Sony Bravia 9 review: a stunning next-gen mini-LED 4K TV that makes a big bet on brightness
Sony Bravia 9: Two-minute review The Sony Bravia 9 is the company’s flagship TV for 2024. TV tech followers were taken aback when the company announced earlier this year that a mini-LED model would be its new flagship, a position traditionally reserved for the best OLED TVs like the Sony A95L . However, in subsequent demonstrations, Sony showed off its new XR Backlight Master Drive with High Peak Luminance tech , exclusive to the Bravia 9, and it became clear why it made a jump to mini-LED. Sony’s Bravia 9 is intended to follow in the footsteps of the company’s new BVM-HX3110 professional monitor, used when shows are being created, which bumps peak brightness up to 4,000 nits – that compares to the previous pro monitor's 1,000 nits. The BVM-HX3110 gives creators an option to produce movies and TV shows with a wider dynamic range – something they expect to see happen as the new monitor gets deployed in studios. And while the Bravia 9 can't hit the same brightness peaks as So...