Summer heat is upon us, but there’s nothing cooler than great Prime Day TV deals on the best TVs we’ve tested. We don’t recommend just any TV discounts; here at WIRED, you’ll find only the top models we’ve thoroughly tested in a wide variety of styles and budget tiers at their lowest (or close to the lowest) prices, ensuring there’s something for everyone.
This is a living list, and we’ll be continuously updating it with our favorites as the Amazon Prime Day sale event proceeds, so if you don’t find what you need, keep checking in as more deals drop. Don’t miss our Absolute Best Prime Day Deals roundup or our Prime Day liveblog.
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The Best OLED for the Money
What can I say about LG’s C-series that we haven’t already? As the second tier in LG’s illustrious OLED lineup, high-value performance is in its DNA. The 65-inch C4 (9/10, WIRED Recommends) was our favorite model yet, offering strikingly clear 4K and upscaled HD images, rich and naturalistic colors, impressive OLED brightness, and spacey black levels thanks to OLED’s emissive screen tech. Four HDMI 2.1 inputs and up to a 144Hz refresh rate, plus low input lag make this TV equal parts gaming powerhouse and cinematic delight. As last year’s model, its price has been bouncing around, now likely as low as you’ll see it until it’s gone for good.
A Great Budget TV
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Roku’s entry-level QLED leverages quantum dots for enhanced colors, local dimming for quality black levels that look good in a dark room, and Roku’s wonderfully simple operating system. From dialing up your favorite movies and free TV channels to connecting Bluetooth headphones and finding your remote, the Plus Series makes everything easy and looks pretty good doing it. The TV’s been planted at this low price for a while now, but we don’t know how much longer it’ll be available as a newer version is launching soon.
The Best TV for Gaming
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The OLED panel on this Samsung TV offers great brightness (for an OLED), and the quantum dots add intense, yet natural colors. There’s a 144-Hz screen refresh rate across all inputs, along with support for variable refresh rates and built-in cloud gaming for Xbox, Amazon Luna, and others, making it an excellent screen for gamers. Viewing angles are nearly perfect, the screen is anti-reflective, and it has a solar-powered remote, so no more swapping dead batteries.
The Best TV for Most
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TCL’s QM6K (8/10, WIRED Recommends) is our current pick as the best TV for most people in large part due to its refreshingly balanced picture at a good price that keeps getting better. It’s not the fieriest TV for the money, but it has enough might for some HDR magic, matched by rich black levels, accurate colors, and a screen mostly free of the kind of columns and aberrations that mar many TVs at this price tier. Good gaming features and simplified Google TV streaming round things out for a sweet package.
Sony’s Best TV
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Sony’s Bravia 8 II (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is a true beauty thanks to Samsung’s searingly bright QD-OLED display run through Sony’s fabulous picture processing. You’ll get stunning clarity and upscaling that makes some images look like they’re about to pop off the screen. Colors are vivid yet natural, off-angle viewing and screen uniformity are near-perfect, and the screen reflection tech is fantastic, though it does raise the black levels compared to the more fiery LG G5 (9/10, WIRED Recommends). Otherwise, this TV’s picture quality will be very tough to beat in 2025, and it’s now at its lowest price yet.
