The LG QNED90T is an upper mid-range TV released in 2024 and replaces the LG QNED90. It's part of LG's QNED lineup, sitting above the LG QNED85T and the LG QNED80T. The TV is LG's highest-tier offering in their 4k Mini LED lineup and only sits below the 8k LG QNED99T. It's packed with modern gaming features like HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on all four ports, 4k @ 120Hz, and VRR. It also supports Dolby Vision and DTS audio formats and has Multi View. It uses LG's α8 AI Processor 4K, which can automatically adjust picture settings based on the type of content you're watching. The TV uses the 2024 version of LG's webOS interface, which is loaded with apps and offers smart features like voice control, and it comes with LG's popular Magic Remote. It has a built-in 40W 2.2 channel speaker system. We bought and tested the 65-inch model, but it's available in three sizes total: 65-inch, 75-inch, and 86-inch.
Our Verdict
The LG QNED90T is decent for mixed usage. It looks good in both dark rooms and bright ones, since it has good black levels and vibrant colors, but some will be put off by the noticeable blooming around highlights and its inability to reduce the intensity of direct reflections. Its HDR brightness is decent enough for movies and show to be impactful, but it loses a lot of brightness in HDR while using the Game Optimizer. Speaking of gaming, the TV has modern gaming features and low input lag, but its pixel transitions are incredibly slow, which leads to blurry motion that looks bad. If you're looking for a TV to watch content with a group of friends, you can do better since it has a narrow viewing angle.
Great SDR brightness helps it fight glare from indirect lighting.
Good upscaling.
Most colors are vibrant and lifelike.
Effective local dimming for deep blacks.
- Game Optimizer has more blooming and isn't as bright in HDR as other picture modes.
Noticeable blooming around subtitles and highlights.
Does a poor job handling reflections.
The LG QNED90T is good for a home theater. It has good black levels, so blacks are deep most of the time, but there's some apparent blooming around subtitles and highlights, which does lessen the impact of scenes that have a mix of bright and dark elements. The TV's color volume in HDR is very good, so you get vibrant colors. However, its accuracy in HDR with colors and brightness is only alright. Inversely, the TV has excellent accuracy in SDR, but its color volume is only decent. However, it's still good enough for vibrant colors in most SDR content. The TV does a good job upscaling lower-resolution content, but low-bitrate content isn't smoothed out enough to eliminate artifacts. There's some minor stutter that's visible during slower camera movements, but not everyone will even notice this.
Good upscaling.
Most colors are vibrant and lifelike.
Barely any banding in color gradients.
Effective local dimming for deep blacks.
Excellent SDR pre-calibration accuracy.
Noticeable blooming around subtitles and highlights.
Brightness in HDR content doesn't follow the filmmaker's intent.
Only okay low-quality content smoothing leads to visible artifacts.
Color accuracy in HDR is only okay.
The LG QNED90T is good for a bright room overall. Blacks remain deep and colors stay vibrant in a bright room, which is great. The TV has great SDR brightness which helps it fight glare from indirect light sources. However, it has poor direct reflection handling, so any light placed opposite the screen is very distracting.
Great SDR brightness helps it fight glare from indirect lighting.
Blacks stay deep and colors stay vibrant in a bright room.
Does a poor job handling reflections.
The LG QNED90T is good for sports. It has great SDR brightness, so it fights glare from indirect light sources, but reflections caused by direct light sources placed opposite the screen are distracting. Colors are good enough in SDR to enjoy a pleasant viewing experience, and they're accurate, which is great if you care about your team's jersey looking the way it should. The TV does a good job of upscaling low-resolution content, so the big game doesn't look overly soft. However, there are still noticeable artifacts in cable broadcasts and low-quality streams. Motion is mostly clear, but there's some blur behind quick motion in fast-paced sports like racing. The TV's gray uniformity is passable, but you still see some dirty screen effect towards the middle of the screen when watching certain sports, like hockey. The TV's viewing angle is unremarkable, so it's best to keep yourself centered to screen for the best possible image.
