The Best TVs for 2026

The S95H is the best-looking and brightest OLED TV I've tested, and a PCMag Lab Award winner for the lowest input lag. It features a built-in 4.2.2-channel spatial audio speaker system that delivers a detailed sound field and supports Apple AirPlay, Google Cast, and hands-free Amazon Alexa.

Home theater enthusiasts: With a fantastic OLED picture and built-in spatial audio system, the S95H makes a great centerpiece for your home theater. Plus, you can take it even further with Samsung's Q-Symphony feature, which lets the TV integrate a compatible Samsung soundbar with its own speakers into a single, powerful audio setup.

Gamers: The S95H is fully equipped for gaming thanks to its 165Hz native refresh rate with VRR, AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, and Nvidia G-Sync. Plus, it goes a step further than other models with the lowest 4K60 input lag I've measured for class-leading responsiveness.

The TCL QM8L SQD-Mini LED consistently puts out the most light of any TV I've tested under 100 inches, outshining its predecessor in two out of three luminance metrics and earning our PCMag Lab Award for brightest TV. It also has an incredibly wide color range that rivals RGB LED TVs, and it's packed with features. It's simply an all-around great-looking TV.

Brightly lit rooms: If your living room has a lot of ambient light, whether from overhead lamps or sunny windows, your TV needs to put out enough nits to compete with it, and the QM8L gets brighter than any other mini-LED.

Anyone considering an RGB LED TV: While TCL calls it SQD-Mini LED, the QM8L is technically just a high-end mini-LED QLED TV. That doesn't stop it from showing a wider color gamut than similar TVs, covering as much of the BT.2020 color space as much more expensive RGB LED models, while delivering a better off-angle viewing experience.

The Hisense U65QF is the brightest TV I've ever seen in its price range, with wide and accurate color that also swings well above its class. Its Amazon Fire TV smart TV platform lacks some of the niceties of Hisense's higher-end Google TV-powered TVs, like hands-free voice control and Google Cast, but it's still easily the best budget TV currently available.

Budget shoppers: The price of the U65QF is hard to beat, especially for its performance. The 65-inch model can often be found for around $600, making it an ideal budget TV.

Anyone looking for a huge, cheap TV: If you want a really big screen but don't want to spend much, the 85-inch U65QF is just $1,100. That's lower than many higher-end 65-inch models.

People who want a TV for their basement, bedroom, or garage: If you're looking for a secondary TV outside of your living room, like in a bedroom or workspace, the U65QF's low price will hold great appeal.

The U8QG is the latest in a long line of high-end Hisense TVs that wow us with their performance and the fantastic value they offer. It's incredibly bright (even more than last year's already blazing U8N), boasts wide and accurate colors, and has a built-in 4.1.2-channel spatial audio speaker system. It also has a conveniently side-mounted USB-C port that accepts DisplayPort signals, so you can easily connect smaller devices to the screen without any wireless lag. It doesn't offer quite the inky, bloom-free blacks of OLED TVs, but for that technology, you'll be paying two to three times as much.

Value-conscious shoppers: If you want a striking, full-featured TV at a reasonable price, the U8QG is one of the best choices. It's simply an excellent all-around value.

Home theater sound fans: Anyone who wants an immersive audio experience without buying a separate soundbar should take a look at the U8QG. Its 4.1.2-channel spatial audio system provides an immersive sound field in front of you with height channels. It can't reproduce the effect of satellites behind your couch, but otherwise it's capable of detailed surround sound.

Google users: If you control your smart home with Google Assistant, the U8QG is a boon for your living room. It provides hands-free access to Google's voice assistant. Don't expect it to get the full Gemini Home setup just yet, though; Google hasn't announced if and when Hisense TVs will get the upgrade.

The LG Evo C6 is a fantastic value for an OLED TV. While it isn't the brightest of its type, it offers a stunning picture with wide colors and a slim design, and it won't cost you too much. Its official retail price is $2,699.99 for the 65-inch model, but it can often be found for less than $2,000.

Anyone curious about OLED TVs: If OLED technology has caught your eye but the price has deterred you, the Evo C6 makes it worth another look. It can be found for well under the steep prices of most other OLED TVs, while still offering the benefits of the panel type, such as pixel-level brightness control. This TV looks terrific, with excellent contrast and color performance, and it doesn't cost much more than a mid- to high-end LED TV.

I like to recommend Roku devices to less tech-savvy users who want to enjoy streaming, because the Roku OS platform is much simpler, more direct, and media-focused than most other smart TV platforms. It doesn't have a full voice assistant or a huge smart home ecosystem it can manage, but it makes it easy to search for media and jump quickly into whatever service you want. The Roku Pro Series is the best TV I've tested that uses Roku OS, with a great picture and useful features like Apple AirPlay, hands-free voice control, and a remote finder button.

Less tech-savvy users: If you don't want a complicated smart TV interface that inundates you with recommendations, ads, and lots and lots of different icons, the Roku Pro Series is for you. It's easy to use, with big, friendly tiles that put you into your app of choice without swimming through menu layers.

Anyone who keeps losing the remote: If you keep misplacing the remote, the Roku Pro Series' remote finder feature is vital. Press a button on the TV itself and the remote will start chirping, helping you locate it whether it's in the couch cushions or on the counter.

The new Mini LED Quantum 4K TV is dirt-cheap while offering a surprisingly good picture. It's the dimmest screen on this list, but it still hits a satisfyingly bright 766 nits, shows impressively accurate colors out of the box, and costs half as much as the second-cheapest TV you'll find here. It's light on features, with no voice controls to speak of, but it does support Apple AirPlay, Google Cast, and Miracast/WiDi for local streaming, and it covers most major streaming services, too.

Budget shoppers: At less than $400 for a 65-inch model, the Mini LED Quantum TV is incredibly affordable. If you want a big screen while paying as little as possible, you can count on a great viewing experience for the price.

Secondary rooms: If you can afford to spend more, you should seriously consider any of the other, much brighter and feature-filled TVs on this list for your living room. If you want a big screen for your basement, garage, or another secondary space, this won't break the bank.

The Ember Mini-LED (formerly Fire TV Omni Mini-LED) is Amazon's best television yet, with more than three times the luminance of the Fire TV Omni QLED. It's packed with features, including a 120Hz native refresh rate with support for 144Hz VRR and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro, hands-free Alexa, and Apple AirPlay 2. It's also reasonably priced, in line with higher-end Google TVs from Hisense and TCL.

Amazon and Ring fans: Anyone who swears by Alexa should consider the Fire TV Ember Mini-LED. Hands-free access to Amazon's voice assistant is incredibly useful, especially if you're already used to using Echo speakers to control the lights. The TV can even bring up live feeds of your Ring cameras on request.

iPhone and iPad users: By default, Amazon's Fire TV platform doesn't have much in the way of local wireless streaming features besides WiDi/Miracast. However, the Fire TV Omni Mini-LED has Apple AirPlay built in, so you can stream from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac with a tap or click.