Sony BRAVIA 5 Real User Verdict: Worth It or Skip?

Yeah, QM7K pretty much owns the mid-range this year.

Picked this up last week. Fantastic tv for the price. Mini LED is awesome for brightly lit rooms and the colors pop well. Been working great for VRR too when gaming on my PS5

Do you like the TV? If so what else matters.

Rtings number scores are mostly irrelevant the meat is in reading the actual words of the review

Processing means fuck all if it doesn't get bright enough in HDR to make an impact. That's unacceptable.

Stop reading nonsense on the internet, and go and watch some nice content on your nice TV.

It could be that ppl are actually biased towards rtings reviews as it got a less score. I tested it in the showroom myself and its very good. Bravia 7 is a little bit brighter and has more dimming zones, that's it. Yes, Bravia 7 and 9 are better but Bravia 5 is value for money.

It's not horrible but it's a big downgrade from the X90L which is a deception. It's a bit too dim to enjoy HDR properly too

If you get the Bravia 5 in home you will see that rtings made the tv look way worse that it actually is it's a great tv!!

The biggest complaint about Bravia 5 is the dimness of the screen. There are several presets to choose from for brightness or a manual brightness setting. Simply adjust the manual setting until bright enough for your liking. It's a great tv, you just need to be familiar with adjusting the settings.

55inch Bravia 5 is great unless you watch movies in a super bright room.

I bought a 75" Bravia 5 paired with HTA3000 sound bar from Best Buy last week. After arriving at Best Buy, Sony rep greeted us. Prices were 5:$1500, 7:$1900 and 9:$2800. I went with the 5 for the value.

I think they should have just not released the Bravia 5 and kept the x90 in production. The 3 is fine at lower mid. Only thing I can think of is eventually they plan to aggressively cut the Bravia 3 down to better compete on price and needed something to be at the current Bravia 3 price

I've probably set up 70 ish sony TVs so I feel relatively qualified: My first move is almost always go into professional picture mode, and on a mini led like the 5, max brightness, then if you're in HDR, detail preferred over brightness, and the mini led backlight set to the high setting to really get the peaks up there.

I'm old enough to remember when Sony offered mediocre TV's and relied on their name to sell them. Looks like this Sony is coming back.

The whole cool thing is that the Bravia 5 is actually on step before the Sony rgb mini-LEDs, it uses a red and green backlight instead of a traditional backlight. So it gets crazy colours, and keeps energy usage low. So u made a very good purchase enjoy it :)

I just got a Bravia 5 98", I've had it for a week, no regrets. I was concerned about upscaling of standard definition but it looks great.

I can tell you I am very happy with mine. Was gonna go TCL cause of the brightness hype and value but I'm very sensitive to motion. The Sony does motion very well. It's plenty bright in a living room with open windows and it all just works. Blacks are inky and i don't see any blooming. Panel uniformity is amazing as I don't see any dirty screen effect or vertical banding at all.

My 98" Bravia 5 is amazing.

Don't worry what other people say, you honestly probably wouldn't notice the difference between the TV's anyway. Sony is debatably the best TV brand on the market. It's like buying a Mercedes and saying, I got the second trim level from top of the line, did I screw up?

Sony completely dropped the ball on what could have been awesome had they simply offered the Bravia 9 in 98". Instead they come out with this steaming pile of shit that they never should've came out with. The new TCL 98" TVs made Sony their bitch.

B5 is the most bang for the buck and having the XR processor makes all the difference especially in streaming according to all the reviews. I have the XR processor in my J series and im still surprised how well it looks and sounds compared to newer TVs from other brands today.

Once you've owned a Sony you'll never be able to go back to a lesser TV, especially with motion. The B5 will be a good step up or if you're ok going smaller the B9 is as good as it gets

I used to take rtings as law until I went to look at the Bravia 5 in the store. I also compared it to the 7 and it was not worth the price difference that I could justify. I actually fretted over if I made the right call for days before it was delivered bc of rtings. I have a x90L in the bedroom and it's great. Everyone said the 5 was a huge downgrade and the brightness would just be awful. I have the Bravia 5 75 in my living room now. In HDR the TV is not bright enough for a bright room.

I was incredibly torn with the 98" B5 and 85" B9. We looked at the display a couple times and realized the viewing angles on the B5 weren't great. We have a large sectional and my wife watches from an angle usually.

I was between the 5 & 7 also. Cost-wise, I went with the 5 since I was looking at the 85" size. The 7 was a few hundred more. I've been happy with the choice so far, had it about a month, but got the extended warranty just to be safe.

I'm with you. I got the Bravia 5 75inch too. Just ignored the review and stuck to what the eyes could or could not see.

Part of the issue with the Bravia 5 is that the X90L was available the year before which is generally a better TV at a lower price. The B5 in a vacuum is fine

The tcl is trash man. I really don't understand the rave reviews. It's borderline unwatchable for me. The Dolby vision was horrible compared to even my old 900h. Dark scenes are crushed and whites are blinding. It literally did nothing good except for being big, and watching YouTube hdr demo videos

I skipped on 98" Bravia 5 because of that review and now regret it. Turns out 98" version is brighter and better than the X90L, and even was cheaper during the sale.

It's not terrible, but at that level of TV, you can find basically the same thing for much cheaper.

My 48" Sony failed after 4 years and Sony replaced it under warranty with a 55" Bravia 5. It's brilliant

It's not a bad purchase per se....but you'd be a lot happier with the Bravia 7.

I recently bought a 98" sony bravia 5 and a 65" tcl qm7k. The tcl for another room. if you watch sports or a lot of action movies, you NEED to go with the sony. The TCL came in first and the motion issues were immediately apparent.

Bought a 75" TCL QM7K and the processing is awful. Upscaling is very bad, and the motion handling is horrendous to an extent that I actually get angry while watching anything on it. TCL processing is unfortunately trash. That being said, the 98" Bravia 5 is what I'm looking at switching to.

I've had a 55" BRAVIA 5 for a month and a half now, and I've been really satisfied with it. Solid upgrade from the Samsung DU7200B I had. Better picture quality, and it even seems to give my HT-A5000 more to work with.

I love my 98 inch B5. It could be a little brighter at times but I generally have no regrets with Sony.

Bravia 5 is a great mid-range TV. The mini LED produces a brighter more vivid picture than the full array LED on the x90 CL so it is an upgrade. Plus 85in TVs are in a bit of a bad spot right now for availability, so I think you picked one of the better ones on the market for the price

The 7 is substantially better than the 5. The 5 is still a good TV but the image quality is noticeably better on the 7. I think Sonys have had very good quality control and reliability relative to other TV brands.

Just bought the 5 because I needed a 98" with sports being a major part of the usage. Mounted today. Seems solid for the price but getting it calibrated professionally soon.

What is that site for anyway really. All it does is show a bunch of stats for nerds and a bunch of videos and screenshots of a hallway HDR where the difference is negligible when comparing tvs. Nothing on there translates to any real world things I will do once it's setup at home. They said Bravia 3 sucks. They said LG uk6470plc sucks. Neither did for me.

In the most general sense, there are no bad Sony TVs