Good afternoon

I bought a Sony X90L during Harvey Norman Pre-Ramadan Sales early March.

I've seen them both but not side by side, overall picture quality for Bravia 7 seems better but not sure if topping up another RM3k justify the upgrade?

From what i read, viewing angles & reflection / glare handling on Bravia 7 seems bad but i can't tell much from showroom.

I would love to hear your opinions regarding this scenario.

Many Thanks

Side Note : TV is not delivered yet due to my apartment still under minor renovation.

This post has been edited by jerrykit: Mar 6 2025, 02:07 PM

seems like deep in your heart, you would like to swap :X

I have an X90K, and my friend has an X90L. Both perform equally well with minimal blooming. I've only noticed the blooming twice in the two years since I bought it. I'd rather save the money and invest in a good soundbar instead.

Vincent from HDTVTest Youtube channel liked the Bravia 7 as it performed better than expected; if picture quality is a big priority

Yes correct, just want to hear some opinions on pros and cons.

Most of the time blooming will only appear on a very dark scenes and also if you focus on it, minimal blooming is acceptable since it's not OLED, even mini led might have slight blooming, guess you're right, i have samsung Q990D soundbar in my mind, Q990F is coming but not sure when.

I'm not familar with HDTVTest, thanks for sharing this and i'll head over to have a look. Much appreciated.

refund back and dont forget to bring lawyers.
some of the place will die2 halau u keluar premis.

BR-9 is highest in Sony TV line up. More expensive, even better in picture quality and sound effect.
It has more brightest among 4K range of TV which suit to user who prefer bright color than natural color.
Each has diff picture processor spec.
BR-9 is Mini QLED with highest peak luminance, slimmest panel and Tweeter sound, X-glare
BR-8 is OLED with surround sound system
BR-7 is Mini QLED with std spker.

If house living room no so big, then you may choose BR-7 enough.
Bcos seeing from eye to the TV like 2.8m from the sofa may be just fine. Too near and you will get headache when watch action movie.

Thanks for your suggestion, harvey norman will allows return as long as T&C terms are met, won't halau lol.

Thanks for your time elaborating, by the way do you own BR7? you mentioned will get headahce when watch action movie if sit too near because of the brightness? can't tune down? Thanks

It is because the horizontal level of the action scene is the one making you headache. May be ok for the young people probably their eye muscle is great condition. I don't own BR-7 but i am using older version Bravia TV in office.

If budget is not issue then get the Bravia 7. It is Mini LED with 480 dimming zones. X90L only 88 zones at least for the 65”.

Having said that the X90L is still a capable TV. 700+ nits full field SDR brightness, 1000+ nits HDR brightness.

It is plenty bright for watching SDR and HDR contents.

You can always refer to rtings.com for reliable numbers.

Curious what is the size of X90L and how much?

If the tv not delivered yet, high chance you can cancel it, just contact them regarding this matter

If you feel bravia 7 is your choice, go for it 🤔🔥😉🔥😎

Horizontal level of the action scenes, i'm not sure why is it but i'll try finding out. Thanks

Personally I feel bravia 7 is your best choice as for now...,
Don't think much & just go forward with it 😁

Bravia 7 does have a lot of dimming zones compares to X90L, really a lot.

According to what you mentioned, X90L is capable TV where 700+ nits for SDR brightness and 1000++ for HDR and it's plenty bright, Bravia 7 would be much higher, i wonder if i will find it too bright in long run, i also read that some users were lowering the brightness but at the same time losing details.

It's 65" and it was RM5887 if not mistaken (with RM400 TNG)

its good time testing their service

Follow your heart

Yes, it's not delivered yet, if i want to change to Bravia 7, i gotta top up another RM2k, i'll go to showroom again and have a look before deciding (actually i've been there few times but since both tvs are not side by side so it's slight hard to tell, picture quality is definitely better with Bravia 7 but i'm unable to gauge by how much and if the upgrade justify the cost. Thanks for your opinion.

lol thanks for your suggestion but cannot simply go with it because according to the T&C, once tv is mounted, i cannot return it, i'll go to showroom few more times before deciding. lol

I've been to have a look and test for few times already and sales person was great, i'll go again lol.

Hope you will make the right choice 👍🔥💯

It's already 2025, imo I just can't justify paying that amount for an 88 zones TV. Just to give you an idea, my 2020 X90H already has 32 zones. So 88 zones for a 2023 model TV is not very much of an upgrade apart from the higher brightness. Plus you want to take into consideration of software updates lifespan of the older model tv.

