Sony 42 Inch A90K BRAVIA XR 4K HDR TV OLED Smart Google TV (XR-42A90K) | XR Processor with AI Technology, Dolby Vision/Atmos, Exclusive Features for PlayStation®5, 4K movie credits included

*This review is for the 42" XR42A90K.* We recently finished a major remodel of our kitchen and capped off the project by ordering the Sony XR42A90K. Our kitchen gets a lot of traffic and frequently doubles as my wife's office, so we wanted a TV in the room but not something that would overwhelm the space. The 42" A90K is a fantastic option, having installed it and used it for a bit. My house is a Sony TV house, having moved away from Samsung products and their awful app environment, short support windows, and subpar performance (in my opinion). This is the fourth Sony TV in our home, and the second OLED. I know LG OLEDs also receive very good reviews, but having a common platform in my house, and one my wife and kids are already familiar with pushed us to the Sony OLED. ►Picture Quality: I am not a professional TV reviewer, but in my estimation it's hard to beat the picture on a Sony OLED. Our A90K is located in a very bright kitchen and performs terrifically! The picture is very bright, while still offering excellent deep blacks and contrast. Any worry about glare was washed away shortly after powering the TV on for the first time. →Concerns about burn-in: I've owned a Sony Master-series OLED in my home theater for years and the TV has not experienced any burn-in at all. I frequently game on that set, for reference, and it's worked great for four years without any noticable burn-in. So, I have no concerns with the A90K at all. ►Google TV: One of the biggest selling points on Sony TVs is the integration with Google TV. It's incredibly easy to setup (using the Google Home App), and use. My wife and I have Google's Pixel series Android phones, and the integration with our phones is fantastic - for example, we display a rotating album of our favorite family pictures on all of our Sony TVs when they enter stand-by mode. It's one of our favorite features and requires very little user input to get it set up. The next best thing is the responsiveness of Sony TVs. Switching from app to app, or from cable is a breeze and the A90K responds immediately. I contrast that experience with our awful Samsung TVs that had noticeable lag when pressing any button. ►I/O: → 4 × HDMI -- 2 × @ HDMI 2.1 (inputs 3, 4); 2 × @ HDMI 2.0 (inputs 1, 2) → 2 × USB 3.0 → 1 × Optical out → 1 × Ethernet → 1 × IR (input) → 1 × RS232C → 1 × Composite (requires adapter, not included in the box) ►Other Things: → The A90K comes removeable plastic backplates that cover areas like the cord and I/O. They're great for completing a clean, minimalist look. I have my TV mounted on our kitchen wall but still installed the plates since they cover up part of the side panel too. Again, purely aesthetic, but I love the finished look. → There's a mic mute toggle on the side of the TV. If you want a more privacy and aren't interested in using the Google Voice Assistant, turn the mic to mute. → I do not use the included stand but I do appreciate that it's made out of metal and not flimsy plastic. → The TV does use on-screen ads (unfortunately). I believe that most TVs these days have them, and it sucks. At least they're unobtrusive and you can opt out of personalized ads when you perform the first-time configuration. → The remote is compact but excellent. It feels great in-hand and sturdy. It has a minimalist approach to buttons which is great in a household with kids. ►In the Box: → A90K TV → Remote control → 2 × AAA batteries → Base plate and metal legs → 2 × Cable management straps → Manual, user guides, and warranty information ►Closing: That's it! This TV is fantastic and I'm very pleased with my purchase. The picture quality is fantastic, The user interface, sound, inputs are all the top-notch Sony quality I'm used too! This is definitely a TV I recommend!

