Best 4K TVs of 2026: OLED, QD-OLED & Mini-LED Ranked

Saturday and the 4K TV chart is where MD weekend math actually pays off. LG's MD page held the 30-58% off through Saturday, Best Buy is at up to 45% off, and Hisense at Lowe's is up to 45% off. LG C5 OLED 65 stays first at $1,799 (down $700), the WOLED panel plus the new α11 processor is the right gaming-creator pitch for 2026 and the cut survives Saturday. Samsung S95F QD-OLED 65 holds second at $2,499 (down $1,000), the QD-OLED brightness plus the One Connect Box is the right premium living-room pitch. Sony Bravia 9 Mini-LED 65 holds third at $2,498 with the new XR Backlight Master Drive at thousands of zones. Hisense U8N Mini-LED 65 at fourth at $999 (down $300 at Lowe's) — the brightness-per-dollar leader at this price floor. TCL QM9K Mini-LED at fifth at $2,499 — the new flagship I added yesterday with native 144Hz and 6,000+ nits. LG G5 OLED Evo 65 at sixth at $2,799 (down $700 at LG direct) — the right premium OLED for cinephiles. Saturday verdict: C5 if you want OLED at the best price, S95F if QD-OLED brightness matters, U8N if you want the best brightness-per-dollar. The MD window will not get materially better through Monday.

Friday morning the 4K TV category is the deepest discount story of the entire MD weekend because Samsung, LG, and Sony all opened the spring price floors simultaneously. LG C6 OLED holds first at $1,499 for the 65-inch with the $700 cut from Best Buy this morning, the new META 4.0 booster plus the alpha 12 processor plus the 144Hz gaming refresh make this genuinely the best premium OLED for gaming, and at $1,499 the value math against the C5 from last year is the right buy now rather than waiting for Q4. Samsung S95F QD-OLED at second drops to $1,999 for the 65-inch with the $800 cut from Samsung direct, the QD-OLED panel plus the new NQ8 AI Gen 4 processor plus the brighter peak output is the right pick for buyers in bright rooms where the LG matte coating struggles. Sony Bravia 8 II at third holds $2,299 for the 65-inch QD-OLED, the XR Processor with Cognitive Intelligence is the right pick for serious movie watchers and the PS5 optimization handshake is unmatched, but Sony refuses to discount as aggressively. Hisense U8QG drops to $999 for the 65-inch and stays the budget hero, the mini-LED with 5,000 nits peak and the new Game Mode Pro 2 is the right value pitch for buyers who do not need OLED. TCL QM7K holds at $799 for the 65-inch as the entry mini-LED pick. Verdict for Friday: LG C6 at $1,499 is the buy of the weekend for the OLED tier, Hisense U8QG at $999 if you want bright-room mini-LED, Samsung S95F at $1,999 if you live in a sunny room and need QD-OLED brightness.

LG C6 OLED stays first on Thursday because the latest Tom's Guide refresh keeps it at the top of the OLED guide and the price has held at the May discount level for the second straight day. The C6 panel and the second-gen Alpha 11 chip still give the most balanced picture I've watched this month, and the four HDMI 2.1 ports at full 4K 120 still beat what Samsung offers at the same price point. Samsung S95F at second still wins on raw brightness, but RTINGS' 2026 lineup writeup confirms what I've been saying since April: the S95H successor announced in early April isn't enough of a jump to justify waiting, and the S95F is the smart QD-OLED buy through summer. Sony Bravia 8 II at third is still the movie purist's pick because of the X-Anti Reflection layer and the Acoustic Surface audio system. The LG G6 at fourth is a brighter G-series with the new MLA panel, but the C6 buy makes more sense for most rooms because of the price gap. Sony Bravia 9 at fifth and Samsung QN90F at sixth are the Mini-LED slot, with the QN90F a touch behind on local dimming. TCL QM8K at seventh is the Mini-LED value pick. I added 0.1 to its value score because TCL pushed a deeper Memorial Day price on the 75-inch overnight. Hisense U8N at eighth and Samsung S85F at ninth are budget tier holds. Hisense U7n at tenth rounds out as the cheapest entry. The practical Thursday move: buy the C6 for an OLED room, buy the QM8K for a bright room, skip the new 2026 announcements until fall pricing settles.

