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The 8 Best TVs - Spring 2025

Updated Feb 12, 2025 at 01:15 pm
Best TVs

If you find yourself searching for a new TV and become overwhelmed by the number of options, you can easily narrow your search by looking for the best option based on your price range. Whether it's a high-end model or a cheaper TV, we perform over 350 rigorous tests that inform what models we recommend for most people. Our testing helps us determine how a TV performs in a bright room, how good it looks in a dark room, the vibrancy of colors, and how each TV handles motion, just to name a few.

High-end TVs deliver the best picture quality, but they're also expensive, so if you want something cheaper, you'll usually have to sacrifice some features. Choosing the best TV on the market also depends on the content you watch and where you're going to place it; if you watch a lot of 4k HDR content, you might want a top-quality TV, but if you're just watching the news on a cable box in a dim room, you can go for something cheaper.

To learn more about the soon-to-be-released 2025 models, check out our 2025 TV lineup page. You can also vote on which new models you want us to buy and test. Below are our picks for the best televisions you can currently purchase. Also, take a look at our picks for the best TV brands, the best gaming TVs, and the best budget TVs.


  1. Best TV

    The best TV overall is the Samsung S90D/S90DD OLED. It's a fantastic TV with a great selection of extra features and incredible picture quality. It looks outstanding in a dark room thanks to its nearly infinite contrast ratio and perfect black uniformity, with no distracting blooming around bright areas of the screen. HDR content looks fantastic thanks to its high peak brightness, wide color gamut, and incredibly vibrant and realistic colors. Unlike some other TVs, the Samsung model doesn't support Dolby Vision HDR, nor does it support advanced DTS audio formats. However, it does support Samsung's less widely used HDR10+ format.

    The built-in Tizen OS interface is easy to use and has a great selection of streaming apps and games. It's a fantastic TV for console gamers looking to get the most out of their Xbox Series X or PS5. It's also perfect for gamers wanting to take advantage of their recent PC GPU, as it supports 4k @ 144Hz gaming on all four HDMI ports and variable refresh rate (VRR) technology to help reduce screen tearing. Keep in mind that only the 55, 65, and 77-inch models use QD-OLED panels, and this also varies depending on your region.

    See our review

  2. Best Home Theater TV

    If you're looking for the absolute best TV on the market for a home theater setup and don't care as much about the price, check out the Sony A95L OLED. Although it's a very similar TV to the Samsung S90D/S90DD OLED, it's better for home theaters thanks to its advanced video format support. Compared to Samsung's HDR10+ format, the Sony TV supports the more popular Dolby Vision HDR, so you'll enjoy the most advanced HDR experience possible from almost any source. The Sony does a better job following the content creator's intent, so the brightness and colors of HDR content look the way they're supposed to. It also offers better audio format support than the Samsung, including DTS:X passthrough over eARC, so you can simplify your connection to your audio-video receiver by running everything through your TV without sacrificing audio quality.

    Like the Samsung TV, it looks stunning in a dark room thanks to its nearly infinite contrast ratio, delivering perfect blacks with no distracting blooming around bright areas of the screen. Unfortunately, the A95L is very expensive, but it's the best model for a home theater there is.

    See our review

  3. Best Bright Room TV

    If you need a TV for a room with a lot of lights on, the Sony BRAVIA 9 QLED is an amazing option. Its superb reflection handling and SDR brightness mean it easily overcomes glare in the brightest rooms, so you aren't distracted by reflections on your TV screen. This makes it the best television for a very bright room. As impressive as this TV is in a bright room, it's also spectacular for use in a dark room. Its black levels aren't as good as an OLED, but it still has exceptional contrast that delivers incredibly deep blacks for an LED TV, with almost no blooming. It's also a great option for 4k Blu-ray collectors or those looking to get the most out of high-quality streaming services due to its support for Dolby Vision and DTS audio formats.

