Sony TV

6owners with an opinion

60%of verdicts positive

3/1positive/negative since 2024

0happy after 3+ years

Praised for software and ease of use; criticized for sound and performance.

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Came here from

Samsung TV1

What people wrote

Likes it

Makes me glad I bought a Sony TV which has the microphone on the remote - and is compatible with older remotes without a microphone, so the new remote with its microphone and sponsored streaming service buttons gathers dust (without batteries inserted) while I use an old remote.

Neutral

I use the built-in AirPlay receiver on my Sony TV quite a bit and that requires network access

Doesn’t like it

I won't buy Sony TVs any more because of their software, because it started displaying ads on the home-screen. It's Google TV, and I don't mind ads for content on the home screen. I use a bunch of streaming services, I might want to watch whatever's up there, that's not entirely incongruous. Then about a year after purchase we started getting ads for L'Oreal shampoo and other products. Nope. Sony acted confused when I sent a support ticket, and eventually said "Oh, that's because it's Google TV, nothing we can do about it". I replied saying perhaps they had given too much control over their tv experience to a third party. I was able to activate "App Only Mode" to make them go away, but you lose a bunch of the features and have to disable it to get to the play store if you want to install anything else. Pisses me off. I paid a couple of thousand dollars (AUD) for that tv, I shouldn't have advertising shoved in my face.

Likes it

I got tired of constant updates/apps on home screen/lag and all on my Samsung TV and finally bought a Sony. Everything I do is through Apple TV and Xbox now, Sony is not connected to the internet. Other than the slow boot (takes about 5 seconds to switch to Apple TV after pressing power button), I have no complaints.

Likes it

I bought a Sony TV a couple days ago. It’s just a Samsung panel identical to a current Samsung TV but placed into Sony innards. Which means no stupid terrible Samsung software! That’s really why I chose it. So seeing this comment tree points out the irony that the value of Sony for me was that it’s essentially repackaging someone else’s known-good product.

Doesn’t like it

My current setup allows me to use the TV built in speakers (Sony TV and SoundBar). It’s absolutely awful. The built in speaker sounds like a speaker sealed in cheap plastic box. It only degrades the experience. I turned it off.