The 6 Best 4k TVs For Watching Movies - Spring 2021 Reviews

The Sony A90J OLED is the best TV for movies with an OLED panel. It's a fantastic choice for watching movies because of how it can individually turn off pixels, resulting in perfect blacks and no blooming around bright objects. It's a better choice than the LG C1 OLED because it has much better out-of-the-box accuracy, so colors look closer to what the creator intended without any sort of calibration.

As mentioned, OLEDs are excellent for watching movies in the dark because of how they display deep blacks. It has wide viewing angles, which is great for watching your favorite movie with the entire family because the image remains accurate when viewing from the side. If you also watch movies in HDR, it supports HDR10 and Dolby Vision, but not HDR10+. It displays a wide color gamut, has fantastic gradient handling, and the HDR brightness is decent, better than most OLEDs. It's not as bright as competing LED options, but it's still bright enough to make some highlights stand out.

Sadly, OLEDs have the risk of permanent burn-in, which could happen after constant exposure to static elements. However, we don't expect this to be an issue if you watch varied content, especially if you're watching a lot of movies. If you tend to stream your movies, the built-in Google TV interface offers smooth navigation, and the Google Play Store has a ton of apps available to download. All things considered, this is the best TV for home theater setups if you want an OLED panel.

If you want the best TV for movies with an LED panel, we recommend the Hisense H9G. It's the flagship model from Hisense's 2020 lineup, and it manages to deliver impressive picture quality and performance at a fraction of the cost of many higher-end TVs. It's an excellent choice for watching movies, but it only comes in a 55 or 65 inch size. Unlike with an OLED, you won't have to worry about experiencing burn-in if that's a concern to you.

The VA panel on this TV produces deep, inky blacks thanks to its incredible contrast ratio, which is further improved by the TV's full-array local dimming feature. Our unit also has exceptional black uniformity, though this may vary between units. It removes judder from all sources and upscales lower-resolution content well, without any artifacts. The TV has a fast response time, so there's a bit of stuttering with low frame rate content. It supports HDR10, HDR10+, and Dolby Vision, and it gets bright enough to deliver an amazing HDR experience.

Unfortunately, it has narrow viewing angles, but that's expected from a VA panel. Still, that means it's not as well-suited to watching movies with a group since the image looks washed out from the sides. Also, if you're going to be gaming as well as watching movies, it lacks variable refresh rate (VRR) support to reduce screen tearing in games. That said, for what you get, this is one of the best value LED TVs you can find, and most people should be happy with it.

The best TV for movies and HDR content that we've tested is the Vizio P Series Quantum X 2020. This is a premium 4k LED model that offers impressive overall performance, and it's an excellent choice for watching movies, especially those available in HDR. It's similar to the Hisense H9G or Sony X90J for watching 4k content, but because there are artifacts when upscaling 480p content, it's not as ideal for watching DVDs.

Its VA panel has an outstanding native contrast and, combined with its great local dimming feature, it displays extremely deep blacks, making it a great choice for dark room viewing. What makes it excellent for HDR content is that it displays an extremely wide color gamut and is one of the brightest TVs we've tested, so highlights stand out the way the creator intended. Black uniformity is incredible, and the gradient handling is excellent. It also supports both Dolby Vision and HDR10+, so you won't have to worry about which format your HDR movie is in.

Sadly, our unit has a red tint to the image, even after calibration, but we don't know if this is a problem with our unit alone, so your experience may vary. It removes judder from native 24p sources, but it can't remove judder from 60p and 60i sources, like from streaming devices. If you also want to watch TV during the day, glare shouldn't be an issue thanks to its high peak brightness and amazing reflection handling. All in all, most people should enjoy watching an HDR movie with it.

The best TV for movies in the budget category we've tested is the Hisense H8G. It's surprisingly very good considering its budget price point and is great for a wide range of uses. It has an excellent contrast ratio, decent black uniformity, and full-array local dimming to produce deep uniform blacks, suitable for dark room viewing. It also looks quite sleek and has thin bezels around the screen.

It's a very good choice watching HDR content as well thanks to its very wide color gamut, though unfortunately, it can't get very bright. It may be enough to bring out some highlights, but not all. On the bright side, it supports Dolby Vision, which is great if you watch most of your HDR content from streaming services like Amazon Prime or Apple+, and it also supports HDR10+. Response time is very low, and it has an optional Black Frame Insertion feature to further reduce motion blur, giving you a crisp image with minimal blur trail behind fast-moving objects.

Unfortunately, like with most models that use a VA panel, viewing angles are disappointing, so it may not be a good choice if you have a large room with a wide seating arrangement. Also, while it has some gaming chops thanks to its remarkably low input lag, it doesn't support any variable refresh rate technology. Overall, if you don't want to break the bank but still want an impressive TV that's great for movies, this is a great choice.