The Ultimate Sony Home Theater Experience for Movie Buffs and Gamers

Sony has long ranked high in the home entertainment market. From Sony Pictures Entertainment, which produces and distributes movies, to Sony Electronics, which manufactures an extensive line of AV products, the company understands the movie experience from both sides of the industry.

As solution providers for both professionals and consumers, you can count on the highest-quality images and sound, a system that rivals the corner Cineplex. Here, we’ll explore some of the top contenders when creating the ultimate Sony home theater experience. 

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The Unrivalled Home Theater Projector

The Sony BRAVIA Projector 9 hails as the top of their home theater projector lineup. The 4X SXRD imaging system is similar to Sony projectors that are used by some of the top cinemas around the world. 

This native 4K HDR laser projector offers extreme brightness, color reproduction, and contrast. The XR Processor’s Dynamic Tone Mapping adjusts the brightness and color of each frame in real time, resulting in vibrant, lifelike colors and incredible brightness. XR Deep Black brings deeper blacks and high-contrast images while maintaining the tone and color. 

The projector also supports 4K resolution at 120 frames per second with a 12ms input lag and Auto Low Latency Mode. What does that mean? A smooth and super-fast responsive gaming experience. And what about your favorite sporting events? Sony’s 4K Motionflow adds extra frames, resulting in crisp images with less blur and a feeling like you’re in the stadium or arena. 

With Sony 4K laser projectors, movies, sports, and games come to life. True Cinema ensures you’re enjoying the exact projection rate you’d experience if you were at the movie theater, delivering the cinematic experience to your home. 

For those who don’t want to spend quite so much on a projector, it’s good to know that their trickle-down technology ensures that much of their video equipment offers incredible, vibrant pictures.

The Ultimate TV for Video & Gaming

Sony’s 2025 flagship TV is the BRAVIA 8 II QD-OLED TV. QD-OLED brings together OLED and quantum dot technologies, creating deep blacks and infinite contrast with extreme color accuracy and brightness. This technology is ideal for movies, creating exceptionally realistic images. 

This TV comes in sizes up to 65 inches, making it a great size if your home theater’s viewing distance is about 8 to 10 feet. 

For an immersive cinematic experience, larger rooms may need TVs that are 75 inches or bigger. Sony recommends that the height of the TV be two-thirds of the distance from your viewing position to the TV.

For large home theaters in well-lit rooms, 98-inch TVs deliver the clarity and brighter, more vibrant images needed in spaces with ambient light. Sony offers two TVs in this range: the BRAVIA XR Class X90L Full Array LED 4K HDR Google TV and the newer BRAVIA 5 Class Mini LED 4K HDR Google TV.

Sony’s BRAVIA TVs are also built for gaming, automatically switching to Game Mode when connected with PlayStation 5 and 5 Pro consoles. This results in minimal lag and maximum responsiveness. These TVs also support Dolby Vision, offering an incredibly realistic experience. 

The Immersive Audio Setup

Sony’s immersive audio experience can be found in their best TVs and surround sound systems. Their flagship TV features Acoustic Surface Audio+ technology that turns the screen into a speaker. This high-tech audio perfectly matches the on-screen performances. They also use AI technology to clarify dialogue. 

Ready for the most realistic sound you’ve ever heard? It supports Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, the 3D object-based audio systems.

For the totally immersive 3D surround sound experience, upgrade your audio with the wireless Sony BRAVIA Theater Quad, featuring 16 channels and 360 Spatial Sound Mapping to fill a room with cinema-quality sound. Adding a high-performance subwoofer ensures the deep bass that drives the emotions and the special effects. 

Sony ES receivers all support Dolby Atmos and DTS:X, while enhancing the audio-video experience. 

At Home Theater of Long Island, we’re passionate about creating the ideal AV experience that’s uniquely your own, designed for your lifestyle and space. To learn more about integrating Sony into your home theater experience, contact Home Theater of Long Island.