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this right here is the nicest 4k tv that

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sony makes the master series a9g it's a

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premium 65-inch OLED and instead of having regular old speakers it makes

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sound by vibrating the glass across the entire surface of the screen we're gonna

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find out if it sounds cool only in concept or if it's a legit reason to get

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your OLED tv from sony and not somebody else right after we listen to this

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the a9g is a pretty slick looking tv

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it's got some of the thinnest bezels around a completely flat black for

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extreme wall hugging and a super low profile stand with included cable

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management that i definitely prefer over its predecessor's tilted kickstand

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approach though it may not jive with your setup particularly if you use it

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with a soundbar but we may not need a soundbar it's got fairly comprehensive i

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o with four HDMI 2.0 ports including one with e-arc so it can handle lossless

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audio like dolby atmos and dtsx as well as what are those

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yes yes you can run speaker wire into

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this tv and use the tv as a center speaker between your left and right

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towers which you might actually consider doing if it sounds better than the

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craptastic audio that's become standard on tvs these days as brands prioritize

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thin form factor over high fidelity this tv claims to have a no compromises

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solution as a very low profile 2.2

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configuration of two 20 watt actuators and two 10 watt subwoofers turn the

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entire screen into a speaker diaphragm let's take it for a spin

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so that's just the tv right now

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yeah pretty good bass it's really punchy yeah i don't think

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i've ever heard a tv that's that

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good sounding yeah you can definitely hear movement

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yeah it's like it's convincing enough because it's the glass moving if i crank

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it loud are we gonna actually see the screen vibrating and have glare and

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stuff like that so there's a light you can see

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if you're in a dark room you're going to be okay all right let's compare it to a

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normal tv

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it's like a tiny little bit of maybe

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maybe but like yeah flip from like there

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to there yeah a shallow base yeah and just the

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texture of it like the resolution of it was poor the highs actually aren't

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terrible now it's it's not like so bad where it starts to clip or anything like

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that like i've definitely heard worse sounding tvs than that but it's just the

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low end is not there so so let's try a crappy amazon basic sound

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bar now

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so much worse than the sony yeah it's better than the vizio's built-in

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speakers but the sony how much is this like 75-70 yeah

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yeah i just don't buy this that rattly like

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yeah don't get that sound bar

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i mean it's kind of like if you have to ask then it's not serving as an obvious

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detriment yeah i think it's doing its job i'm not hearing any like tininess at

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least there's not a noticeable like drop off with it when it moves across like

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where the tv would be so yeah i wanted to know if the base of that tv being

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less strong than that 20 inch sub over there kind of muddied the base effect

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it sounds pretty similar when that bird was going around i felt like it was

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really consistent as it went around but then when it had to jump from that it

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was like yeah i would consider it good enough

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like i wouldn't really care if i didn't have a center speaker and that tv was

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there we're also comparing this with some like pretty like high-end speaker

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equipment maybe you're using a home theater in a box or something on that

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level then using this as a center channel is probably going to sound

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pretty good definitely yeah so that's a pretty decent center speaker

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solution especially since unlike a regular loudspeaker the sound is coming

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from directly behind the screen which is ideal for a center speaker interestingly

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the a9g's predecessor last year's a9f

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also used this acoustic surface audio technology but it actually had a 3.3

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config with center actuators as well as the left and right however sony doesn't

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see this new implementation as a step down claiming that they were able to get

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better sound with less distortion out of the simpler 2.2 setup which is in

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keeping with what we just experienced at least until you go really loud

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as far as the feature set goes streaming music to this tv is a piece of cake as

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it has chromecast built in as well as a google assistant button and microphone

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right on the remote which by the way has a nice brushed aluminum finish and very

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satisfying tactile buttons a big plus from me

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including these uh colored buttons which are remappable with the use of

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third-party software right on your smart tv so you can make your own shortcuts

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but if you want to go completely hands-free and you like giving lots of

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user consent you can activate the microphone on the tv set itself turning

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it into a full-on google home device even when the tv is off but wait there's

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more google than that because sony has again opted to use Android tv as the

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set's operating system the sluggish interface was one of the most offsided

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weaknesses of the a9f and while the new 8.0 oreo version the tv ships with is

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snappier it does still have discernible latency if you're not invested in

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google's ecosystem don't worry you can still control the tv using a separate

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amazon echo device and the a9g will support apple airplay 2 and homekit

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guys anyway let's talk about what sony considers to be this tv's main

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differentiator the company claims its goal with this tv and the master series

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tvs in general was to faithfully reproduce creators intent by delivering

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picture quality that approaches that of a professional monitor in

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post-production and they're actually in a unique position to deliver on this

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claim since sony's involved across the entire movie-making chain from filming

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to mastering to production and distribution and finally consumption

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sony sony sony sony sony everywhere i

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turn in this world i see the name sony damn they're taking over my world

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the bottom line is that each master series tv is factory calibrated using

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calman software actually the same software we use here and offers a color

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accurate picture mode called custom which is more color accurate than our w8

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wallpaper tv from lg was out of the box they also have a dedicated netflix

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calibrated mode which will kick in if you turn it on only when netflix

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launches but only if you use the tvs netflix app and not something like a

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fire tv stick or roku since all netflix creators master their content using the

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same tvs and picture settings this mode is supposed to help you see the same

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thing that those creators saw pretty cool but note that this feature is

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expanding to other brands like panasonic later this year when sony's exclusivity

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deal with netflix ends

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so should you buy this tv it depends yes

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it has awesome picture quality because it's an OLED with a high-end processor

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but it's not the only one you can get an lg c9 for a thousand dollars cheaper and

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it's got variable refresh rate lower input lag though the sony isn't bad for

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a tv either and likely the same exact

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panel as the a9g since sony sources their OLED panels from lg so if you

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already have beast mode surround sound i'd probably suggest going that route

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but if you want something closer to an all-in-one minimalist solution and you

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can stomach the 3 800 us dollar price tag the a9g

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