Our Verdict
The Sony A9G is an excellent TV for most uses, whether it's for watching HDR movies or for use as a PC monitor. It has remarkable dark room performance and its exceptional motion handling results in clear images with nearly no visible motion blur. Its low input lag and 120Hz refresh rate provide a responsive gaming experience, but unfortunately, it doesn't support any VRR technology. It runs on Android TV, which is a great platform for those who get most of their content through streaming.
- Almost-instantaneous response time.
- Remarkable dark room performance.
- Excellent wide viewing angles.
- Brightness is limited in white scenes.
- Possibility of permanent burn-in with static content (see here).
The Sony A9G is an exceptional TV for watching movies. With its emissive technology, this TV can produce perfect blacks, which is great for watching in a dark room. It can remove judder from any source and has a motion interpolation feature to make motion look smooth and fluid.
This is a great TV for watching TV shows. It isn't the best choice for watching in very bright rooms, but in an average-lit or dark room, it performs remarkably well. Its wide viewing angles allow you to walk around without the image degrading and it upscales lower-resolution content like cable TV without any issues.
The Sony A9G is an excellent TV for watching sports. Its response time is extremely fast and fast-action sports are displayed with minimal motion blur. Gray uniformity is excellent, with no noticeable dirty screen effect, and it has wide viewing angles, making it a great TV for watching a big game with friends and family.
The Sony A9G is an outstanding TV for playing video games thanks to its extremely fast response time and low input lag. It has a 120Hz refresh rate to make motion look silky smooth, but sadly, there's no support for FreeSync variable refresh rate technology to reduce screen tearing. Also, there are risks of permanent burn-in with OLED TVs, especially with static content like the user interface of a video game.
The Sony A9G is a remarkable TV for watching HDR movies. It can produce vivid and vibrant colors thanks to its wide color gamut, and it can get decently bright to bring out small highlights in dark scenes. Since OLED TVs can turn off individual pixels, there aren't any issues with blooming around bright objects. Additionally, this TV supports HDR10 and Dolby Vision.
The Sony A9G is an excellent TV for playing HDR games. The TV can display HDR content with vibrant colors due to its wide color gamut, but its peak brightness in HDR mode is only decent and doesn't feel as dramatic, especially when using the TV in a bright room setting. On the upside, it has a low input lag in HDR mode to make gaming feel extremely responsive and its fast response time results in clear images with minimal motion blur.
The Sony A9G is a great TV for use as a PC monitor. It can display most common resolutions with proper chroma 4:4:4 without any issues, and it has excellent wide viewing angles, so the sides look uniform when you sit up close. Input lag is very low to provide incredible responsiveness, but unfortunately, a static desktop interface increases the risk of permanent burn-in.
Changelog
- Updated May 06, 2022: We changed the subtype from WRGB to WOLED as it's more accurate and more consistent with other TVs.
- Updated Apr 04, 2022: We retested the peak brightness with the latest firmware, PKG6.5066.0634NAA, but there's no change.
- Updated Jul 28, 2021: Added the real content local dimming videos.
- Updated Mar 01, 2021: Converted to Test Bench 1.6.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 55" Sony MASTER Series A9G (XBR55A9G), and for the most part, we expect our review to be valid for the 65" model (XBR65A9G) and the 77" model (XBR77A9G) as well.
The European variant of the TV is also known as the AG9, and we expect it to offer the same performance.
If someone comes across a different type of panel or if their Sony A9G doesn't correspond to our review, let us know and we'll update the review. Note that some tests, such as gray uniformity, may vary between individual units.
| Size | US Model | Alternative Name | EU Model |
| 55" | XBR55A9G | XBR-55A9G | KD-55AG9 |
| 65" | XBR65A9G | XBR-65A9G | KD-65AG9 |
| 77" | XBR77A9G | XBR-77A9G | KD-77AG9 |
The Sony A9G we reviewed was manufactured in April 2019.
Popular TV Comparisons
The Sony A9G is an excellent OLED TV, but it faces steep competition from LG and Samsung in the top-end TV market. For other options, check out our recommendations for the best televisions and the best OLED TVs.
Overall, the Sony A8H OLED is slightly better than the Sony A9G OLED. They both perform very similarly, but the A8H can get a lot brighter, it has better out-of-the-box color accuracy, and its input lag is much lower. However, if you use your TV as a PC monitor and you need native support for a 1440p resolution, then you're better off with the A9G.
The Sony A90J OLED and the Sony A9G OLED are both excellent OLED TVs. They can both turn off pixels individually to produce an infinite contrast ratio and perfect black levels, which is great for watching movies and other content. If you're a gamer, though, the A90J has a bit of an edge because it supports HDMI 2.1 and has a bit less input lag. It also gets a bit brighter in HDR if you watch a lot of HDR content.
The Sony A9G OLED and the LG CX OLED each have similar picture quality thanks to their OLED panels. They each have an infinite contrast ratio, perfect black uniformity, and wide viewing angles. However, the CX is much better for gaming because it has VRR support and a much lower input lag.
The Sony A9F OLED and the Sony A9G OLED have very similar performance. They have a very different design and different remote control. It's hard to notice any differences in performance when watching normal content.
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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