The 6 Best 4k TVs For Watching Movies - Summer 2020
Reviews

The best TV for movies we've tested so far is the Sony A8H. This TV is excellent for most uses and like other OLED TVs, it has perfect black uniformity, and deep, inky blacks. It looks very premium and sleek and has a similar stand to last year's Sony OLEDs, which can be adjusted to two different heights, helpful if you want to fit a soundbar underneath.

While its near-instantaneous response time makes fast-moving content looks fantastic, it also means that some 24p content appears to stutter, though enabling motion interpolation helps with this. It handles reflections well in bright rooms, but, like most OLEDs, only has decent peak brightness to combat glare. It's also an excellent choice for watching HDR movies thanks to its impressively wide color gamut, support for Dolby Vision, and decently high HDR peak brightness, an improvement over last year's Sony A8G OLED.

Unfortunately, as is the case with all OLED TVs, it has the risk of permanent burn-in, though this shouldn't be a problem with varied content in movies, and tends to appear more from static images. This TV also tends to be quite expensive, so you may want to consider the LG CX OLED which is a little bit cheaper and performs similarly, though its color volume and gradient handling aren't as good.

The best TV for movies that has very accurate colors out-of-the-box is the Sony X900H. This LED TV is a great choice for most uses and is the newest version of the very popular Sony X900F from 2018. Like with most Sony TVs, it uses Android TV for its smart features, which gives you a ton of customization and app options. It has very thin bezels and looks very premium overall.

This TV has extremely accurate colors out-of-the-box, and we only noticed minor improvements after calibration. There are only minor inaccuracies with blue and reds, and white balance is only slightly off, so you'll see movies the way the director intended. Other than that, it has deep blacks thanks to its excellent contrast and good local dimming feature, and it gets decently bright for HDR movies.

Unfortunately, unlike Samsung's higher-end TVs, Sony doesn't implement any extra layer to help with viewing angles. This means that the image degrades quite a bit when viewed from an angle, which may not be the best if you often watch TV with a large group of people. Gamers will also be disappointed that it doesn't support VRR yet, though this should be available with a future firmware update.

The best TV for movies in the budget range is the Hisense H8G. This TV is surprisingly excellent 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.

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. 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. 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+.

Unfortunately, like with most TVs 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 this TV 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.