The 2 Best 8k TVs - Black Friday 2024

The best 8k TV we've tested is the Samsung QN900D 8k QLED. It's a great TV that delivers excellent picture quality, with fantastic contrast that delivers impressively deep blacks. It also has very high peak brightness, so it's a great choice for both bright and dark rooms. HDR content looks excellent thanks to its Mini LED local dimming feature, so bright scenes and highlights in HDR content stand out incredibly well. Additionally, it has a great wide color gamut with excellent color volume, so colors look vibrant and lifelike.

The TV's four HDMI 2.1 ports support up to 8k @ 60Hz, which is great if you own a PS5 Pro and want to try gaming in 8k. However, the TV also supports 4k @ 240Hz, making it the only TV on the market that can do that. No current consoles can run games above 120 fps, but if you own a powerful gaming PC, you might be able to put that incredibly high refresh rate to good use. Additionally, the TV has a superb response time that results in crystal clear motion with little blur, has very low input lag for a responsive gaming experience, and supports VRR with a huge range from 20Hz–240Hz. If you don't need 4k @ 240Hz but still want an 8k model, you could save some money and go with the 2023 Samsung QN900C 8k QLED instead.

The best mid-range 8k TV we've tested is the LG QNED99 8k. Like the Samsung QN900D 8k QLED, it features a Mini LED backlight and a local dimming feature, but the TV doesn't come close to delivering the same deep blacks as the Samsung, and there's noticeable blooming around bright objects. The TV gets bright enough to overcome glare in a moderately lit room, but it doesn't get bright enough to overcome glare in a well-lit room. It has an excellent wide color gamut, decent color volume, and very good HDR peak brightness, so HDR content looks vibrant and lifelike, with highlights that stand out. It also upscales lower-resolution content well, which is important for an 8k TV since there is very little 8k content available, and most content will need to be upscaled.

The TV supports HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for 8k @ 60Hz and 4k @ 120Hz gaming on all four of its inputs, but the lack of VRR support limits its gaming capabilities. Unfortunately, the TV has some uniformity issues, with noticeable dirty screen effect when using it as a PC monitor or when watching sports with large areas of the same color. It runs LG's webOS, which is easy to use and has a wide selection of streaming apps.