The S90F is the current generation (2025) model in Samsung's S90 OLED TV lineup. If you were to compare Samsung's TVs with LG's TVs, the Samsung S90F would be comparable to the LG Evo C5. It's equipped with a quantum dot OLED panel, which is only found in Samsung's higher end TVs. QD OLED TVs are brighter than traditional W-OLED TVs while retaining all of the other benefits of OLED like the near instaneous response time, true black levels, and near-infinite contrast ratio. The Samsung S90F also has the features you'd want in a gaming TV, including a native 120Hz panel, HDMI 1.4 ports, variable refresh rate, and auto low latency mode.

Is this TV good for Nintendo Switch 2?

Despite being a current generation console, the Nintendo Switch 2 has lax TV requirements compared to the PS5 or Xbox Series X. When the Switch is connected to its dock and a television, it is only capable of outputting a 4K resolution signal at up to 60 frames per second. It can go up to 120fps if the resolution drops to 1080p, but the data rate required for both these options is pretty much the same, and you would much rather play any game in 4K. That said, the Switch 2 will still benefit greatly from the OLED panel's stellar image quality (much like how the Switch OLED was a substantial visual upgrade from the original Switch).

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This 3-vinyl set features the entire soundtrack of all three The Lord of the Rings films, one of the most iconic movie scores in recent memory. The vinyls themselves are a special edition bronze color, while the slipcase to hold them features cozy art of Middle-Earth. The double-sided records each have different tracks from the three movies on them, and the back of the slipcase has a detailed breakdown of where to find each song.

The buy 2, get 1 free deal has other film soundtracks available as well, although they're not all on vinyl. You can pick up the Wicked and Little Miss Sunshine soundtracks on vinyl as part of this deal, or the Sinners and Joker: Folie à Deux scores on CD. There'a also a ton of other great albums on vinyl included here if you

And if vinyl and CD's aren't quite your thing and you're still a big Tolkien fan, we have a detailed The Lord of the Rings gift guide with tons of other great goodies like LEGO sets and the massive illustrated editions of the original books.

More Movie Soundtracks On Sale

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I like to joke (but not really joke) that the original Jurassic Park is the only good movie in the Jurassic Park / Jurassic World series. It’s the only one I like one hundred percent. Its Spielberg-directed sequel, The Lost World, has its moments for sure, but it never reaches the heights of the original. And the less said about the third installment the better. I’ve only seen one of the Jurassic World movies, but it was a dud; the rest are not exactly critical or audience darlings.

But none of the failures of the sequels takes away from the fact that 1993’s Jurassic Park is a stone cold masterpiece of action filmmaking. It's the pinnacle of the summer blockbuster. It takes Michael Crichton’s sprawling and highly technical novel and trims and condenses it into a tight action thriller (bordering on horror in some parts) that delivers everything you’d want from a popcorn flick.

It has huge action set pieces. It has the ideal mix of animatronics vs. CGI special effects, using each with maximum effectiveness for the shot in question. It’s funny. It’s smart. It has dinosaurs eating people – and goats. It inspired a spoof song (complete with a claymation video) by Weird Al Yankovic. What more could you want from a movie?

And it’s on sale for $11.99. Jurassic Park bounces around between streaming services, so you can’t really count on having it available at a moment’s notice unless you own it. So pick it up for cheap. You won’t regret it.

In other deal news, you can save on just about everything at least somewhere. Check out the Black Friday sales at Amazon, Target, and Best Buy to see if anything you want is down to a price you're willing to pay for it.

Chris Reed is a commerce editor and deals expert for IGN. He also runs IGN's board game and LEGO coverage. You can follow him on Bluesky.

Rosetta Stone has been a trusted language learning tool for over 30 years and is prepared to help every type of student on their language journey. Its proprietary Dynamic Immersion method is one of the most effective ways to learn a new language. While live coaching from native speakers, a TruAccent feature to help you pronounce words like a local, and a Phrasebook to learn essential phrases, ensure you’re prepared for anything during your travels.

