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Sony XBR-65Z9F (USA version)
Highlights
- 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) LED Display
- HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG support
- Full Array Local Dimming
- TRILUMINOS™ Display
- X-Wide Angle
- X1™ Ultimate Processor
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
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Content
Overview
Sony XBR-65Z9F was introduced in 2018. It has a LED screen with 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution and 100 Hz/120 Hz refresh rate. The TV is HDR compatible and can reach 1700 nits of peak brightness. It supports HDR10, Dolby Vision, HLG and IMAX Enhanced. Its powerful X1™ Ultimate picture processor guarantees a high quality upscaling of any low resolution source to 4K UHD (3840 x 2160).
We give Sony XBR-65Z9F TV 92 overall score out of 100. Our ranking system is based on the display specifications, video, audio and other features, connectivity and format support.
Pros and Cons
In this section we highlight pros and cons of Sony XBR-65Z9F.
| PROS |
|---|
| High Resolution |
| High Refresh Rate: 100 Hz/120 Hz |
| Direct LED |
| Full Array Local Dimming |
| High Number of Local Dimming Zones: 104 |
| X-Wide Angle |
| Color Depth |
| HDR10 |
| Dolby Vision |
| HLG |
| IMAX Enhanced |
| DSEE |
| Clear Phase |
| DTS Digital Surround |
| Wi-Fi |
| Bluetooth |
| Works with Alexa |
| HDCP 2.3 |
| CONS |
|---|
| No HDR10+ |
| No AMD Freesync™ |
| No NVidia G-Sync |
| No 4K HFR |
| No 2K HFR |
| No VRR |
| No Dolby Atmos |
| No NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) |
Predecessor
A predecessor of 2018 Z9F series is 2016 Z9D series. In this section we show their comparison.
| UPGRADES | Sony XBR-65Z9F | vs | Sony XBR-65Z9D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Viewing Angle | X-Wide Angle | vs | |
| Higher Rec.2020 Color Space Coverage | 75% | vs | 66% |
| Higher Brightness | 700 nits | vs | 650 nits |
| Lower Input Lag | 12 ms | vs | 40 ms |
| IMAX Enhanced | vs | ||
| Object-based Super Resolution | vs | ||
| Dolby AC-4 | vs | ||
| Newer Bluetooth Version | 4.2 | vs | 4.1 |
| HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) | eARC | vs | |
| HDCP Version | 2.3 | vs | 2.2 |
| More RAM | 4 GB | vs | 2 GB |
| Higher Energy Efficiency Class | A | vs | B |
| DOWNGRADES | Sony XBR-65Z9F | vs | Sony XBR-65Z9D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Less Local Dimming Zones | 104 | vs | 646 |
| Lower DCI P3 Color Space Coverage | 95% | vs | 96% |
| Lower Peak Brightness | 1700 nits | vs | 1800 nits |
| 3D Capability | vs | Active | |
| High Dynamic Range | X-tended Dynamic Range™ PRO 12x XDR Contrast | vs | X-tended Dynamic Range™ PRO 16x XDR Contrast |
| Component Inputs | vs | 1 (hybrid with Composite) | |
| Composite Inputs | 1 via A/V 3.5mm input | vs | 2 (1 via A/V 3.5mm input/1 hybrid with Component) |
For this comparison we chose 65" version of the predecessor - model XBR-65Z9D. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit Sony XBR-65Z9F vs Sony XBR-65Z9D where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.
Selected Features
VA Panel
Sony XBR-65Z9F has a vertical alignment (VA) panel which is most commonly used in LCD TVs as it provides deeper blacks compared to the IPS panel. However, it is still limited with the viewing angle compared to the IPS panel or OLED display.
Full-Array Local Dimming
The TV has Full-Array Local Dimming technology with multiple zones throughout the display. Individual zones of LEDs can light up independently which enhances black levels, shadow details and decreases level of light bleed in dark parts of the image. This gives higher contrast with increased picture quality which is very important for HDR reproduction. Higher number of zones gives better control over local dimming and less blooming around the bright objects and subtitles. This particular model has 104 zones.
HDR10
Sony XBR-65Z9F 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.
Specifications
In this section we present all the features and specifications available for Sony XBR-65Z9F.
