Best 2025 TVs for HDR performance

#1

Extremely bright highlights and deep blacks deliver exciting HDR; restrained picture settings may be needed for more faithful movies.

#2

HDR benefits from striking contrast and faithful detail, with brightness the main ceiling on impact.

#3

HDR movies and games are the main attraction: blazing highlights, vivid color, and controlled blacks make demanding material stand out.

#4

Rich color, controlled highlights and respectable contrast make HDR involving, while ultimate brightness and black precision remain below premium alternatives.

#5

HDR images can be dazzling, with exceptional highlights and bold contrast. Uneven tone tracking and occasional black crush are the main compromises.

#6

HDR usually looks punchy and worthwhile, especially given the price, with bright highlights and strong contrast. A few sources are more reserved, calling it merely adequate or warning that entry-level...

#7

HDR films and shows look impactful.

#8

HDR can look better than expected for this kind of portable LCD, with clear highlights and pleasing color in brighter material. The limited contrast and backlight precision still keep it...

#9

HDR is one of the TV’s strengths, with punchy highlights, deep blacks and excellent Dolby Vision rendering, although some presets and bright-room conditions reduce impact.

#10

Bright HDR films and games can look vivid and dramatic, helped by punchy color and contrast. Some scenes lose bright highlight detail or crush shadows, and competing Mini LEDs can...

#11

HDR impressions vary widely: some owners are thrilled by 4K HDR videos, whereas testing finds little highlight impact and gray blacks.

#12

HDR can look spectacular because of the sheer brightness and contrast, but accuracy and tone mapping vary enough to keep the result from being consistently reference-like.

#13

HDR has enough brightness and color to look pleasant, but poor dimming and muted highlight separation prevent a convincing premium HDR experience.

#14

Dolby Vision and HDR10+ compatibility is useful, but limited highlight brightness keeps HDR from looking truly dramatic.

#15

HDR is a recurring weakness: it seldom produces the dramatic brightness separation expected from higher-end TVs, despite generally capable standard picture quality.

#16

This is a point of disagreement: some viewers enjoy colorful HDR10 movies, while measurements find weak highlights, low contrast and little advantage over SDR.

#17

HDR10+ playback is supported, but real HDR impact is often underwhelming because highlights are dim and color lacks pop. Standard mode receives better comments than Filmmaker Mode in some sizes.

#18

Measured HDR performance is flat and low-impact because of brightness, contrast and color limitations. One hands-on account enjoyed its punchier HDR colors more than expected.

#19

HDR format compatibility is broad, but contrast, color volume and brightness are too limited to make HDR particularly convincing.

#20

HDR10+ compatibility does not translate into powerful HDR images. Restricted brightness, gamut and black depth make SDR its more persuasive presentation.