    The TV's image processing is excellent, and it's also very accurate in both SDR and HDR, delivering an image that respects the content creator's intent. Unfortunately, its viewing angle is mediocre. However, it's a great option if you need a TV that pairs well with modern consoles. It has low input lag and a fast response time, so you get a responsive experience with minimal blur behind fast motion. The TV has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on two ports, up to 4k @ 120Hz, and supports VRR, so it's fully compatible with the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

    See our review

  4. Best Upper Mid-Range TV

    If you want a good home entertainment OLED but don't want to get the expensive Sony A95L OLED, check out one of the best upper mid-range TVs we've tested, the LG C4 OLED. It's a premium TV that delivers stunning picture quality, especially in dark rooms, and thanks to its near-infinite contrast ratio, there's no blooming around bright objects. It gets bright enough to fight glare even in moderately lit rooms, and the reflection handling is incredible, but its colors aren't as bright as some of our other picks. The LG partly makes up for it with its versatility, as it has very good image processing, has Dolby Vision HDR support, and can passthrough advanced DTS audio formats.

    The TV is available in a wider range of sizes, from a small 42-inch to an impressive 83-inch option. It's an amazing TV for gaming thanks to its nearly instantaneous response time, low input lag, and great selection of gaming features. It supports HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on all four inputs for up to 4k @ 144Hz, meaning you can take full advantage of the PS5 and Xbox Series X's capabilities. It has native FreeSync, HDMI Forum VRR support, and G-SYNC compatibility to reduce screen tearing.

    See our review

  5. Best Mid-Range TV

    The LG B4 OLED is the best mid-range TV we've tested if you want something cheaper and still want high-end features. It's a great TV and can be an excellent entry point into the OLED market. The TV has most of the features of the more expensive LG C4 OLED, but it's dimmer overall and limited to 120Hz. Still, it's bright enough in SDR to overcome glare in a well-lit room, and it's bright enough in HDR for an impactful experience. You also still get the same deep, inky blacks as the C4, which makes it look amazing in a dark room. Its built-in webOS platform is just as fast on this lower-tier model, and it still has very good image processing, Dolby Vision HDR, and DTS audio support.

    And just like other OLEDs, its viewing angle is fantastic, so viewers can watch the TV from all over the room with no degradation in their viewing experience. Like the C4, this TV has a wide color gamut and is extremely accurate without any calibration, so movies look as the content creator intended. This TV is also great for gaming, as it has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on all four ports for up to 4k @ 120Hz, is compatible with every VRR technology, has a fantastic response time, and has extremely low input lag.

    See our review

  6. Best Lower Mid-Range TV

    If an OLED like the LG B4 OLED is too pricey, or you just want an LED TV but can't afford something like the Sony BRAVIA 9 QLED, the Hisense U7N is an excellent option. The TV isn't as bright as the BRAVIA 9, but it's still very bright, and it has amazing reflection handling, so it overcomes glare in a bright room. If you also use your TV in a dark room, its excellent contrast delivers deep blacks, although there's noticeable blooming around bright highlights when they're against a dark background. Highlights in HDR content really stand out, and colors are vibrant due to the TV's excellent HDR brightness and wide color gamut, delivering an impactful HDR experience. It also supports HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision, so it covers every HDR format. Unfortunately, its viewing angle is very narrow, so it's not the best choice for watching movies or shows with a big group of friends.

    The U7N has a ton of gaming features. It has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on two of its ports, both capable of up to 4k @ 144Hz with VRR, so you're fully covered if you own a modern console, and the TV pairs well with higher-end gaming PCs. Its incredibly low input lag means it delivers a responsive gaming experience, and its excellent response time delivers fast motion with minimal blur behind it.

    See our review

  7. Best Budget TV

    Big Spring Sale Deal: The Hisense U6/U6N 55" has dropped in price by $250 at amazon.com.

    If the Hisense U7N is too expensive or you just simply don't need modern gaming features, the best budget TV we've tested is the Hisense U6/U6N. What really separates the TV from other budget models is its very effective local dimming feature that gives the TV fantastic contrast, delivering deep blacks in a dark room. The TV isn't as bright as the U7N, but it still has very good SDR brightness and good enough reflection handling to fight some glare in a well-lit room. It supports a wide color gamut, so colors in HDR content are vibrant and lifelike. Another standout feature of the TV is its support for HDR10+ and Dolby Vision. It also supports DTS audio formats, which is great if you watch movies on Blu-ray. The TV's upscaling is on par with the U7N's, but unfortunately, its low-quality content smoothing doesn't work well.

