Sony XBR-55A1E (USA version)

•   Overview
•   Pros and Cons
•   Selected Features
•   Specifications

Sony XBR-55A1E was introduced in 2017. It has a OLED screen with 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution and 100 Hz/120 Hz refresh rate. The TV is HDR compatible and can reach 700 nits of peak brightness. It supports HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG and IMAX Enhanced. Its powerful X1™ Extreme picture processor guarantees a high quality upscaling of any low resolution source to 4K UHD (3840 x 2160).

We give Sony XBR-55A1E TV 91 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 XBR-55A1E.

OLED Display

Sony XBR-55A1E has an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. This is a self-emissive display which can completely turn off individual pixels leading to the ideal black levels and better contrast during HDR compared to any LCD displays. This makes them to be the best choice for dark rooms. OLED enables a simpler internal structure than conventional displays. With just a few layers, OLED TVs are very lightweight and thin. OLED displays also have better viewing angles. However, they are not able to achieve such high brightness as modern LCD displays which makes them less suitable in bright rooms.

HDR10

Sony XBR-55A1E 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.

Dolby Vision

This TV also supports Dolby Vision which is an update to HDR10 by adding dynamic metadata that can be used to more accurately adjust brightness levels up to 10,000 nits maximum brightness on a scene-by-scene or frame-by-frame basis and support up to 12-bit color depth (4096 shades of RGB) and 8K resolution.

In this section we present all the features and specifications available for Sony XBR-55A1E.

BASICS
Brand	Sony
Series	A1E
Model	XBR-55A1E
Size	55"
Country	USA
Release Year	2017
Smart TV

DISPLAY
Display Type	OLED
Actual Size (Diagonal)	54.6" (138.8 cm)
Resolution	4K UHD (3840 x 2160)
Refresh Rate	100 Hz/120 Hz
Screen Design	Flat
Contrast	Infinite Contrast
Color	TRILUMINOS™ Display
Viewing Angle	Perfect Viewing Angle
Panel Bit Depth	10 bits
Color Depth	1.07 Billion
Rec.2020 Color Space Coverage	75%
DCI P3 Color Space Coverage	100%
Brightness	400 nits
Peak Brightness	700 nits
Contrast Ratio	∞
Input Lag	30 ms

VIDEO
3D Capability
HDR10
HDR10+
Dolby Vision
Dolby Vision IQ
HLG
Advanced HDR by Technicolor®
IMAX Enhanced
AMD Freesync™
NVidia G-Sync
4K HFR
2K HFR
VRR
HGIG Compatibility
Picture Processor	X1™ Extreme
Frame Interploation Technique	Motionflow™ XR
Black Frame Insertion
Filmmaker Mode
X-Reality™ PRO	4K
Dual database processing
Object-based Super Resolution
Live Color™ Tech0logy
Precision Color Mapping
Super bit mapping™ 4K HDR
Contrast Enhancement	Dynamic Contrast Enhancer
Object-based HDR remaster
Pixel Contrast Booster
Auto Low Latency Mode

AUDIO
Speaker Type	Acoustic Surface Audio+™ (Actuator+Subwoofer)
Speaker Power Rating	10 W + 10 W + 10 W + 10 W + 10 W
DSEE
Sound Processing	ClearAudio+
Clear Phase
Simulated Surround Sound	S-Force Front Surround
TV Center Speaker Mode
Dolby Atmos
Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital Plus
Dolby Pulse
Dolby AC-4
DTS Digital Surround
WiSA Ready

CONNECTIVITY
Ethernet Input
Ethernet Standard	10BASE-T/100BASE-TX
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi Protocol	802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth
Bluetooth Version	4.1
Smartphone Connectivity	Chromecast built-in Screen mirroring (Miracast™) Video & TV SideView (iOS/Android)
Chromecast
Google Home
Virtual Assistant
Works with Alexa
HDMI Inputs	4
HDMI Version	2.0
HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC)
HDCP Version	2.2
HDMI-CEC	BRAVIA Sync
USB Inputs	3
USB 3.0 Ports	1
RF (Terrestrial / Cable ) Inputs	1
IF (Satellite) Inputs
Component Inputs
Composite Inputs	1
RCA Audio Outputs
3.5mm headphone Audio Output
Optical Audio Output
RS-232C Remote	1
DLNA

OTHER
SoC	MediaTek MT5891
CPU	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU Cores	4
CPU Frequency	1100 MHz
GPU	ARM Mali-T860 MP2
RAM	2 GB
Storage	16 GB
Operating System	Android
Internet Browser	Vewd
Content Bar
Voice Command
Light Sensor
Electronic Program Guide (EPG)
Application Store	Google Play Store
Teletext
Picture-In-Picture
Closed Captions	(Analog) Closed Caption (Digital) Closed Caption
PVR Function
USB HDD Recording
USB Drive Format Support	FAT16 / FAT32 / exFAT / NTFS

VIDEO FORMATS
3GPP
AV1
AVI
ASF
DivX
Flash Video
H.263
H.264
H.265
MKV
M2TS
MP4
MPEG-4
QuickTime
RealVideo
TS
VC-1
VP7
VP8
VP9
VOB
VRO
WebM
WMV
Xvid

AUDIO FORMATS
AAC
AC4
AIFF
ALAC
APE
aptX
eAAC+
EAC3
FLAC
HE-AAC
LPCM
M4A
MIDI
MP2
MP3
OGG
RealAudio
WMA
WAV

IMAGE FORMATS
BMP
GIF
JPEG
JPS
MPO
PNG

TUNER
Digital Tuner	1
SAT Tuner
Analog Tuner	NTSC-M
NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0)
Digital Terrestrial TV System	ATSC
Digital Cable TV System	Clear QAM
Color system	PAL / SECAM / NTSC3.58 / NTSC4.43
FM Radio

GENERAL
Energy Efficiency	B
Power Supply	AC 120 V, 60 Hz
Power Consumption (Typical)	357 W
Power Consumption (In Standby)	0.5 W
Dimension Without Stand (W x H x D)	1228 mm x 711 mm x 86 mm 48-3/8" x 28" x 3-1/2"
Dimension With Stand (W x H x D)	1228 mm x 710 mm x 339 mm 48-3/8" x 28" x 13-3/8"
Stand Size	Width: 468 mm (18-1/2")
Dimension of Package (W x H x D)	1364 mm x 872 mm x 196 mm 53-3/4" x 34-3/8" x 7-3/4"
One Connect Box
VESA Wall Mount
VESA Hole Pitch (W x H)	400 mm x 200 mm 15-3/4" x 7-7/8"
Weight Without Stand	25.0 kg (55.1 lbs)
Weight With Stand	28.8 kg (63.5 lbs)
Weight of Package (Gross)	39 kg (86 lbs)
Warranty	1 Year