1-on-1 Comparison
Side-by-Side Comparison
SCORE:
85
Highlights
- 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) LED Display
- HDR10 support
- TRILUMINOS™ Display
- X1™ Processor
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
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Content
- Overview
- Pros and Cons
- Selected Features
- Specifications
- Successor
Overview
Sony XBR-55X800E was introduced in 2017. It has a LED screen with 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution and 50 Hz/60 Hz refresh rate. The TV is HDR compatible. It supports HDR10. Its powerful X1™ picture processor guarantees a high quality upscaling of any low resolution source to 4K UHD (3840 x 2160).
We give Sony XBR-55X800E TV 85 overall score out of 100. Our ranking system is based on the display specifications, video, audio and other features, connectivity and format support.
DISPLAY
86
VIDEO FEATURES
81
OTHER FEATURES
85
CONNECTIVITY
96
FORMAT SUPPORT
80
OVERALL
85
Pros and Cons
In this section we highlight pros and cons of Sony XBR-55X800E.
| PROS |
|---|
| High Resolution |
| Color Depth |
| HDR10 |
| DSEE |
| Clear Phase |
| DTS Digital Surround |
| Wi-Fi |
| Bluetooth |
| Works with Alexa |
| CONS |
|---|
| Edge LED |
| No Full-Array Local Dimming |
| Limited Viewing Angle |
| No HDR10+ |
| No Dolby Vision |
| No HLG |
| No IMAX Enhanced |
| No AMD Freesync™ |
| No NVidia G-Sync |
| No 4K HFR |
| No 2K HFR |
| No VRR |
| No Dolby Atmos |
| No NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) |
Selected Features
IPS Panel
Sony XBR-55X800E has an in-plane switching (IPS) panel which is not commonly used in LCD TVs as they suffer from light leakage which lead to the lower contrast and poor HDR experience. However, this type of panel can provide better viewing angle and color accuracy compared to the VA panel.
HDR10
Sony XBR-55X800E supports HDR10 which was announced on August 27, 2015, by the Consumer Technology Association and uses the wide-gamut Rec. 2020 color space. It is not backward compatible with SDR. It sends static metadata via video stream to the TV which calibrates its screen brightness and color according to that. HDR10 is technically limited to a maximum of 10,000 nits of brightness and uses 10-bit color which corresponds to 1024 shades of the primary RGB colors.
Specifications
In this section we present all the features and specifications available for Sony XBR-55X800E.
| BASICS | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Sony |
| Series | X800E |
| Model | XBR-55X800E |
| Size | 55" |
| Country | USA |
| Release Year | 2017 |
| Smart TV | |
| DISPLAY | |
|---|---|
| Display Type | LED |
| Actual Size (Diagonal) | 54.6" (138.8 cm) |
| Resolution | 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) |
| Refresh Rate | 50 Hz/60 Hz |
| Screen Design | Flat |
| Panel Type | IPS |
| LED Type | Edge LED |
| Backlight Dimming | Frame Dimming |
| Color | TRILUMINOS™ Display |
| Viewing Angle | |
| Panel Bit Depth | 8 bits + FRC |
| Color Depth | 1.07 Billion |
| VIDEO | |
|---|---|
| 3D Capability | |
| HDR10 | |
| HDR10+ | |
| Dolby Vision | |
| HLG | |
| Advanced HDR by Technicolor® | |
| IMAX Enhanced | |
| AMD Freesync™ | |
| NVidia G-Sync | |
| 4K HFR | |
| 2K HFR | |
| VRR | |
| HGIG Compatibility | |
| Picture Processor | X1™ |
| Frame Interploation Technique | Motionflow™ XR 240 |
| Frame Interpolation Frequency | 240 Hz |
| Black Frame Insertion | |
| Filmmaker Mode | |
| Dynamic Backlight Control | |
| X-Reality™ PRO | 4K |
| Dual database processing | |
| Object-based Super Resolution | |
| Live Color™ Tech0logy | |
| Precision Color Mapping | |
| Super bit mapping™ 4K HDR | |
| Contrast Enhancement | Dynamic Contrast Enhancer |
| Object-based HDR remaster | |
| Auto Low Latency Mode | |
| AUDIO | |
|---|---|
| Speaker Type | Bass Reflex Speaker |
| Speaker Power Rating | 10 W + 10 W |
| DSEE | |
| Sound Processing | ClearAudio+ |
| Clear Phase | |
| Simulated Surround Sound | S-Force Front Surround |
| TV Center Speaker Mode | |
| Dolby Atmos | |
| Dolby Digital | |
| Dolby Digital Plus | |
| Dolby Pulse | |
| Dolby AC-4 | |
| DTS Digital Surround | |
