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Sony KD-55A8

4K television | £1799

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KEY FEATURES

4K

OLED

HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision

Sony rightfully has an excellent reputation for TV technology. The Japanese company might at the moment be in the shade of its South Korean rivals, but its clever picture processing and unusual approach to TV sound is respected far and wide. It’s little wonder that the combination of LG OLED panel and Sony processing gets so many people so excited.

The Sony KD-55A8 combines a 2020 LG OLED panel with Sony’s 2020 picture and sound smarts, and does so to excellent effect.

At launch, Sony has set the price of this TV at £1799. It’s also available as a 65in model, tagged at £2799.

The KD-55A85 is the same TV in terms of picture and sound and differs from the A8 only in the feet and the remote, both of which are marginally more stylish on the A85. Both versions are currently identically priced, but the A85 is exclusive to Currys.

The A8 replaces 2019’s AG8 and sits below the Master Series AG9 OLED, which continues into 2020.

Clone rangers

From the front, OLED TVs are becoming increasingly similar, with the quest for thinner and thinner bezels and the fashion for debadging meaning that to the

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