Now is a great time to buy a new smart TV. But there are many, many to choose from. Making it difficult to choose the best smart TVs (2020) that fit your budget. Do you want an OLED, or perhaps a QLED TV? Maybe you want a Roku or Android TV? These are just some of the questions you need to ask yourself before you decide on a new smart TV to purchase for your home.
This list has the best smart TVs that are currently available in 2020. Hitting every segment of the market, including some cheaper options for those that do have a budget.
Top 9 Best Smart TVs 2020
With CES 2020 having just ended, we are in a bit of a weird place with smart TVs. We just saw a ton of new smart TVs shown off in Las Vegas earlier this month at CES, but the majority of those are not yet available.
This list includes TVs from Samsung, LG, Hisense, Toshiba and others, and they are all TVs that are available to buy right now. Many of them were actually released in 2019, because of that requirement.

Sizes
Price
Where to Buy

Samsung Q80R
55, 65, 75, 82″
Starting at $1299
Samsung.com

Sony A9G
55, 65, 77″
Starting at $2498
Amazon

Toshiba U20 Fire TV
50″
$279
Amazon

TCL 8-Series QLED
65, 75″
Starting at $1599
Best Buy

LG OLED E9
55, 65″
Starting at $1996
Amazon

VIZIO P-Series Quantum X
65, 75″
Starting at $1499
VIZIO.com

Hisense H9F Series
55, 65″
Starting at $599
Amazon

Samsung RU8000
49, 55, 65, 75, 82″
Starting at $597
Amazon

Samsung Q900R
55, 65, 75, 82, 85, 98″
Starting at $2199
Samsung.com

Best overall Smart TV
Best overall Smart TV: Samsung Q80R
Samsung Q80R

Available in: 55, 65, 75 & 82-inches
Price: Starting at $1299
Buy: Samsung.com

The Samsung Q80R is the best smart TV you can buy right now for a few reasons. But the biggest one is the picture quality. It’s going to give you the best looking picture, thanks to it being a QLED TV. That’s going to give you some very bright and vivid colors, and with HDR included, it’s going to look stunning.
This is partly thanks to the Quantum processor that is inside the Q80R, processing the picture to give you the best picture yet. Viewing angles on the Q80R are also pretty insane. Meaning that you can sit anywhere in your living room and still get a really great looking picture when watching the big game.
Samsung uses its own Tizen operating system for its smart TVs. It doesn’t quite have as many apps as Amazon Fire TV, Roku or Android TV, but all of the big name apps are available. Including Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video and much more. Samsung also has support for Apple’s AirPlay 2, iTunes and even Homekit.
Samsung Q80R – Samsung.com
Best Android TV
Best Android TV: Sony A9G
Sony A9G

Available in: 55, 65 & 77-inches
Price: Starting at $2498
Buy: Amazon

The Sony A9G is a BRAVIA OLED TV, and it’s the latest model from the company. With this being an OLED TV, you’re going to get a really great picture. With the blacks actually being black, and colors are just going to be more true to life, compared to an LCD or LED TV.
Sony also worked with a number of movie producers to fine-tune the display on the A9G, so that it delivers the best picture quality possible. With X-Reality PRO, you are getting images upscaled to 4K clarity, even if it is being streamed in 1080p or less. Sony has support for Dolby Vision as well as IMAX Enhanced, which is going to give you a total cinematic experience.
There is Android TV built into this TV, so you are going to have access to thousands of great Android apps. This includes Netflix, Google Play Movies & TV, Hulu, YouTube, Sling TV, Amazon Prime Video and much more. The Google Assistant is on-board and there is also support for Amazon Alexa.
What makes this the best Android TV available is the fact that it has the best picture quality available, and Sony also gave Android TV enough power to run smoothly in this TV. Instead of slow and buggy like it is in other TVs on the market, that have Android TV built-in.
Sony A9G – Amazon
Best Amazon Fire TV
Best Amazon Fire TV: Toshiba U20
Toshiba U20

