Sony KD-49XF7096 (UK version)

•   Overview
•   Pros and Cons
•   Predecessor
•   Selected Features
•   Specifications

Sony KD-49XF7096 was introduced in 2018. It has a LED screen with 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution and 50 Hz/60 Hz refresh rate. The TV is HDR compatible. It supports HDR10 and HLG.

We give Sony KD-49XF7096 TV 84 overall score out of 100. Our ranking system is based on the display specifications, video, audio and other features, connectivity and format support.

In this section we highlight pros and cons of Sony KD-49XF7096.

A predecessor of 2018 XF70 series is 2017 XE70 series. In this section we show their comparison.

For this comparison we chose 49" version of the predecessor - model KD-49XE7096. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit Sony KD-49XF7096 vs Sony KD-49XE7096 where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.

IPS Panel

Sony KD-49XF7096 has an in-plane switching (IPS) panel which is not commonly used in LCD TVs as they suffer from light leakage which lead to the lower contrast and poor HDR experience. However, this type of panel can provide better viewing angle and color accuracy compared to the VA panel.

HDR10

Sony KD-49XF7096 supports HDR10 which was announced on August 27, 2015, by the Consumer Technology Association and uses the wide-gamut Rec. 2020 color space. It is not backward compatible with SDR. It sends static metadata via video stream to the TV which calibrates its screen brightness and color according to that. HDR10 is technically limited to a maximum of 10,000 nits of brightness and uses 10-bit color which corresponds to 1024 shades of the primary RGB colors.

In this section we present all the features and specifications available for Sony KD-49XF7096.