Best TVs for HDR brightness

#1

The C6 makes a clear brightness jump over the C5, creating more impactful sunlight, clouds, reflections, and specular highlights. Full-screen brightness remains more limited than small-window peaks.

#2

HDR highlights reach extraordinary levels, producing brilliant sparks, sunlight, reflections, and explosions. The panel has enough headroom to make premium HDR content look genuinely dramatic.

#3

HDR brightness is strong enough to make highlights pop and materially improve viewing in bright rooms.

#4

HDR brightness is one of the TV’s defining strengths, with measured peaks above 3,000 nits in several tests and very punchy highlights.

#5

HDR brightness is extraordinary, reaching several thousand nits while preserving impactful highlights and strong full-screen output.

#6

Small highlights are intensely bright and full-screen HDR output is substantially stronger than before. Some firmware versions undertracked real scenes despite excellent test-pattern results.

#7

HDR highlights are vivid, controlled and often spectacular, but the Sony is not the brightest flagship and some modes can push highlights away from reference.

#8

HDR brightness is broadly praised and often measured near or above 1,000 nits, giving highlights real impact. A minority view is less enthusiastic, especially for smaller sizes or when comparing...

#9

HDR brightness rises meaningfully over the B5 and reaches roughly 695–895 nits depending on mode and test method. Premium competitors remain much brighter.

#10

HDR is bright and impactful enough to make highlights pop and colors stay vivid. Measurements vary by mode and source, and several rivals can go brighter.

#11

HDR brightness is strong enough to make highlights pop and handle lit rooms well, though it trails the S95H and can vary by screen size.

#12

Highlights have plenty of intensity and often preserve detail rather than clipping. The QM8L is visibly brighter side by side, while the QM7L's highest output may not remain stable.

#13

HDR highlights can look striking against perfect blacks, but tested output is modest beside brighter OLED rivals. The earliest hands-on impression is much more enthusiastic than later measurements.

#14

HDR brightness is one of the clearer limitations in lab-focused reviews. Highlights can still look good, but the TV lacks the punch and brilliance of stronger competitors.