TVs and monitors · Sony
A QD-OLED that owners keep because its contrast, colour and sharpness spoil them for other screens, even as they wait out firmware updates that have upset audio sync.
The picture is the reason people own it: deeper contrast, richer colour volume and wider viewing angles than the sets they came from, with several owners calling it the best display they have had at home. A few say it has ruined other people's TVs for them.
Owners who hit a fault after the warranty ended, often following a firmware update, describe Sony support as offering a paid repair and little else, even when they sent evidence that others were seeing the same problem.
Pick up to three. You get a page with just those, side by side, on the subjects owners raised.
What still delights people is the picture in a light-controlled room. Owners who also run a mini LED set in a brighter room say the two are close on most things, but they prefer the A95L for its perfect blacks and colour, and several who have since bought a newer Sony say they should have just bought a second A95L. One owner is keeping it indefinitely as the last of its line.
Brightness is where owners are divided. Some say it is clearer and brighter than newer sets in real scenes at home; others say the newer Bravia models have more pop in bright HDR modes and would be the better pick for a bright room. What owners adjust to is the software cadence: they have learned to read forums before accepting a firmware update, because recent ones have brought audio drift, app stuttering and, for some, a black or green screen with certain sources.
The panel and build hold up; the complaints are about software. Owners with soundbars and Apple TV boxes describe audio falling out of sync after recent updates, sometimes after two years of trouble-free use, and one set lost audio through its own speakers. One owner's update failed mid-install and left the TV flashing a red error that a factory reset did not clear. The fix, when it comes, is another update: one owner reports a September release cleared the stutter, sync and dropout problems on both his Sony sets.
Long-term accounts are thin. Most owners describing faults are in the first two years, and the reliability theme itself rests on a small number of accounts, all negative. Those out of warranty were quoted paid repairs and mostly declined; a few owners recommend buying an extended warranty for that reason, but that advice comes from only a handful of people.
Parts named in the 4 accounts that describe a failure
Nothing with a clear majority yet. Owners who raised these subjects were split, or too few to judge.
Nothing has a clear majority against it yet. Counted from the owners who raised each subject, not from everyone. A subject is judged once at least 4 owners raise it.
The same owner, asked again at each point. Fills in as owners answer.
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