Stuff - UK (2020-12)

Samsung 75Q950TS

£7999 / stuff.tv/Q950TS

It’s not like every home has even

taken up 4K yet, so who needs

an 8K telly? And yet, despite

everything – the price, the lack

of 8K content to actually watch,

the price again – the Samsung

75Q950TS is an absolute stormer

in the picture stakes. Upscaling

from lower resolutions is stunningly

impressive; and if you positively

must have the best images you

can buy, along with as much

future-proofing as possible, then

this is currently the TV for you.

LG OLED 65GX

£2499 / stuff.tv/OLEDGX

Somehow, LG has beaten the

OLED bulge by managing to

squeeze all this set’s necessary

electronics, inputs, speaker drivers

and everything else into a chassis

that’s under 2cm thick all the way

across – which means it might

be the most wall-hangable TV

ever made. And once it’s up there,

it can deliver quite brilliant 4K

(and upscaled) picture quality,

with excellent contrasts, black

depth, detail, edge definition and

motion-handling.

Samsung QE65Q65T

+++++ £1199 / stuff.tv/Q65T

Overlook the humdrum sound and this is one of

the best pound-for-pound goggleboxes around.

Hisense 55U7QF

++++, £799 / stuff.tv/HisenseU7QF

Despite some compromises, these tech specs

at this price equate to decent value.

Sony KD65A8

+++++ £2499 / stuff.tv/SonyA8

What’s a few gaps in specification when

performance is as barnstorming as this?

Panasonic TX-58GX800

+++++ £649 / stuff.tv/58GX800

Not the last word in picture excellence, but this

is a lot of TV for the money.

Sony KD-49XG9005

+++++ £799 / stuff.tv/XG9005

Other Sony TVs are bigger and slimmer, but

none can match this one for value.

LG OLED 55CX

+++++ £1399 / stuff.tv/OLEDCX

LG knows exactly what it’s doing with OLED

and the results here are mighty impressive.

Sony KD65XF9005

+++++ £1439 / stuff.tv/XF9005

It may have a mid-range price, but this Sony’s

4K LCD panel is still a proper belter.

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Philips OLED+ 984

£3999 / stuff.tv/OLED984

The new OLED+ 935 looks like a shoo-in for top

spot on this list, but until then we’re more than

happy with its predecessor: the OLED+ 984

offers outstanding picture performance with

universal HDR support, and goes above and

beyond what we expect from television sound

thanks to a custom-made speaker system from

British hi-fi brand Bowers & Wilkins. Plus it looks

gorgeous, particularly with that four-sided

Ambilight in full effect.

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O NOW ADD THIS Disney+

Philips’ smart TVs are compatible

for streaming content from the new

home of Disney, Marvel, Pixar, Star

Wars and even National Geographic.

£5.99/month / disneyplus.com

Stuff says +++++

Going big on design, performance and

sound, this is the best Philips TV yet

Stuff says +++++

Expensive, yes, but once you see it

on your wall you’ll forget all that

Stuff says +++++

Ridiculously extravagant... but no

other 75in TV looks quite so elegant

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HOT

BUY

We prefer to

keep most picture

processing off, but

the P5 chip is great

for upscaling.

Flitting between

the Movie and ISF

Day/Night presets

gives the best picture

out of the box.

TIPS &

TRICKS

Choose to have

Ambilight’s colours

match the picture,

stay static or move

to the music.