The 5 Best 4k TVs For Watching Sports - Fall 2020
Reviews

The best TV for sports that we've tested in 2020 is the LG CX OLED. It's an excellent all-around TV with amazing picture quality. It has all the features most sports fans need, including very wide viewing angles, which is ideal if you're going to have a large group of friends over to watch the big game.

It has a near-instant response time, so fast-moving content looks amazing with no motion blur. Our unit has impressive gray uniformity, with hardly any dirty screen effect, but this may vary between units. If you watch games in bright rooms, it gets fairly bright, but it's still not the brightest TV out on the market. Luckily, it has outstanding reflection handling, so you shouldn't have any issues placing it in a moderately-lit room. Its OLED technology can individually turn off pixels, resulting in perfect blacks, which is great if you watch sports at night. Lastly, it upscales lower-resolution content, such as from cable boxes, without any issues.

Unfortunately, like any OLED TV, it has the risk of permanent burn-in. Burn-in is only an issue with constant static elements, and even if you watch football for nine hours every Sunday with its static displays, like the scoreboard, there are enough varied elements (replays, commercials, etc.) that it shouldn't pose too much of a threat. Also, the built-in WebOS is easy-to-use, and you can easily download your sports streaming apps on it. All in all, the LG is the best TV for sports that we've tested so far.

The best TV for watching sports with cable is the Samsung Q80T QLED. It's an upper-mid-range model from Samsung's QLED lineup that has impressive performance for any type of content. It has a VA panel with a high contrast ratio, which is further improved by its full-array local dimming, allowing it to produce deep blacks.

Its peak brightness is high enough to easily overcome glare, and it has exceptional reflection handling. Its viewing angles are decent thanks to Samsung's 'Ultra Viewing Angle' layer, so you can get good picture quality no matter where you sit. The response time is excellent, and there's an optional Black Frame Insertion feature to further reduce the appearance of motion blur, which is great for fast-action sports. It has a 120Hz panel and can interpolate lower frame rate content for fans of the 'Soap Opera Effect'.

Unfortunately, there's a bit of a dirty screen effect; however, this can vary per unit. It upscales lower-resolution content such as cable sports well, and the speakers can get very loud, making it a good choice for watching the game with a big group of people. It runs on Samsung's Tizen OS, which is a user-friendly platform with plenty of streaming services available. All in all, this is the best TV for sports if you watch cable sports that we've tested.

The best TV for sports in the budget category that we've tested so far is the Hisense H8G. It's an upper-mid-range model in Hisense's 2020 lineup, and it doesn't cost you much to get a good overall TV. It's fairly well-built and has a nice look to it for a budget TV.

It has a good response time, but some people may notice motion blur behind fast-moving objects. If that bothers you, it has a Black Frame Insertion feature that reduces its backlight's flicker to 60Hz, and it helps with the appearance of motion. It gets bright enough to combat glare, but if you place this TV in a room with direct sunlight, the reflection may become too distracting. It upscales lower-resolution content well, so 720p content from cable boxes looks great.

Unfortunately, it has narrow viewing angles, which is typical of a VA panel, so it's not ideal for wide seating arrangements. On the upside, that means it displays deep blacks, great for watching sports or any other content in a dark room. If you don't watch sports from a cable box, you can easily find the apps you need on the built-in Android TV. If you're on a budget and like watching sports, this is a great option.