| WiSA Ready | |
| CONNECTIVITY | |
|---|---|
| Ethernet Input | |
| Ethernet Standard | 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX |
| Wi-Fi | |
| Wi-Fi Frequency | 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz |
| Wi-Fi Protocol | 802.11a/b/g/n/ac |
| Bluetooth | |
| Bluetooth Version | 4.1 |
| Smartphone Connectivity | Chromecast built-in Screen mirroring (Miracast™) Video & TV SideView (iOS/Android) |
| Chromecast | |
| Google Home | |
| Virtual Assistant | Google Assistant |
| Works with Alexa | |
| HDMI Inputs | 4 |
| HDMI Version | 2.0 |
| HDMI Audio Return Channel (ARC) | |
| HDCP Version | 2.2 |
| HDMI-CEC | BRAVIA Sync |
| USB Inputs | 3 |
| USB 3.0 Ports | 1 |
| RF (Terrestrial / Cable ) Inputs | 1 |
| IF (Satellite) Inputs | |
| Component Inputs | 1 (hybrid with Composite) |
| Composite Inputs | 2 (1 via A/V 3.5mm input/1 hybrid with Component) |
| RCA Audio Outputs | |
| 3.5mm headphone Audio Output | |
| Optical Audio Output | |
| RS-232C Remote | 1 |
| DLNA | |
| OTHER | |
|---|---|
| Storage | 16 GB |
| Operating System | Android |
| Internet Browser | Opera |
| Content Bar | |
| Voice Command | |
| Light Sensor | |
| Electronic Program Guide (EPG) | |
| Application Store | Google Play Store |
| Teletext | |
| Picture-In-Picture | |
| Closed Captions | (Analog) Closed Caption (Digital) Closed Caption |
| PVR Function | |
| USB HDD Recording | |
| USB Drive Format Support | FAT16 / FAT32 / exFAT / NTFS |
| VIDEO FORMATS | |
|---|---|
| 3GPP | |
| AV1 | |
| AVI | |
| ASF | |
| DivX | |
| Flash Video | |
| H.263 | |
| H.264 | |
| H.265 | |
| MKV | |
| M2TS | |
| MP4 | |
| MPEG-4 | |
| QuickTime | |
| RealVideo | |
| TS | |
| VC-1 | |
| VP7 | |
| VP8 | |
| VP9 | |
| VOB | |
| VRO | |
| WebM | |
| WMV | |
| Xvid | |
| AUDIO FORMATS | |
|---|---|
| AAC | |
| AC4 | |
| AIFF | |
| ALAC | |
| APE | |
| aptX | |
| eAAC+ | |
| EAC3 | |
| FLAC | |
| HE-AAC | |
| LPCM | |
| M4A | |
| MIDI | |
| MP2 | |
| MP3 | |
| OGG | |
| RealAudio | |
| WMA | |
| WAV | |
| IMAGE FORMATS | |
|---|---|
| BMP | |
| GIF | |
| JPEG | |
| JPS | |
| MPO | |
| PNG | |
| TUNER | |
|---|---|
| Digital Tuner | 1 |
| SAT Tuner | |
| Analog Tuner | NTSC-M |
| NEXTGEN TV (ATSC 3.0) | |
| Digital Terrestrial TV System | ATSC |
| Digital Cable TV System | Clear QAM |
| Color system | PAL / SECAM / NTSC3.58 / NTSC4.43 |
| FM Radio | |
| GENERAL | |
|---|---|
| Energy Efficiency | A |
| Power Supply | 120 V AC, 60 Hz |
| Power Consumption (Typical) | 149 W |
| Power Consumption (In Standby) | 0.5 W |
| Dimension Without Stand (W x H x D) | 1232 mm x 716 mm x 57 mm 48-5/8" x 28-1/4" x 2-1/4" |
| Dimension With Stand (W x H x D) | 1232 mm x 772 mm x 252 mm 48-5/4" x 30-1/2" x 10" |
| Stand Size | Width: 519 mm / 20-1/2" |
| Dimension of Package (W x H x D) | 1330 mm x 824 mm x 168 mm 52-3/8" x 32-1/2" x 6-5/8" |
| One Connect Box | |
| VESA Wall Mount | |
| VESA Hole Pitch (W x H) | 300 mm x 200 mm 11-7/8" x 7-7/8" |
| Weight Without Stand | 17.6 kg (38.8 lbs) |
| Weight With Stand | 18.6 kg (41 lbs) |
| Weight of Package (Gross) | 26 kg (57.3 lbs) |
| Warranty | 1 Year |
Successor
An indirect successor of the 2017 X800E series can be considered a 2018 X830F series. Let us now display the changes that the successor brought.
| UPGRADES | Sony XBR-60X830F | vs | Sony XBR-55X800E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Refresh Rate | 100 Hz/120 Hz | vs | 50 Hz/60 Hz |
| LED Type | Direct LED | vs | Edge LED |
| HLG | vs | ||
| Higher Frame Interpolation Frequency | 960 Hz | vs | 240 Hz |
| Super bit mapping™ 4K HDR | vs | ||
| Object-based HDR remaster | vs | ||
| HDCP Version | 2.3 | vs | 2.2 |
| DOWNGRADES | Sony XBR-60X830F | vs | Sony XBR-55X800E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Composite Inputs | 1 (Hybrid with Component) | vs | 2 (1 via A/V 3.5mm input/1 hybrid with Component) |
For this comparison we chose 60" version of the successor - model XBR-60X830F. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit Sony XBR-55X800E vs Sony XBR-60X830F where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.
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