this right here is the nicest 4k tv that
sony makes the master series a9g it's a
premium 65-inch OLED and instead of having regular old speakers it makes
sound by vibrating the glass across the entire surface of the screen we're gonna
find out if it sounds cool only in concept or if it's a legit reason to get
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the a9g is a pretty slick looking tv
it's got some of the thinnest bezels around a completely flat black for
extreme wall hugging and a super low profile stand with included cable
management that i definitely prefer over its predecessor's tilted kickstand
approach though it may not jive with your setup particularly if you use it
with a soundbar but we may not need a soundbar it's got fairly comprehensive i
o with four HDMI 2.0 ports including one with e-arc so it can handle lossless
audio like dolby atmos and dtsx as well as what are those
yes yes you can run speaker wire into
this tv and use the tv as a center speaker between your left and right
towers which you might actually consider doing if it sounds better than the
craptastic audio that's become standard on tvs these days as brands prioritize
thin form factor over high fidelity this tv claims to have a no compromises
solution as a very low profile 2.2
configuration of two 20 watt actuators and two 10 watt subwoofers turn the
entire screen into a speaker diaphragm let's take it for a spin
so that's just the tv right now
yeah pretty good bass it's really punchy yeah i don't think
i've ever heard a tv that's that
good sounding yeah you can definitely hear movement
yeah it's like it's convincing enough because it's the glass moving if i crank
it loud are we gonna actually see the screen vibrating and have glare and
stuff like that so there's a light you can see
if you're in a dark room you're going to be okay all right let's compare it to a
normal tv
it's like a tiny little bit of maybe
maybe but like yeah flip from like there
to there yeah a shallow base yeah and just the
texture of it like the resolution of it was poor the highs actually aren't
terrible now it's it's not like so bad where it starts to clip or anything like
that like i've definitely heard worse sounding tvs than that but it's just the
low end is not there so so let's try a crappy amazon basic sound
bar now
so much worse than the sony yeah it's better than the vizio's built-in
speakers but the sony how much is this like 75-70 yeah
yeah i just don't buy this that rattly like
yeah don't get that sound bar
i mean it's kind of like if you have to ask then it's not serving as an obvious
detriment yeah i think it's doing its job i'm not hearing any like tininess at
least there's not a noticeable like drop off with it when it moves across like
where the tv would be so yeah i wanted to know if the base of that tv being
less strong than that 20 inch sub over there kind of muddied the base effect
it sounds pretty similar when that bird was going around i felt like it was
really consistent as it went around but then when it had to jump from that it
was like yeah i would consider it good enough
like i wouldn't really care if i didn't have a center speaker and that tv was
there we're also comparing this with some like pretty like high-end speaker
equipment maybe you're using a home theater in a box or something on that
level then using this as a center channel is probably going to sound
pretty good definitely yeah so that's a pretty decent center speaker
solution especially since unlike a regular loudspeaker the sound is coming
from directly behind the screen which is ideal for a center speaker interestingly
the a9g's predecessor last year's a9f
also used this acoustic surface audio technology but it actually had a 3.3
config with center actuators as well as the left and right however sony doesn't
see this new implementation as a step down claiming that they were able to get
better sound with less distortion out of the simpler 2.2 setup which is in
keeping with what we just experienced at least until you go really loud
as far as the feature set goes streaming music to this tv is a piece of cake as
it has chromecast built in as well as a google assistant button and microphone
right on the remote which by the way has a nice brushed aluminum finish and very
satisfying tactile buttons a big plus from me
including these uh colored buttons which are remappable with the use of
third-party software right on your smart tv so you can make your own shortcuts
but if you want to go completely hands-free and you like giving lots of
user consent you can activate the microphone on the tv set itself turning
it into a full-on google home device even when the tv is off but wait there's
more google than that because sony has again opted to use Android tv as the
set's operating system the sluggish interface was one of the most offsided
weaknesses of the a9f and while the new 8.0 oreo version the tv ships with is
snappier it does still have discernible latency if you're not invested in
google's ecosystem don't worry you can still control the tv using a separate
amazon echo device and the a9g will support apple airplay 2 and homekit
pending a firmware update sometime this summer speaking of summer
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guys anyway let's talk about what sony considers to be this tv's main
differentiator the company claims its goal with this tv and the master series
tvs in general was to faithfully reproduce creators intent by delivering
picture quality that approaches that of a professional monitor in
post-production and they're actually in a unique position to deliver on this
claim since sony's involved across the entire movie-making chain from filming
to mastering to production and distribution and finally consumption
sony sony sony sony sony everywhere i
turn in this world i see the name sony damn they're taking over my world
the bottom line is that each master series tv is factory calibrated using
calman software actually the same software we use here and offers a color
accurate picture mode called custom which is more color accurate than our w8
wallpaper tv from lg was out of the box they also have a dedicated netflix
calibrated mode which will kick in if you turn it on only when netflix
launches but only if you use the tvs netflix app and not something like a
fire tv stick or roku since all netflix creators master their content using the
same tvs and picture settings this mode is supposed to help you see the same
thing that those creators saw pretty cool but note that this feature is
expanding to other brands like panasonic later this year when sony's exclusivity
deal with netflix ends
so should you buy this tv it depends yes
it has awesome picture quality because it's an OLED with a high-end processor
but it's not the only one you can get an lg c9 for a thousand dollars cheaper and
it's got variable refresh rate lower input lag though the sony isn't bad for
a tv either and likely the same exact
panel as the a9g since sony sources their OLED panels from lg so if you
already have beast mode surround sound i'd probably suggest going that route
but if you want something closer to an all-in-one minimalist solution and you
can stomach the 3 800 us dollar price tag the a9g
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