| BASICS | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Sony |
| Series | Z9F |
| Model | XBR-65Z9F |
| Size | 65" |
| Country | USA |
| Release Year | 2018 |
| Smart TV | |
| DISPLAY | |
|---|---|
| Display Type | LED |
| Actual Size (Diagonal) | 64.5" (163.9 cm) |
| Resolution | 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) |
| Refresh Rate | 100 Hz/120 Hz |
| Screen Design | Flat |
| Panel Type | VA |
| LED Type | Direct LED |
| Backlight Dimming | Full Array Local Dimming |
| Number of Local Dimming Zones | 104 |
| Color | TRILUMINOS™ Display |
| Viewing Angle | X-Wide Angle |
| Panel Bit Depth | 10 bits |
| Color Depth | 1.07 Billion |
| Rec.2020 Color Space Coverage | 75% |
| DCI P3 Color Space Coverage | 95% |
| Brightness | 700 nits |
| Peak Brightness | 1700 nits |
| Contrast Ratio | 3500∶1 |
| Minimum Response Time | 5 ms |
| Input Lag | 12 ms |
| VIDEO | |
|---|---|
| 3D Capability | |
| HDR10 | |
| HDR10+ | |
| Dolby Vision | |
| Dolby Vision IQ | |
| HLG | |
| Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | |
| IMAX Enhanced | |
| High Dynamic Range | X-tended Dynamic Range™ PRO 12x XDR Contrast |
| AMD Freesync™ | |
| NVidia G-Sync | |
| 4K HFR | |
| 2K HFR | |
| VRR | |
| HGIG Compatibility | |
| Picture Processor | X1™ Ultimate |
| Frame Interploation Technique | Motionflow™ XR |
| Black Frame Insertion | |
| Filmmaker Mode | |
| Dynamic Backlight Control | |
| 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 | |
| Auto Low Latency Mode | |
| AUDIO | |
|---|---|
| Speaker Type | Bass Reflex Speaker |
| Speaker Power Rating | 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 Frequency | 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz |
| Wi-Fi Protocol | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac |
| Bluetooth | |
| Bluetooth Version | 4.2 |
| Smartphone Connectivity | Chromecast built-in Video & TV SideView (iOS/Android) |
| Chromecast | |
| Google Home | |
| Virtual Assistant | Google Assistant |
| Works with Alexa | |
| HDMI Inputs | 4 |
| HDMI Version | 2.0b |
| HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) | eARC |
| HDCP Version | 2.3 |
| 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 via A/V 3.5mm input |
| RCA Audio Outputs | |
| 3.5mm headphone Audio Output | |
| Optical Audio Output | |
| RS-232C Remote | |
| DLNA | |
| OTHER | |
|---|---|
| SoC | MediaTek MT5893 |
| CPU | ARM Cortex-A73 |
| CPU Cores | 4 |
| CPU Frequency | 1500 MHz |
| GPU | ARM Mali-G71 |
| RAM | 4 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 | |
| Auto Calibration with CalMAN | |
| Picture-In-Picture | |
| Closed Captions | (Analog) Closed Caption (Digital) Closed Caption |
| 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 | A |
| Power Supply | AC 120 V, 60 Hz |
| Power Consumption (Typical) | 280 W |
| Power Consumption (In Standby) | 0.5 W |
| Dimension Without Stand (W x H x D) | 1453 mm x 837 mm x 67 mm 57-1/4" x 33" x 2-3/4" |
| Dimension With Stand (W x H x D) | 1453 mm x 906 mm x 314 mm 57-1/4" x 35-3/4" x 12-3/8" |
| Stand Size | Width: 1192 mm (47") |
| Dimension of Package (W x H x D) | 1565 mm x 984 mm x 196 mm<61.61" x 38.74" x 7.72" |
| One Connect Box | |
| VESA Wall Mount | |
| VESA Hole Pitch (W x H) | 300 mm x 300 mm 11-7/8" x 11-7/8" |
| Weight Without Stand | 28.2 kg (62.2 lbs) |
| Weight With Stand | 29.5 kg (65 lbs) |
| Weight of Package (Gross) | 38 kg (83.8 lbs) |
| Warranty | 1 Year |
Successor
The 2018 Z9F series has a successor - 2019 Z9G series. Let us now display the changes that the successor brought.
| UPGRADES | Sony KD-85Z9G | vs | Sony XBR-65Z9F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Resolution | 8K UHD (7680 x 4320) | vs | 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) |
| Higher DCI P3 Color Space Coverage | 100% | vs | 95% |
| High Dynamic Range | 8K X-tended Dynamic Range™ PRO 20x XDR Contrast | vs | X-tended Dynamic Range™ PRO 12x XDR Contrast |
| 4K HFR | vs | ||
| 2K HFR | vs | ||
| Higher Speaker Power Rating | 10 W + 10 W + 10 W + 10 W + 10 W + 10 W + 10 W + 10 W | vs | 10 W + 10 W |
| TV Center Speaker Mode | vs | ||
| Dolby Atmos | vs | ||
| HDMI Version | 2.1 | vs | 2.0b |
| ASF | vs | ||
| VC-1 | vs | ||
| VP8 | vs |
| DOWNGRADES | Sony KD-85Z9G | vs | Sony XBR-65Z9F |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sound Processing | vs | ClearAudio+ | |
| Content Bar | vs |
For this comparison we chose 85" version of the successor - model KD-85Z9G. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit Sony XBR-65Z9F vs Sony KD-85Z9G where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.