TVs and monitors · Sony
A 2020 OLED that owners have kept as a main TV for years, valued for its picture and viewing angles, and bright enough for the moderately sunny rooms some of them watch in.
Picture quality is clear praise. Owners still treat the A8H as the OLED benchmark they measure newer sets against, and one owner of a set built on the same 2020 panel said they would not give up the OLED viewing angles.
No theme drew a negative account. The nearest thing to a caveat comes up when owners talk about brightness, which they otherwise praise: owners who moved to newer Sony OLEDs found those sets much brighter and their colour noticeably better out of the box.
The Sony A8H is a 4K OLED TV from 2020, sold in the US as the XBR-55A8H and XBR-65A8H. It's made for people who want deep blacks and good picture quality for movies, shows and games in a living room. It runs Android TV, so streaming apps are built in.
| Screen sizes | 55 and 65 inches |
|---|---|
| Panel type | OLED |
| Resolution | 4K (3840 x 2160) |
| Refresh rate | |
| HDR | HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision |
| Inputs | 4 HDMI (HDCP 2.3, one with eARC/ARC), 3 USB, optical audio out, Ethernet, RF antenna, headphone |
| Smart platform | Android TV (Google Play Store, voice search) |
| Warranty |
From the maker's spec page, checked October 8, 2026. A blank row means the maker does not state it.
OLED means each pixel makes its own light, so dark scenes look truly black, which helps a lot in a dim room. 4K with Dolby Vision and HDR10 means streaming services can send their best version of a movie, with brighter highlights and richer color. Four HDMI ports are enough for a cable box, a game console and a soundbar, and the eARC port can send full-quality sound to that soundbar. I couldn't confirm the refresh rate or the warranty length from Sony's own page, so both are left blank.
Pick up to three. You get a page with just those, side by side, on the subjects owners raised.
Years in, the A8H is still a main TV for several owners. One owner sitting about 7.5 to 8 feet from a 65 inch set found it a good size for that distance for more than four years. Others use it in fairly bright rooms and say the brightness has been fine, even though newer OLEDs go brighter.
Many of the accounts come from people who have moved on, often to an A95L or a Bravia 8, and they describe the jump in colour and brightness as obvious right away. One owner who watches a lot of sports in a room that is not dark switched to a Hisense U8QN for that reason, while noting that OLED is still great for some viewing. Others kept the A8H running alongside a newer set rather than retiring it.
The strongest long-term account comes from an owner who has used their A8H for hours every day since 2020 and says it is still going strong. They see burn-in as an overblown worry unless the same logo or game HUD stays on screen for hours every day. Another owner used theirs as a main set for more than four years before upgrading.
There is one failure on record: an owner whose A8H died bought a Bravia 8 to replace it and hopes the new one lasts longer. Beyond that the long-term accounts are thin. Only a few owners spoke to how it has held up, so this is not a solid picture of how the set ages.
From 0 owner accounts that said how long they have had it. Own one? Add how long yours has lasted.
Nothing has a clear majority against it yet. Counted from the owners who raised each subject, not from everyone. A subject is judged once at least 4 owners raise it.
22 more subjects came up from fewer than 4 owners each, which is not enough for a fair reading. To see how it stacks up, compare it with another machine.
The same owner, asked again at each point. Fills in as owners answer.
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Among the 0 owner accounts here that gave a duration, 0 described a failure.
Before you buy one used, ask the seller: how old it is, whether it was ever repaired and by whom, and whether any of the parts above have been replaced. Ask to see it run. A receipt tells you the warranty start date; most makers honour the term only for the first owner.
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