I purchased a 75″ Sony BRAVIA 7 to replace a 75″ Sony X93CL —the Costco version of the X93L. Following are some comments on the BRAVIA 7 from the perspective of having owned the X93CL.
Picture. Even if I no longer have the X93CL, I can say that the image of the BRAVIA 7 is appreciably better. It has higher brightness, contrast and color saturation and XR Clear Image which the X93CL lacks and Sony claims to provide better upscaling. However, the BRAVIA 7 does not have X-Anti Reflection, for less reflection and glare, and X-Wide Angle for better off-center viewing –both of which the X93CL has. The BRAVIA 7 reflects every light source in my bedroom. To help remedy this I purchased a Philips Hue Large Smart Light Tube for placement behind the TV. It fits perfectly between the stand brackets in standard raised position.
Sound. The sound of the BRAVIA 7 is also superior to that of the X93CL and provides a better Acoustic Center Sync experience when paired with the HT-A7000 sound bar.
Stand. The stand brackets of the Sony 75” BRAVIA 7 are an improvement over those of the Sony 75” X93CL. Since the TV stand in standand position is 56.88” wide rather than 65.75” wide, it allows the TV to be placed on top of smaller furniture.
Sound Bar with Stand. The HT-A7000 sound bar, which has a height of 3.25”, fits well in front of the TV with the stand brackets in standard raised position. However, the sound bar partially blocks the TV IR sensor, and the IR-repeater function of the HT-A7000 sound bar did not work as intended. Therefore, one has to raise the remote control above the height of the TV IR sensor so that the remote’s signal can reach it. It is likely that I will replace the HT-A7000 sound bar with the BRAVIA Theatre Bar 9 which, having a height of only 2.63”, should not obstruct the TV IR sensor.
Remote. The use of recycled materials for the remote control is a minus. I prefer the remote control of the X93CL, which has an aluminum finish, rather than the speckled plastic of the BRAVIA 7, and it is backlit. Therefore, I purchased a replacement Sony RMF-TX910U remote. It works perfectly.
Delivery. Amazon’s Deluxe Delivery and Unpack service, provided by Amazon employees, was excellent. It should be available for every TV purchase.
I would have given the BRAVIA 7 five stars if it was not for the reflection and glare issue. I am surprised that, so far, only one reviewer has mentioned that “the screen is reflective.”
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andrew praus –
Great TV
Has Crunchyroll and Hidive apps, great interface, beautiful picture. I’m very pleased.
leslie e. johnson –
Very Happy
I Always buy Sony. My last Sony had excellent image tone & color. My new Bravia 7 is simply extraordinary. Iâm speaking only as a consumer, but the Quantum mini Led gives contrast depth, deep blacks excellent image tone & color. Maybe those little quantum dots warmed up & spread out, the picture kept reaching new freshness. I bought 8k cables & an optical cable for a soundbar ( tv audio sounds âtinny.â My other complaint, beside Only 2 4k HDR HDMI ports, and the lack a of better anti reflective screen, is the foolish remote. Smallest hand remote ever . With No Backlight !!! Impossible to use in the dark. An expensive TV and now I need to buy a $55 remote replacement . Minor details, ButIâm So in Love with my Sony Bravia 7 .If I had the money instead of the 55â, because Iâm disabled I wish I had the 65.â Iâm not able to be out in Nature any longer.The 65â I could have taken many walks every day into the Beautiful scenes of the Redwoods, Zion & Americaâs National Parks !