Great SDR brightness helps it fight glare from indirect lighting.
Good upscaling.
Only okay low-quality content smoothing leads to visible artifacts.
Does a poor job handling reflections.
The LG QNED90T is adequate for gaming. It has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, 4k @ 120Hz, and VRR, making it fully compatible with modern consoles. However, it loses a lot of HDR brightness in its Game Optimizer picture mode, which affects the impact of HDR games. It has low input lag, especially at 120Hz, so gaming feels responsive. Unfortunately, its pixel transitions are incredibly slow, so fast motion is blurry and looks pretty bad, which is a major drawback.
HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, up to 4k @ 120Hz, and VRR support.
Most colors are vibrant and lifelike.
Effective local dimming for deep blacks.
Very low input lag at 120Hz for a responsive feel.
- Game Optimizer has more blooming and isn't as bright in HDR as other picture modes.
Noticeable blooming around subtitles and highlights.
Incredibly slow pixel transitions leads to very blurry motion while gaming.
The LG QNED90T has good brightness overall. Its SDR brightness is great, which helps it fight glare in a bright room. The TV's HDR brightness is only decent, but it's still good enough for highlights to stand out well during darker scenes.
Great SDR brightness helps it fight glare from indirect lighting.
The LG QNED90T has good black levels overall. With local dimming enabled, blacks are deep and uniform. However, there's noticeable blooming around highlights and subtitles, which affects how deep blacks look during scenes that have a mix of dark and bright elements on the screen.
Effective local dimming for deep blacks.
Noticeable blooming around subtitles and highlights.
The LG QNED90T has good colors. Its HDR color volume is very good, so colors are vibrant in HDR. Its SDR color volume is decent, but it does struggle more with displaying lighter shades. Still, it's good enough for most SDR content. The TV has excellent accuracy in SDR, but its HDR accuracy is only okay, so colors don't quite look the way they should in HDR content.
Most colors are vibrant and lifelike.
Excellent SDR pre-calibration accuracy.
Color accuracy in HDR is only okay.
Note: We're in the process of improving our tests related to image processing, but this score should give you a general idea of how a TV performs overall with its image processing capabilities.
The LG QNED90T has decent processing. Color gradients have barely any banding in them, so scenes with nuanced shades of the same color next to each other look smooth. The TV does a good job of upscaling low-resolution content, which leads to an image that doesn't look too soft. Unfortunately, there are still some artifacts present in heavily compressed content since the TV only has okay low-quality content smoothing. Its PQ EOTF tracking is alright, but some HDR scenes are too bright while others are too dark.
Good upscaling.
Barely any banding in color gradients.
Brightness in HDR content doesn't follow the filmmaker's intent.
Only okay low-quality content smoothing leads to visible artifacts.
The LG QNED90T has sub-par responsiveness in the Game Optimizer mode. It has HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for up to 4k @ 120Hz with VRR, and you get low enough input lag for a responsive feel. Unfortunately, this TV had bad pixel transitions; they're so slow that fast motion is very blurry, which is distracting and really holds back the TV's usefulness for gamers.
HDMI 2.1 bandwidth, up to 4k @ 120Hz, and VRR support.
Very low input lag at 120Hz for a responsive feel.
Incredibly slow pixel transitions leads to very blurry motion while gaming.
We're in the process of fixing the way we evaluate a TV's overall motion handling. This section is currently broken, and the score isn't indicative of how well a TV handles motion overall.
Performance Usages
Changelog
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Updated Oct 07, 2025:
We bought and tested the LG QNED92A, and added a comparison in the Lighting Zone Precision section.
- Updated May 08, 2025: Converted to Test Bench 2.0.1. We did this to fix an issue with our scoring in the Supported Resolutions section, since TVs with a refresh rate higher than 144Hz were being penalized for not supporting 144Hz.