FALD LED or MiniLED are not OLED. You will never get perfect black with either so minimal blooming is part of it. If you want a picture quality that does not desaturate at an angle, then only OLED is your choice. But since you listed these 2 VA panel TVs only, I would still go for Bravia 7 simply because the lighting transition seems better with more effective black suppression based on rtings. Also with LD on, the contrast ratio is twice as much as the X90L.

No TV is ever too bright, that's my opinion . It will tone map better be it SDR or HDR. For X90L, say you half the brightness to say 350 nits it is still very bright considering most SDR contents are around 100-150nits max. So, I don't think you will be losing much of details. For HDR, black crush (low luminance details) normally happens more often OLED.

Also need to consider which TV you are coming from and the dynamic of your viewing environment. If you previously own say a 1080p TV, either TV will be massive upgrade for your case.

Good morning to you sir.

1st of all, i would like to thank you so much for your detailed information, i have read a lot regarding TV in forums but your information pointed out some information that i need which i didn't realise before, maybe i didn't read enough.

I agreed, both tvs are great for an upgrade and yes you were correct, i've been watching 720p & 1080p all my life, it's my 1st time getting my own tv since i'm getting an apartment.

I like your point that it's already 2025 and can't justify having just 88 zones for the tv since i'm paying this much and yes the software updates lifespan.

watching the tvs in the showroom and own home are 2 different experiences due to the environments and guess i won't regret getting the new model even the older one is still good.

I'll go to the showroom and rewatch again before deciding and hopefully they let me switch since i've paid for the X90L with promo price.

I'm grateful & much appreciated.

Thank you

Ask the salesperson to turn off retail/store mode. Play some actual 4K HDR movies on Bravia 7 with picture mode set to "professional", color temp set to "expert 2" and see if you still like it. Brightness should be max for HDR.

I don't want to sway your decision too much but honestly speaking with your budget RM5.8k +/- Rm3K top up, you could have gotten 65" Samsung S90D QD-OLED at Rm7-8k range during one of those X.X sales. But then hindsight is always 20/20.

This post has been edited by Kahlamx: Mar 7 2025, 11:30 AM

Thanks for your feedback, i'm actually fine with Samsung, just that my wife doesn't wants Samsung & OLED, so that's why i go towards Sony, yes Sony tax is expensive but the tech is great (upscalling and stuffs, we'll be streaming much more than 4k, i think there are less 4k contents for streaming services even if we're going to pay for it), oh yes, everyone is the same, will only satisfy or regret after getting something. Anyway, i'll try to ask the sales person to do what as you suggested and see if i'm ok with it. Your knowledges are like data in encyclopedia.

This post has been edited by jerrykit: Mar 7 2025, 12:12 PM

That's what the forum use for, we care we share 😁🔥

x90L is a mid tier while Bravia 7 belongs to the upper tiers hence the price gap.

Whether if you should spend more on higher tiers really depends on how disposable your budget is.
But you should be awared that even if you spend that 3k, you are still not going to get the best picture quality in both LCD ( from Bravia 9 ) or the OLED / QD OLEDs.

This post has been edited by Convael: Mar 10 2025, 12:07 AM

It's good to hear, i'm thankful & grateful.

👍🔥

Much appreciated for your feedback and you have a good point, even upgraded, i'm still not going to get the best picture quality, i was thinking at least with this upgrade, i could get a mini led, fald is great, just thought that it's the 1st time i bought a tv so might as well to get a mini led for future proof and for long run. Thanks

This post has been edited by jerrykit: Mar 11 2025, 10:13 AM

Next up would you top up for extended warranty? since it came with a big bill

I would go for extended warranty, it's about RM1.5k, yes it's expensive but for the peace of mind, i guess it's worth it, total bill is big no kidding, it's my wife and i shared it together to it's not that pain.


This post has been edited by jerrykit: Mar 11 2025, 10:48 AM

I bought MX950 Mini LED from Panasonic, cost me about 6k and I also bought extended warranty 5 years at 1.3k for peace of mind too

Heard the processing from Panasonic and Sony is on par cinematic level thus I went for Panasonic but it is a Smart TV not google TV

MX950 not cheap also. For Bravia 7, it would be 8.4k + 1.5K, price is definitely on the high side, but since wife approved then we just go ahead, it's our 1st tv, smart tv still nice, i never had a tv before so i'm not sure how good is google tv, my friend has smart tv and it's good experiences for me.

