Sony expands BRAVIA Theater lineup for 2026 with new bars, subs, surrounds, and a screen
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Sony has spent the last few years transforming BRAVIA from a TV badge into a living room language in its own right, with screens and speakers intended to stack up into something more cohesive than a collection of randomly acquired components. This 2026 refresh keeps the 2024 “Cinema Comes Home” thesis intact, but gives it more evidence to support it: the BRAVIA Theater Bar 5 and Bar 7 as starting points, the new Sub 7, Sub 8, Sub 9, and Rear 9 add-ons for exhibition, and the BRAVIA 3 II as a mid-level statement to build upon. Slogan, meeting the system.
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The prioritization is the important point, but Sony has also made the levels feel distinct. The BRAVIA Theater Bar 5 is the simplest on-ramp: a 3.1-channel bar paired with a wireless subwoofer, so even a simple setup lands with a chest-level thud and clearer center focus. Theater Bar 7 is the most ambitious panel, using nine drivers with side-mounted and up-firing drivers as well as 360° spatial sound mapping to deliver sound that’s wider, taller and with a little more drama that comes off the walls. There is support for built-in Dolby Atmos and DTS:X. And pair it with a compatible BRAVIA TV and Sony folds in Acoustic Center Sync-style integration, Voice Zoom 3 dialog enhancement, app control, and menu-level cleanliness to make the system less fiddly. Then you expand on your tastes: the slim 130mm driver of the Sub 7 if you want the startup shake, the single 200mm driver of the Sub 8 for more weight, the dual opposed 200mm anti-vibration drivers of the Sub 9 for a deeper, tighter rumble, and the 80mm upward-firing drivers of the rear surrounds 9 when you want the effects to stop hover in front and start to brush against your shoulders. And if you’re feeling really kinky, playback with two subwoofers is now supported.
This makes the BRAVIA 3 II LED TV a smart central place in the row. Sony positions it below the flashier sets, but XR processing, XR Triluminos Pro, Dolby Vision, Dolby Atmos, DTS:X, 4K/120 and four HDMI 2.1 ports mean it’s still designed to do more than just look big on a wall. It’s the kind of TV, with its wide color gamut and refined noise reduction, that can start as a neat all-in-one setup with the Bar 5, then grow into a more complete BRAVIA Theater rig, one box at a time without your media console looking like a salvage yard. There’s also Google TV with Gemini support, as well as a redesigned inclusive remote with clearer spacing and a search function (a small grace, but a real one).
Sony’s BRAVIA Theater Home Audio will be available for pre-sale. Pricing starts at $349.99 for Theater Bar 5 and $869.99 for Theater Bar 7; The Sub 7 costs $329.99, the Sub 8 costs $499.99, the Sub costs $9,899.99, and the Rear costs $9,749.99. The BRAVIA 3 II costs $599.99 for 43-inch to $3,099.99 for 100-inch, with availability in Spring 2026.
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