Sony Unveils Netflix-Optimized 4K Ultra HD TVs Designed to Deliver on Filmmakers’ Vision

Sony teamed with Netflix to develop a new line of televisions the companies claim will reproduce video from the streaming-video service exactly how filmmakers intended.For the new TVs, Sony and Netflix collaborated on a new display mode that the companies say make them the optimal way to view Netflix streaming content. The new Bravia Master series of 4K Ultra HD TVs have a “Netflix Calibrated Mode,” which Sony claims delivers picture quality equivalent to a master monitor in a movie production studio.The Bravia Master A9F OLED display (available with 55- and 65-inch screens) and Z9F LED display (65- and 75-inch screens) models are slated to ship across North America in the fall of 2018, with pricing and retail availability yet to be announced.“Unique among all our device partnerships, both Sony and Netflix share a deep immersion in the studio world,” Scott Mirer, VP of device partner ecosystem at Netflix, said at Sony’s launch event in New York. “Preserving creative intent is important not only to the storytellers, but also to viewers.”