With the World Cup approaching – in both football and cricket – have you been considering a new TV? If so, you should know that Sony has been scooping up awards and plaudits all over the place for its 4K OLED and LED televisions. What you might not know is that Currys, Britain’s favourite tech retailer, has even better Sony TVs that no other store has access to. [Link here]
A Sony TV is the ultimate way to watch all the action from this epic summer winter of sport. From seeing every minute in pristine, 4K detail to accessing the next big match with the power of your voice, a Sony television will be your star player. With an option to suit any budget, the only question is which Sony TV with Currys-exclusive features should you put on your team sheet?
Sony A84K: OLED superstar
Why you should buy it: Serving up exceptional colour and deep blacks, the Sony's A84K OLED is a great all-round telly and it’s also perfect for sport. That’s because XR OLED Motion analyses fast-moving action scenes and inserts extra frames. The result is that even the most rapid build-up play is never blurred or distorted; the action stays smooth, bright, and clear.
Thanks to the superior image quality of Sony OLED, you can enjoy all the football action with real-life depth and texture. Super-wide viewing angles mean everyone can see, even if you’re squeezed onto the end of the sofa.
The sound is no slouch either – on this Sony, the screen is the speaker, thanks to Acoustic Surface Audio+. This creates immersive sound with plenty of bass. A combination of three actuators invisibly vibrate to create acoustics that move with the picture, delivering realistic high frequency sound with clear and natural dialogue. Meanwhile, the twin subwoofers boost bass to epic proportions. Combined, you get fully immersive sound in your living room!
Currys exclusive features
• This special edition buffs up the image even further with its rich colour enhancer. This enhances the mid tones for extra saturation while preserving natural colours. As a result, colours are truly spectacular, with Sony’s widest ever colour palette. This colour enhancement tech is NOT on the standard model A80K.
• 24 months access to BRAVIA CORE and 10 movie credits – double what you get with the A80K.
• Hands-free voice search with built-in mics. On the A80K, voice search is via the remote but on the A84K it’s fully hands free.
• Premium voice remote with ‘finder’ feature – another Currys exclusive.
Sizes available: 55, 65 and 77 inches
Sony X94K: LED leader
Why you should buy it: This fully array LED TV lets you see the world like it’s real life; the contrast and colour are incredibly life-like, thanks to a matrix of LED backlights nestled behind the entire screen.
Ideal for sport, the Sony X94K renders fast-paced scenes without blur or distortion, with XR Motion Clarity analysing the motion and inserting extra frames to ensure the action stays smooth, bright, and clear.
You’ll feel fully immersed in the stadium action, thanks to special tweeters that ensure each sound seems to pop from exactly the right place within a scene. It’s what Sony calls an Acoustic Multi-Audio experience.
Currys exclusive features
• As with its OLED sibling, the X94K features a rich colour enhancer not available to the standard X90K.
• 24 months access to BRAVIA CORE and 10 movie credits – double what you get with the X90K.
• Hands-free voice search with built-in mics. On the X90K, voice search is via the remote but on the X94K it’s fully hands free.
• Premium voice remote with ‘finder’ feature – another Currys exclusive.
Sizes available: 50, 55, 65 and 75 inches
Sony X89K: fast reacting LCD thriller
Why you should buy it: The high refresh rate of this 100Hz/120Hz panel makes it perfect for watching sport, as well as blockbuster movies and gaming of course. Thanks to a high refresh rate of 120 times per second motions and transitions are ultra-smooth, even when the action gets hectic.
The Sony X89K’s 4K panel also offers enhanced detail and contrast. If a game isn’t in 4K, don’t worry: 2K and HD content is effortlessly upscaled closer to 4K quality with Sony’s 4K X-Reality PRO tech. The colours are also truly spectacular, thanks to its widest ever colour palette.
Incredible pictures deserve incredible sound and on this TV, clear, powerful audio is delivered by unique X-Balanced Speaker units. There’s Dolby Atmos surround sound too, for truly cinematic sound – and football matches broadcast in Atmos have to be heard to be believed.
Currys exclusive features
• Compared to the standard X85K, this TV serves up even smoother action scenes. That’s because it’s packing Motionflow XR 1000, rather than Motionflow XR 800.
• 12 months access to BRAVIA CORE and 5 movie credits – BRAVIA CORE is not available on the X85K.
• Hands-free voice search with built-in mics. On the X85K, voice search is via the remote but on the X89K it’s fully hands free.
Sizes available: 43, 50, 55, 65, 75 and 85 inches
