The Sony A75L OLED is a new entry-level OLED TV released in 2023, sitting below the Sony A80L/A80CL OLED. Despite its entry-level market position, it's a well-equipped TV with a slew of gaming features, including 4k @ 120Hz support and VRR. The TV has Sony's latest Cognitive Processor XR, which powers the TV's image processing and upscaling capabilities. It runs the Google TV smart platform, with a great selection of streaming apps in an easy-to-use interface. It also supports Sony's S-Center speaker input, which can turn the TV into a center speaker channel when a Sony soundbar is connected, and an ATSC 3.0 tuner for up to 4k over-the-air broadcast support. It's only available in 55" and 65" sizes, though, which is a bit limited for some users.
Our Verdict
The Sony A75L OLED is an excellent TV overall. Like all OLEDs, it looks best in a dark room, where its nearly infinite contrast ratio delivers an amazing movie-watching experience. Although it's not the brightest TV on the market, HDR still looks amazing, and bright highlights stand out well. Thanks to its fantastic reflection handling, it's also a great TV for watching sports or shows in a bright room. Finally, it's a fantastic TV for gamers thanks to its nearly instantaneous response time, low input lag, and plethora of gaming features, including 4k @ 120Hz support on two inputs and VRR support to reduce screen tearing.
- Perfect black uniformity.
- Near-infinite contrast ratio for deep inky blacks.
- Upscales low-resolution content well.
- Fantastic reflection handling.
- Incredibly wide viewing angle.
- Decent SDR brightness, but still lower than its competition.
The Sony A75L is a great TV for watching shows. Though its peak brightness is just decent, glare isn't an issue in a bright room thanks to its fantastic reflection handling. Its nearly perfect viewing angle also allows you to move around the room with the TV on and enjoy a consistent viewing experience from any angle. Even though it's an entry-level model, it's powered by the same image processing as more expensive Sony models, which is great for watching low-resolution or low-quality streaming content.
- Upscales low-resolution content well.
- Fantastic reflection handling.
- Incredibly wide viewing angle.
- Decent SDR brightness, but still lower than its competition.
The Sony A75L is an excellent TV for watching sports. Thanks to its fantastic reflection handling, glare isn't an issue in a bright room. It also has an incredibly wide viewing angle, so you don't have to fight over the best seat if you're watching the big game with a large group of friends or in a large seating area. Its nearly instantaneous response time delivers incredibly clear motion with no noticeable blur behind fast-moving objects. Finally, cable sports channels are upscaled incredibly well thanks to Sony's industry-leading image processing.
- Upscales low-resolution content well.
- Fantastic reflection handling.
- Incredibly wide viewing angle.
- Crystal clear motion with minimal motion blur.
- Decent SDR brightness, but still lower than its competition.
The Sony A75L is a fantastic TV for gaming. Its nearly instantaneous response time delivers fantastic motion handling with no noticeable blur behind fast-moving objects. It also offers incredibly low input lag, ensuring an incredibly responsive gaming experience. Even though it's a budget model in Sony's lineup, it still features an incredible selection of gaming features, including VRR support and 4k @ 120Hz gaming on two of its inputs.
- Upscales low-resolution content well.
- Crystal clear motion with minimal motion blur.
- VRR support and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for up to 4k @ 120Hz gaming.
- Very low input lag.
- Has only two HDMI 2.1 ports, one of which is the eARC port.
- Decent SDR brightness, but still lower than its competition.
The Sony A75L is a truly amazing TV for watching movies in a dark room. Like all OLED displays, it has a nearly infinite contrast ratio, resulting in crystal clear, inky blacks with no distracting blooming or haloing around bright objects. Although it's not as bright as higher-end OLED displays, most HDR content looks great, and bright specular highlights stand out well. It's also good for people who care about an accurate image. It tracks the PQ EOTF nearly perfectly and has good accuracy before calibration.
- Perfect black uniformity.
- Near-infinite contrast ratio for deep inky blacks.
- Removes 24p judder from any source.
- Wide color gamut.
- Stutter due to near-instantaneous response time.
The Sony A75L is an amazing TV for gaming in HDR. It delivers a fantastic gaming experience in general, thanks to its nearly instantaneous response time, low input lag, and plethora of gaming features. HDR looks amazing thanks to its nearly infinite contrast ratio, delivering an incredible dark room experience with perfect inky blacks. Bright highlights stand out incredibly well, even in bright scenes, so your games look stunning.
