If you’re currently in the market for a premium television, your shortlist may already feature Sony’s latest flagship TV, the Bravia 9 II, included perhaps for its exceptional specifications with regard to colour gamut and brightness.
These image strengths, made possible by the new True RGB backlighting, have been rightfully lauded in early reviews, yet they’re arguably just the kicking-off point for a TV which combines multiple highlights across picture, sound, design and content delivery.
So here are five key Q&As which explain why Sony is calling its new flagship “the ultimate Bravia”, and why the Bravia 9 II True RGB television might just make the perfect centrepiece for your home entertainment set-up.
TL;DR:
• Most reports of the new Sony Bravia 9 II focus on its remarkable colour gamut and brightness levels, made possible by the new True RGB backlighting technology. But this TV is also a complete home entertainment hub, versatile for users in multiple environments and usage scenarios.
• A ‘mirage’ stand and new anti-reflective screen coating make the new Bravia 9 II both attractive and versatile, while extraordinary brightness abilities makes it a great choice to shine in rooms with strong ambient light.
• Sony brings its unique TV sound technologies to provide full immersive sound from the TV alone, including dialogue clarity and 3D Surround Upscaling, while Sony’s own sound systems can expand to a full Atmos replay system.
• The Bravia 9 II and Bravia 7 II both bring a wealth of built-in entertainment options thanks to the Google TV operating system, which now includes Gemini integration so that users can more-naturally interact with their TV via voice using the microphone on Sony’s remote control.
• A dedicated Game menu, multiple gaming picture modes and PlayStation Remote Play get gamers straight to the action with low latency and effective image presets.
1. Why is True RGB picture performance so remarkable?
There’s one particular way in which the Bravia 9 II surpasses every other TV we’ve tested: colour,” writes Tom Parsons, in our official What Hi-Fi? review. “Quite simply, the Bravia 9 II produces the finest colours we've ever seen from any TV.”
Most reports of Sony’s flagship Bravia 9 II focus firmly on the image quality, its extraordinary True RGB colour performance and high brightness in particular. This visual impact is achieved through multiple layers of Sony visual technologies, led by RGB Triluminos Max and RGB Backlight Master Pro independently controlling the now-individual red, green, and blue LEDs of that make up the True RGB backlighting. These replace the traditional white LED backlights, thereby achieving what the company calls “the largest colour volume ever in Sony’s home TV history”.
The RGB LED architecture produces purer primary light before the image reaches the panel, while further Sony technologies including Contrast Booster 40 and Luminance Booster Pro help control the deep contrast and accuracy of hues — even at the remarkable brightness levels to which this flagship TV can rise. In our review, Tom Parson noted that the Bravia 9 II hit close to 4,000 nits, confirming that “where OLED technology inevitably has to reduce brightness during large, bright scenes, the Bravia 9 II can maintain its extraordinary light output across the entire screen if required.”
2. Does the Sony Bravia 9 II have good built-in sound?
The Bravia 9 II is a stand-out TV for standalone audio performance. The Bravia 9 II’s built-in Dolby Atmos performance is one key indicator that there’s more to the new flagship than imaging alone.
Sony has long been a leader and innovator in TV sound, and here the Bravia 9 II gains from Sony’s Acoustic Multi-Audio+ technology, with eight drivers used across the range, including Beam Tweeters at the top and Sound Positioning Tweeters at the sides to deliver this TV’s immersive soundfield from genuine Dolby Atmos, DTS:X and other surround soundtrack processing. The Bravia 9 II can also upscale stereo content to effective wider 3D surround.
Some of those aforementioned audio drivers use Sony’s X-Balanced non-circular speaker profiling (as found in the Japanese brand’s successful X-Series wireless speakers) to bring deeper bass and higher sound pressures, while AI-powered Voice Zoom 3 processing aims to deliver clear dialogue even over competing barrages of sound effects.
While not essential, all these sonic capabilities can be further expanded through the use of a compatible soundbar or via one of Sony’s versatile ‘Bravia Theatre’ solutions, adding surround speakers and a subwoofer for complete audio immersion that will even further compliment the Bravia 9 II’s extraordinary imaging capabilities.
3. How does the Sony Bravia 9 II fit into the home?
In the Bravia 9 II, Sony has fashioned a TV which remains almost as attractive when it’s off as when commanding your attention with its images. Sony’s new Mirage stand design lives up to its name, combining a lightly tinted ‘transparent lens’ panel within slim steel supports to cunningly conceal cables and presents a clean, almost floating design which Sony labels ‘Harmonic Presence’.
