This is the first time we've seen this unit available at this direct price drop (w/o gift cards attached to the deal/etc.); this model typically hovers above $2200+
This product is highly reviewed as an upper-mid range TV through Sony's 2021 lineup
Additional retailers not listed may have this product at the same price/price range
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Additional Notes
This product is highly rated by customers for Picture, Color & Setup
Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated
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This is the first time we've seen this unit available at this direct price drop (w/o gift cards attached to the deal/etc.); this model typically hovers above $2200+
This product is highly reviewed as an upper-mid range TV through Sony's 2021 lineup
Additional retailers not listed may have this product at the same price/price range
Offer valid while promotion/pricing last
Additional Notes
This product is highly rated by customers for Picture, Color & Setup
Please refer to the forum thread for additional details - Discombobulated
Model: Sony X91J 85” Class 4K HDR Full Array LED With Google TV KD85X91J
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Relevant gaming details below taken from the review here[rtings.com].
Display:
Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) Yes
PS5, 4k @ 120Hz + HDR Yes
PS5, 4k @ 120Hz Yes
PS5, 4k @ 60Hz + HDR Yes
PS5, 1440p @ 120Hz PS5 can't do 1440p
PS5, 1080p @ 120Hz Yes
PS5, Variable Refresh Rate No
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 120Hz + HDR Yes
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 120Hz Yes
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 60Hz + HDR Yes
Xbox Series X, 1440p @ 120Hz No
Xbox Series X, 1080p @ 120Hz Yes
Xbox Series X, Variable Refresh Rate No
Update 01/28/2022: We investigated a reported issue with micro-stutter when gaming on the PS5. We tried to reproduce the issue with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Astro's Playroom, but we weren't able to.
The Sony X91CJ supports most common signals from the PS5 and Xbox Series X, but it's not without issues. First, if you want to play games in Dolby Vision, you're limited to 4k @ 60Hz. You either have to set the HDMI Signal Format to 'Enhanced Format' for 4k @ 120Hz signals, or to 'Enhanced Format (Dolby Vision)', which limits it to 4k @ 60Hz signals, as you can see in the Xbox menu. Although the Xbox says that the TV supports VRR when you set the HDMI Signal Format to 'Enhanced Format (VRR)', we're still considering it 'No' because VRR doesn't work.
We confirmed that ALLM works because the TV switched into Game Mode when we launched Destiny 2 on the Xbox Series X. However, like the Sony X900H, we experienced resolution issues with Destiny 2 where it would display 3840x1080 and the rectangle around the 'Open Director' in the menu flashes between white and gray. You can see an example of this from the X900H here.
Input Lag:
1080p @ 60Hz 16.0 ms
1080p @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode 91.7 ms
1440p @ 60Hz 15.8 ms
4k @ 60Hz 15.6 ms
4k @ 60Hz + 10-Bit HDR 15.5 ms
4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4 15.6 ms
4k @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode 91.5 ms
4k @ 60Hz With Interpolation 87.4 ms
8k @ 60Hz N/A
1080p @ 120Hz 7.0 ms
1440p @ 120Hz 7.1 ms
4k @ 120Hz 7.0 ms
1080p with Variable Refresh Rate N/A
1440p with VRR N/A
4k with VRR N/A
8k with VRR N/A
The Sony KD85X91CJ has objectively low input lag, but it's higher than some other TVs, like the Samsung QN90A QLED. Still, it's fine for most gamers. Unless specified, we measure it all in the 'Game' Picture Mode, but the 4k @ 60Hz with chroma 4:4:4 input lag was measured in 'Graphics' mode instead.
Although VRR isn't working properly, we also measured the input lag with the VRR setting enabled. We measured 15.8 ms for 1080p @ 120Hz with VRR and 9.4 ms in 4k @ 120Hz, but since we don't consider the VRR to be functional, we aren't including these numbers in the results.
