What keeps coming up
Picture quality draws clear praise: owners describe strong HDR brightness, minimal blooming even on full-black scenes, and a set that keeps impressing them well past the first year.
Recurring in 14 of 77 accounts · See accounts
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Sony Bravia 9
Owners keep the Bravia 9 for a picture that still impresses them years in, and many say they would not go back to their old TV, even while they keep wrestling with audio sync problems that firmware updates have not fully fixed.
What keeps coming up against it
Audio sync issues are a clear complaint. Owners across different countries and setups describe audio falling out of sync with video, often tracing it to firmware updates, receivers like Denon and Yamaha units, or PS5 connections, with the problem recurring after multiple fixes are tried.
Recurring in 15 of 77 accounts · See accounts
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Life with it
The part that becomes routine, less happily, is checking for and troubleshooting firmware updates. Owners describe adjusting receiver topologies, power cycling gear, and researching whether they can delay a Google TV or OS update, because past updates have introduced or worsened sync and audio glitches. That maintenance work does not seem to fully go away.
Reliability & repairs
Software and firmware are the weaker link. Multiple owners report unresolved audio sync problems tied to specific firmware versions, and a smaller group describes an unrelated defect (local dimming flashing, white patches in dark scenes) that firmware did not fix and that customer support could not resolve, leading at least one owner to return the set. The long-term picture on whether firmware issues get permanently fixed is thin: accounts describe ongoing troubleshooting rather than confirmed resolution, so that uncertainty is worth naming plainly rather than assuming it settles down.
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What owners praise, where they are split, and the
follow-up timeline
What owners praise
- picture quality13 of 16who raised it
- screen glare4 of 4who raised it
- hdr performance3 of 4who raised it
- brightness3 of 4who raised it
Where owners have concerns
- audio sync issues15 of 18who raised it
- firmware update issues14 of 18who raised it
- customer support4 of 5who raised it
Counted from the owners who raised each subject, not from everyone. A subject is judged once at least 4 owners raise it.
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Does it still kick?
The same owner, asked again at each point. Fills in as owners answer.
Where this came from
Where this came from
Public discussions we read and summarised in our own words. Nothing here was submitted to Still Kicks.
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