TV Comparison

How to Use the TV Comparison Tool

1. 1Select two or three sets from the record list and confirm each record's region note matches your market.
2. 2Read size together with your viewing distance — do not treat the largest panel as the default winner.
3. 3Turn on “Differences only” to see where the selected sets actually diverge.
4. 4Check the HDMI group against the devices you already own before reading anything else.
5. 5Read HDR formats as a list you match to your services, not as a longer list is better.
6. 6Open the source under any row you are about to act on, and copy the shareable link to keep the selection.

Panel Technology Without the Marketing

Panel labels compress several generations into a word. OLED and its variants emit light per pixel, which gives per-pixel black levels, very wide viewing angles and essentially instant pixel response; the trade-offs are peak full-screen brightness and the risk of image retention with static content over years. Backlit LCD variants — full-array, QD-Mini LED and their local-dimming relatives — reach higher sustained brightness and are usually cheaper at a given size, at the cost of dimming behaviour and off-axis consistency.

None of that is a ranking. A television in a bright room, watched straight on, is a different problem from a television in a dark room, watched from a wide sofa, and the specification that matters depends on which you have. The table shows the panel technology and the refresh rate together so you can read them as one decision rather than as a badge.

We do not publish measured contrast, brightness or response figures, because we do not measure displays and because measurement conditions differ so widely between reviewers that combining them would produce numbers that are not comparable.

Sizing a Television for a Room

Screen size is decided by distance, not by budget. As a starting point, measure where you sit and divide by roughly 1.5 for 4K content — that gives an approximate diagonal in inches at which individual pixels stop being distinguishable. The figure is a floor for immersion rather than a hard rule, and it should be weighed against the field of view you find comfortable.

Then check the furniture. Measure the surface the stand sits on, the wall space available for a mount, and the weight the mount is rated for. The dimensions row in the table gives panel size without the stand, so add the stand footprint back on before deciding.

Where a record covers a series rather than a single size, the region and model note says so. Specifications such as panel type and HDR support often carry across a series, while brightness, dimming zone counts and weight frequently change with size — so treat a series record as evidence about the family, not as a specification sheet for the size you intend to buy.