The Sony Bravia 8 II OLED TV stole the show in the 21st annual TV shootout hosted by Value Electronics this past Saturday and was once more crowned “King of TVs.”
The event brought together four of the best OLED TVs in a bout that covered color, brightness, contrast and more. The TVs up against one another included the Sony Bravia 8 II, Samsung S95F OLED, Panasonic Z95B OLED, and LG G5 OLED.
Unlike last year, Value Electronics did not host a secondary panel for LCD screens (which Sony also won with its Bravia 9 Mini-LED TV) but, counting this year’s win, Sony has won “King of TV” in some capacity for over seven years running.
How the numbers stacked up
| Row 0 – Cell 0 |
LG G5 OLED |
Samsung S95F OLED |
Sony Bravia 8 II OLED |
Panasonic Z95B OLED |
|
Contrast/Grayscale |
3.69 |
4.38 |
4.41 |
3.84 |
|
Color |
3.84 |
3.88 |
3.84 |
3.97 |
|
Processing |
3.31 |
3.66 |
4.22 |
3.78 |
|
Bright Living Room |
4.06 |
4.19 |
4.19 |
4.25 |
|
Overall |
3.68 |
4.00 |
4.16 |
3.92 |
| Row 0 – Cell 0 |
LG G5 OLED |
Samsung S95F OLED |
Sony Bravia 8 II OLED |
Panasonic Z95B OLED |
|
Dynamic Range/EOTF Accuracy |
3.41 |
3.88 |
3.94 |
4.03 |
|
Color |
2.84 |
4.13 |
4.03 |
4.00 |
|
Processing |
3.34 |
3.72 |
3.53 |
3.97 |
|
Bright Living Room |
3.94 |
4.38 |
4.19 |
3.88 |
|
Overall |
3.30 |
3.97 |
3.88 |
3.98 |
Source: Value Electronics
To determine the victor, a panel of judges rated the TVs on their SDR and HDR performances, scoring TVs out of 5 in terms of their Color, EOTF accuracy, processing, contrast, and “bright living room” performance.
You can find the results of the shootout in a PDF on Value Electronics’ website, but we’ve copied the most important results above for your convenience.
Stiff competition from Samsung and Panasonic
Although the Sony Bravia 8 II OLED won overall, which makes a whole lot of sense given how its test results blew us away, the Panasonic Z95B OLED was crowned best HDR TV at the show. That’s a phenomenal win for a company that only just returned to the US market last year. (Note: Panasonic opted out of the competition in 2024.)
It’s also interesting to see just how poorly the LG G5 did. It had some of the lowest votes in the shootout across most categories, especially in its color, processing, and EOTF accuracy, the latter of which is a test to see how accurately a TV reproduces brightness levels.
Samsung’s S95F OLED TV wasn’t far behind in SDR, but even with that special anti-glare coating, the Panasonic Z95B still beat it in the bright living room category, which I found particularly intriguing. And on the HDR front, the S95F wasn’t too far behind the Z95B, which beat it out by just one decimal point.
While Sony wrapped up a win, Samsung and Panasonic put up a good fight.
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