Best TVs of 2023
Consumer Reports tests hundreds of televisions each year. These 4K sets rise to the top.
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With the holidays now in the rearview mirror, this can be an exciting time to go shopping for a new TV. Retailersā shelves are stocked with a wide selection of 2022 sets, many at their all-time lowest prices as dealers look to start clearing out models to make room for 2023 sets, which could start arriving soon.
Below, we list the best TVs you can buy right now. Weāre spotlighting sets with 65-inch screens, an increasingly popular size. You can also find smaller, less expensive versions of most of these models. And some of them are available in bigger screen sizes, too. (Information on specific models, along with our full TV ratings, is available to CR members.)
The TVs that perform best in CRās testing tend to be pricier flagship models. But weāve also included some great 65-inch 4K sets that cost less than $1,000, plus a few 75-inch sets that are priced below (and some well below) $2,000.
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LCD TVs vs. OLED TVs
Before you dive in to the individual models, it pays to understand the two basic technologies used in todayās televisions: LCD TVs, which are also called LED TVs for the LED backlights that illuminate the screen, and OLED TVs, where each pixel generates its own light.
There are far fewer OLED TVs on the market, and they tend to be more expensive, though prices have dropped over the past couple of years. OLED sets do a great job of displaying the blackest parts of an image, so the deepest shadows can really look black, as in real life, rather than gray. OLED TVs also have essentially unlimited viewing angles, so the picture still looks great even if youāre not viewing the screen head-on.
Thereās a big wrinkle in the technology that started last year: Samsung and Sony have introduced a new type of OLED TV, called QD-OLED, that can produce a brighter overall image. (CR conducted side-by-side testing of OLED and QD-OLED TVs.) And, this year, LG, which makes OLED TVs using a different technology (called WOLED) is promising to boost brightness on its best models.
However, most TVs are LCD sets. While they generally canāt deliver OLED-like black levels, they get better every year, especially models that use full-array backlights, where the LEDs are spread across the entire rear panel instead of just along the edges. These models include a feature called local dimming, which divides the backlights into zones that can be dimmed or illuminated separately, depending on the scene. This can help improve black levels.
Some newer sets have Mini LED backlights, which use a large number of even smaller LEDs that can be divided into more zones and locally dimmed.
Typically, only pricier TVs have full-array backlights with local dimming. Other sets are edge-lit, with the LEDs positioned on the sides of the screen. Some of these sets also include local dimming, but it tends to be less effective than in sets with full-array backlights. The best LCD TVs can create very bright, vivid images.
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