I have tested LG, Samsung and Sony’s Elite 2025 OLED TVs next to each other is the one I would buy with my own money
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LG” Samsung And Sony have the OLED TV market for years, where LG and Samsung offer the best overall value for money and Sony that provide a premium image and superior sound, but at a bloated price.
Cut until 2025, and the battle for the title of Best OLED TV Has never been competitive again. We have the flagship OLED TV for every brand, the LG G5” Samsung S95F And Sony Bravia 8 IIAnd the results were overwhelmingly positive. Both the G5 and the S95F earned five out of five stars in their reviews, and the Bravia 8 II earned four and a half out of five stars in his review.
I have the Sony and Samsung QD-MOLED TVs next to each other and the LG and Samsung TVs next to each otherBut had to be set recently All three Next, with any display of the same content, so that I could determine which TV I would choose if I had the money to buy one.
A quick comment about photos: the Sony Bravia 8 II and especially the Samsung S95F may seem to have a red tint over the screen. This is a result of their anti-reflection screen tech, because it responds with cameras. In real life this doesn’t look so pronounced.
Screen reflections
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One of the things that I appreciated by the predecessor of the S95F, the Samsung S95D, was the OLED shot-free screen, which eliminated mirror-like reflections. However, black levels were not as rich as I had hoped. The S95F with its OLED Glare Free 2.0 screen usually solves that problem by still eliminating reflections while retaining rich black levels.
The screen of the S95F means dark films such as De Batman” Nosferatu And Alien: Romulus Even look good, even in better viewing conditions. I knew in this comparison that the LG G5 and Sony Bravia 8 II would not do as well as the S95F in clear room lighting conditions, but I was surprised by the results.
Of the three TVs, the LG G5 with its traditional shiny screen was the worst for reflections. The anti-reflection screen of Bravia 8 II, on the other hand, has done surprisingly good work when limiting reflections.
Above is three images of the TVs in our test laboratory with overhead lights. The S95F is the clear winner, with the Bravia 8 II second and the G5 third, in terms of reflection handling.
Brightness
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One thing that was immediately clear in my comparison is that the Bravia 8 II does not have the same brightness as the G5 or S95F, and in fact looks vague. When we were measured HDR Peak clearness on the LG G5 and Samsung S95F in the Filmmaker mode, they reached 2,268 Nits and 2,132 Nits respectively. The Bravia 8 II, on the other hand, has measured a substantially lower 1,439 NIT’s HDR peak clarity in its cinema mode.
Fullscreen brightness was a similar story. The G5 hit 331 Nits and the S95F 390 Nits, both in the filmmaker mode. The Bravia 8 II, on the other hand, only achieved 183 Nits in its cinema mode, which seems low for a QD-OLED model. That result is actually lower than the middle range LG C5 OLED, who hit 199 Nits on the same test!
This was with the TVs in their standard out-of-the-box settings. The Bravia 8 II has a photo setting called Dynamic Tone Mapping, with two options: Gradation preferred and brightness preference. If you change the standard gradation to brightness, the Bravia 8 II will get a nice fierce boost, as you can see in the same image De Batman Above, where Batman’s face suddenly seems much clearer in the second image, compared to the first image. However, the use of the brightness preparation, black levels and contrast suffer a bit, so it comes down to your personal taste.
Colors, black levels and contrast
A 4k Blu-ray BadIt was clear that all three TVs showed excellent color reproduction. The pink flowers, the green skin of Elphaba and blue details on the beige walls all looked alive on every TV, although it was clear that the lower brightness of the Bravia 8 II took part of the shine away.
It was a tough call between the G5 and S95F. While the S95F showed more dynamic colors thanks to the higher peak clearance, with all TVs on Film/Cinema mode, the stronger contrast of the G5 and deeper black levels helped to generate a better color depth. Eventually I found my eye the most drawn to the G5.
For HDR color range coverage, all three TVs became more than 99% of the DCI-P3 color space, so it is no wonder that all three spectacular color reproduction had.
For black levels there was again a clear winner: the LG G5. Lookout De BatmanIn particular, the opening scene of the metro and the crime scene in the mayor’s house, black levels were strong on all three TVs, but the G5s were the richest and deepest. In addition to the G5, the Bravia 8 II and especially the black levels of the S95F seemed to be compared, although even deeper than what you will find on the Best mini-guided TVs.
Contrast was exceptional on all three TVs. Looking at 4K discs with particularly dark scenes such as De Batman” NosferatuAnd Alien: RomulusAll three sets showed an excellent balance between light and dark shades. But again, the G5 and the higher brightness of the S95F resulted in a more impactful image with stronger contrast compared to the Bravia 8 II.
Sony’s sound
If you read this, it may seem as if I am impressed by the Sony Bravia 8 II compared to the other TVs. But although the Bravia 8 II does not have the same general visual impact as the G5 and S95F, it is still a fantastic TV and it beats the other two in some important areas.
When looking at black -white scenes, like those in OPPENHEIMERThe higher brightness of the S95F and G5 led to a photo with a stronger contrast, but I found the cooler color balance of Bravia 8 II better suited for black -white scenes.
The Bravia 8 II also has a superior built -in sound. Sony’s TVs often belong to the Best TVs for SoundAnd the Bravia 8 II is no different. Using the Batmobile/Penguin Chase scene of De BatmanThe Bravia 8 II demonstrated the Punchiest Bas, the clearest speech and the most accurate mapping of sound effects, such as screaming tires and spray balls.
While the S95F supplied impactful bass and clear speech, his soundstage narrow felt narrow compared to the Bravia 8 II, with the sound being included more on the screen. The bass of the G5 was not as for white as the other TVs, but it did deliver a wider soundstage than the S95F. Neither of them could, however, match the pure strength and accuracy of the Bravia 8 II.
Last thoughts
All three of these TVs can be arranged under the Best TVs from 2025. They deliver a list of game functions with the Best gaming -tvsAnd have exceptional image quality and solid built -in sound. Each has its strengths-black levels and image accuracy on the G5, brightness and blind-free technology on the S95F and powerfully built-in sound on the Bravia 8 II but the one TV where I would spend my own money is the LG G5.
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