The Roku Pro Series 2024 is the top model in Roku's 2024 lineup of TVs and is sold alongside the lower-end 2023 Roku Plus Series QLED and Roku Select Series 2023. Unlike these models, the Pro has a Mini-LED panel, letting it portray more vibrant images. The Pro also has more advanced gaming features, like two full HDMI 2.1 bandwidth ports, up to 4k @ 120Hz, full VRR support, and Auto-Low-Latency-Mode (ALLM). Like the Roku Plus Series, the Pro has local dimming and supports both Dolby Vision and HDR10+. It comes with version 13 of Roku's fast and intuitive Roku TV smart OS, and its remote comes with an integrated microphone for voice commands. The TV is available in three sizes: 55, 65, and 75 inches.
Our Verdict
The Roku Pro Series 2024 is good overall. It has fantastic contrast and excellent HDR brightness, so it looks amazing when watching HDR content in dark rooms. It also gets very bright in SDR and has decent reflection handling, so it handles bright rooms very well, although its semi-gloss coating is better suited to ambient sources of light, as it struggles a bit more when bright light sources are placed directly opposite it. Unfortunately, the TV's viewing angle is inadequate, so it's a poor choice for a wide seating arrangement, like when watching sports or shows with friends. The TV is at its best when watching high-quality 4k content from physical sources, as its image processing capabilities are disappointing when dealing with low-quality or low-bitrate content. Thankfully, it's a very good gaming TV with fantastic input lag, great response time, and a full set of features like 4k @ 120Hz support, as well as VRR.
- Amazing contrast delivers deep blacks.
- Excellent HDR brightness for bright highlights that stand out.
- Great response time for minimal blur behind fast motion.
- Bright enough to fight glare in SDR.
- Image degrades when viewed from the sides.
- Disappointing image processing.
The Roku Pro Series 2024 is alright for TV shows. It has excellent SDR brightness and decent reflection handling, so it's bright enough to handle glare in bright rooms, although it performs better with indirect sources of light than with direct sources of light, like windows placed directly opposite the TV. Unfortunately, its viewing angle is inadequate, so this is a poor choice for watching shows in a wide seating arrangement. Plus, the TV's image processing is disappointing, so lower-resolution shows from DVDs or shows from streaming services don't look as good as they could.
- Bright enough to fight glare in SDR.
- Image degrades when viewed from the sides.
- Disappointing image processing.
The Roku Pro Series 2024 is satisfactory for sports. It has decent reflection handling and easily gets bright enough in SDR to handle glare from bright rooms, although it struggles a bit with direct sources of light, like with windows placed directly opposite the screen. It has a great response time, so there's minimal blur when watching fast-moving sports. Unfortunately, the TV has an inadequate viewing angle, so it's a poor choice for a wide viewing arrangement. Its gray uniformity is good, especially with bright uniform colors, making it a great choice for sports like hockey or football, although there's still some visible dirty screen effect, as well as some banding.
- Great response time for minimal blur behind fast motion.
- Bright enough to fight glare in SDR.
- Image degrades when viewed from the sides.
- Disappointing image processing.
The Roku Pro Series 2024 is an excellent choice for gaming. It looks great in Game Mode, with fantastic contrast, excellent SDR peak brightness, and a wide color gamut for a vibrant gaming experience. The TV also has decent reflection handling and handles bright gaming rooms well, although it's better suited for rooms with ambient sources of light rather than those with lights placed directly opposite the TV. Gaming on this TV is extremely responsive due to its fantastic input lag and great response time, although its response time is a bit slower in dark scenes, leading to black smearing. Finally, the TV is fully featured for gamers, with up to 4k @ 120Hz support on its two HDMI 2.1 ports and full VRR support.
- HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on two ports, up to 4k @ 120 Hz, and VRR support.
- Great response time for minimal blur behind fast motion.
- Incredibly low input lag for a responsive experience.
- Bright enough to fight glare in SDR.
- Disappointing image processing.
The Roku Pro Series 2024 is good for watching movies. The TV's contrast is fantastic, so dark scenes look amazing in a dark room. Its HDR brightness is excellent; highlights really pop on this TV. Unfortunately, the TV's pre-calibration color accuracy is inadequate; you'll have to hire a calibrator if you care about accuracy in SDR. Its accuracy is better in HDR but is still only decent, so it doesn't follow the content creator's intent that closely. Furthermore, the TV's image processing capabilities are limited; movies from streaming platforms have noticeable compression artifacts in dark scenes, and it barely sharpens low-resolution movies from DVDs when upscaling them.
- Amazing contrast delivers deep blacks.
- Excellent HDR brightness for bright highlights that stand out.
- Wide color gamut and great color volume for vibrant, lifelike, and bright colors.
- Dolby Vision support.
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- Image degrades when viewed from the sides.
- Inadequate SDR pre-calibration accuracy.
- Disappointing image processing.