    Although the TV doesn't have HDMI 2.1 bandwidth and 4k @ 120Hz support, it still supports up to 1440p @ 120Hz for those who prefer a higher frame rate over resolution. Unfortunately, the TV's VRR feature is limited to 60Hz, so you can't game in 120 fps with VRR active. The TV does have an excellent response time, so there's not too much blur behind fast motion, and you get a responsive gaming experience due to its incredibly low input lag.

    See our review

  8. Best Cheap TV

    It's not the best TV in the world, but if you want something cheap that gets the job done, the Hisense A7N is the best widely available cheap TV we've tested. It isn't as good in a dark room as the Hisense U6/U6N due to its lack of local dimming. However, its contrast and black uniformity are certainly good enough for a decent dark room viewing experience, and its ability to display a wide range of colors means colors are vibrant and lifelike. It doesn't get very bright in SDR, but it has good reflection handling, so it can handle a few lights in a moderately lit room. Unfortunately, it's quite dim in HDR, so highlights in HDR content lack impact.

    Like the more expensive Hisense models, it has good upscaling. Unfortunately, it does a poor job of removing artifacts from low-bitrate content. Still, it's a great smart TV due to its Google TV OS, so finding content is a breeze. Despite not having modern gaming features, the TV has a great response time for minimal blur behind fast motion, and its input lag is low enough that gaming feels responsive.

    See our review

Notable Mentions

  • LG G4 OLED:

    The LG G4 OLED is an amazing TV overall and competes with the Sony A95L OLED. Unfortunately, it doesn't use a QD-OLED panel, so colors aren't as vibrant as they are on the Sony. For this reason, the Sony unit is the better option if you're looking for the best home theater model.

    See our review
  • Hisense U8/U8N:

    The Hisense U8/U8N is a cheaper alternative to the Sony BRAVIA 9 QLED. It's an incredibly bright TV that easily overcomes glare and makes highlights stand out in HDR content. It also has very impressive contrast for an LED TV, providing very deep blacks in a dark room. Still, the Sony has better contrast, image processing, accuracy, and a more consistent VRR feature.

    See our review
  • Samsung QN90D/QN90DD QLED: The Samsung QN90D/QN90DD QLED is a great TV and a cheaper alternative to the Sony BRAVIA 9 QLED. Still, the Sony is more well-rounded; it has better image processing, advanced audio and video format support, and much better contrast. Ultimately, the Samsung is slightly better for users with multiple HDMI 2.1 devices, while the Sony provides better overall image quality. See our review
  • TCL QM7/QM751G QLED: The TCL QM7/QM751G QLED is a good alternative to the Hisense U7N. However, the Hisense is slightly better overall, as it has better contrast and accuracy. See our review
  • TCL Q6/Q651G QLED: The TCL Q6/Q651G QLED is a decent TV from TCL and directly competes with the Hisense U6/U6N. The Hisense is better overall and displays much deeper blacks due to its effective local dimming feature. Still, the TCL is the better gaming TV because it outputs 1080p @ 120Hz and 1440p @ 120Hz with a wide VRR range through resolution halving. See our review
  • TCL S5/S551G:

    The TCL S5/S551G is a good alternative to the Hisense A7N. The Hisense is brighter, displays a wider range of colors, and has slightly less blur behind fast motion, making it the better choice for most people. However, the TCL supports up to 1440p @ 120Hz with a full VRR range, making it a solid option for gamers who want a cheap model to play games in 120 fps.

    See our review

Recent Updates

  1. Feb 12, 2025:

    Replaced the Roku Select Series with the TCL S5/S551G in the Notable Mentions, refreshed some text throughout the article for clarity, and added a link to our 2025 TV lineup page.

  2. Dec 17, 2024:

    Made the Hisense A7N our new pick for the 'Best Cheap TV' and moved the Roku Select Series to the Notable Mentions section.

  3. Oct 28, 2024:

    We added the Hisense A7N as a Notable Mention and refreshed the text in the Introduction for clarity.

