Deeper Dive: Our Top Tested Picks

• Hisense U8 Series ULED 55 4K 144Hz Mini-LED Smart Google TV (2024)

  Best Value

  4.5 Excellent

  Why We Picked It

  The Hisense U8N is the best value out of all the current TVs we've tested. It offers the brightest picture we've ever seen and a generous feature set including hands-free Google Assistant as well as Apple AirPlay and Google Cast support, all at a very reasonable price. You can get deeper and more detailed shadows with an OLED TV, but you'll be spending two to three times more.

  Who It's For

  This should be one of the first TVs you consider if you're looking for a quality television for a reasonable price. It's as simple as that.

  • Pros

    • Incredibly bright picture with strong contrast
    • Wide colors
    • 144Hz native refresh rate with VRR and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro
    • Supports Apple AirPlay, Google Assistant, Google Cast

  • Cons

    • Blacks aren't as deep as they can be on OLED TVs
    • Gaming mode can cause clipping in highlights
  Learn MoreHisense U8 Series ULED 55 4K 144Hz Mini-LED Smart Google TV (2024) Review
• LG 55-Inch Evo G4 OLED TV (OLED55G4SUB)

  Best Premium OLED TV

  4.5 Excellent

  Why We Picked It

  The LG Evo G4 is one of the best-looking TVs we've tested, with an incredibly bright picture and balanced, vivid, and natural colors. It's filled with features, shows sub-millisecond input lag for gamers, and has an attractive design.

  Who It's For

  If it's in your budget, the Evo G4 is worth the price. It's simply excellent on all fronts. It's also the first LG G-series TV to come with a table stand, so you don't have to mount it if you don't want to.

  • Pros

    • Bright picture
    • Vibrant, accurate color
    • Excellent gaming performance
    • WebOS smart TV platform is loaded with features
    • Includes a table stand

  • Cons

    • Expensive
    • Slightly clunky remote
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• Hisense 55U6N

  Best Cheap TV

  4.5 Excellent

  Why We Picked It

  The Hisense U6N series can be found for much less than U8N models of the same size, and it offers strong picture quality for the price (along with the same Google TV features). It makes compromises on contrast, but its color performance is excellent. If you're on a budget, it's the TV to get.

  Who It's For

  The U6N is for shoppers who want the best TV for as little money as possible. You can go cheaper, but we don't recommend it; the U6N easily offers the top picture quality for the price.

  • Pros

    • Excellent color performance
    • Very strong contrast with deep blacks
    • Feature-packed Google TV interface
    • Supports Apple AirPlay and Google Cast
    • Hands-free Google Assistant voice control
    • Affordable

  • Cons

    • Irritating LEDs when the microphone is muted
  Learn MoreHisense 55U6N Review
• LG 55-Inch Evo C3 OLED TV (OLED55C3PUA)

  Best Midrange OLED

  4.5 Excellent

  Why We Picked It

  The LG C3 Evo is the latest entry in a long line of fantastic OLED TVs. It has excellent picture quality, top-notch gaming potential, and premium features such as Dolby Vision and Apple AirPlay.

  Who It's For

  If you want a TV with the kind of picture quality only an OLED panel can offer, the C3 Evo is one of your best options. It offers a dimmer picture than the G4 or Samsung's S95D, but is also significantly less expensive and just as gamer-friendly thanks to its sub-millisecond input lag. LG is replacing the C3 with the newer Evo C4, but until then you can probably find this model for a steep discount.

  • Pros

    • Fantastic color and contrast
    • Incredibly low input lag
    • Slim, sleek design

  • Cons

    • No ATSC 3.0 tuner
  Learn MoreLG 55-Inch Evo C3 OLED TV (OLED55C3PUA) Review
• SunBriteTV 55-Inch Veranda 3 Series (SB-V3-55-4KHDR-BL)

  Best Outdoor TV

  4.0 Excellent

  Why We Picked It

  You should never mount a regular TV outside because extreme temperatures or any amount of rain can destroy it. You need to get a TV designed for use outdoors, and SunBriteTV's Veranda 3 is one of the best. It's pricey, but that's what you can expect to pay for the necessary weatherproofing and still get a good-looking picture.

  Who It's For

  This is one of the best TVs to get if you want something to put in your backyard or on your deck. There are a few cheaper outdoor TVs available, but their pictures aren't nearly as good.

  • Pros

    • Ruggedized for outdoor use
    • Wide, accurate colors with Dolby Vision support
    • Android TV provides phone mirroring, streaming media, and voice control
    • Low input lag

  • Cons

    • Expensive
    • Doesn't include a stand
    • High black levels
  Learn MoreSunBriteTV 55-Inch Veranda 3 Series (SB-V3-55-4KHDR-BL) Review
• Roku 55-Inch Pro Series TV

  Best Roku TV

  4.0 Excellent

  Why We Picked It

  Roku started making its own TVs last year, but it really found its groove with 2024's flagship Pro Series. The Pro Series represents a huge jump over the budget-priced Plus Series with a mini-LED backlight system that lets it get almost three times as bright, along with gamer-friendly features like 120Hz VRR and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro.

  Who It's For

  The Roku Pro Series is the best Roku-powered TV currently available, and should be appealing if you want a TV with a simple, accessible interface focused almost entirely on finding and watching what you want to watch. It doesn't have a full voice assistant (though you can control a limited selection of Roku smart home devices with it), but it's an uncluttered, easy-to-use experience.

  • Pros

    • Bright, colorful picture
    • Simple, accessible smart TV platform
    • Hands-free voice search and TV control
    • Works with Roku smart home devices

  • Cons

    • No full voice assistant
    • Remote no longer has a headphone jack
  Learn MoreRoku 55-Inch Pro Series TV Review
• Samsung 55-Inch QN90D 4K QLED TV (QN55QN90DAFXZA)

  Best QLED TV

  4.0 Excellent

  Why We Picked It

  The QN90D, Samsung's flagship QLED TV, offers impressive brightness, deep blacks, and very wide, accurate colors. It's also loaded with features such as hands-free Amazon Alexa (or Samsung Bixby), Apple AirPlay, and a whole toolbox of tricks for gamers. We have no problem recommending it, despite its high cost.

  Who It's For

  If you want a premium LED TV with an excellent picture and use the Alexa voice assistant, the Samsung QN90D could be an ideal match. Just prepare to pay a bit more for it than competing models, and consider the LG Evo G4 OLED if you can push your budget just a bit more.

  • Pros

    • Strong contrast and color with effectively perfect blacks
    • Lots of features
    • Excellent gaming performance
    • Multiple size options from 43 to 98 inches

  • Cons

    • Tizen OS smart TV platform lags behind competitors
    • No Dolby Vision or ATSC 3.0
  Learn MoreSamsung 55-Inch QN90D 4K QLED TV (QN55QN90DAFXZA) Review
• Samsung 55-Inch Class The Frame QLED TV

  Best for Wall Mounting

  3.0 Good

  Why We Picked It

  The Frame is another Samsung lifestyle TV, with a drastically different concept from The Serif. This TV is designed to look like a hanging painting, with customizable bezels that give the impression of a picture frame. It doesn't have the brightest or most colorful picture out there, but it can blend in with your home decor, especially with its low-light ambient mode running.

  Who It's For

  This is a TV for any room where you don't want it to look like there's a TV in it. Put it on the wall, and when you aren't watching it you can enjoy some unobtrusive art instead of a big black box.

  • Pros

    • Striking, customizable design that resembles a hanging painting
    • Matte screen reduces glare and adds to the painting effect
    • Strong color performance

  • Cons

    • Poor contrast
    • Very expensive for the picture quality
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