The 7 Best 65-Inch TVs - Fall 2023 Reviews

The best 65-inch TV we've tested is the Samsung QN65S90CAFXZA, commonly known as the S90C. It's an impressive TV that delivers fantastic picture quality and looks amazing with any content. Its QD-OLED panel provides a perfect contrast ratio, with no distracting blooming around bright objects, and its colors are incredibly vibrant and realistic. It gets extremely bright, so highlights in HDR stand out well, and with its fantastic reflection handling, it can easily overcome glare in a bright room. Unfortunately, it doesn't support Dolby Vision HDR; it instead supports HDR10+, a similar, albeit not as widespread, HDR format.

Otherwise, it's a fantastic TV with a great selection of extra features. It supports Bixby and Amazon's Alexa voice assistants, and its Tizen operating system is fast and easy to use. The Samsung S95B OLED is also a good choice, although the S90C is a bit better overall, with slightly higher peak brightness and official 4k @ 144Hz support on all its HDMI ports.

Although it's more expensive than the Samsung S90C OLED, if you want the best possible home theater experience, the Sony XR-65A95K is a better choice. While it uses a QD-OLED panel like the Samsung model, it has much better image processing, and its colors and brightness are more accurate overall, so it displays content the way its creator intended. It also supports Dolby Vision HDR, a more widely used HDR format than Samsung's HDR10+.

If you want to enhance your home theater setup with a surround sound system, you'll also be happy to know it supports audio passthrough for all common formats. It runs the Google TV interface with a sleek look and an easy-to-use menu. It has a massive selection of streaming apps, and the TV's built-in mic supports hands-free voice control, so you can easily find your favorite streaming shows, even when you can't find the remote. You can also use the built-in smart assistants to control your other smart devices, so you can set the mood directly from the TV without getting up.

If you want a Sony TV for the best home theater experience but find the A95K too expensive, consider the Sony A80L/A80CL OLED. It's a step down in overall brightness and color vibrancy due to its WOLED panel. However, it's still an amazing TV, with great processing and advanced audio and video format support.

If you prefer an LED TV, consider the Sony XR-65X93L. You don't get the same perfect black levels as on the Sony A95K OLED or the Samsung S90C OLED; instead, it uses Mini LED backlighting, allowing it to get very bright. With its excellent reflection handling, you won't have issues using it in a well-lit room, even with bright lights. If you prefer using it in a dark room, it still has an amazing contrast ratio, and its Mini LED backlighting provides a good local dimming feature that further deepens blacks.

Like the Samsung TV, it has a great selection of extra features, and gamers will appreciate its low input lag and HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for 4k @ 120Hz gaming. Unfortunately, like the A95K, it has only two HDMI 2.1 ports, one of them being the eARC port, so this requires some planning if you have multiple HDMI 2.1 devices. It has great motion handling that makes fast-moving content look smooth. Lastly, the TV has no issues upscaling lower-resolution content, which is ideal for watching content from a cable box. The Sony X95K is nearly identical to this model, so buy the cheapest one you can find.

If you want a more affordable OLED than the top two picks on this list, consider the LG OLED65C2PUA. Its WOLED panel isn't as bright or as colorful as the QD-OLED panel found in the Samsung S90C OLED or Sony A95K OLED, but it's still a great-looking TV, especially in a dark room. It delivers the typical perfect blacks and the amazing contrast of OLEDs while getting bright enough to look great in a room with a few lights, especially with its spectacular reflection handling.

The LG supports Dolby Vision HDR, a more widely supported format than Samsung's HDR10+. It's also a great TV for gamers, supporting all variable refresh rate (VRR) technologies for a nearly tear-free gaming experience from any VRR-enabled source. Its four HDMI ports have HDMI 2.1 bandwidth for 4k @ 120Hz gaming from a recent console or gaming PC. Ultimately, you can't beat an OLED if you use your TV mostly in a dark room.

Unfortunately, it's getting increasingly harder to find, so you might have to buy the LG C3 OLED instead. The newer model does have better image processing than the C2 or the S90C, as well as DTS audio format support, so if you're really into watching movies from streaming services or physical media but don't want to pay what Sony charges for its TVs, the C3 is a good deal. If you don't care about these features, go for the similarly priced Samsung, as it's better overall.

If you want something cheaper but still want high-end features and great performance, a mid-range TV like the Hisense 65U8K is an excellent choice. It delivers excellent performance that won't disappoint. Its picture quality is great for various content as it has an incredibly high contrast ratio, helped by a great local dimming feature. It has amazing black uniformity, so blacks look deep and inky with minimal blooming.

The Hisense has the edge over the OLEDs on this list when in a bright room, as it gets incredibly bright and has excellent reflection handling, so glare isn't an issue. HDR content also looks incredible thanks to its wide color gamut and very high peak brightness, so bright highlights stand out. Unlike the TVs above, the Hisense supports HDR10+ and Dolby Vision HDR for maximum HDR compatibility. It also has good image processing, making it a very good home theater TV cheaper than other options from LG and Sony. It runs the Google TV interface, which is fast and easy to use, and it has a great selection of streaming apps, so you're sure to find your favorite content.

If you're on a tighter budget, the TCL 65S555 is the best budget 65-inch TV we've tested. It's a step down in performance from the Hisense U8K because it doesn't get as bright, so highlights don't pop as much, and colors aren't as vivid. However, it still delivers surprisingly good picture quality, especially for its price range. Its superb contrast ratio makes blacks look deep and inky in dark rooms, but its full-array local dimming feature results in some blooming around bright highlights. It also has impressive peak brightness and decent reflection handling, so it's a great choice for a bright room.

It's a well-equipped TV with a great selection of smart features and a few gaming perks. It runs the Roku OS interface, which is basic but easy to use, and has a good selection of streaming apps. While it has a lower 60Hz refresh rate than the 120Hz on the Hisense, it's still a great gaming TV with a fast response time, low input lag, and variable refresh rate (VRR) support that works well with the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S.

If you're looking for a simple and cheap 65-inch TV, consider the Hisense 65A65K. It has a lower contrast ratio than the TCL 5 Series/S555 2022 QLED, so it doesn't look as good in dark rooms, as its blacks look slightly blue. It's a good choice for a moderately lit room, as it has decent peak brightness with good reflection handling, but it's not bright enough to handle glare from very bright lights or windows. The TV is very colorful for a cheap TV due to its PFS Phosphor panel, so you're not sacrificing color vibrancy by stepping down to this price range.

The built-in Google TV platform is easy to use, with a polished interface that makes it easy to find your favorite content. It also has a great selection of streaming apps and games. Speaking of gaming, it's a decent TV for gamers thanks to its low input lag and support for VRR technology to reduce tearing. It has a good response time, although dark transitions are slower on average, so there's some black smear in dark content.