Sony K55XR80M2 55" BRAVIA 8 II QD-OLED 4K HDR Smart Google TV (2025) with Wall Mount, HDMI Cables & 6-Outlet Surge Protector Bundle

So I'll start off by saying I absolutely love this TV. I had originally purchased a quantum Vizio, but after setting it up and seeing the picture quality I returned it. I started looking at various LG, and Samsung sets, but after discovering the Bravia 8 II I decided to go with Sony. Upon setup of the Bravia 8 II, you will notice how heavy it is, this to me shouts good build quality. After getting it set up, I did not connect my surround sound, because some reviews mentioned a particularly weak sound-I would not say the sound quality is bad at all. The technology going on there obviously works because I had to double check my surround sound was not connected. Obviously bass is on the lower end, this is why we surround sound. Once I did connect my surround sound, I was blown away at the difference in quality between the Vizio I had just returned, and the Sony. The UI is much better than I expected, and I haven't experienced any lag, or dropped signal issues. Picture is the best I've seen in a TV so far in life. There are movie scenes where you almost feel like you are in it. Words honestly can't do it justice, you have to see it yourself to fully appreciate the excellence of picture.

Purchased in Nov 2024. Disappointed with the so called 'Google TV' feature. Voice feature could not be made to work, and the choice in Apps represented only one of a dozen that we presently use (with Roku box). If App's could be expanded it was not clear on how it might be done. Also very poor instructions. Do some customer interface training to improve (non engineers or Tech's).

The 55” Bravia 8 ii was intended to replace an old 43” plasma tv. I ended up returning the Bravia. The picture on the Bravia 8 ii is superior…end of story. If I were paid to come up with a problem with the picture the only thing that I could come up with is that the blacks can at times be too black. The satin finish on the screen is awesome and reduces reflections. I am used to less real estate and lower resolution, so the Bravia picture was a huge upgrade. The Bravia attempted to output PS5 with a 4k cable but was glitching out. The Bravia output PS5 flawlessly with an 8k HDMI cable and it looked fantastic. Bravia played nice with Roku device using 8k HDMI cable. The audio on the Bravia 8 ii is shockingly poor and the reason that I returned the unit. The human voice on the Bravia is so small and “tinny”. It sounds like a bunch of nano-people stuffed in a can. I literally kept thinking about a Fred Flintstone transistor radio from my childhood. Contrasting the small voices, the background noises are loud and thunderous. It leads to a constant volume battle between the parts of the show without sound effects vs the parts of the show with sound effects. Turn the volume up to try to hear the little canny voices…turn the volume down when the sound effects start up and blast you away. The Bravia has excellent audio settings and even a setting for prioritizing voice. But I just could not get the setting right to compensate for the tinny, canny, little voices. The settings to increase voice quality only added to the canniness of the sound. I kind of thought that TV audio was all worked out long ago and I have never had a problem with a TV's native audio before, so this was really a big surprise to me. Ultimately, I decided that at this price point, I need to be able to actually hear the voices rather than to keep struggling trying to fix something that is not fixable. For my hands the remote control provided with the Bravia 8 ii is too small physically, too slippery, and the buttons are too flush to the body housing to be easily detectible. I bought a universal remote to try but ended up returning the Bravia before seeing if the 3rd party remote would work on the Bravia. This TV is probably a good pick for the crowd that likes to augment the audio with sound bars or theater sound systems. You cannot go wrong with the picture for sure. For the crowd that just want a TV to sound like a TV, maybe not such a good pick.

The title says it all. We can't get through an hour of viewing without having to powering the TV off/on to get things back in synch. We are not using a sound bar. The TV speakers are falling out of synch with the picture. It doesn't matter what input. It doesn't matter if we update the software, or restore to r9ght-out-of-the-box. None of the FAQs helped. We are ready to initiate a return.