When it comes to TVs, OLEDs are the cream of the crop, providing a richer image than QLEDs or LCD/LEDs ever have. That quality comes at a price, however, and QLED sets can easily cost multiple thousands of dollars. But if you time your shopping right, you can find an OLED TV at a better price.
Right now the 65-inch Bravia 8 OLED TV (K-65XR80), which came out earlier this year, is seeing a major 24% discount. It’s currently sitting at $1,898 (originally $2,499.99), the lowest price since its release according to price checking tools.
The distinctive feature of OLEDs is their color and contrast. You’ll see color pop more, and blacks will appear more truly black without the washed out backlight that QLEDs and LEDs can lend an image. The tradeoff is that they don’t get as bright as LEDs: The Bravia 8 has 587 nits of brightness, which is not ideal if you’re watching in a bright room, but the deeper blacks can make the image appear brighter than it actually is, so it should still be viewable—and, of course, the image will be superior in a darker environment. If the brightness isn’t an issue for you, this 2024 OLED for under $2,000 is a great bargain.
The Bravia 8 comes with my favorite operating system, Google TV. It’s basically a built-in Chromecast, meaning you can stream to it locally from your Android and iOS devices, Chrome tabs, and Macs through Apple AirPlay and Google Cast. You can also control the TV with your voice using Google’s voice assistant.
Specs-wise, it offers the expected 4K resolution, a nice 120Hz refresh rate, making it great for video games, and support for high dynamic range (HDR) in Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, and hybrid log gamma (HLG) formats. For gaming, it has an input lag of 4.6 milliseconds in Game mode but no AMD FreeSync or Nvidia G-Sync certifications.
You can read more about the Bravia 8’s specs in PCMag’s “good” review, which dinged the unit for its price—which looks a lot better at $600 off.