  4. Sep 30, 2024: We confirmed the accuracy and availability of our current picks.

  5. Sep 03, 2024: Replaced the Samsung S90C OLED, the LG C4 OLED, and the LG B4 OLED with their 2024 successors since the 2023 models are now hard to find. We also refreshed the Notable Mentions.

All Reviews

Our recommendations above are what we think is currently the best TV to buy for most people in each price range. We factor in the price (a cheaper TV wins over a pricier one if the difference isn't worth it), feedback from our visitors, and availability (no TVs that are difficult to find or almost out of stock everywhere).

If you would like to do the work of choosing yourself, here is the list of all our TV reviews. Be careful not to get too caught up in the details. While no TV is perfect, most TVs are great enough to please almost everyone, and the differences are often not noticeable unless you really look for them.

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Best TVs: Main Discussion

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  1. Update: Replaced the Roku Select Series with the TCL S5/S551G in the Notable Mentions, refreshed some text throughout the article for clarity, and added a link to our 2025 TV lineup page.

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    G4 is best TV of 2024. G4 is cheaper than the A95L. G4 is cheaper than the Bravia 9. The A95L isn’t a 2024 model. The best overall TV is the G4. I’ve replaced 3 A95L models this year for people to a G4. All find them better. If the G4 was the 2024 new version of the A95L by Sony it would be named number one. I’m sure the site will come up with a reason why the G4 isn’t good enough. Yet I’m pleased to see in a real life test that the A95L doesn’t beat the G4. Again to stop being banned or attacked by the “super image chip” of the Sony fans. Please remember that most haven’t seen the A95L or the G4 other than in a shop or from others reviews telling them. Enjoy the rest of 2024 everyone. This is my opinion.

    Man so all this talk about QD-OLED got my fomo peaked so I went out and bought an S90D and put it in my living room beside my G4. The difference was night and day. The G4 is a significantly better TV. The S90D has a big issue with colors, it’s terrible. Primary colors (RGB) are way over saturated and secondary colors (yellow, gold, orange, brown, etc) are undersaturated. A shot of a leaf on the G4 is green with hues of yellow and brown. On the S90D it’s solid, saturated green. A coconut on the G4 is multiple shades of brown and gold. On the S90D it’s monotone reddish-brown. In shots of flowers, the S90D was better with purple, but the G4 was better with orange, yellow, and in some cases red and blue just because they aren’t oversaturated so much. This oversaturation of primary colors and undersaturation of secondary colors makes scenes look monotone as well.

    You can’t fix this either. If you turn the color up to try to bring out the secondary colors the primary colors get more over saturated and on top of that the TV has a tendency to make things red that shouldn’t even be red, like that coconut. I was watching Good Mythical Morning and they had a very orange coffee mug on their desk. On the G4 it was orange, on the S90D it was faded salmon color. When I turned the color booster up it turned red! All of these tests were done post calibration with a HDMI splitter. I even swapped the HDMI cables to account for variance.

    Text was hard to read on the S90D. Honestly a lot worse than I thought it would be. I think this isn’t just the pixel structure but also eye fatigue from trying to focus on the oversaturated color.

    Level of detail was honestly more striking than I even thought. My GF and I were playing Borderlands 3 side by side. We both kept noticing how much more detailed the G4 looked. When she hopped off I took the opportunity to compare them side by side. The S90D was making everything look monotone. It was more saturated for sure, but the whole display at night was blue. On the G4 you could see the sky was green and you could make out the whitish clouds in the moonlight. The textures were noticeably higher resolution on the G4 but here’s the kicker - The pc on the G4 was in 1440p and the S90D was in 4k!

    On a final note, with ALL features turned off the S90D does take a lead over the G4. Which is what you will see in many side by side comparisons, but you better have a pitch black room to watch it in because both TVS lose 80% of their brightness. Once you turn Dynamic Tone Mapping on on the G4 the S90D can’t keep up with brightness, highlights, or color. On top of that, the S90D’s processing is so bad that it’s own tone mapping, contrast enhancement, and color boosting are incredibly inconsistent and half the time make the image look worse, not better.

    I had my GF and two friends come over and look at the TVs and all three agreed the G4 was better. When I told them the price they all agreed they’d shell out the extra cash for the G4.

