Best Roku TV for 2025
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Our Experts Written by Sarah Lord Written by David Katzmaier Our expert, award-winning staff selects the products we cover and rigorously researches and tests our top picks. If you buy through our links, we may get a commission. Reviews ethics statement How we test Table of Contents Most TVs are now smart TVs, which allow you to easily watch the best streaming services like Amazon Prime Video, Hulu, Disney Plus and Netflix. All offer access to the biggest streaming apps, but there are differences among them. Some offer a clean interface and easy access to what you want, while others can be cluttered and riddled with ads and promotions. At CNET, as part of our rigorous side-by-side TV testing regimen, we've reviewed all the major smart TV systems including Roku, Google TV and Amazon Fire TV. We prefer Roku's system for its simplicity, effective search features and its vast catalog of supported apps and services. The TVs below all have Roku built-in. Our Picks Best overall Roku TV Roku Pro Series TV View details $589 at Best Buy View details Best midpriced Roku TV Roku Plus Series View details $598 at Walmart View details Best budget Roku TV TCL 4-Series View details $598 at Walmart View details TV DEALS OF THE WEEK 65-inch Hisense U8 Series 4K Mini-LED ULED Smart TV (2024 Model): $950 (save $550) 65-inch LG C4 Series 4K 120Hz OLED Evo Smart TV (2024 Model): $1,497 (save $1,203) 65-inch Samsung S90D Series 4K OLED 144Hz Smart TV (2024 Model): $1,498 (save $700) 65-inch LG OLED Evo G4 Series 4K Smart TV (2024 Model): $2,597 (save $803) Deals are selected by the CNET Group commerce team, and may be unrelated to this article. Table of Contents Best Presidents Day Sales Don't miss our coverage of the Best Presidents Day deals, curated by CNET Deals experts. See now What's the best Roku TV overall?The best Roku TV tested and reviewed by CNET is the Roku Pro Series TV. It's at the top of the company's lineup, offers decent image quality for the money, and is particularly suited to gaming and of course that Roku TV OS. While Roku makes TVs now, it also continues to sell sets made by partner manufacturers, like TCL, Hisense, Onn, Pioneer and Sharp. These televisions generally tend to sit at the low end of the price and picture quality spectrum. And you won't find a Roku-branded top-of-the-line OLED TVyet, despite Roku offering manufacturers a blueprint on how to make one. Of course, you can turn any TV into a Roku by adding a Roku streaming device, which typically costs less than $50. You'll be sacrificing an HDMI port (and possibly a USB port, too). But in return, you can consider other TVs with higher-end options such asfull-array local dimming, OLED screens, a120Hz refresh rate,4K UHD resolution,high dynamic range, a plethora ofHDMIports, and evengaming-centric features-- including variable refresh rate -- to go with aPlayStation 5 or Xbox Series X.But if you're convinced you want an all-in-one Roku TV, here are the best you can get.Best Roku TVs of 2025 Photo Gallery 1/1 $589 at Best Buy Pros Great interface Thoughtful usability features Low input lag for gaming Cons Not the best value Competitors offer a punchier picture Full Review Read full review $589 at Best Buy Roku's new flagship TV offers decent image quality thanks tomini-LED tech, which informs afull-array local dimmingbacklight. It includes some gaming-friendly features, such as 4K/120Hz support, and some of the lowest lag scores we've seen in both 1080p and 4K HDR. It has that great Roku TV operating system, and the remote is a voice model that can also help you find it when it disappears. Though you may find better performance at this price, from some TCL and Samsung TVs, for instance, none of them will include the Roku OS on board. If you want the best Roku TV, this is currently it. Competition among TVs in the middle pricing band is heating up, and the Plus Series is the latest entrant in 2023. Unlike the TCL Roku TVs, this one is all Roku, with no other brands on board. It adds a couple of step-up extras, including QLED and full-array local dimming, which help deliver a better picture than the TCL 4-Series, for example. It's not as impressive as the Vizio MQX, though, since it lacks 120Hz for gaming and has worse picture quality overall. If you value those extras, then the Vizio is worth saving for, but if not the Roku Plus Series is a very good value.This is the first TV Roku has produced under its own brand, as opposed to partnering with a brand like TCL, Sharp, Pioneer or Hisense. The company also released a version with fewer features and no local dimming, called theRoku Select Series.The price shown below is for the 55-inch size.
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