Let me start of by saying this is the 1st ever OLED TV I've owned and WOW! I've owned it just over a month. Perfect tv for those who have wanted a top tier tv at a reasonable SIZE. Set up wasn't too bad a lot of folks making a big deal about this being a Google TV and I get it coming from years of using Roku it takes a little time getting used to navigating the UI but at the end of the day it's just another Android tv. The picture quality is bar none the best I have ever owned. Deep, rich, vibrant colors super dark almost ink like blacks. I mean 4K is truly 4K I've owned multiple 4k TV's but none have come close to this type of picture quality. The sound is something else to behold, OUTSTANDINGLY terrific. Again going by my own experience, I've always needed some sort of external speakers for almost every tv I've owned, not with this one. When Sony says that "the screen is the speaker" they mean it. Truly blown away by the sound. It has a myriad of picture and sound settings to suit every taste. It took some twerking for me to get the picture looking how I wanted it, so if it looks a little too dark be patient you'll soon discover like I did, that OLED TVs tend to be darker than traditional LED/LCD screens. The price is really the only con especially for this size but, again this is the size I was looking for and unfortunately not many manufacturers make OLED TVs those size. Overall couldn't be happier highly recommend.

Quite a nice tv. Picture is excellent and built-in speaker as good as a sound bar. However, I'm not sure it's worth the higher price for the casual viewer. The picture IS better, but the regular Bravia is pretty darn good. Further, this tv offers no features that the regular Bravia doesn't have.

I have always been happy with Sony products. More expensive but they hold up for years. I have a 48 inch Bravira that I bought 15 years ago and it still works like new. If your looking for an inexpensive 42” set just to watch TV in a small room, look elsewhere. The picture is absolutely beautiful and perfect. OLED displays may not beat LCDs in overall brightness but the image is hard to describe adequately. Colors are pure and rich. Blacks go fully black but show remarkable detail in the dark ranges. No brightness or image shift when you move off center of the screen. Very good up-conversion from SD and HD sources. While it is a high end Google TV, it plays well with Apple devices too. It has only 3 HDMI inputs, one is high speed for a gamer’s PlayStation. This is a great unit for gamers. Low lag and no smear. This set is really a natural born streamer. HBO Max, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, Google TV, Disney, and almost all services just work well and play 4K UHD without a hiccup. I didn’t need to hook up my Apple TV or Amazon box. It almost magically controls my cable box. It’s not a universal remote, the set itself links the cable box on my network. The remote is small and solid and appears very minimal button wise but works with the set where most remote functions are on screen. There is a mic in the remote with Google assistant. I push a button ask for a specific movie. The set finds the film and connects to the service that is carrying it. Functions switch to whatever source you are watching. This is a smart TV but setting it up requires a steep learning curve. The instructions are a bit vague on details and assume you understand about connecting things to your home network and understand the different sources and connecting services. I’m a broadcast engineer and understand all this but it still took a while to set everything up and if I’m complaining about complexity, I can imagine what it would be like for the average consumer. The sound is quite good for a small flat panel TV. Because of the thin OLED screen, Sony is able to use it as the speaker surface as well. There is a rear facing woofer for decent Bass. This is the first flat panel set I bought where I feel I didn’t need a sound bar just to watch. This is not rumble your guts surround sound but just decent sound on its own. It has a good equalizer and even a dialogue enhance setting. It connected nicely to my Bluetooth headset. It’s expensive but it holds its own with the larger high end OLED sets. Perfect for watching from 6 feet away at my kitchen table.

I bought this on a whim.. It's better than I expected but a little pricier than what you'd expect. To preface this review I'd like to start out saying that I'm very particular about software to the point of being annoying to others. I typically despise "smart" devices because they try to do too much and end up being too restrictive or whatever. I'm also very privacy conscientious. The picture is great as expected for a high tier TV, I don't think anyone expected any different. Some things I really appreciated about this TV that I think would fly below other people's radar: During setup you can ignore accepting the TOS and EULAs for the streaming software if you don't plan on using them. The controller is nice. It's backlit and feels nice to use. When you turn on the TV it defaults to the last used input method. It has an input button directly on the controller. As someone who swaps between several computers, it's nice to not have to navigate a menu to do it. It's snappy and responsive. Many smart TVs feel sluggish because of all the shoes they're trying to fill. It's easy to change settings like brightness and set sleep timers. I bought this for my bedroom to fall asleep to and it's easy to set the sleep timer in 15 min increments up to 90 mins. I docked a star because it's very expensive for the size but I'm pleased with it so far. When it comes time to replace my main living room TV I'm considering a Sony with the same OS.