    I do have to give Samsung credit where it is due though. Their box design was really fun to unbox and very easy to box back up to return.

    I nearly forgot to mention all four corners of the TV bowed backwards (77 inch). Despite Rting’s review, this is the norm not the exception.

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    I agree. The A95L is great at movies but falls behind the “outdated” woled in game mode for $5000. The Samsung S90D/S95D is great in game mode (for consoles anyway, reports of VRR not working with nvidia cards which are 80+ percent of PC market) but falls behind in every other category and even behind cheap TCLs in processing for $3500. The G4 does it ALL excellently. Movies, Games, Streaming, PC Monitor all with a no burn in guarantee for 5 years for $3500 but it’s a bad value? Rtings even warns people not to use QD-OLED for sports, PC, or static images. The people I’ve talked to in person while making this purchase decision seem to understand that as well. Discerning customers will choose the better product or, like in your anecdote, choose the wrong product then learn and switch haha! QD-OLED is great. I’d love to have it. But not on a junk TV. The G4 is a stellar TV at a great price with the tried-n-true done to perfection. It fulfills every one of this article’s categories excellently but each category has a heavily silo’d product that does that one specific thing better. Many other reviewers are preferring the G4 for this very reason (such as Digital Trends) because QD-OLED is a gimmick. It looks great on paper but when put side by side in a blind test people can’t tell the difference (HDTVTest 2024 Shootout). Rtings is a numbers reviewer though and, as I learn more and more as I get older, numbers on paper are meaningless. They can’t define human experience. If they did, Android would have market dominance instead of Apple. Another point that Digital Trends points out is that on these TVs numbers are meaningless because TVs use dynamic processing and static images will give you different results than dynamic image tests. Put simply: People who review TVs by putting them in their house and using them tend to prefer the G4. People who review TVs by hooking machines up to them and taking measurements tend to prefer Samsung/Sony. Another thing I noticed, if you go to RTINGS own review pages and average out the scores you get S95D: 9.08, S90D: 9.13, A95L: 9.20 G4: 9.25. Even RTINGS, for whom numbers are everything, says the LG is better than the Sony for cheaper and better than the Samsungs. This website is a mess lol. And I’m not trying to dunk on RTINGS. I come here first whenever I’m researching a new product, but there are some issues with this year’s TV reviews lol.

    I agree thank you for that, I do the same I go to Rtings.com as a start. I also placed the numbers together and the G4 is in first place. And then I have them in the real world. The G4 is just fantastic.

    Once again thank you for a real review.

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    G4 is best TV of 2024. G4 is cheaper than the A95L. G4 is cheaper than the Bravia 9. The A95L isn’t a 2024 model. The best overall TV is the G4. I’ve replaced 3 A95L models this year for people to a G4. All find them better. If the G4 was the 2024 new version of the A95L by Sony it would be named number one. I’m sure the site will come up with a reason why the G4 isn’t good enough. Yet I’m pleased to see in a real life test that the A95L doesn’t beat the G4. Again to stop being banned or attacked by the “super image chip” of the Sony fans. Please remember that most haven’t seen the A95L or the G4 other than in a shop or from others reviews telling them. Enjoy the rest of 2024 everyone. This is my opinion.

    I agree. The A95L is great at movies but falls behind the “outdated” woled in game mode for $5000. The Samsung S90D/S95D is great in game mode (for consoles anyway, reports of VRR not working with nvidia cards which are 80+ percent of PC market) but falls behind in every other category and even behind cheap TCLs in processing for $3500. The G4 does it ALL excellently. Movies, Games, Streaming, PC Monitor all with a no burn in guarantee for 5 years for $3500 but it’s a bad value? Rtings even warns people not to use QD-OLED for sports, PC, or static images. The people I’ve talked to in person while making this purchase decision seem to understand that as well. Discerning customers will choose the better product or, like in your anecdote, choose the wrong product then learn and switch haha! QD-OLED is great. I’d love to have it. But not on a junk TV. The G4 is a stellar TV at a great price with the tried-n-true done to perfection. It fulfills every one of this article’s categories excellently but each category has a heavily silo’d product that does that one specific thing better.

