Sony A1 (2017) Series

Outstanding picture quality ; An innovative sound system that works ; Gorgeous design

Expensive ; Uninspiring remote

Sony’s first 4K OLED is a triumph.

Gorgeous design ; Perfect picture quality ; Stunning HDR performance ; Impressive sound system ; Google Assistant, Alexa Voice control

Expensive ; Android TV can be a drag

Seriously, folks, the Sony A1E OLED is just out-of-this-world fantastic. The question isn’t whether you will love having the Sony A1E OLED TV in your home. The question is whether can you stomach paying for the little extras it offers over competing LG...

While the KD-55A1 isn’t bright enough to be perfect, it adds enough of Sony’s picture quality and design sauce to OLED technology’s innate advantages to make it something of an instant classic.

Superb image quality ; Amazing Acoustic Surface sound system ; Stylish, minimalist design

We're not in love with Android Smart OS ; Could be due for replacement soon…

Completely unique and innovative design ; Sounds very good by flatscreen standards ; Typical OLED black performance ; More punch and vibrancy than from an LG ; Spot-on motion, colour and sharpness

Still no Dolby Vision ; Only two HDMIs can handle full-fat 4K HDR ; The user-experience could do with improvements ; LG does standard-def better

Sony’s taken LG’s raw OLED materials and refined them into the finest telly you can currently buy

Perfect black levels. Wide color range. Striking design. Android TV platform is loaded with features, including Google Cast.

Extremely expensive. Colors aren't ideal out of the box.

The Sony A1E shows that fantastic picture quality provided by OLED technology isn't solely LG's thing. It's a striking, feature-filled TV with fantastic contrast and a very wide color reach. LG's OLEDC7P series has more accurate color out of the box,...

Gorgeous picture quality ; Startling, monolithic design ; Fantastic sound ; Unmatched viewing angles

It’s not very bright ; Stand makes it sit on a slight angle

From its startling frameless design and stellar build quality to its jaw-dropping pictures and ground-breaking, room-filling sound, Sony’s first stab at doing a big-screen OLED TV is the definition of AV class. The A1 OLED series is a crowd pleaser in...

Beautiful, classy and unique design ; Good sound from its clever, invisible speaker system ; Deep, insightful blacks ; Spot-on skin tones and vibrant colours ; Brilliantly solid, three-dimensional images

No Dolby Vision (although it is coming via an update at some point) ; Interface isn’t as slick as that of some rivals ; LG’s OLEDs do a better job with standard-def

All of the inherent qualities of OLED combined with the picture processing smarts of Sony equals an utterly stunning television

A strong design ; Good sound quality ; Beautiful pictures thanks to a combination of OLED screen technology and Sony’s peerless processing

It’s not quite as bright as we'd like ; Android TV often frustrates ; Expensive for a 55-inch TV ; Design may be impractical for some

The 55A1 is almost everything you could want from an OLED TV. It looks stunning, is packed with the sort of innovation and uniqueness that Sony is increasingly striving for these days, and best of all produces some genuinely beautiful pictures and...