This TV is a follow up to what was already an award winning OLED TV in the A9. So Sony sets a high expectation for itself in TV's. I jumped from a mid-range 4k tv I'd had for seven years due to OLED and the benefits it has for gaming. This TV does not disappoint. Plugged my ps5 in and it connected right registering the Sony tv and flipped VRR and automapped my HDR settings for the best possible picture. The TV does not support Dolby Atmos for gaming which is a slight disappointment for my Series X, but it does for television watching. Overall though response times for both console and PC have been phenomenal and more than good enough even if this tv does not support sync/and freesync so it can more than suitably be a computer monitor to game on. If you're a hardcore gamer into the competitive scene, I doubt you'd use your TV to compete on in ranked games regardless. This TV does well to register what you are doing and smartly adjusts picture settings on your different inputs. The remote has a sleek aluminum finish and cuts down size removing number buttons. The android TV is integrated which reduces that need, but if you prefer it, they do bundle in the old style remote with number inputs which I thought was nice. Now finally, for the TV part of this TV review. This is a premium OLED TV and you are going to pay a premium price, but Sony builds a great tv, and the picture and audio on this TV reflects that. OLED handles dark blacks and movement so much better than an LED. This TV has a wonderful viewing angle and it's more than bright enough to hang in a bedroom and smaller living space. Most OLED's have trouble with brightness so this isn't shocking or anything profound but this TV is adequate for what will be it's likely uses. The sound is incredible, the tv makes it seem sounds coming from the whole screen to make audio feel more real, this won't replace a pricy sound bar, but it makes for an excellent natural sound for a TV that pairs well with the picture in your screen Overall this tv comes at a premium price, but the build, look, and quality is that of a premium tv. You will not be disappointed buying this tv, but for pure gamers, LG C2 may have more bells and whistles. I got this tv 25% off and I do not regret the price I paid because the tv feels the weight it carries. 5 Stars and I'm excited to put more milage on it the next few years.

This TV is everything I wanted in a compact premium set. The OLED panel delivers inky blacks and excellent contrast, while the XR processing makes 4K content look crisp and natural without over-sharpening. Dolby Vision titles have impressive depth and highlight detail, and motion stays smooth for sports and fast scenes. Google TV is quick and easy to navigate, and setup took only a few minutes. • Stunning OLED picture quality with deep blacks and vibrant, accurate color • Dolby Vision support makes streaming movies and shows look cinematic • Great motion handling and upscaling for sports and older content • Responsive Google TV interface with solid app selection

I bought this Sony XR-42A90K TV while I was ending some studies in Florida and took it NEW and unboxed back to my country Colombia in South America. It traveled very well packaged and arrived undamaged and without any exterior box deterioration or interior disruption. I installed and started to use it basically as a computer monitor. A tiny PC was connected on HDMI port 3, a TV box set on port 4 and connected it via ethernet cable to my home LAN. After a month I started noticing some black screen flickering from time to time on HDMI port 3. Another month went by and suddenly I noticed that the RJ45 port was not working anymore. OTA update did nothing to resolve the problems arising and as I googled the issue, I found out that in Sony’s website troubleshooting there is too much emphasis on idiot-user side problems like “probably you don’t understand networking”. But the fact of the matter is that I am a computer engineer and the port was completely dead and never worked again. Two months after the unboxing the flickering on HDMI port 3 got worse and this week it completely stopped working. Today, 3 months after being used for the first time, I noticed WiFi also stopped picking up any radio signal, so this disposable will never work again as a google TV or such, which is its intended case use. As later I would state to Sony’s representatives, anyone can figure out that the main board is defective, surely because quality control was poor. Of course, I contacted the Amazon seller but, as the serious problems started some 2 months after the purchase, they were not willing to replace the defective item. I reached out Sony US and they told me that I should contact Sony Latam. Latam response was that as this TV is not offered officially in the country where it is located now, it has no warranty coverage. They are not willing to send a formal email stating their answer, because nowadays Sony's global warranty does not exist for them, as for the rest of the consumer electronic brands does. Of course, they are not even willing to send the defective part to this country, which I suppose don’t weights more than a pound, and unfortunately it is not yet showing up on eBay for me to buy and replace it myself. I made this mistake, sorry, bought this TV when I read that Sony had a “better implementation of the platform” compared to LG. I even disregarded the general opinion that it was overpriced and cheaply built thinking about the quality-made-in-Japan idea which quickly disappeared as time went on using this assembled in Mexico misdoing. Now after 3 to 4 months of using this poorly made appliance, I beg you to reconsider your options with the competing LG brand or buy a Dell or some other proper PC brand monitor for computer related tasks. UPDATE 2023: On 01/22/23, 4 months after unboxing, the damn thing finally died leaving no relatives nor next of kin. No main led light when turned on, does not loads any OS, only blinks a little when the on button is long pressed. Again contacted Sony US and they say I have 8 months and running to make it being replaced but sending it to the US for repair will be $1K round trip. Now I am stuck waiting for part No. A-5044-985-A to buy it on the web. Went to the "usual scumbags" local retail store and buy a brand new LG C2 48" for $700 and I am soooo much happier with it. WebOS and the Wii control thingy is nicer than f*** Android TV and very intuitive. The screen is so stable, better implemented and color, lighting, blue light dim and everything comes very well configured for PC tasks right out of the box. FINAL TOUGHTS: I will replace the offending part soon and give the A90K to my mom or sister to use it solely as a TV with a box set, then I will update again to write down my final thoughts on this crap. Bye by now.