Whether you’ve got a busy schedule and can only commit to 5 minutes a day or you’re ready to tackle more immersive lessons, Rosetta Stone is a versatile program. Plus, with an excellent app offering online and offline support, it’s easy to learn from anywhere.

Azul made our list of best board game classics for good reason. In our review, writer Matt Thrower said that, "Between its beautiful presentation, simplicity and depth there’s little doubt that Azul has earned its place as a modern classic." And at this price? It's certainly worth picking up for your board game collection.

If you're looking for more board game deals, there's plenty to explore from non-Amazon Black Friday sales. At the moment, Target has a 'Buy 1 Get 1 50% off Board Games and Puzzles' offer going on as part of its Black Friday sale, and other deals will surely pop up as the week continues. For more, check out our full breakdown of Black Friday 2025.

Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN.

LG's OLED TVs have been our favorite TVs for console gaming for three years running thanks to their outstanding image quality, low input lag, and high refresh rate. The 2025 C5 uses LG's proprietary Evo panel, which is significantly brighter and offers a wider color gamut than traditional W-OLED TVs. Aside from higher production costs, there's no downside to this technology; the C5 boasts the near-infinite black levels, near-infinite contrast ratio, and near-instantaneous response times you'd expect from any OLED TV This is easily the best TV for streaming 4K HDR content in its intended glory.

The LG C5 has the necessary gaming features as well, including a native 120Hz panel that can be pushed to as high as 144Hz, HDMI 2.1 inputs for running PS5 games in 4K at up to 120fps, variable refresh rate (VRR) and auto low latency mode (ALLM). The C5 is also lightweight for its size because the rear cabinet housing is made of a composite fiber; for example, this 65" model weighs only 36 pounds without the stand, making it much easier to wall mount.

Here's an alternative deal on the 77" model from LG Store

It's $1,999.99 with a free $200 soundbar and bonus $200 gift card

One of the best Black Friday deals on a current generation LG OLED TV bundle is back in stock again. Right now you can order a massive 77" LG Evo C5 4K OLED Smart TV for $1,999.99 with free delivery, which also includes your choice of free stand setup or free wall mounting. LG is also offering a free LG S40T 2.1ch soundbar when you add it to the same order. But that's not all, read on below for one more huge perk.

For Black Friday, LG is incentivizing this purchase even further. Purchase this TV (77" LG Evo C5) between before December 7 and you can receive an extra $200 virtual gift card (prepaid Mastercard) simply for writing a review. You'll receive this gift card by December 27. Details here.

Relatively new to Magic? Commander precons are a great place to start, putting together a 100-card deck that you can open and play with right off the shelf.

Admittedly, Revival Trance is the Commander deck from Final Fantasy which has seen the biggest discounts since June’s launch, primarily due to a lack of value in the cards included.

Still, if you’re getting it for this price, that’s easily less of a concern, and it’s a fun deck to play, too. This Red, White, and Black deck is helmed by Terra, Herald of Hope, and the Final Fantasy 6-themed package is all about bringing cards back from the graveyard with her abilities.

There are 25 new card designs inside, with Terra coming in foil. You also get a ‘Collector Booster Sample Pack’ containing two cards with alternative art treatments from the wider Final Fantasy set.

For more on Magic: The Gathering, be sure to check out a rundown of a booster box deal for Final Fantasy at Amazon, as well as the best Black Friday Magic: The Gathering deals.

Lloyd Coombes is an experienced freelancer in tech, gaming and fitness seen at Polygon, Eurogamer, Macworld, TechRadar and many more. He's a big fan of Magic: The Gathering and other collectible card games, much to his wife's dismay.