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Updated Apr 11, 2025:
We wrote text for the new tests and rewrote text throughout the review after updating pre-existing tests and scores for Test Bench 2.0.
- Updated Apr 11, 2025: We converted the review to Test Bench 2.0. With this new methodology, we've added new tests to expand the scope of our testing, adjusted our scoring to better align with current market conditions, and added performance usages that group related tests together to give more insight into specific aspects of a TV's performance. You can find a full list of changes in the TV 2.0 changelog.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We bought and tested the 65-inch LG QNED90T, and the results are also valid for the 75-inch model. The 86-inch model uses an IPS panel, so it performs a bit differently than the other sizes, with worse contrast but a better viewing angle. Internationally, the TV is known as the LG QNED91T, and we expect most of our results to be valid for that model as well. The Costco variant carries the suffix 'AUS,' supports Wi-Fi 6E (the TUA variant has Wi-fi 5), and comes with store-specific perks, like extended warranties.
| Size | US Model | Panel Type | Costco Variant |
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| 65" | 65QNED90TUA | VA | - |
| 75" | 75QNED90TUA | VA | 75QNED90TAA.AUS |
| 86" | 86QNED90TUA | IPS | 86QNED90TAA.AUS |
Our unit was manufactured in March 2024.
Popular TV Comparisons
The LG QNED90T is a decent TV overall. It has pretty good picture quality, but it has poor reflection handling, and it has very blurry motion while gaming due to its incredibly slow pixel transitions. Outside of that, it doesn't have any glaring issues, but it doesn't really excel in any way and doesn't do anything that separates it from the crowd of Mini LEDs. For less money, you can get much better overall Mini LED TVs like the Hisense U8/U8N and the TCL QM8/QM851G QLED. For around the same cost, you can even get an LG OLED TV like the LG B4 OLED. For those reasons, it's a hard TV to recommend.
For more options, check out our recommendations for the best TVs for bright rooms, the best TVs for gaming, and the best TVs.
The LG QNED92A is a step up over the older LG QNED90T. The 92A is slightly brighter, delivering brighter secular highlights in HDR. It also has a better local dimming feature, delivering much deeper blacks, but they both have similar problems with haloing around bright highlights.
The Sony BRAVIA 7 is a better TV than the LG QNED90T. The Sony is brighter overall, so it overcomes more glare in a well-lit room and displays brighter highlights in HDR content. The Sony also has better color volume, so it can display more vibrant, lifelike, and bright colors. Additionally, the Sony has better image processing and is the more accurate TV in both SDR and HDR. Both TVs have a similar contrast ratio, but the Sony’s is slightly better, and it has less blooming and less noticeable zone transitions.
The Hisense U8N is better than the LG QNED90T. The Hisense has better contrast, so it displays deeper blacks that are approaching what you get from an OLED. The Hisense is the brighter TV overall, so it displays brighter highlights in HDR and overcomes more glare in a bright room. When it comes to colors, the Hisense has the edge due to its wider color gamut and better color volume. The Hisense also has a faster response time and supports 144Hz, so it's the better option for most gamers.
The LG QNED90T is better than its predecessor, the LG QNED90, in almost every way. The QNED90T is brighter in HDR, so it displays brighter highlights in HDR content. The QNED90T has better pre-calibration accuracy and PQ EOTF tracking, so it's the more accurate TV overall. The QNED90T also has better upscaling, less banding in colors, and better contrast. However, the QNED90 has the wider viewing angle due to its IPS panel, and it does a better job of smoothing out low-quality content.
We buy and test dozens of TVs yearly, taking an objective, data-driven approach to deliver results you can trust. Our testing process is complex, with hundreds of individual tests that take over a week to complete. Most of our tests use specially designed test patterns that mimic real content, but we also use the same sources you have at home to ensure our results match the real-world experience. We use two main tools for our testing: a Colorimetry Research CR-100 colorimeter and a CR-250 spectroradiometer.
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