The 7 Best 4k HDR TVs - Winter 2020
Reviews

The LG B9 OLED is the best 4k TV for watching HDR movies or playing HDR games. Just like the LG C9 OLED, which is very similar but slightly more expensive, this TV delivers an outstanding dark room performance thanks to its OLED panel that can switch off individual pixels, resulting in perfect blacks. Just like all OLEDs, this TV has excellent viewing angles and an outstanding wide color gamut that can display a multitude of colors.

OLED TVs, however, have the risk of temporary image retention or even permanent burn-in. This is more likely to happen with cumulative long exposure to static images. With normal varied usage, though, we don't expect this to be an issue for most people. OLEDs also tend to vary their brightness levels significantly with different content, so large bright scenes can't get too bright due to the Automatic Brightness Limiter feature.

Overall, this is an exceptional TV for HDR content and supports HDMI 2.1 which currently doesn't add much, but makes the TV more future-proof.

HDR is all about color and highlights, so for those who want the TV with the best color accuracy out-of-the-box, the Sony X950G is the best HDR TV for color accuracy. It's the successor to the Sony X900F, which delivers similar overall performance and a very accurate image but is becoming harder to find since it's last year's model. The newer model has a wide color gamut and can get very bright, so it delivers an impressive HDR performance full of vivid colors and bright highlights. This is a great TV overall, with deep blacks in a dark room thanks to the high native contrast ratio and local dimming support. Motion handling is excellent, and fast-moving content has only minimal blur thanks to the very fast response time. The input lag is low, good for most people, but not low enough for competitive gamers and there's no support for advanced gaming features.

Just like most TVs with a VA panel, the image deteriorates at an angle, so it isn't a great choice if you have a wide seating arrangement. However, the larger variants (75" and 85") incorporate the new  'X-Wide Angle' technology, which improves viewing angles at the expense of contrast ratio.

Overall, this is among the best 4k HDR TVs and delivers the best pre-calibration color accuracy.

The best budget HDR TV we've tested so far is the Hisense H9F. This TV offers much more than what its price suggests. It has a VA panel with outstanding contrast ratio, decent black uniformity, and an exceptional response time. The full array local dimming feature performs reasonably well, but best of all, its HDR performance is truly impressive, with great peak brightness and color gamut. It has an optional black frame insertion feature to help reduce motion blur, and a remarkably low input lag that will satisfy even hardcore gamers. The only downside being that it doesn't support FreeSync variable refresh rate technology and the panel is limited to 60Hz.

This TV runs on Android, so you get the benefit of having an incredible selection of apps through the Google Play Store, and you can also control the TV through voice commands with the Google Assistant. Unfortunately, its narrow viewing angles make it less ideal for wide seating arrangements, but that's to be expected of most VA panels.

All in all, Hisense proves that you can get a TV with great HDR performance without having to spend a fortune, and you should definitely check out this TV.