The Best OLED TVs

LG’s new G5 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) reached new heights in our TV testing across multiple metrics, providing a dazzling picture that has to be seen to be appreciated. You'll find spacey black levels matched by excellent glare reduction even in bright rooms, deep and rich colors, and fantastic picture clarity and upscaling. Last but not least, the G5 offers among the best peak brightness we've seen from an OLED screen, with only 2025's top OLED rivals like the searing S95F matching up. The contrast between that stark blackness and white-hot brightness creates an impactful picture that'll stop you in your tracks.

The G5’s secret is its breakthrough four-stack panel, which uses multiple color layers to increase brightness and color saturation. The G5 adds plenty of other bounty, including top-line gaming features across all inputs and a streaming portal with options like Xbox Cloud Gaming. I don't love the new remote and found a few streaming hiccups over several weeks, but LG has seemingly fixed some initial HDR bugs a few reviewers noted, providing a near-flawless viewing experience.

You could say the best cheap OLED is last year’s model (which goes for virtually any TV, for that matter). That said, LG’s B-series is perennially the cheapest way to get a sweet slice of LG OLED, with signature spoils like deep black levels with zero light bleed, accurate and entrancing colors, and a fantastic viewing angle, among other benefits. The LG B5 (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is another tasty helping, providing a premium viewing experience in a semi-budget body.

Along with its excellent contrast, colors, and high-end picture processing, the B5 offers HDMI 2.1 support across all four inputs for gaming features like VRR and ALLM in any slot. It’s not particularly bright for 2025 (even for an OLED), so you’ll still want to consider last year's similarly spec'd B4 while available, but especially once the price settles, LG’s B-series is the best way to get an OLED without spending a mint.

The Sony Bravia 8 II (9/10, WIRED Recommends) may have a confusing name, but its picture quality is as stunning as you’d expect from Sony’s top OLED for 2025. Picking up where the A95L (9/10, WIRED Recommends) left off, the latest Sony OLED utilizes Samsung’s latest QD-OLED panel to breathtaking effect. The TV’s most striking skills are its kaleidoscope of natural colors and picture clarity that make 4K and even 1080p images seem to leap off the screen and into your living room.

A brightness boost helps the TV light up HDR content to dazzling effect, though its blend of lower peak brightness and lighter perceived black levels than LG’s fiery G5 means it’s not as impactful, especially during the day. That and Sony’s stubborn reliance on just two full-bandwidth HDMI ports are the only strikes against this TV, which adds better off-angle viewing than the G5 to its toolkit for a picture that’s among the best I’ve laid eyes on. Its cost has also come down significantly since launch. If you’re after a TV so immersive you feel like you’ll fall in, this is it.

The S90D (9/10, WIRED Recommends) provides a formidable counterpunch to LG’s C4, offering similarly fantastic performance and plenty of features from the other side of the OLED coin. Most (but not all) S90D models employ quantum dots, including the 65-inch model we tested, designed to provide enhanced colors and brightness as part of the Samsung OLED second coming. The gambit has paid off nicely, with a punchy display that leverages OLED’s best traits like perfect black levels and near-infinite contrast, now available at a steep discount as the newer S90F moves in.

The S90D matches its visual excellence with serious gaming chops, including a 144 Hz variable refresh rate across all four inputs, ALLM (auto low latency mode), and cloud gaming from services like Xbox, Luna, and others. You’ll also get plenty of smart features in Samsung’s loaded (if quirky) Tizen interface, all wrapped in a stylish design. Like all Samsung TVs, the S90D doesn’t support Dolby Vision, opting for HDR10+ instead, but its blend of features and performance makes it one of my favorite TVs for your money.

Panasonic’s Z95A (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is a fantastic home theater experience in all aspects, something you can't say about most rivals. Powered by the same MLA panel found in the LG G4, it provides searing OLED brightness that’s skillfully controlled, and fantastic color shading for hues as naturalistic as they are entrancing.

Panasonic didn't end there, adding the best onboard sound system of any TV we've tested, including surprisingly spacious Dolby Atmos. Like Sony TVs, the Z95A is short on HDMI 2.1 ports for gaming, and its Fire TV smart TV system is just OK. Its screen size is also limited to 55- and 65-inches. The TV's sweet sound and extras like a swiveling pedestal stand and support for all major HDR flavors (a rarity) make up for those drawbacks. The newer Z95B promises an upgrade with the same panel as the G5, and I like what I've seen so far, but it's hard to argue with the Z95A at its vastly reduced price.