The 3 Best TVs Under $300 - Winter 2023 Reviews

The TCL 4 Series/S455 2022 is the best TV under $300 you can get. At this price point, you can get it in either a 43-inch or 50-inch size, but if you're willing to stretch your budget a tiny bit more, you can get the 55-inch or 58-inch model instead. It's a decent 4k TV with deep blacks and nearly perfect black uniformity for a satisfying dark room experience. Even if you want to use it in a room with a few lights around, it has decent peak brightness but doesn't get bright enough to fight a ton of glare. It comes with Roku TV built-in and has a few extra features, like a built-in mic on the remote that you can use for voice control.

This TV also supports HDR; however, it doesn't add much because it can't display a wide range of colors and doesn't get bright enough to make highlights stand out. However, there are no TVs under $300 that deliver a good HDR experience, so you aren't losing much here. For watching SDR content, it has okay accuracy without being calibrated, but colors are a bit off, and skin tones don't look natural.

There aren't many good gaming TVs available for under $300, but the Hisense A6H is one of the best you can get for the price. At this price point, you can get either the 43-inch or 50-inch models, and like the TCL 4 Series/S455 2022, if you're willing to stretch your budget a tiny bit, the 55-inch is just a bit more expensive. It delivers worse picture quality than the TCL but has a good selection of gaming features, including variable refresh rate support to reduce screen tearing.

It comes with the latest Google TV interface, with new accessibility features compared to other versions. It comes with the same app store, and the remote has a built-in mic for voice control. In terms of picture quality, it isn't the best as it has low peak brightness, so it isn't that good in well-lit rooms, but it's better for moderately-lit rooms. Luckily, it doesn't have any trouble upscaling lower-resolution content, and the out-of-the-box accuracy is excellent.

If you want a small TV for a kitchen or guest bedroom, then a 32-inch TV like the TCL 32S327 is a good choice for your needs. It's a rather simple TV with a 1080p resolution on the S327 variant, but make sure you get that model and not the S325 model, which has a lower 720p resolution. It's a decent TV for streaming content as it comes with Roku TV built-in, which has a ton of apps available to download, and you won't have to connect external boxes to watch your favorite content.

It doesn't have any trouble upscaling lower-resolution content, which is important if you watch cable TV. It also has excellent out-of-the-box accuracy, so you get accurate colors without any calibration, which is great because you can't calibrate the TV. As this is an entry-level 1080p TV, there are a few downfalls, like the fact that it doesn't support HDR and its overall picture quality isn't the best, but it's fine for watching your favorite cooking shows while making lunches or preparing supper.