Best TVs for HDR performance

HDR performance Decision Dashboard

Best for HDR performance

TCL QM8L

5.0 feature score

Highest scored product for this feature based on supporting review evidence.

Safest pick

LG G6

4.7 feature score

Balances feature score, supporting reviews, and overall product strength.

Most evidence

TCL QM7L

9 supporting reviews

Has the broadest review evidence for this feature.

Best overall product

LG B6

4.3 overall score

Strongest overall product among items with scored evidence for this feature.

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#1 TCL QM8L
5.0

HDR is spectacularly punchy, combining intense highlights, deep blacks, rich color, and strong detail. Dolby Vision material is particularly impressive when the appropriate picture mode is selected.

Pros: overall image accuracy, resolution

Cons: motion clarity, response time

#2 LG C6
5.0

HDR is a major strength, combining bright highlights, deep blacks, strong color, and confident tone mapping. The experience is especially impressive in dark or controlled-light rooms.

Pros: resolution, contrast ratio

Cons: HDR10+ support, account requirements

#3 LG G6
4.7

The combination of bright highlights, deep blacks, broad color, and fine detail creates spectacular HDR. Firmware and Dolby Vision inconsistencies prevent completely uniform results.

Pros: panel type, display technology

Cons: account requirements, DTS support

#4 LG B6
4.5

HDR has satisfying impact, with punchy highlights and rich color. It cannot match the brighter C6, but it remains convincing for this price tier.

Pros: display technology, response time

Cons: setup ease, account requirements

#5 TCL QM7L
4.2

HDR is usually bright, colorful, and detailed, with impactful highlights and broad format support. Clipping, overbrightening, blooming, and unstable brightness remain possible drawbacks.

Pros: resolution, HDR format support

Cons: software updates, account requirements