The GeForce RTX 5080 GPU will run any game in 4K

Performance-wise, the RTX 5080 is no slouch. It's one of the fastest cards on the market, bested only by the $2,000 RTX 5090 and the discontinued $1,600 RTX 4090. This is a phenomenal card for playing the latest, most demanding games in 4K resolution at high settings and ray tracing enabled. The RTX 5080 supports DLSS 4 with multi-frame generation, which means you can push even more frames out of games that support the technology with minimal visual compromise. Recent games that support it include Doom: The Dark Ages, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, Borderlands 4, Stellar Blade, and Battlefield 6. Check out our Nvidia GeForce RTX 5080 FE review for our hands-on impressions.

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Catan is meant to be played with three-to-four players aged 10 and up, perfect for holiday game nights with family or friends. As you play, you'll trade resources and construct roads and settlements in a race to 10 points. We rank it among the best classic board games to play overall, and it's still one of the best strategy board games in 2025.

There's more where that came from. Amazon's Black Friday sale features quite a few other board games, while Target has a 'Buy 1 Get 1 50% off Board Games and Puzzles' offer going on as part of its own sale. For a look at other retailers' current and upcoming holiday deals, check out our full breakdown of this year's Black Friday sales.

Hannah Hoolihan is a freelancer who writes with the guides and commerce teams here at IGN.

HP just dropped the price of the OMEN MAX 16 RTX 5070 Ti Gaming Laptop to just $1,539.99 with free shipping after applying 30% off coupon "OMENMAX30". Specs include a 16" 1920x1200 display, Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD. This system can be customized if any of the specs aren't to your liking. I'd recommend upgrading to the 2560x1600 OLED display for an extra $150 ($105 after code). The RTX 5070 Ti is a powerful mobile GPU that should easily handle even the latest demanding games on the laptop's 2K display. It's comparable in performance to the previous generation's RTX 4080 and pulls ahead of it in games that support DLSS 4.

OMEN MAX 16 RTX 5080 Gaming Laptop

If you want something even more powerful, then check out this OMEN MAX 16 RTX 5080 gaming laptop for just $1,999.99 with free shipping after $1,300 in instant discounts. Aside from the GPU, this laptop has been upgraded with a higher resolution 16" 2560x1600 display, a more powerful and higher core-count Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX processor, and double the RAM and storage capacity. The RTX 5080 is an absolute monster of a mobile GPU that surpasses the previous generation's top performer, the RTX 4090. You could even enable ray tracing and still get playable frames, something that was unheard of in laptops just a few years ago.

OMEN Transcend 14 RTX 5060 Ultra-Portable Gaming Laptop

The OMEN Transcend 14 is HP's thinnest and lightest gaming laptop, measuring just 0.71" thin and weighing in at about 3.6 pounds (about as thin and light as the much pricier Razer Blade 14). Right now you can get it for as low as $1,299.99 for Black Friday after a $700 off instant discount. It's equipped with a gorgeous 14" 2880x1800 OLED display, efficient Intel Core Ultra 7 255H CPU, GeForce RTX 5060 GPU, 16GB of LPDDR5X (onboard) RAM and a 1TB NVMe SSD. The RTX 5060 is a capable, current-gen GPU that will play non-demanding games just fine even on the 3K display, but I'd recommend dropping the resolution down to 1080p and enabling DLSS if you plan on playing extra demanding games. Still, you won't find another thin and light laptop with this kind of gaming prowess under $1,300.

OMEN 16" RTX 5060 Gaming Laptop

Yes, even if you're budget is tight, you can still get a very good gaming laptop for under $1,000. This OMEN 16" gaming laptop, featuring an AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 512GB SSD, can be had for just $949.99 after a hefty $850 off instant discount. The AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX is a surprisingly powerful GPU for this price range, with a max frequency of 5.3GHz and an ample 16 cores and 32 threads. The RTX 5060 is an unthrottled model that's more powerful than the 5060 found in the OMEN Transcend and will be able to run games smoothly on the 2K display.

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It's been 23 years since Courage the Cowardly Dog ended, but there's no better time to head back to Nowhere, Kansas than right now. This was a pivotal cartoon from my childhood and I often forget just how creepy it was, weaving horror and supernatural themes throughout each episode. If you haven't seen it before, it's definitely worth a watch.