nvol5 –
Great tv. Easy to set up
Good picture but get a sound bar
JRS –
Excellent picture spoiled by reflection and glare
I purchased a 75″ Sony BRAVIA 7 to replace a 75″ Sony X93CL âthe Costco version of the X93L. Following are some comments on the BRAVIA 7 from the perspective of having owned the X93CL.Picture. Even if I no longer have the X93CL, I can say that the image of the BRAVIA 7 is appreciably better. It has higher brightness, contrast and color saturation and XR Clear Image which the X93CL lacks and Sony claims to provide better upscaling. However, the BRAVIA 7 does not have X-Anti Reflection, for less reflection and glare, and X-Wide Angle for better off-center viewing –both of which the X93CL has. The BRAVIA 7 reflects every light source in my bedroom. To help remedy this I purchased a Philips Hue Large Smart Light Tube for placement behind the TV. It fits perfectly between the stand brackets in standard raised position.Sound. The sound of the BRAVIA 7 is also superior to that of the X93CL and provides a better Acoustic Center Sync experience when paired with the HT-A7000 sound bar.Stand. The stand brackets of the Sony 75â BRAVIA 7 are an improvement over those of the Sony 75â X93CL. Since the TV stand in standand position is 56.88â wide rather than 65.75â wide, it allows the TV to be placed on top of smaller furniture.Sound Bar with Stand. The HT-A7000 sound bar, which has a height of 3.25â, fits well in front of the TV with the stand brackets in standard raised position. However, the sound bar partially blocks the TV IR sensor, and the IR-repeater function of the HT-A7000 sound bar did not work as intended. Therefore, one has to raise the remote control above the height of the TV IR sensor so that the remoteâs signal can reach it. It is likely that I will replace the HT-A7000 sound bar with the BRAVIA Theatre Bar 9 which, having a height of only 2.63â, should not obstruct the TV IR sensor.Remote. The use of recycled materials for the remote control is a minus. I prefer the remote control of the X93CL, which has an aluminum finish, rather than the speckled plastic of the BRAVIA 7, and it is backlit. Therefore, I purchased a replacement Sony RMF-TX910U remote. It works perfectly.Delivery. Amazonâs Deluxe Delivery and Unpack service, provided by Amazon employees, was excellent. It should be available for every TV purchase.I would have given the BRAVIA 7 five stars if it was not for the reflection and glare issue. I am surprised that, so far, only one reviewer has mentioned that “the screen is reflective.”
P –
Beautiful picture
Love this TV. Great color and definition. AI is great with voice recognition. Definitely great purchase.
LifeandDeathR1 –
Best TV out there
This TV is the best one you can buy. Mini QLED looks just as good as OLED but with none of the risk.
A Customer –
Flickering On and Off – With No Support
The TV turns itself on and off randomly, between 10-30 seconds, constantly. It’s like a beautiful picture, that wants you to know you paid thousands to watch it turn on and off over and over, multiple times a minute. How daft am I to think this review will help? This started in the first few months, so burn your electronics in hard. Hopefully I will get ahold of someone for a replacement. If not, you’ll be like me, and posting on Amazon about the fact there is no email ticket support at Sony to initiate a basic service call. No phone, no email, no nothing.
Sam Dixon –
This is an incredible TV
Recently purchased a Samsung OLED s90c and although the colors, blacks and gaming features were all incredible, the motion handling on 24fps content was so poor that I had to return it. Just awful issues with stutter and turning on any sort of motion soothing features just gave you soap opera effect. the vast majority of tv shows and movies I watch are at 24fps so this was a deal breaker for me.This Sony Bravia 7 gives you 95% or those colors and blacks and all the same gaming features with a PS5 but handles pans and motion 1000x better than the Samsung or probably just about any OLED (this is a problem with OLEDs because the displays are too fast for 24fps content).The menus are laid out well, google tv is easy to use. Pretty much everything about this TV is incredible.My only qualms so far are:1) Heavy. These are much heavier than OLEDs. Not planning on moving it around much so not that big of a deal.2) The Bravia Connect app does not seem to work with it. Hoping this gets corrected with a software update.3) I have notices some very minor shifts in brightness while watching a show, this may be a setting I have turned on.Everything else about this TV is so nice. Very happy with my purchase.
Khoklor –
The colour and everything is good exept for two things, first the audio (Aweful) & second and the most important aspect of a TV is to be able to watch it from the sides or angles too, but not in this case, as you move away from the center where you would get a clear sharp colourful image the picture starts to get washed out, unsharp and blurry !!! If I knew that, I would have never purchased it as it’s not a cheap TV either, also Amazon no longer provides a pickup service for the heavy stuff any more and the customer is responsible to ship the heavy items back to their warehouse and out of all the shipping fees that the customer will be incuring, amazon will only return “$4″, yes you heard correctly only $4 will be returned back to the customer for the shipping fees and I asked from some of the big usual shippers like UPS, CANADA POST and Fed Ex and they all qouted me nearly $450 to return a 65” TV back to Amazon and so the verdict is a Big ðð