Variable Refresh Rate:
Native Refresh Rate 120 Hz
Variable Refresh Rate No
HDMI Forum VRR No
FreeSync No
G-SYNC Compatible No
4k VRR Maximum N/A
4k VRR Minimum No VRR support
1080p VRR Maximum N/A
1080p VRR Minimum No VRR support
1440p VRR Maximum N/A
1440p VRR Minimum No VRR support
VRR Supported Connectors No VRR support
At the time of testing, the variable refresh rate support on the Sony X91J doesn't work. There's a VRR setting, but unlike the Sony X900H, it doesn't reduce screen tearing. *Sony is implementing VRR support through firmware updates, and they've said it'll take two updates by the end of 2021 for VRR to be fully functional, so we'll retest the TV once the second update comes out. We tried the pendulum test pattern with our RTX 3070, RX580, RX6600, and RX6800 graphics cards, and there was always screen tearing. We also checked in Destiny 2 with our RX6600 card, and there's still screen tearing.
*We're obviously past 2021 but I checked Sony's website and the X91J is still planning firmware updates for VRR.
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For the record, I have the 900h. It looks and plays fantastic. The brights are exceptional and I've had no issue with input lag which is a big one for me. If you're a ranked FPS player your opinion might be different. The only disadvantage would be the reportedly non-functioning VRR for X91J.
Costco still sells Sony. Was gonna post Costco's version of this, but they're still doing their Monday update. The 85X91CJ will be this same $1999.99... as listed on the Costco homepage. https://www.costco.com/
75 XBR900E still running strong for me, moved it to my master room, bought the 85" -
Absolutely no difference between these 2, i dont care how the spec says. But its the same TV.
On the other hand - XBR900E is a very good model..
Funny, I plan to do the same thing. Move the 75" 900E to master bedroom and use new 85" in family room. My family room wall is huge, so I could go even bigger, but the wallet won't allow it. UST won't work unfortunately due to light control.
Love the 900E but the HDR stuff is way too dark. Also no DV, so I would assume they would help a bit regarding darkness.
Funny, I plan to do the same thing. Move the 75" 900E to master bedroom and use new 85" in family room. My family room wall is huge, so I could go even bigger, but the wallet won't allow it. UST won't work unfortunately due to light control.
Love the 900E but the HDR stuff is way too dark. Also no DV, so I would assume they would help a bit regarding darkness.
With UE300, I am hitting 800 MBPS on the internet speed on X91J. unfortunately it didnt work on 900E.
TV is bright enough for the family room with 3 large open windows..
cant really compare a 75 to 85..regardless of tech...
anyhow - 900H to 91J - no major difference - I believe something is added related to VRR on the X91J.
so really, it's about the size upgrade then. image quality is going to be the same.
love the 75" x900h, but want something larger and was going to hold off for newer tech (whether it be 8k or other back light tech), but it seems as if those are far away and going to be costly for the first gen models.
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pretty much the same except bigger size. Tiny bit of improvement but not really significant, I believe. I have both and don't see much different at all.
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Relevant gaming details below taken from the review here [rtings.com].
Display:
Auto Low Latency Mode (ALLM) Yes
PS5, 4k @ 120Hz + HDR Yes
PS5, 4k @ 120Hz Yes
PS5, 4k @ 60Hz + HDR Yes
PS5, 1440p @ 120Hz PS5 can't do 1440p
PS5, 1080p @ 120Hz Yes
PS5, Variable Refresh Rate No
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 120Hz + HDR Yes
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 120Hz Yes
Xbox Series X, 4k @ 60Hz + HDR Yes
Xbox Series X, 1440p @ 120Hz No
Xbox Series X, 1080p @ 120Hz Yes
Xbox Series X, Variable Refresh Rate No
Update 01/28/2022: We investigated a reported issue with micro-stutter when gaming on the PS5. We tried to reproduce the issue with Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Astro's Playroom, but we weren't able to.
The Sony X91CJ supports most common signals from the PS5 and Xbox Series X, but it's not without issues. First, if you want to play games in Dolby Vision, you're limited to 4k @ 60Hz. You either have to set the HDMI Signal Format to 'Enhanced Format' for 4k @ 120Hz signals, or to 'Enhanced Format (Dolby Vision)', which limits it to 4k @ 60Hz signals, as you can see in the Xbox menu. Although the Xbox says that the TV supports VRR when you set the HDMI Signal Format to 'Enhanced Format (VRR)', we're still considering it 'No' because VRR doesn't work.
