Roku’s art and Backdrops modes are a surprise hit, letting the TV resemble a more expensive frame-style display when idle.
Pros: resolution, display technology
Cons: customer support, optical audio output
Best TVs for Ambient Experience
The Google Photos screen-saver option adds a personal touch that one reviewer specifically loved for the TV’s idle display.
Pros: sustained brightness, HDR format support
Cons: gaming mode quality, Bluetooth audio support
Ambient Experience is widely liked for turning the idle screen into artwork, photos, or useful widgets. One owner disliked the automatic timeout, but most saw it as a premium, practical...
Pros: local dimming performance, HDR format support
Cons: gradient handling, banding control
Ambient Experience is viewed as a fun, distinctive extra that can turn the idle screen into art, widgets, or generated backgrounds. It is liked, but not considered essential to the...
Pros: resolution, HDR format support
Cons: advertising intrusiveness, gaming dashboard