHD Blu-ray disc, the TV won’t mess with the image much.

The firm said its system is smart enough to detect full HD video and it will enhance the image processing while preserving elements like film grain and staying respectful of the creator’s intent.

Google TV OS

All of Sony’s 2023 TVs run Google TV as their OS. The software has a content-forward interface and supports features from Apple (AirPlay 2 / HomeKit) and Amazon (Alexa) on top of the built-in Google services like Assistant voice search.

Acoustic Centre Sync

This synchronises the TV’s audio system with the centre channel of a compatible Sony soundbar turning it into the centre speaker for the ultimate at-home experience.

Bravia Game Menu

The TVs are capable of 4K gaming at 120Hz, with two HDMI 2.1 ports and two HDMI 2.0.

The Auto Genre Picture Mode provides optimised picture quality, performance and colour depending on the type of game you are playing.

Auto HDR Tone Mapping will make colourful next-gen games such as Horizon Forbidden West look brighter and more vivid, while giving a softer and more realistic look to titles recreating a real-world environment.

The TVs have a Black Equaliser for lighting overly dark scenes and an on-screen crosshair that enables a tighter aim in shooting games.

The sets have customisable screen size settings, which allow you to shrink your game down to a smaller window that doesn’t take up the entire television.

This is especially useful for competitive gamers as it’s a lot easier to keep tabs on a heated battle if the action is all within your line of sight and not taking up a huge 65in canvas.

Eco Dashboard

And they all feature the Eco Dashboard as a central hub (accessible from the home screen) that encourages customers to be eco-conscious and mindful of settings that draw more power.

The menu enables you to toggle the likes of power saving mode and automatic power-down settings, and as you activate more eco-friendly modes an illustration of a tree that grows bigger.