Sony Bravia 9 II Review: RGB Mini-LED Nearly Beats OLED

What makes the Bravia 9 II different from other mini-LED TVs

Sony calls its backlight 'True RGB LED', and it is the technology doing the heavy lifting here.

Most mini-LED TVs use a blue LED backlight filtered through quantum dots to produce color. RGB mini-LED swaps that for separate red, green and blue LEDs, which lets the TV control color and brightness more precisely at the source. The promise is OLED-like black levels without OLED's brightness ceiling or burn-in risk.

According to TechRadar's review, the Bravia 9 II is the closest any RGB set has come to delivering on that promise. The reviewer describes its contrast and reproduction of dark tones as arguably the best they've seen from a backlit TV. Colors are vibrant but accurate, motion is fluid for sports, and the anti-glare matte screen holds up in bright rooms.

It is not perfect. Viewing angles could still be better than they are, and some blooming remains around bright objects on dark backgrounds. Those are the same compromises backlit TVs have always made, just smaller ones. If you want to see how far mini-LED has come in a laptop, our Surface Laptop Ultra review found the same technology pushing 2,000 nits on a smaller screen.

Gaming, sound and the two-port problem

The Bravia 9 II is a strong gaming TV, with one spec-sheet caveat.

Sony's set handles fast-paced games well and carries a full suite of gaming features. The issue is connectivity: only two of its four HDMI ports support HDMI 2.1. If you own a PS5, an Xbox Series X and a PC you want at 4K/120Hz, you will be swapping cables or buying a switcher.

Built-in sound is better than most TVs manage. Speakers deliver clear dialogue and a sense of space that fills a room, though bass is thin and the set does not hit the power you might expect from a flagship. Cinephiles will still want a soundbar; everyone else can probably skip it.

Sony Bravia 9 II price: how it compares

The Bravia 9 II is priced like a halo product, and Sony rarely discounts its TVs.

At $3,599 / £3,499 / AU$5,995 for 65 inches, the Bravia 9 II sits at the premium end of the market. TechRadar puts it roughly $500 / £500 / AU$750–1,000 above both rival OLEDs and other RGB TVs of the same size.

Sony's lineup scales steeply. The 115-inch model lists at $30,999.99 / £22,999.99 / AU$44,995. Prices were unchanged in the US and UK as of October 2026, while Australian retailers had cut the 65- to 85-inch models, with the 65-inch down to AU$4,795. That is the same pattern we saw with the Lenovo Yoga Pro 9i Gen 11: excellent hardware, premium pricing, and a value question that only gets harder as rivals catch up.

Availability and pricing

The Bravia 9 II is on sale now in the US, UK and Australia in 65, 75, 85 and 115-inch sizes. US and UK prices had not moved as of October 2026, so expect to pay full list unless a retailer runs a promotion.

Sony's premium pricing means this is a set to buy deliberately rather than on impulse. If value matters more than the last few percent of contrast, rival OLEDs and cheaper RGB models are worth a look first.

The Bravia 9 II is the best argument yet that RGB mini-LED can take on OLED, and Sony deserves credit for getting there first at this quality. Whether it is the right TV for you comes down to one number: $3,599 for 65 inches, when rivals ask hundreds less.