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SHS The Score - XH85 4K LED TV

Recommended For: Gamers, Sports Fans and Movie Lovers with smaller rooms

As one of the more compact offerings from Sony’s 2020 range, we love the XH85 for those who crave impressive, blur-free visuals and stylish design in a smaller space. Introducing Motionflow XR 800Hz along with a 100Hz Nativeflow Panel, the XH85 will offer superb visuals at record speed thanks to its inbuilt X1 Processor. Sony understands that a TV can be the centrepiece of your room, so have fitted the XH85 with a stylish Aluminium Bezel to give the TV a more refined look.

Choose between a 43” or 49” screen to suit the size & layout of your room. Read our handy blog on choosing the right screen size for your room here.

SHS Top Sony XH85 Features (Explained)

• 4K HDR LED TV: The XH85’s HDR LED screen offers superb 4K performance that provides better contrast, colour and clarity. 
• Dolby Vision Atmos: The XH85 will perfectly pass through Atmos recorded content via e-ARC into a connected soundbar and Dolby Vision quality picture from connected devices. This gives you the very best of surround sound cinema at home. 
• Sony X1 HDR Processor: This class-leading Processor offers first-rate movement clarity and colour realism by reducing image grain and offering exceptional contrast from a 4K HDR colour spectrum. Imagine a car chase rushing across the screen or a ball flying across the pitch; the X1 will prevent these visuals from being anything other than crisp, clear and true to life. 
• Smart Features: Access all your favourite entertainment in record time with Android TV, featuring Google Play Store and Chromecast. A separate processor enables all Sony TVs to launch apps, such as Netflix, 3 times faster than a conventional smart television. Works with Apple Homekit and Airplay. 

Similar TV Comparison

Model Below: Sony BRAVIA XH80/ XH81 - The XH80 & XH81 offer Dolby Vision Atmos, Android TV and the X1 Processor with a lower frequency Motionflow XR and no 100Hz Native Panel. Do offer X-Balanced Speakers optimised for lower sound distortion, not featured in the XH85.

Model Above: Sony BRAVIA XH90 - A step up into a Full Array LED screen with Extended Dynamic Range and enhanced contrast and colour. Acoustic Multi-Audio positions the TV’s tweeters on the side of the screen for a more immersive, 3D listening experience. Available in a wider array of screen sizes. Netflix Calibrated. 

Even Better: Sony BRAVIA XH95 - Featuring Sony’s class-leading X1 Ultimate Processor, the XH95 will offer crisper visuals combined with wider viewing angles and a more immersive listening experience courtesy of Bi-Amp Acoustic Multi-Audio.

Jargon Buster: Breaking Down The Spec

Motionflow XR 800Hz: Motionflow will create a smoother and more natural picture by combining a higher refresh rate with frame insertion to control blur. All this at twice the speed of Motionflow Processing found in models below in the Sony range makes the XH85 even better for gaming, sports and action movie viewing.

100Hz Native Panel: This will improve the refresh rate which increases the number of images the TV panel can display in one second. In day-to-day use, this will reduce motion blur which is great for gaming and watching sports.

4K X-Reality Pro: The XH85 X1 Processor will upscale pixels in any image to bring them closer to true 4K definition. This is achieved through image noise reduction techniques and AI detail enhancement.

Triluminos Display: Sony TVs reproduce more colours than conventional televisions by analyzing and processing data in every image to make colours more precise. 

Best Matched Soundbars

Sonos Beam - The compact yet powerful Sonos Beam will add great surround sound functionality to your XH85. Pair this with a Sonos Sub and 2x Sonos One SLs for a full 5.1 system.

Sonos Arc - The eARC connection on the Sony XH85 will pass on Dolby Atmos sound content to your sound bar, allowing Arc to play in Dolby Atmos and use its upward firing speaker drivers for a more immersive home-cinema experience.   

Sony HT-X8500 - 2.1 channel soundbar with built-in dual subwoofer offers an all-in-one upgrade for your TV with support for Dolby Atmos and Bluetooth.

Sony HT-G700 - 3.1 channel soundbar and subwoofer package with support for Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and Bluetooth 5.0 for hassle-free connection. Designed to enhance your TV audio with cinematic surround sound and impressive vocals.

Lens To Living Room

Sony is used across a vast array of film production houses, meaning it’s very likely that Sony equipment was used to shoot and develop many of your favourite films and TV shows. As a product of this, Sony TVs are expertly calibrated to match the filming and audio equipment used to create the content you watch, ensuring that what you see is exactly what the director or producer intended. 

All of Sony’s Android TVs including the XH85 are recommended by Netflix due to their better performance, easier app access and new features that ensure a better TV watching experience.