# Sony Bravia 8 II Review: A Radiant OLED Contender
The Sony Bravia 8 II uses an OLED panel with a quantum dot layer similar to those used in QLED TVs. For high dynamic range (HDR) content, it supports dolby Vision, HDR10, and hybrid log gamma (HLG). It features Wi-Fi 6E for fast wireless connectivity, along with an ATSC 3.0 tuner.
My testing tools include a Klein K-10A colorimeter, a Murideo SIX-G signal generator, and Portrait Displays’ Calman software. For an OLED panel, the Bravia 8 II is satisfyingly bright but doesn’t reach the peaks its competitors hit. With an HDR10 signal in Cinema mode, the TV shows a modest peak brightness of 269 nits with a full-screen white field, but that number increases dramatically to 991 nits with an 18% white field. I use the 18% white field measurement to compare all TVs, though I also check all OLED and some higher-end LED TVs with a smaller 10% white field as well, and with that test pattern, the Bravia 8 II has a far higher peak brightness of 1,567 nits. It isn’t as bright as the Samsung S95F (1,451 nits 18% white field, 2,138 nits 10% field) or the current record-holding LG G5 Evo (1,608 nits 18%, 2,386 nits 10%), but it doesn’t look remotely dim in use. Like all OLEDs, it shows perfect black levels with no light bloom (a haze along high-contrast edges) thanks to the technology’s per-pixel light output control.
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Measured colors are also very good, but again aren’t quite as good as LG’s or Samsung’s best. The above charts show the TV’s color levels with an SDR signal compared against Rec. 709 broadcast standards and with an HDR10 signal (both in Cinema mode), and with a Dolby Vision signal in Dolby Vision Bright mode also compared against DCI-P3. Whites run a little cool in all cases, which is a shame to see when the LG G5 Evo and Samsung S95F both showed effectively perfect.