Sony Bravia KD65XD7505 65-Inch Android 4K HDR Ultra HD Smart LED TV with Youview, Freeview HD (2016 Model) - Black

Arrived before expect and was very excited receiving the TV, was hard to get out off the box as it was my 1st TV I'd ever brought for myself and set up... however it was easy to apply the stand and looks great in my bedroom. Only troubles Ive had with the TV are occasionally when I'm playing xbox or something for a while the tv will change channel and show me a advert for a movie from google not sure how to stop this? But it's annoying I don't want ads on my TV let alone through playing games. Had some trouble with my Ariel as well and receiving channels but I think that's a problem with in the Ariel. Over all a great TV the picture is vibrant and beautiful and I got everything I wanted within a Sony TV for a cheap price. 😊

I rarely leave reviews but I'm so impressed with this TV it's worth it. I've had a few smart TV's up until now (namely Samsung) but I think Android is the way to go. The way Sony have integrated it into this TV is damn near perfect for my usage. Out of the box it's functional and pretty much has everything you need installed and ready to go. But with a few tweaks, with Kodi, Plex, Twitch and other apps easily installed it's like a 49" PC/Phone, but with added 4K goodness. The screen image is crisp and clear and the sound is very good, so much so that no (for me anyway) additional speaker out is needed. It's bassy and background sounds are clear but not loud that it drowns out the speech/voices. I would highly recommend this TV for the money.

Replacing my 10 year old Panasonic plasma with this I was hoping for big things. The actual set is quite deep and the surround feels very cheep, it's kind of a plasticky off black and not quite what I was expecting from Sony. That said there is nothing wrong but just a little shock to the expectations. Loading up the TV was a very simple affair and the google android software is beautiful, far far better than I had anticipated. The ifra red blaster is also excellent and allows you to control things like your sky set top box from your TV remote, although some ability to refine the speed at which it "talks" to the set top would be good. So why only two stars, well, given how little UHD content there is at present I wanted a tv that renders a decent picture on SD and HD, however the image is simply a bag of pixels. it's awful to the point of thinking it could be faulty in some way. The backlight is also patchy at the edge which draws your eye on light scenes. The sound is also very poor sounding almost mono and very thin, no depth what so ever, and my previous tv was no standout in that regard either. I would say a sound bar is essential. I took a trip to my local TV shop and checked out the next model up the XD80, same size but a jump in price. Oh wow, what a difference the bezel is crisp and precise, the panel is extra thin. But the real upgrade is in the picture quality, it's superb. Sound is also much improved. Needless to say I walked out with one! One puzzle I'm still left with is HDR. The Sony site lists both as HDR. But the xd70 doesn't reference this anywhere on the box or manual... a tv that doesn't shout about the latest must have feature! Very strange. On the xd80 HDR is loud and proud, stamped on the box and stuck on the TV. My advice unless your of questionable eyesight buy the xd80 it's superior where it needs to be and has all the same great features.

A great TV at a great price. Standard definition programming looks relatively poor due to the size of the screen, but HD material is wonderful and 4K stuff is just eye-popping. Audio is functional but the set deserves to be paired with an external sound system to do the picture justice. We have a simple stereo amp and speakers hooked up and it results in a great audio-visual experience. We can hardly believe we got so much telly for this price.

