Top TVs 2023

The Sony X80K is okay overall. It's a good TV for watching sports or TV shows in wide seating areas because it has a wide viewing angle and the image looks consistent from the sides. It also has decent reflection handling and SDR peak brightness, so it's fine for rooms with a few lights around. However, it isn't good for watching movies or for gaming in dark rooms because it has a low contrast ratio and lacks a local dimming feature. Its HDR performance is also sub-par as it has a low HDR peak brightness.

The LG UR9000 is an okay TV overall. It's best for watching TV shows, watching sports, or for using as a PC monitor in a moderately-lit room due to the TV's acceptable SDR brightness, good viewing angle, and good reflection handling. Still, it's just not bright enough to fight glare from strong light sources. It's also not a great dark room TV, as its contrast is terrible, and it's not helped by its awful local dimming feature, which adds massive blooming in dark scenes. Due to the TV's middling HDR brightness and terrible contrast, highlights don't pop, and any HDR content looks washed out and lifeless. Fortunately, its input lag is fantastic, so video games feel fast and responsive, and so does your mouse cursor when using the TV as a PC monitor.

The LG NANO75 is an alright TV. It's best-suited for watching sports or shows in a moderately lit room, as it can't overcome a lot of glare. It looks bad in a dark room, so it's not a good choice for watching movies in the dark, as it has low contrast, poor black uniformity, and no local dimming feature. It's okay for casual gaming, thanks to its exceptionally low input lag and a decent response time, but it lacks any advanced gaming features. Sadly, HDR adds nothing since it can't display a wide color gamut, and it's not bright enough for HDR highlights to stand out in any way.

The LG UQ9000 is a mediocre TV overall. It's best suited for watching shows or movies in a moderately lit room, as it can't handle a lot of glare due to its limited peak brightness. It's sub-par for use in a dark room, as it has a low contrast ratio, mediocre black uniformity, and no local dimming feature. It has low input lag for a responsive gaming experience, but there are no advanced gaming features like variable refresh rate (VRR) support. Finally, it's good overall for use as a PC monitor, and it can display chroma 4:4:4 properly, but it has some distracting uniformity issues.

Designed to display series, movies, and artwork with equal fidelity, Samsung’s The Frame is a TV built for both art fans and AV enthusiasts. Unfortunately, it might not quite satisfy either group.

Samsung's The Frame lifestyle TV is one of the slickest digital picture frames you can buy but, as a regular TV, it's far too pricey for what it delivers.

The Samsung Q60T delivers sharp detail and bright colors — as long as you don’t push it too hard.

The Sony Bravia A95K QD-OLED TV is a stunner of a flagship 4K TV. Beautifully designed and offering high-brightness HDR with extreme color depth, it makes full use of its innovative QD-OLED panel. The field is still wide open right now, but so far we're rating it an early contender for screen of the year…