Sony’s gamer-friendly X90L TV is on sale for a new low price
Brandt Ranj Brandt Ranj is a commerce reporter for The Verge writing about the best deals and gadgets. He previously wrote for Business Insider, Rolling Stone, Futurism, and Popular Science.
If you’re excited to smash your way through the excellent Donkey Kong Banaza on the Nintendo Switch 2, you should play it on a TV that takes full advantage of the system’s ability to play games in 4K or up to 120 frames per second. Thankfully, Sony’s X90L, which checks both boxes, is currently on sale at Amazon, B&H Photo, and Best Buy in its 65-inch configuration for around $898 ($301 off), an all-time low price.
The X90L is a full-array LED TV, which means it has significantly better backlighting and contrast than an edge-lit set. You won’t see as much blooming — aka, unnatural-looking pockets of brightness around a bright object — which can be distracting when you’re watching a movie or playing a game set in a dimly lit area. The TV also runs on Sony’s Cognitive Processor XR, which automatically adjusts color and contrast based on whatever it is you’re watching or playing.
In terms of specs, two of the TV’s HDMI ports are HDMI 2.1, which means they can accept a 4K video source at up to 120Hz and are well-suited for current-gen consoles. If you connect a PS5, the TV will switch to the “Game” picture mode, enable “Auto HDR Tone Mapping,” and turn on ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) to minimize latency, which matters most if you play fast-paced first-person shooters or platformers.
If you’re a cinephile, you’ll enjoy Sony Pictures Core, a streaming service exclusive to Bravia TVs that lets you download and stream 4K movies at near-4K Blu-ray quality. Its library is limited, but Sony includes five credits for movie downloads and a 12-month subscription to stream titles from the library.
Three more deals worth a look
- JBL’s PartyBox 710 is down to around $599.95 ($250 off) — its lowest price of the year — at Amazon and Best Buy. The 800W party speaker features a pair of eight-inch woofers, a pair of tweeters, and a figure-eight-shaped light array that syncs with the beat of your music. You can connect either via Bluetooth or an auxiliary input, and adjust the bass level, EQ, and volume using the control panel located on top. The robust speaker also features an IPX4 rating, meaning it can withstand splashes from the pool or light rain, and you can pair two 710s together to create a larger, louder wireless audio system.
- If you’re tired of constantly plugging and unplugging devices from your charger, Ugreen’s Nexode Pro 160W GaN charger is available from Amazon and Ugreen for an all-time low of $94.99 ($25 off). The charger has three USB-C ports, two of which can charge a device at up to 140W, and one USB-A port. At its top speed, it can charge a 16-inch MacBook Pro’s battery from zero to 50 percent in under half an hour. It also supports Samsung’s Super Fast Charging 2.0, and if you plug in multiple devices, it will automatically optimize the power sent to each port to ensure all of them charge quickly. Ugreen is also discounting its braided USB-C cables, which are a nice upgrade if the ones you’re using are becoming frayed.
- As laptops continue to get thinner and lighter, they’re losing ports in the process — which is why we recommend picking up a USB-C hub. Fortunately, Anker’s 565 USB-C Hub is available for $53.99 ($20 off) from Amazon and Anker (with code WS242H0XCG). The 11-in-1 hub features one HDMI port, a DisplayPort, SD and microSD card slots, a gigabit ethernet port, a 3.5mm audio jack, two USB-A 2.0 ports, a USB-A 3.2 port, a USB-C 3.2 port, and a USB-C PD port with passthrough charging up to 100W. The hub’s array of inputs lets you connect your Mac or Windows computer to almost any accessory, including two 4K monitors at 60Hz, and keep it charged all using a single USB-C port.
