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Sony KD-65X8500E (Asian and Oceanian versions)
Highlights
- 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) LED Display
- HDR10, HLG support
- TRILUMINOS™ Display
- X1™ Processor
- Ethernet, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth
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Content
Overview
Sony KD-65X8500E was introduced in 2017. It has a LED screen with 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) resolution and 100 Hz/120 Hz refresh rate. The TV is HDR compatible. It supports HDR10 and HLG. Its powerful X1™ picture processor guarantees a high quality upscaling of any low resolution source to 4K UHD (3840 x 2160).
We give Sony KD-65X8500E TV 90 overall score out of 100. Our ranking system is based on the display specifications, video, audio and other features, connectivity and format support.
Pros and Cons
In this section we highlight pros and cons of Sony KD-65X8500E.
| PROS |
|---|
| High Resolution |
| High Refresh Rate: 100 Hz/120 Hz |
| Color Depth |
| HDR10 |
| HLG |
| 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 IMAX Enhanced |
| No AMD Freesync™ |
| No NVidia G-Sync |
| No 4K HFR |
| No 2K HFR |
| No VRR |
| No Dolby Atmos |
Selected Features
VA Panel
Sony KD-65X8500E has a vertical alignment (VA) panel which is most commonly used in LCD TVs as it provides deeper blacks compared to the IPS panel. However, it is still limited with the viewing angle compared to the IPS panel or OLED display.
HDR10
Sony KD-65X8500E 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 KD-65X8500E.
| BASICS | |
|---|---|
| Brand | Sony |
| Series | X85E |
| Model | KD-65X8500E |
| Size | 65" |
| Country | Asia and Oceania |
| Release Year | 2017 |
| Smart TV | |
| DISPLAY | |
|---|---|
| Display Type | LED |
| Actual Size (Diagonal) | 64.5" (163.9 cm) |
| Resolution | 4K UHD (3840 x 2160) |
| Refresh Rate | 100 Hz/120 Hz |
| Screen Design | Flat |
| Panel Type | VA |
| LED Type | Edge LED |
| Backlight Dimming | Frame Dimming |
| Color | TRILUMINOS™ Display |
| Viewing Angle | |
| Panel Bit Depth | 10 bits |
| Color Depth | 1.07 Billion |
| Rec.2020 Color Space Coverage | 75% |
| DCI P3 Color Space Coverage | 93% |
| Brightness | 450 nits |
| Contrast Ratio | 5000∶1 |
| Input Lag | 31 ms |
| 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 800 |
| Frame Interpolation Frequency | 800 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 | |
|---|---|
| SoC | MediaTek MT5891 |
| CPU | ARM Cortex-A53 |
| CPU Cores | 4 |
| CPU Frequency | 1100 MHz |
| GPU | ARM Mali-T860 MP2 |
| GPU Cores | 2 |
| GPU Frequency | 700 MHz |
| RAM | 2 GB |
| 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) (Digital) Subtitle |
| 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 | B/G,D/K,I,M |
| Digital Terrestrial TV System | DVB-T/T2 |
| Digital Cable TV System | |
| Color system | PAL / SECAM / NTSC3.58 / NTSC4.43 |
| FM Radio | |
| GENERAL | |
|---|---|
| Power Supply | 110 V - 240 V AC, 50/60 Hz |
| Power Consumption (Typical) | 174 W |
| Power Consumption (In Standby) | 0.5 W |
| Dimension Without Stand (W x H x D) | 1454 mm x 840 mm x 44 mm 57-1/4" x 33-1/8" x 1-3/4" |
| Dimension With Stand (W x H x D) | 1454 mm x 905 mm x 266 mm 57-1/4" x 35-3/4" x 10-1/2" |
| Stand Size | Width: 509 mm (20-1/8") |
| Dimension of Package (W x H x D) | 1570 mm x 951 mm x 196 mm 66-7/8" x 37-1/2" x 7-3/4" |
| One Connect Box | |
| VESA Wall Mount | |
| VESA Hole Pitch (W x H) | 300 mm x 300 mm 11-7/8" x 11-7/8" |
| Weight Without Stand | 21 kg (46.3 lbs) |
| Weight With Stand | 22.1 kg (48.7 lbs) |
| Weight of Package (Gross) | 31 kg (68.3 lbs) |
| Warranty | 1 Year |
| ACCESSORIES | |
|---|---|
| Optional Accessories | Wall-Mount Bracket SU-WL450 (not supplied) |
Successor
The 2017 X85E series has a successor - 2018 X85F series. Let us now display the changes that the successor brought.
| UPGRADES | Sony KD-65X8500F | vs | Sony KD-65X8500E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Higher Brightness | 500 nits | vs | 450 nits |
| Dual database processing | vs | ||
| Precision Color Mapping | vs | ||
| HDCP Version | 2.3 | vs | 2.2 |
| DOWNGRADES | Sony KD-65X8500F | vs | Sony KD-65X8500E |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Rec.2020 Color Space Coverage | 67% | vs | 75% |
| Lower DCI P3 Color Space Coverage | 90% | vs | 93% |
| Lower Contrast Ratio | 1000∶1 | vs | 5000∶1 |
| Higher Input Lag | 15 ms | vs | 31 ms |
| Composite Inputs | 1 (Hybrid with Component) | vs | 2 (1 via A/V 3.5mm input/1 hybrid with Component) |
For this comparison we chose 65" version of the successor - model KD-65X8500F. For more detailed comparison between the two please visit Sony KD-65X8500E vs Sony KD-65X8500F where you can also choose different size and country models to compare.