The 6 Best QLED TVs - Black Friday 2024

The Sony BRAVIA 9 QLED is the best QLED TV we've tested. It's an amazing TV for use in a bright room due to its superb SDR brightness and reflection handling, so it easily overcomes glare in a well-lit room. The TV also looks spectacular in a dark room, with exceptional contrast that provides incredibly deep blacks and precise local dimming that keeps blooming to a minimum. Like many Sony TVs, it's a standout option for a home theater due to its image processing, accuracy in both SDR and HDR, and support for Dolby Vision HDR and DTS audio formats. Although the TV's viewing angle is better than a lot of QLED TVs, it's still narrow, so it's not the best choice for watching shows or movies with a large group of friends.

It's also an outstanding TV for gaming with HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on two ports, up to 4k @ 120Hz, and VRR support. This makes it fully compatible with the Xbox Series X|S and the PS5. It also provides a responsive gaming experience due to its incredibly low input lag, and its quick response time provides fast motion with minimal blur behind it. The TV even has good speakers built-in, which is a rarity these days.

Although not technically a QLED TV, this list would be incomplete if we didn't mention the Samsung S90D/S90DD OLED. While the other TVs on this list use an LED backlight with a quantum dot layer to achieve a wider color gamut, the S90D uses an OLED backplane and a printed quantum dot color layer on sizes that use a QD-OLED panel. This combination results in better colors than WOLED displays while delivering deeper, more uniform blacks than the other QLED TVs on this list.

This TV certainly offers standout picture quality, even when compared to the Sony BRAVIA 9 QLED. Unfortunately, its low-quality content smoothing isn't as good as the Sony, and it doesn't support Dolby Vision HDR or advanced DTS audio formats, making it a bit less interesting for home theater fans. Thankfully, it has a much wider viewing angle than the Sony, so it's the TV to get for a wide seating arrangement. Like the Sony, it supports VRR technology to minimize tearing in games, and it supports up to 4k @ 144Hz on all four of its HDMI ports (120Hz on the 42, 48, and 83-inch sizes). It has a near-instantaneous response time and less input lag than the Sony, so it's a better choice for competitive gamers.

The best mid-range QLED TV we've tested is the Hisense U8/U8N. It's an excellent TV with impressive picture quality and a Mini LED backlight, which lets it display very deep blacks with almost no noticeable blooming in dark scenes, so HDR movies look fantastic. Its QLED panel delivers a vast range of vibrant and bright colors. It also has fantastic reflection handling and exceptional peak brightness, so it looks great even in bright rooms. The U8N even has great image processing, and it supports Dolby Vision HDR, HDR10+, and DTS audio formats.

It's a fantastic gaming TV, with HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on two of its HDMI ports for up to 4k @ 144Hz gaming. It supports all VRR technologies, has extremely low input lag, and has a good response time for a responsive gaming experience. Unfortunately, the TV has a narrow viewing angle, so it's not a great choice for a wide seating arrangement.

The Hisense U7N is the best lower mid-range QLED TV we've tested. It's an impressive TV with a similar Mini LED backlight to the Hisense U8/U8N, although it isn't as bright, and its contrast isn't nearly as good. Still, the cheaper Hisense has a very wide color gamut and good black levels, so it's a tremendous choice for watching HDR movies, as they really pop in a dark room. It also has fantastic reflection handling with very good peak brightness, so it's no slouch in a bright room. Unfortunately, it has a narrow viewing angle, just like its higher-tier sibling. However, it still supports Dolby Vision HDR and HDR10+ formats, as well as advanced DTS audio formats, so you can take full advantage of whatever content you're watching.

It has the same great image processing as the U8N, making it a cost-effective home entertainment TV. The TV also has a great selection of additional gaming features, including VRR support to reduce screen tearing and up to 4k @ 144Hz on its two HDMI 2.1 bandwidth ports.

The best budget QLED TV we've tested is the Hisense U6/U6N. It's a well-rounded option with surprisingly good picture quality. This Hisense has excellent contrast, so dark scenes look amazing in a dark room, with little blooming around bright areas of the screen. It also has good peak brightness in SDR and decent reflection handling, so glare isn't an issue in a brighter room. The TV also displays a nice range of colors, and it's bright enough in HDR for a pleasant viewing experience. Just like the Hisense U8/U8N and Hisense U7N, it supports HDR10+, Dolby Vision HDR, and DTS audio formats.

Unfortunately, its low-quality content smoothing is significantly worse than on the higher-tier Hisense TVs, so there's visible digital noise when watching low-bitrate content. Still, it's a good TV for gaming, as it has superbly low input lag and VRR support for a responsive, nearly tear-free gaming experience. It has a native 60Hz refresh rate, but you can forgo some resolution to game in up to 1440p @ 120Hz, which is a great feature for a TV at this price point. However, VRR doesn't work at 120Hz.

We recommend a PFS Phosphor TV, the Hisense A7N, for the best cheap TV. It's just as colorful as some TVs with quantum dot technology but at a lower price point. It delivers decent overall picture quality, with good black uniformity, but lacks advanced features like local dimming. It can't get bright enough to overcome glare in a bright room, although it does well in a moderately lit room with its good reflection handling. HDR content looks acceptable, with visually appealing saturated colors, but it's not bright enough to make most highlights stand out.

It's still a cheap TV, though, and its low-quality content smoothing is quite bad. Fortunately, it has the same upscaling capabilities as the more expensive Hisense models, and it still supports HDR10+, Dolby Vision, and DTS audio formats, which is great for a TV this affordable. This cheap TV offers gamers a few features: a good response time, extremely low input lag, and VRR support. However, you are limited to a 60Hz refresh rate across all resolutions.