Get Bravia 8. No regrets OLED

My friends had OLED and they suggested me not to take OLED due to the risk of burn in, maybe they were not so lucky, i've seen OLED in store, picture quality is awesome, i know tech has come a long way and this issue has big improvement, we'll be watching news a lot so there will be a lot of static images so guess it's safer for us to take non OLED Tv. Thanks for your suggestion.

I am using this setup X90L + Samsung Q990D. no complaint at all and blooming is minimal.

Thanks for you time sharing, this is exactly the set up in my mind after did my researches, good to know it's working flawlessly for you, i can take a little blooming since it's the part of the tech itself, any news of when Samsung Q990F will be releases?

Welp too bad.

But Bravia 7 is good nonetheless.

Enjoy breh

Haha waiting for Q990F as well, guess I'll live with the TV built in speaker with mini sub.

Another alternative to tv speaker is getting a small speaker, an example would be tribit bluetooth speaker, looks small but all well rounded and it's affordable, can get this while waiting for 990F, i'm doing the same.

Honestly the price sucks... aka Sony tax. 480 zones for RM3.5k more is just meh. Bought a QN65B with 720 zones for 6.5k for my parents 2 years ago.

At first I was tempted by the brightness offered by miniled but after some time, I tend to prefer my X90J. More uniform brightness when viewing. Mini led offered better specular highlights and does better when lighting up the scenes with different colors like when watching lol esports on Youtube. Some may even find mini led is annoying bright especially when switching between dark and bright or when watching them in a dim lit room. Of course that is my preference with my aging eyes. Some may prefer them especially when they have a brightly lit living room.

Can't agree more, sony tax is........not sure what to say.

So how's the experiences with QN65B?

Your sharing regarding the brightness is much appreciated because normally when we compare tvs at store, we'll just do it for like few minutes but once we bought and use the tv at home, it'll be totally different story, like what you said, brightness might be too annoying in long run but of course it's vary from persons to persons.

I'm not sure which one i like more in long run, just hopefully i won't choose wrong.

Maybe uniform brightness is better for the eyes.

I bought the X90K for my parents also. I find it decent in terms of picture quality for their usage.

yes, i am using my A80J OLED sony tv to watch the movies in a completely dark environment. Some scene with switching between dark and bright can really cause too much glare for eyes to be comfortable. If OLED (known to be less bright than LED), can cause it, i am sure LED one will be even more jialat.

i am using marshall acton 3 to pair with my sony A80J OLED tv via bluetooth, it gives me a perfect home cinema experience.

No offence, but watch TV with a mono speaker and you call it a perfect home cinema experience?

No offence too, probably u do not even know well about the spec of the speakers.

It is a stereo speaker. It has a 2.1 channel setup, featuring:
Two tweeters for the left and right channels
One woofer for the bass

Sound quality sure better than TV a lot especially for listening to song compared to soundbar, but lack multi channel firing for surround and atmos effect.

yes, correct. much better than TV indeed.

and all in one so the left right is not as option as other sound system and yes no dolby atmos etc..

but apartment, the sound of this speaker is really not bad already. it is certainly not as good as any dedicated sound system but really not bad given its size...

The other reason is also Becos the speaker is not too big but sound in terms of loudness and quality also can meet my needs.😁

Hahah so far I haven't found any, but I didn't really go real close to look... So ignorance is bliss for now


I'm currently staying in apartment as well, but you should consider soundbar. The sound quality and staging from a soundbar is seriously damn impressive since 7 years ago. Even the Atmos up firing speakers for a soundbar is amazing. Don't need to get a dedicated sound system, the soundbar (with subwoofer) will give you a night and day difference compared to the Marshall speaker.

yes, agreed that likely the newer sound bar i can buy now will outperform my Marshall speaker.

However, I find the current Marshall speaker can meet my needs already.
becos for any speakers, I care more about the clarity of vocals which marshall speaker can provide this becos i dun really like strong bass which a lot of soundbars and sound systems focus more on.
It is certainly not excellent but really good enough for now. so no intention to 'upgrade' anytime soon.

importantly also the speakers is quite small and does not take up so much space and look nice and can blend with the layout.

I enjoyed watching movies with my current setup a lot recently. I watched a lot of 4k movies with them.