Day 3 of Memorial Day week and the midweek inventory check is the cleanest signal yet: LG C6 OLED at $1,749 held across Best Buy, Crutchfield, and Amazon for the third straight day, and Amazon finally closed the $20 gap overnight to match the floor exactly. Three retailers at the same number on Wednesday is the structural confirmation that this is the week's price, not a flash, not a one-store anomaly. First place is locked. Samsung S95F holds second and the $100 instant coupon from Tuesday extended into Wednesday with no pullback, but BGR's piece this morning called out the C6 as the cleaner OLED buy in the same price tier, which is the external read I wanted to see backing the rank. Sony Bravia 8 II holds third and Crutchfield held the cinema-tone-mapping price, no movement. C5 at $1,349 is now the value pick of the week and Wednesday added an unexpected layer, Best Buy started price-matching the Crutchfield $1,349 number, which means the C5 now has two-channel availability at the floor and the budget argument got cleaner. LG G6 OLED held the Samsung-store Monday cut, the wall-mount upgrade story stays intact. TCL QM8K and Hisense U8N still flat through Wednesday, and that is now three days of zero movement at the bottom of the leaderboard, which is the definitive sign the mini-LED tier is sitting out Memorial Day. If you want a QLED deal this cycle, you are waiting for Prime Day. Below $700 still uninspiring, stretch for C5.

Day 2 of Memorial Day week and the leaderboard does not move because the Tuesday inventory check confirms what Monday's kickoff suggested: the C6 at $1,749 is not a flash price, it is the floor for the week. LG C6 OLED stays first and Best Buy still has 65-inch stock at the opener number, Crutchfield matched it overnight, and Amazon is now within $20. The competitive pressure between the three is exactly what keeps the price honest through Friday. Samsung S95F holds second and the $400 to $600 delta versus C6 narrowed slightly today after Samsung's direct store added a $100 instant coupon, but the gap is still wider than the brightness advantage warrants for most living rooms. Sony Bravia 8 II holds third and the cinema tone-mapping argument is unchanged. The C5 at $1,399 is the value play that actually got cheaper today, Crutchfield dropped another $50 on the 65-inch, and at $1,349 the math against the C6 finally gets interesting for budget-tight rooms. LG G6 OLED held the $500 Samsung-store cut from Monday, no further movement, and the wall-mount upgrade story is intact. TCL QM8K and Hisense U8N stayed flat, which is actually the signal I wanted to see, the bottom of the leaderboard is not getting more aggressive yet, which means the OLED tier is taking the marketing budget this week. Below $700 still uninspiring, stretch for C5.

One week out from Memorial Day and the deals are already richer than any point this quarter, but my ranking does not move because the cheap stuff is mostly on last year's panels. LG C6 OLED stays first. Best Buy and Crutchfield are both holding the 65-inch C6 between $1,749 and $1,899 right now, which is the lowest price of the year on the panel that wins on raw image quality in normal living-room brightness. The Samsung S95F is sitting $400 to $600 higher and the glare-rejection coating is still the only reason that premium makes sense unless your room has uncontrolled west-facing daylight. Sony Bravia 8 II at third is the cinema pick and the Disney+ catalog tone-mapping is still a class above what LG's processor does on lower bit-depth streams. The LG G6 OLED is the deal I want to highlight this week. Samsung's Memorial Day sale dropped the G6 to within $200 of where it was at launch six months ago, which is the steepest curve I have seen on a current-generation flagship OLED. If you have wall-mount plans and want the brightest WBE panel money can buy, G6 at $2,499 is the move. TCL QM8K and Hisense U8N both got modest Memorial Day cuts of $150 to $300 depending on retailer and stay in the back half of the leaderboard. Below $1,000, the entire field is uninspiring and I would either stretch budget for a C6 or wait for Prime Day in July.