We confirmed that ALLM works because the TV switched into Game Mode when we launched Destiny 2 on the Xbox Series X. However, like the Sony X900H, we experienced resolution issues with Destiny 2 where it would display 3840x1080 and the rectangle around the 'Open Director' in the menu flashes between white and gray. You can see an example of this from the X900H here.
Input Lag:
1080p @ 60Hz 16.0 ms
1080p @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode 91.7 ms
1440p @ 60Hz 15.8 ms
4k @ 60Hz 15.6 ms
4k @ 60Hz + 10-Bit HDR 15.5 ms
4k @ 60Hz @ 4:4:4 15.6 ms
4k @ 60Hz Outside Game Mode 91.5 ms
4k @ 60Hz With Interpolation 87.4 ms
8k @ 60Hz N/A
1080p @ 120Hz 7.0 ms
1440p @ 120Hz 7.1 ms
4k @ 120Hz 7.0 ms
1080p with Variable Refresh Rate N/A
1440p with VRR N/A
4k with VRR N/A
8k with VRR N/A
The Sony KD85X91CJ has objectively low input lag, but it's higher than some other TVs, like the Samsung QN90A QLED. Still, it's fine for most gamers. Unless specified, we measure it all in the 'Game' Picture Mode, but the 4k @ 60Hz with chroma 4:4:4 input lag was measured in 'Graphics' mode instead.
Although VRR isn't working properly, we also measured the input lag with the VRR setting enabled. We measured 15.8 ms for 1080p @ 120Hz with VRR and 9.4 ms in 4k @ 120Hz, but since we don't consider the VRR to be functional, we aren't including these numbers in the results.
Variable Refresh Rate:
Native Refresh Rate 120 Hz
Variable Refresh Rate No
HDMI Forum VRR No
FreeSync No
G-SYNC Compatible No
4k VRR Maximum N/A
4k VRR Minimum No VRR support
1080p VRR Maximum N/A
1080p VRR Minimum No VRR support
1440p VRR Maximum N/A
1440p VRR Minimum No VRR support
VRR Supported Connectors No VRR support
At the time of testing, the variable refresh rate support on the Sony X91J doesn't work. There's a VRR setting, but unlike the Sony X900H, it doesn't reduce screen tearing. *Sony is implementing VRR support through firmware updates, and they've said it'll take two updates by the end of 2021 for VRR to be fully functional, so we'll retest the TV once the second update comes out. We tried the pendulum test pattern with our RTX 3070, RX580, RX6600, and RX6800 graphics cards, and there was always screen tearing. We also checked in Destiny 2 with our RX6600 card, and there's still screen tearing.
*We're obviously past 2021 but I checked Sony's website and the X91J is still planning firmware updates for VRR.
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For the record, I have the 900h. It looks and plays fantastic. The brights are exceptional and I've had no issue with input lag which is a big one for me. If you're a ranked FPS player your opinion might be different. The only disadvantage would be the reportedly non-functioning VRR for X91J.
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Absolutely no difference between these 2, i dont care how the spec says. But its the same TV.
On the other hand - XBR900E is a very good model..
Love the 900E but the HDR stuff is way too dark. Also no DV, so I would assume they would help a bit regarding darkness.
left size out so we're only comparing tech, not size.
Love the 900E but the HDR stuff is way too dark. Also no DV, so I would assume they would help a bit regarding darkness.
TV is bright enough for the family room with 3 large open windows..
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left size out so we're only comparing tech, not size.
anyhow - 900H to 91J - no major difference - I believe something is added related to VRR on the X91J.
So the price include everything how is the waranty Costco has 5 Years
anyhow - 900H to 91J - no major difference - I believe something is added related to VRR on the X91J.
love the 75" x900h, but want something larger and was going to hold off for newer tech (whether it be 8k or other back light tech), but it seems as if those are far away and going to be costly for the first gen models.
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