There won't be a technological revolution in the Sony TV range this year, and yet the Japanese manufacturer is announcing nothing less than the official successor to its best TV to date. The Bravia 8 II has the difficult task of taking over from the A95L, Sony's QD-OLED benchmark, which was released in 2023... and which won the 01net Award in the category a few months later.
The Bravia 8 II is therefore the new benchmark incorporating Samsung's OLED panel technology and it takes over a good part of the technical specifications of its predecessor... starting with the panel, of course. One nuance, however, if the technology remains QD-OLED, it is the 3rd generation of this panel developed by Samsung Display that will be at work on the new Bravia. The new model will be based on the XR processor launched with the Bravia 9, Sony's miniLED model, last year. It will be available in two diagonal sizes, 55 and 65 inches.
Bravia 8 II, the crowning glory of QD-OLED
The advantage of this chip? It relies on its computing capabilities and AI to recognize the type of scenes and optimize the image accordingly. Sony does not officially communicate a value in terms of brightness, but the new generation of QD-OLED panels should also allow improvements on this point. As usual, Sony relies on Google TV for the management of the interface and adds its own features like the excellent PS Remote Play which allows you to play your PlayStation games even if the console is connected to another television (randomly in the children's room). Finally, for the audio part, no surprise, since Sony is once again using its traditional recipe, namely Acoustic Surface Audio +, a technology that is now completely mastered and which offers one of the best native sounds on the market. Last good news: even if it has not yet been officially announced, the price of this Bravia 8 II should be slightly lower than that of the A95L when it is released.
The Bravia 8 II is not the only model to make its debut in the catalog this year. We'll also have to consider the Bravia 5, a miniLED model replacing the X90L. It will be available in 55, 65, 75, and a massive 98 inches. Finally, a notch lower, it's the Bravia 3 that will be the manufacturer's entry-level 4K model. While it will have the same features as its peers, it should logically lag behind in terms of image quality since it relies on simple LED technology and a processor that's already a few years old, the famous X1.
A more rational range while waiting for RGB
This new range of TVs stamped 2025 is not quite classic for Sony. The Japanese company is making a real transition with these launches. The days when the manufacturer unveiled a new high-end model every year seem to be over. Now, the natural cycle seems to have shifted to two years, a period during which the different ranges are renewed alternately. The other lesson to be learned from this "new" catalog is that Sony seems to have recognized the superiority of QD-OLED over W-OLED.
Finally, if 2025 can be seen as a year of transition, it is also and above all because Sony has already announced the continuation of the adventure, and, to put it clearly, what it is preparing for 2026. Indeed, even before the official launch of the new Bravia, Sony wanted to make it known that an RGB LED model was already in the pipeline and that it should probably see the light of day next year.
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