Mid-May pricing is doing what it always does to this leaderboard, and the LG C6 OLED stays at the top because the panel race has not been settled by anything Samsung or Sony shipped this week. Best Buy, Crutchfield and B&H are all sitting on the 65-inch C6 between $1,799 and $1,999 ahead of Memorial Day, which is roughly the same price the G6 was at three months ago for a measurably worse value proposition. The Samsung S95F got a firmware push earlier this week that smooths out HDR tone-mapping in mixed-APL content, and it is a real improvement, but it does not change my ranking because the underlying glare-rejection coating that justifies the premium is still the only reason to buy the panel over a C6. Sony's Bravia 8 II holds third because cinema motion and reference-grade color remain a class above what LG's processor does on streaming content, especially on the older Disney+ catalog where the bit depth is lower. The TCL QM8K crept up a hair on score this week because the latest Roku TV update finally added a usable Filmmaker Mode toggle on the remote, which is the kind of small fix that matters for daily use. Hisense U8N stays where it was. Memorial Day will reset the bottom half of the rankings more than the top, so if you are shopping a budget OLED or a high-end QLED, wait two weeks. If you want the C6 at the best price of the year so far, today is fine.

TVs are a Mother's-Day-adjacent purchase mainly because of the gifting-for-the-living-room angle, and this Tuesday I'm seeing meaningful price cuts on last year's flagships at major US retailers. LG C6 OLED holds the top spot. The MLA Gen 2 panel paired with the new alpha 12 AI processor delivers a picture that the C5 simply cannot match in mixed-light viewing, and the price gap is now narrow enough that the C6 is just the right answer. Samsung S95F at second is the brighter pick, and if your living room has west-facing windows it might be the better practical choice. The QD-OLED panel still throws more nits than LG's WOLED in HDR highlights, and that gap matters during daytime sports viewing. Sony Bravia 8 II at third deserves the spot because Sony's motion processing and the Bravia Core integration still beat the field on movie content, even if it loses on raw brightness. LG G6 OLED at fourth is the wall-mount answer; the new ultra-thin design with built-in zero-gap mount is genuinely the best installation experience in the category. TCL QM8K at seventh is the post-holiday clearance pick. Retailers are clearing 65-inch units at prices that frankly embarrass last year's mid-range OLEDs. If your budget caps at $1,200 you cannot do better right now.

The 4K TV order holds into Monday with one small confidence bump for the LG C6 OLED on the value column. Memorial Day stocking is starting to fill at major retailers, and the C6 is already getting the first round of three-hundred-dollar markdowns at Best Buy and Crutchfield, which makes the value calculation against the Samsung S95F even more lopsided than it was at launch. The C6 keeps the top slot because the WOLED panel, the alpha 11 AI processor, and the four-port HDMI 2.1 array remain the single best combination at the sub-twenty-five-hundred tier. Samsung S95F is the right choice for bright living rooms because the QD-OLED brightness ceiling and the matte anti-glare finish solve the exact failure mode the C6 has under window light. Sony Bravia 8 II is the third pick for cinematic content because the Cognitive XR Processor still pulls more nuance out of film material than either competing OLED. LG G6 OLED, Sony Bravia 9 Mini-LED, and Samsung QN90F fill out the upper-mid tier and split mostly on bias light conditions and ecosystem. Today's buy advice: dim-room movie buyers go C6 now while the early Memorial Day markdowns are live, bright-room mixed-use go S95F, film purists go Sony Bravia 8 II.

4K TV rankings hold this weekend. LG C6 OLED stays at number one because the WOLED panel quality, the alpha 11 AI processor, and the four-HDMI 2.1 ports combination is still unmatched at the under-twenty-five-hundred-dollar price point. Samsung S95F takes second on the QD-OLED brightness advantage that makes a real difference in bright living rooms where the C6 falls short, and the Tizen software stack is finally less annoying than it used to be. Sony Bravia 8 II rounds out the top three on color accuracy and the Cognitive XR Processor that gives Sony its consistent picture quality lead with cinematic content. The mid-tier slate is unchanged with the LG G6 OLED for buyers who want LG flagship without committing to QD-OLED, the Hisense U8N for value buyers who want flagship-tier features at half the price, and the TCL QM851G for the budget pick. Mother's Day weekend buy advice: dim-room movie watchers go C6, bright-room mixed-use go S95F, cinematic content lovers go Sony Bravia 8 II. Memorial Day deals are likely the right buying window for any of these, with three-hundred-to-five-hundred-dollar discounts typical for the holiday.