    Many other reviewers are preferring the G4 for this very reason (such as Digital Trends) because QD-OLED is a gimmick. It looks great on paper but when put side by side in a blind test people can’t tell the difference (HDTVTest 2024 Shootout). Rtings is a numbers reviewer though and, as I learn more and more as I get older, numbers on paper are meaningless. They can’t define human experience. If they did, Android would have market dominance instead of Apple. Another point that Digital Trends points out is that on these TVs numbers are meaningless because TVs use dynamic processing and static images will give you different results than dynamic image tests.

    Put simply: People who review TVs by putting them in their house and using them tend to prefer the G4. People who review TVs by hooking machines up to them and taking measurements tend to prefer Samsung/Sony.

    Another thing I noticed, if you go to RTINGS own review pages and average out the scores you get S95D: 9.08, S90D: 9.13, A95L: 9.20 G4: 9.25. Even RTINGS, for whom numbers are everything, says the LG is better than the Sony for cheaper and better than the Samsungs. This website is a mess lol. And I’m not trying to dunk on RTINGS. I come here first whenever I’m researching a new product, but there are some issues with this year’s TV reviews lol.

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    G4 is best TV of 2024.

    G4 is cheaper than the A95L.

    G4 is cheaper than the Bravia 9.

    The A95L isn’t a 2024 model.

    The best overall TV is the G4.

    I’ve replaced 3 A95L models this year for people to a G4. All find them better.

    If the G4 was the 2024 new version of the A95L by Sony it would be named number one.

    I’m sure the site will come up with a reason why the G4 isn’t good enough. Yet I’m pleased to see in a real life test that the A95L doesn’t beat the G4.

    Again to stop being banned or attacked by the “super image chip” of the Sony fans. Please remember that most haven’t seen the A95L or the G4 other than in a shop or from others reviews telling them. Enjoy the rest of 2024 everyone.

    This is my opinion.

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    I find it criminal that the LG G4 was relegated to a notable mention at the very bottom of the page underneath budget chinese TVs despite having demonstrable advantages over the S90D and A95L namely better depth of scene, level of detail, motion clarity (specifically pertaining to artifacts on fast moving objects), and not generally becoming washed out when a light is turned on or curtains are opened which is easily noticeable in your own side by side videos. Seems like a flaw in Rtings testing that metrics that can’t be measured in numbers are just left out. It even matches or beats the A95L in all but one category but doesn’t deserve a primary spot on the page? I feel like in your reviews the flaws of QDOLED are either glossed over, or straight up defended such as in the case of Samsung’s quite terrible build quality which appears to be the norm, not the exception. Both your pages on the S90D and the A95L mention at the very top of the page LG tvs (G4 included) as being a better value but, again, the bottom of the page under TCL and Hisense?

    Hey there. It really comes down to the A95L vs the G4 for the Best Home Theater pick, but the A95L does have a few advantages that makes it the slightly better option for that spot. The biggest advantage is just how much better the A95L is when it comes to colors, as its QD-OLED panel gives it an incredibly wide color gamut and superior color volume, allowing it to display more heavily saturated colors at higher levels of luminance. The A95L also has almost no visible banding whatsoever, and it has slightly better upscaling. The A95L is also the more accurate TV with HDR content. All of this adds up to a TV that’s better overall for use in a home theater. LG OLEDs do offer very good value, especially with the B4 and C4, but the G4 and the A95L are close enough in price that we feel like the A95L is still the better option for someone looking for the very best home theater or reference TV.

    Our recommendations are broken into categories based on a TV’s spot in the overall market. Our Notable Mentions typically aren’t ordered by ranking, and we’re certainly not saying that we think models made my TCL and Hisense are better than the G4. With that said, I just updated the Best TVs article, and shifted the Notable Mentions around to make that clearer. Thanks for reaching out and providing useful feedback. We update our recommendations regularly and are always looking into new tests to add, and we always keep feedback in mind when we do those things. Thanks!

  7. Update: Made the Hisense A7N our new pick for the ‘Best Cheap TV’ and moved the Roku Select Series to the Notable Mentions section.

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