All the Bravia 9 II models except the 115-incher also gain Sony’s ‘Immersive Black Screen Pro’ anti-reflective coating, described by Tom Parsons in our What Hi-Fi? review as “among the most effective we've encountered, dramatically reducing reflections and making the Bravia 9 II particularly well-suited to bright living rooms”.
There is also Ambient Optimisation available, automatically adapting the picture to room conditions and your viewing position, for which X-Wide Angle Pro provides further assistance in keeping colours bright and contrast high from side viewing angles as well as directly from the front.
And bonus eco points are due to Sony for using its SORPLAS (Sustainable Oriented Recycled Plastic) flame-retardant polycarbonate in both the TV chassis and the remote control.
So whether bench-mounting or wall-mounting the 65-inch Bravia 9 II or expanding to the larger sizes – 75-inch, 85-inch or that monster 115-inch range-topper – the result is a sleek-looking modern TV which can adapt its performance to your particular circumstances.
4. What does Google TV bring to the Sony Bravia 9 II?
In a nutshell, the Google TV operating system brings a vast hub of entertainment sources, and it is now smarter than ever. Both the Bravia 9 II and the Bravia 7 II are fully smart TVs, led by Google TV with Gemini, the inclusion of Google’s AI assistant making content discovery more intuitive across multiple apps. Extensive content access includes all Australian catch-up services and major streaming providers.
The smartness extends to assistance with the user settings. For example, both True RGB Bravia families include an especially useful new interface called ‘My Cinema’, which enables both novices and enthusiasts to achieve effectively optimised picture and sound quickly with new film content. Choose a setting for SDR material, for HDR or for Dolby Vision, and Sony’s smarts will optimise the many other settings, while still leaving all adjustments available for those cinema aficionados who love to tweak.
5. Are the new Bravia True RGB televisions suitable for gaming?
As you’d expect from the company behind the PlayStation brand, Sony knows a thing or two about gaming. With True RGB, gamers will immediately benefit from the backlight tech’s improved brightness and colour accuracy, and both the Bravia 9 II and its more-affordable Bravia 7 II siblings support high dynamic range (HDR) gaming content in either HDR10 or Dolby Vision, which combine with Sony’s XR Contrast Booster to deliver impressive shadow detail visibility in darker game environments.
A dedicated Game menu in Settings and selection of gaming picture modes gets you straight to the action with low latency and genre-optimised image settings. PlayStation 5 users in particular benefit from close Sony integration, with the console using Auto HDR Tone Mapping and Auto Genre Picture Mode to automatically adjust the TV settings to match what will look best on a game-by-game basis, while PS Remote Play allows PS5 games to stream directly to the Bravia TV even when the console is in another room.
Add in 4K/120Hz PC gaming via two HDMI 2.1-equipped sockets, with Variable Refresh Rate and Auto Low Latency Mode, and the two True RGB Bravias bring everything a modern gamer needs for a massive immersive experience.
Sony True RGB TVs: Australian sizes and pricing
You can enjoy the cutting edge features of Sony’s 2026 True RGB Bravias in a variety of sizes and pricepoints.
The flagship Bravia 9 II starts with the 65-inch model at AU$5,999, rising through 75-inch (AU$7,499) and 85-inch (AU$9,999) to the vast 115-inch model priced at AU$44,999.
The affordable Bravia 7 II comes in six sizes from 50-inch (AU$2,299) to 98-inch (AU$12,999).
Sony Bravia 9 II range:
Sony Bravia 9 II (65-inch) — AU$5,999
Sony Bravia 9 II (75-inch) — AU$7,499
Sony Bravia 9 II (85-inch) — AU$9,999
Sony Bravia 9 II (115-inch) — AU$44,999
Sony Bravia 7 II range:
Sony Bravia 7 II (50-inch) — AU$2,699
Sony Bravia 7 II (55-inch) — AU$2,999
Sony Bravia 7 II (65-inch) — AU$3,999
Sony Bravia 7 II (75-inch) — AU$5,499
Sony Bravia 7 II (85-inch) — AU$7,499
Sony Bravia 7 II (98-inch) — AU$12,999
Full details of all models can be found at Sony Australia’s True RGB hub.