I wanted an OLED TV and I always buy Sony TVs and for where I needed it only a TV under 50 inch will do. This one fits perfectly in the picture and hanging on the wall took just half an hour with installing wall mount and TV. Then the fun started! I didn't need the AppleTV 4K I had before in this room, because the new TV had it all - every app I needed was there and every other was ready to download and install on it! You just need to have a Google account and you're all set. About the TV as a TV: Picture is unbelievable! OLED screen systems were made for darker rooms where all the beauty of watching comes alive and this one did not disappoint. Lifelike pictures and colours without distortion and over-saturation. Once you see this, there's no way back to other systems screen. At least not for me. The sound - it is good, but not comparable to sound run through dedicated amplifier and stand alone speakers. That's acceptable, it has optical output and connected to amp will shine while watching vivid pictures it produces. Money wise - yes, the TV is very expensive compared with all other TVs, but being an OLED system and Sony brand - that holds the answer. Delivery was fast and earlier than expected, so, again - thank you Amazon! Delivery driver even helped to bring the big box inside and make sure all was good during the transport. Respect for your guys! Overall, if you intend to buy a high quality TV and can afford to apart with couple thousand dollars, go for it! Strongly recommended TV!

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Im not sure why its a frequently returned item but anyways, Its beautiful. its built really nicely, the screen is made out of the same plastic film you see on other tvs, with a thin metal bezel and a nice heavy metal pedestal that only has 2 height settings, not a durable tv by any means so be careful when handling it. the i/o has 4 hdmi ports, and for analog it has only one composite input, however the adapter you need isnt included so you'll have to buy one seperately and make sure the one your buying is for a sony since theres no standard for said adapter so all 3 inputs would be mixed up. its also got a built in media player for your usbs and media server although i havent looked into the media server thing. the picture quality is super sharp as oleds have an infinite contrast ratio, and you can set and adjust the picture quality however you like, all the options are there. since its a smart tv like everything else on the market it needs an internet connection and a google account for the initial setup, and ads are always on the homescreen and you cant change the homescreen as far as ive seen, in which case you could just disconnect it from the internet and use it sort of like a dumb tv, switching between inputs is simple to do in that case. I cant speak for longevity, but oleds burn in overtime, and im not so sure how well it prevents this. bottom line its a beautiful tv, and it gets 5 stars from me!

Best looking display I have ever had. Typical of OLED, the blacks look gorgeous. The SMART tv features and remote are great. No technical issues yet. Sound is great too.

I always buy Sony, even though they are pretty expensive. So did not compare with any other TV in the market. And straight bought Sony OLED TV. Good picture quality, great sound, the remote has backlight feature and also voice commands. Could have bought bigger 55” or 65“ with slightly more money (55” was 200 cad more while 65” was 550 cad more), but settled with 48” for ease of setting up (I live alone, bigger size would have been trouble for setting up - size and weight).