Available in: 50-inch
Price: $279
Buy: Amazon

There aren’t many high-end Amazon Fire TV models out there right now, which made our choice for the best Smart TVs (2020) in this category pretty easy. The Toshiba U20. It only comes in a 50-inch size, which is a good size for most people, but it also keeps the price down.
One of the reasons why the U20 made it to this spot is because it’s one of the few Fire TVs with 4K HDR, and Dolby Vision. Which is going to give you a really good looking picture. Dolby Vision takes HDR up to the next level, providing pretty accurate and true-to-life colors. When you watch Dolby Vision content on the Toshiba U20, you’ll really see what we mean.
Of course, the Toshiba U20 is running on the Amazon Fire TV platform. Which has many of the top apps available. Including YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, AT&T TV NOW, Sling TV, and much more. There is also Amazon Alexa support included, which makes it easy to find something to watch, control your smart home products and much more.
Toshiba U20 – Amazon
Best Roku TV
Best Roku TV: TCL 9-Series QLED
TCL 8-Series QLED

Available in: 65, 75-inches
Price: Starting at $1599
Buy: Best Buy

This is by far the best Roku TV on the market today. It’s a 4K QLED TV and part of TCL’s 8-series. Only available in two sizes: 65 and 75-inch, and that right there should show you that this is a very high-end TV from TCL.
It’s a QLED TV, which is going to provide some really impressive picture quality. QLED has a lot of the advantages that OLED also have. Including some truly blacks, and crisp colors. There is support here for HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision, which is going to make those colors more true-to-life. This QLED technology has over 1.07 billion colors.
Obviously, the TCL 8-Series QLED TV runs on Roku. Which is perhaps the most robust operating system for smart TVs on the market right now. It sports more apps than Android TV and Amazon Fire TV. These apps include HBO NOW, Pandora, CBS All Access, YouTube TV, Netflix, Hulu, Google Play Movies & TV, Amazon Prime Video, ESPN+, Disney+ and much more. There is also support for both Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. Both of which can be used to control your smart home products, find something to watch on TV, and get answers to questions like: How’s the weather?
TCL 8-Series QLED TV – Best Buy
Best OLED TV
Best OLED TV: LG OLED E9
LG OLED E9

Available in: 55, 65-inches
Price: Starting at $1996
Buy: Amazon

The LG OLED E9 is the highest-end consumer-grade OLED TV from LG. OLED offers true-to-life colors, as well as deep blacks. Instead of a gray-ish color that LEDs would use, due to the backlight. LG also has its own a9 Gen 2 Intelligent processor running this TV. Which is going to bring content new life, and it will enhance the picture quality on this TV. It uses artificial intelligence, making it better over-time.
It’s also great for gaming, since it does use NVIDIA G-SYNC compatibility, so you can have a huge gaming monitor for games like Rocket League, Apex Legends and more.
LG does not use Android TV for its software, instead it uses its own webOS software. This has support for most of the big apps like Netflix, YouTube, Amazon Prime Video and much more. It also has support for both Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa. Furthermore, both assistants also work with LG’s other ThinQ products, like its washers and dryers. So you could get a notification once your washer is done with the load. Which is a pretty cool feature.
The LG OLED E9 also sports a glass design, which gives it a really unique design that is going to look good in your living room, even when the TV isn’t turned on. It was designed to blend in with any interior.
LG OLED E9 – Amazon
Best QLED TV
Best QLED TV: VIZIO P-Series Quantum X
VIZIO P-Series Quantum X

Available in: 65, 75-inches
Price: Starting at $1499
Buy: VIZIO.com

The VIZIO P-Series Quantum X is the best QLED TV you can buy, because it offers a stunning picture, at a decent price. And somehow, VIZIO was able to calibrate this display even better than Samsung was able to, which is impressive. VIZIO claims that this is their most colorful TV yet, and that’s not hard to believe. Just look at it. The colors are simply amazing. And since it is a QLED TV, you’re going to get some deep blacks here, thanks to there being over 384 dimming zones included here.
Not only is the color on this TV incredible, it’s also super bright. This means that if you’re watching a dark TV show or movie, and you’re in a room with some sunlight, you’re still going to be able to see the TV, and not worry about it being tough to see. It will also upscale 720p and 1080p content to 4K. Which looks pretty impressive, to be honest.
VIZIO has its SmartCast 3.0 platform running on this TV. Which is going to offer up the ability to Cast your favorite content from your smartphone or laptop, to the TV. It also has support for Apple’s AirPlay 2, for doing much the same as you can do with Cast. With VIZIO’s WatchFree service, you also get free and unlimited TV, eliminating the need for using an OTA antenna. This all makes the VIZIO P-Series Quantum X one of the best Smart TVs available in 2020.
VIZIO P-Series Quantum X – VIZIO.com
Best Value TV
Best Value TV: Hisense H9F Series
Hisense H9F Series