The Roku Pro Series 2024 is very good for playing HDR-enabled games. Its HDR brightness in Game Mode is excellent, as highlights pop just as much in Game Mode as they do in the other calibrated picture modes. The TV has a truly fantastic contrast ratio, so playing HDR games in a dark room is a treat on this TV. Its input lag is fantastic, so your inputs are quick and responsive, and its response time is great overall, so there's minimal blur in fast-moving games. However, its response time is worse in dark content, so this isn't the best TV for horror games. Finally, the TV is fully featured for gamers, with up to 4k @ 120Hz support on its two HDMI 2.1 ports, Dolby Vision gaming at 120Hz, and full VRR support.
- Amazing contrast delivers deep blacks.
- Excellent HDR brightness for bright highlights that stand out.
- Wide color gamut and great color volume for vibrant, lifelike, and bright colors.
- HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on two ports, up to 4k @ 120 Hz, and VRR support.
- Great response time for minimal blur behind fast motion.
- Incredibly low input lag for a responsive experience.
The Roku Pro Series 2024 is a great TV to use as a PC monitor. It has excellent SDR peak brightness and decent reflection handling, so it handles bright offices well; just make sure to avoid placing bright lights directly opposite the TV, as the TV has a harder time with direct reflections versus ambient sources of light. Unfortunately, its viewing angle is inadequate, so the sides of the screen look washed out when you're sitting close to the TV. Still, the TV does proper chroma 4:4:4 with low input lag to give you the sharpest text alongside a very responsive experience, helped by the TV's great response time. Just make sure to avoid setting your apps and operating system to dark mode, as the TV's response time is slower when coming out of dark states.
- HDMI 2.1 bandwidth on two ports, up to 4k @ 120 Hz, and VRR support.
- Great response time for minimal blur behind fast motion.
- Incredibly low input lag for a responsive experience.
- Bright enough to fight glare in SDR.
- Displays proper chroma 4:4:4 with the lowest input lag.
- Image degrades when viewed from the sides.
- Some noticeable uniformity issues with darker colors.
Changelog
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Updated Dec 05, 2025:
Mentioned the newly reviewed Roku Pro Series 2025 in the Low-Quality Content Smoothing section.
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Updated Mar 24, 2025:
We updated the results and text in the Xbox Series X|S Compatibility section to reflect that the TV does support 4k @ 120Hz with Dolby Vision.
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Updated Nov 22, 2024:
We retested the TV using firmware 14.0 and updated the score and text in the 24p Judder section.
- Updated Aug 21, 2024: Mentioned the newly-reviewed Hisense 75U8N in the Upscaling: Sharpness Processing section of this review.
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Differences Between Sizes And Variants
We tested the 65-inch Roku Pro Series 2024 TV (65R8B5), but it's also available in 55 and 75-inch sizes, and most of these results are also valid for those sizes. The number of local dimming zones varies between sizes, so the contrast and dark room performance, in general, are slightly different depending on which size you get. Manufacturers don't typically provide zone counts for different sizes, so we don't know how different they are. Generally, bigger sizes have more zones and, thus, slightly better local dimming performance, and vice versa for the smaller sizes.
| Size | US Model |
|---|---|
| 55" | Roku 55R8B5 |
| 65" | Roku 65R8B5 |
| 75" | Roku 75R8B5 |
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The Roku Pro Series 2024 is a good TV overall; its contrast is outstanding, it's extremely bright in both SDR and HDR, and it's jam-packed with features for gamers. Unfortunately, it has some flaws, like poor image processing, some bugs, and inadequate pre-calibration accuracy. This makes it better suited for usages where image accuracy and image processing are less important, like for gaming. Still, those shopping for the Roku Pro would be better off going for the Hisense U7N, as the Hisense outperforms the Roku in most metrics while being sold at a significantly lower price.
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The Roku Pro Series 2025 and the Roku Pro Series 2024 are very similar. The 2025 model offers significantly improved SDR color accuracy out of the box, performs better in upscaling and refining low-quality content, and exhibits slightly less banding in gradients. On the other hand, the 2024 model displays deeper blacks with a bit less haloing and has the edge with color volume.
The Hisense U7N is better than the Roku Pro Series. The Roku has a slight edge in contrast, but aside from that, the Hisense offers better image quality across the board due to its better image processing and image accuracy. The Roku is a tremendous gaming TV, but the Hisense is even better due to its slightly faster response time, 4k @ 144Hz support, and lower input lag than the Roku at 120Hz and 144Hz (the latter of which the Roku doesn't support).
The Roku Pro Series 2024 is better than the Roku Plus Series QLED. They're very similar TVs when it comes to image processing; they're both inadequate in that regard. However, the Pro Series offers much better image quality than the Plus Series due to its higher HDR and SDR peak brightness and much better contrast. Still, the Plus Series is the more accurate of the two TVs, so color purists might be bothered by the Pro's accuracy failings. Finally, the Pro Series is also better for gamers due to its 4k @ 120Hz support on its two HDMI 2.1 ports and full VRR capabilities.
The TCL Q750G is better than the Roku Pro Series for anyone who cares about image processing, as the Roku is quite substandard in that regard. But for those who don't care about image processing, the Roku does offer generally better image quality due to its better HDR and SDR peak brightness and wider color gamut. For gamers, both TVs are about equally as good, although the TCL has a slight edge for PC gamers due to its 4k @ 144Hz support on two HDMI ports, while the Roku maxes out at 4k @ 120Hz.
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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