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hi I'm David Katz meijer with cnet i'm here at sony's event in new york standing next to a 55 inch version of their latest 4k TV this is the xbr 850 a series it's Sony's least expensive 4k TV to date this 55 inches 3,500 is also a 65 inch or in the series for about 5 grand now this TV is extremely similar to the 4k TV that Sony has already been selling in the US market it's actually a little bit cheaper than that model the main difference between the two is that this one doesn't have these big bulky side speakers so this looks like more like a traditional standard led-based LCD TV and a lot of ways except for that 4k resolution it is it's got Sony's triluminos display technology which really improves the colors based on our w900 a review it also has Sony's dynamic edge backlighting which provides pretty good black levels for an led-based LCD TV so in all we expect this to be a really good performer of course the real headline is the 4k resolution that enables it to display brand new 4k content of course Sony is one of the actually the only maker of a 4k video distribution system that you can also buy to go along with this TV if you really want to download the latest 4k movies and a few 4k TV shows not much other 4k content available right now of course this TV does upscale standard high-def content to fit the native resolution of 4k all told this TV is a pretty watershed moment for Sony because again it drives the pricing down for a mainstream brand 4k TV that's a quick look at sony's 35 hundred dollar 55 inch xbr x850 a on david katz markussi net