- Perfect black uniformity.
- Near-infinite contrast ratio for deep inky blacks.
- Crystal clear motion with minimal motion blur.
- VRR support and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for up to 4k @ 120Hz gaming.
- Very low input lag.
- Wide color gamut.
- Limited HDR peak brightness in Game Mode.
- Has only two HDMI 2.1 ports, one of which is the eARC port.
The Sony A75L is a great TV for use as a PC monitor, but there are a few caveats. It displays chroma 4:4:4 properly, which is essential for clear text from a PC, but there are still some text rendering issues due to its unusual pixel structure. On the other hand, it has an incredibly wide viewing angle, so the sides of the screen remain uniform even if you're sitting close to it. It delivers a responsive desktop experience thanks to its low input lag, so there's very little delay in your cursor movements, and motion is sharp and crisp thanks to its nearly infinite contrast ratio.
- Fantastic reflection handling.
- Incredibly wide viewing angle.
- Crystal clear motion with minimal motion blur.
- VRR support and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for up to 4k @ 120Hz gaming.
- Very low input lag.
- Wide color gamut.
- Limited HDR peak brightness in Game Mode.
- Has only two HDMI 2.1 ports, one of which is the eARC port.
- Decent SDR brightness, but still lower than its competition.
Changelog
- Updated Jun 20, 2024: Mentioned the newly-reviewed Sony BRAVIA 8 OLED in the SDR Brightness section of this review.
- Updated Nov 24, 2023: Review published.
- Updated Nov 22, 2023: Early access published.
- Updated Nov 15, 2023: Our testers have started testing this product.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 65-inch Sony A75L, and the results are also valid for the 55-inch model. There are no other variants of this model.
| Size | Model |
|---|---|
| 55" | Sony XR-55A75L |
| 65" | Sony XR-65A75L |
Our unit was manufactured in September 2023; you can see the label here.
Popular TV Comparisons
The Sony A75L is a great choice for beginners looking to upgrade to an OLED TV but who don't want to spend a small fortune. Available at relatively budget prices, it offers similar picture quality to higher-end, far more expensive models like the LG C3 OLED, while offering better processing than other entry-level OLEDs like the LG B3 OLED. It even comes with almost all of the same great gaming features you'll find on higher-end models like the Sony A95L OLED.
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The Sony BRAVIA 8 OLED is slightly better than the Sony A75L OLED, though the two are nearly identical. While the BRAVIA is a bit brighter overall, the biggest difference shows up in Game Mode: the newer BRAVIA is noticeably brighter and has lower input lag, making it the clear-cut choice for gamers shopping for an OLED TV. Otherwise, the differences are relatively minor.
The LG C4 OLED is much better than the Sony A75L OLED. The LG is far brighter in HDR and in SDR, giving all scenes more pop. It's also more colorful than the Sony and is more accurate in SDR out of the box. The LG is also the superior pick for gamers due to its 144Hz support on all four HDMI ports, while the Sony only supports 120Hz on two ports and has higher input lag. Still, the Sony does have better image processing, so some low-quality or low-resolution content looks a bit better on it than on the LG.
The LG B3 OLED and the Sony A75L OLED offer very similar picture quality overall, but the Sony is slightly better. The Sony gets slightly brighter, and it's powered by Sony's industry-leading picture processing, which delivers better upscaling and low-quality content smoothing.
The LG C3 OLED is better than the Sony A75L OLED for most users. The LG gets brighter, so bright highlights in HDR stand out better and it can overcome more glare in a bright room. The LG is also a bit more versatile, with four HDMI 2.1-bandwidth ports, so you can use it with multiple consoles or gaming PCs. On the other hand, if you care more about creative intent, the Sony is slightly better, as it offers better picture processing and a more accurate image overall.
We buy and test dozens of TVs yearly, taking an objective, data-driven approach to deliver results you can trust. Our testing process is complex, with hundreds of individual tests that take over a week to complete. Most of our tests use specially designed test patterns that mimic real content, but we also use the same sources you have at home to ensure our results match the real-world experience. We use two main tools for our testing: a Colorimetry Research CR-100 colorimeter and a CR-250 spectroradiometer.
Test Results
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