Available in: 55, 65-inches
Price: Starting at $599
Buy: Amazon

The Hisense H9F Series is a really good entry for the Best Smart TVs of 2020, as it’s an inexpensive Android TV that is actually really good. So it uses its own proprietary ULED technology, and you’ll notice it’s the only one on this list that uses ULED. But it works similarly to QLED and OLED. Where you’re getting a brighter picture, with better colors, but it doesn’t have the disadvantage of OLED and screen burn-in.
Hisense also uses artificial intelligence to improve the picture quality coming out of this TV. So it is also going to improve over time. There is also support for Dolby Vision and HDR10. This is going to improve ULED even more, giving you a picture with more dynamic range. You will really notice the difference if you watch a TV show or movie that is shot in Dolby Vision – Amazon Prime Video and Netflix have quite a few that are.
The H9F Series is also an Android TV model, which means that it does have support for Google Assistant and Amazon Alexa built-in. This is going to allow you to control your smart TV, find something to watch and ask other questions too. This is a feature that is also found on a few other this Best Smart TVs 2020 list too. Android TV also has thousands of apps like Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube, Google Play Movies & TV and much more.
Hisense H9F Series – Amazon
Best TV For Gaming
Best TV For Gaming: Samsung RU8000 Series
Samsung RU8000

Available in: 49, 55, 65, 75 & 82-inches
Price: Starting at $597
Buy: Amazon

The Samsung RU8000 Series is great for those that are looking to get some gaming done as well, thanks to the Real Game Enhancer. This feature is going to help prevent tearing and stuttering, giving you smooth, lifelike visuals along with cinematic sound. It’s going to be better for console gaming – great for the new PlayStation 5 and the new Xbox when they release later this year – more than it would be for PC Gaming. Though, it does support FreeSync for PC Gamers, just not on the 49-inch and smaller TVs. So if you want FreeSync, you’re going to need a larger model, like the 55-inch version.
Samsung also has Dynamic Crystal Color on the RU8000. This is going to use even more colors than normal, offering a really incredible looking picture on this TV. Giving you a brighter and more lifelike experience that a regular TV wouldn’t be able to offer you. HDR standards like HDR10 and HLG are supported, though no Dolby Vision unfortunately.
As far as smart assistants go, Samsung does have Bixby included here. And since it’s available on its appliances and its smartphones, you’ll be able to control it all from your TV. That includes seeing your text messages and incoming calls on the TV.
Samsung RU8000 – Amazon
Best 8K TV
Best 8K TV: Samsung Q900R 8K QLED TV
Samsung Q900R 8K QLED TV

Available in: 55, 65, 75, 82, 85, 98-inches
Price: Starting at $2199
Buy: Samsung.com

This is the „early adopter TV”. As 8K content is still not really available, but Samsung (as well as LG) are making 8K TVs that you can actually buy right now. The Samsung Q900R does come in plenty of sizes, from 55 inches all the way up to 98 inches. And the smallest one is actually about the same price as some OLED TVs that are in 4K still. So that’s somewhat impressive for Samsung.
This is a QLED 8K TV, so you are going to get those deep blacks and true-to-life colors that you’d expect from a QLED TV. But now, in 8K.
So with this being an 8K TV, upscaling is a big deal. This has 16X the resolution of full HD, and with the Quantum Processor 8K, it does a really good job at upscaling images and video for this 8K resolution. This is because Samsung uses artificial intelligence, and if you put a 1080p video on this TV and let it upscale it, you may not even realize that it’s not an 8K video.
Like other Samsung TVs on this list, the Samsung Q900R also runs on Tizen. Which means that you aren’t going to get all of the same apps as you would on an Amazon Fire TV, Android TV or Roku TV. But the majority of them are here. That includes Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Hulu, YouTube and more. So there is still plenty of content to watch.
Samsung Q900R 8K QLED TV – Samsung.com
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