Best 2025 TVs for blooming control

#1

Bright highlights sit cleanly beside black areas without the halos seen on many backlit TVs.

#2

Bright subtitles do not create the usual local-dimming halos, but this advantage comes at the expense of deep blacks and strong highlights.

#3

Blooming around subtitles and bright objects is usually very limited. Demanding patterns and off-axis views can still reveal some halos.

#4

Per-pixel OLED lighting keeps blooming and haloing essentially absent, preserving clean separation around bright objects on dark backgrounds.

#5

Haloing is often minor and well controlled, but difficult star fields and some 100-inch dark scenes reveal stray light.

#6

Halos are restrained compared with many LCDs but remain visible around subtitles, stars and other isolated lights, especially off-axis.

#7

Bright objects do not acquire the usual local-dimming halos. The price of that clean boundary is a washed-out black background.

#8

Without local dimming zones, distinct halos are uncommon, although the entire image can look hazy and raised.

#9

There is little haloing because there are no local dimming zones, though the whole background is washed out instead.

#10

Sony usually suppresses halos without crushing small bright details, but the conservative approach can raise blacks and leave some complex dark scenes washed out.

#11

Blooming control is mixed. Some testers saw very little haloing even in harsh bright-on-black tests, while others found visible bloom around highlights, subtitles, credits, or off-angle images.

#12

Small halos remain visible around subtitles, bright objects, and moving highlights. Some find blooming surprisingly restrained, while others find the light bleed distracting.

#13

Blooming is generally controlled well for the price but still appears around subtitles, bright objects, and off-angle dark scenes.

#14

Bright objects on dark backgrounds can create broad halos, although a few hands-on demonstrations considered the blooming tolerable.

#15

Blooming is not a major annoyance on the tested VA model, although that reflects its simple, globally lit design rather than precise local dimming.

#16

Bright objects against dark backgrounds can develop visible halos, especially in the larger 75-inch assessment.

#17

Expect visible halos around subtitles, stars, and small highlights against black. The effect can become more noticeable from an angled seat.

#18

Light spill is noticeable because the edge-lit system illuminates broader portions of the panel. Dark scenes therefore lack the tight highlight control of better backlight systems.

#19

Bright objects against dark backgrounds can develop obvious halos and expose the dimming zones. This especially affects subtitles and dark movie scenes.