This TV is a well-specified big-screen budget TV. It has a lovely picture (once you dial-down the factory settings and turn some of the more intrusive digital smoothing controls off). It is full 4K with HDR and is very impressive whether watching source material in 4K or HD. It does a really good job of up-scaling HD - I noticed pin-sharp resolution on the edges of the black letterbox bars at the top and bottom of a 1:2.35 widescreen blu-ray, a real improvement that is clearly visible. In fact it's very difficult to detect whether you are watching HD or 4K, although a particularly well shot scene or close-up may really pop, alerting you to the fact you are watching 4K (and, of course, it depends upon how close to the TV you are sitting). The big let-down here are the black levels which is clearly where the money has been saved. Compared to my five-year-old mid-range Sony TV, I immediately noticed that black levels are not as good causing immediate disappointment. There is a digital control you can use to improve blacks which works well but this feature produces a very annoying affect where the picture struggles for a split second to find the right level when cutting from a very light to very dark image. This is exaggerated when watching subtitles which often has bright white text against a dark background and makes the TV unwatchable. This feature, useful in theory, in practice is so annoying it is best left switched off. Putting a strip of LED lights (e.g., Philips Hue range) around the edge of the rear of the TV set to medium or low brightness is a good trick to improving contrast and makes the picture more watchable. Great range of features and Android apps, although a little sluggish when navigating. Would have liked some kind of cable management system via the stand (i.e., a centre pedestal) because there's no way to avoid visible cables hanging down (unless you have the TV on a very low stand). The TV has voice control but, annoyingly, the required remote is not supplied and will cost you an extra £50 (you get a vanilla basic remote). Generally quite pleased with this but I think I'll spend more money next time.

I'd like to start this review by mentioning that I am no television expert - I have very little knowledge of how TV's work and will keep this review simple. I decided to purchase myself the Sony Bravia KD49XD7005 as an early Christmas treat to myself and so far I am fairly pleased. The quality of the picture is really nice, I will be forever glad that I am able to watch the new Planet Earth 2 episodes on the 'big screen'. I have noticed that the TV can often lag whilst loading Netflix or even turning down the volume, this can sometimes be a 5-6 second delay in actually reacting to the button press. I am unsure as to why this is as my internet connection is fairly stable and adjusting the volume would require an internet connecting - right? Setting up the Television was pretty easy as I had a pair of hands to help me, however, the instruction manual was more complicated than it needed to be. I also found it fairly frustrating to set up the Freeview TV channels - I swapped this TV with a Samsung 32" Smart TV and set up the TV channels in seconds. The Sony Bravia took me a couple of days to fully set up the TV channels and I couldn't tell you how I done it as I was hitting every button and hoping for the best! (Again, I am not the most tech savvy guy!) If you are looking for a Christmas treat or simply upgrading I would recommend this product. It has a lovely picture quality for the price tag and it's also a very nice and sleek design. Drawbacks would be the lag and the unnecessary complications of the set up manual.

Sony appear to have stopped making the 55" model, when you check their website for details about when they will be adding HDR there is no information in regards to this, I have a Sony Bravo Full HD TV that I purchased 3 years ago and the picture on the older television is far superior, very disappointed, contacted Sony about HDR and got no reply. I have today 10/11/2016 received an email from Sony stating the following: - Thank you for contacting Sony support regarding the HDR feature on your Sony KD-55XD7005. With reference to your enquiry, please note that your Sony TV is not within the HDR supported models. Also, please note that the HDR feature is not released through firmware update. With reference to the compensation, on this occasion and in view of your particular case, based on the supplied information, sadly we are unable to offer goodwill. Should you have any further questions, please feel free to reply to this email. Thank you for your enquiry. Yours sincerely, Menna SONY SUPPORT UPDATE FROM SONY 11/11/2016 Thank you for your recent email. Please accept our sincere apologies for the unintended inconvenience. Please disregard the previous email. With reference to your enquiry, please note that your Sony is one of the HDR supported models. Moreover, please make sure that the TV has the latest firmware version as explained on the following link to activate the HDR feature on your TV: [...] Should you have any further questions, please feel free to reply to this email. Thank you for your enquiry. Yours Sincerely, Noura SONY SUPPORT TEAM [...] Watching Marco Polo which is showing in HDR on Netflix, clicked on action menu on remote control, selected picture mode and it confirmed it was displaying HDR Fantastic picture I take it all back.

Reads well but this is not a great TV from Sony. If you have only got 770 to spend buy a Samsung or an LG. I returned mine and bought an XD8599, it's a few hundred quid more but a few hundred well spent. I am a bit of a tv geek.... 2 important things for LED TV's; Lots of Htz and edge lighting, this has neither. I thought the back lighting might be good but it isn't. This TV is Sony trying to get a bit of the market they haven't got (and shouldn't get..... they are better than this).