Best 2025 TVs for black levels

#1

OLED pixels achieve intensely deep blacks that substantially elevate contrast and cinema viewing.

#2

Deep, convincing blacks are a highlight of the local-dimming system, especially in dark-room viewing.

#3

Mini-LED local dimming makes black scenes convincingly dark, though a high-end OLED still offers pixel-level precision.

#4

Deep blacks are a major Mini-LED achievement here, creating convincing dark scenes without OLED pixels. The darkest details can still be crushed, and isolated highlights may produce halos.

#5

Black levels are a major strength for an LCD, with deep blacks and convincing dark scenes when local dimming is engaged.

#6

Black levels are generally strong for an LCD mini-LED TV, with several accounts describing deep or nearly black dark areas. A few sources still see grayish blacks or weaker depth...

#7

Dark areas can look impressively deep for a budget TV. The backlight still has trouble around small bright objects and some letterbox bars.

#8

Deep blacks are a standout improvement over earlier LG LCDs, creating convincing nighttime scenes. Complex high-contrast images can still look raised or lose detail.

#9

OLED blacks are usually deep and convincing, especially in controlled light, but ambient light can lift them toward grey on the QD-OLED surface.

#10

Blacks are generally convincing from a central seat, but difficult starfields and mixed highlights can look gray. The 98-inch model delivers deeper blacks than the 65-inch in size-specific testing.

#11

Dark-picture depth varies dramatically by evaluation and screen size. Some find deep blacks, but raised blacks and weak contrast are notable concerns in more demanding testing.

#12

Black-level assessments are sharply divided: enthusiastic owners describe deep blacks, while lab testing finds gray, washed-out dark scenes.

#13

Some early viewing praised the blacks, but detailed testing found a bluish glow and elevated dark tones. The problem is most apparent in dark rooms.

#14

Some viewers find the blacks respectable for a slim LCD, but darker tests reveal raised, uneven blacks that fall short of stronger Mini LED sets.

#15

VA versions can give dark scenes reasonable depth, especially in Standard mode, but black areas can turn gray when brighter objects enter the frame. IPS examples struggle more with dark...

#16

Black levels are a consistent weakness in expert testing, tending toward dark gray or charcoal rather than inky black. That limits the screen’s cinematic impact in darker material.

#17

Without local dimming, blacks look gray or washed out in darker scenes even though the native panel contrast is serviceable.

#18

Blacks tend to look gray rather than truly dark, especially with brighter objects in the scene. This is one of the clearest barriers to a cinematic image.

#19

Dark scenes expose the biggest weakness: blacks often look gray or slightly glowing rather than rich and deep. Some smaller-model assessments and positive impressions are more forgiving.

#20

Blacks look noticeably gray instead of deep, the most consistent and consequential image complaint.