Unfortunately, there's nowhere to stream Courage the Cowardly Dog after it and other Cartoon Network classics were purged from HBO Max earlier this year. That makes this DVD box set your best bet if you want to experience the wild adventures of a perpetually frightened dog and his owners.

Even More Cartoon Network Classics on Sale at Amazon

As for those other Cartoon Network classics I mentioned at the top, Dexter's Laboratory is technically the only other one with a Black Friday-specific deal. But Amazon still has Ed, Edd n Eddy, the Powerpuff Girls, and Regular Show available for significant discounts.

The retailer also brought back its 3 for 2 sale on 4K movies for Black Friday, so be sure to check that out for even more savings.

You can shop all the Black Friday sales right now, including Amazon, Best Buy, and Target. We'll be updating these pages and rounding up even more deals all week long, so make sure to check back often.

Matthew Adler has written for IGN since 2019 covering all things gaming, tech, tabletop games, and more. You can follow him on the site formerly known as Twitter @MatthewAdler and watch him stream on Twitch.

This two-for-three vinyl deal works exactly like it sounds: when you buy three albums, the lowest-priced album will be free. So, I’d recommend grabbing three similarly priced options for a better value. Best of all, it’s actually not just vinyl that you can grab with this promo; it’s buy two, get one free on a whole range of physical media. From 4K Blu-Rays and DVDs to book box sets and more, you can mix and match to your liking. Once eligible items are added to your cart, the discount will be applied.

If you’ve been struggling to buy something for a music lover on your holiday list, new vinyl is always a great and welcome gift. Who doesn’t want to add new albums to their collection? Be sure to take advantage of this deal now, as the most popular albums tend to sell out. As a person who spends far too much of her time analyzing music and its history, I’ve curated a list of a few of my personal favorites, all of which are three for the price of two right now.

Black Friday Vinyl Sale at Amazon - My Top Picks

When I say it was difficult to narrow down my favorite vinyls that are a part of this three-for-two deal, I mean it. This is Amazon’s best selection yet for this occasional sale. Every single one of my top artists had at least one album available for this awesome discount. So, beyond my personal recs, I’d recommend you explore Amazon’s vinyl sale on your own. There are seemingly endless options, including some epic movie soundtracks.

Of course, there are plenty of iconic albums that everyone needs in their collection. The Beatles’ Abbey Road and Carole King’s Tapestry display true mastery of songwriting. For no skip albums, Billy Joel’s The Stranger or Crosby, Stills and Nash’s debut can’t be beat. And if you want to slow things down and relax a little, Kind of Blue from Miles Davis has the consensus of being the best jazz album of all time.

Jumping to albums from this millennium, one of my favorite musicians and albums of all time, John Mayer’s Born and Raised, is a part of this promotion. It was co-produced with Mayer and Don Was and features a folky, Americana vibe. If you're an emo millennial after some nostalgia, grab My Chemical Romance’s Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge, which features the hit “I'm Not Okay (I Promise).” Or if you’ve spent too much time on TikTok, like me, and now know every song from Taylor Swift’s newest album, The Life of a Showgirl, you can add it to your cart and enjoy the promo deal. The vinyl even features a fun, sparkly orange color.

Sometimes it takes a tragedy to rediscover an artist, and that’s the case with multifaceted, wildly talented, and innovative D’Angelo, who we just lost in October. His album with Vanguard, Black Messiah, is a must listen. Another artist gone way too soon is Jeff Buckley, and his seminal album Grace is also part of the three-for-two vinyl deal.

Movie soundtracks are also included

Danielle is a Tech freelance writer based in Los Angeles who spends her free time creating videos and geeking out over music history.

With 2025’s S90F, Samsung has finally brought together the best aspects of high-end televisions and the fastest PC gaming displays into one end-game package. It was close last year with the S90D (which was also a very good gaming TV), but the improvements Samsung has made to fullscreen brightness and HDR highlights push the S90F to the top tier of our recommendations, and make gaming on the S90F a fantastic experience, now viable even if you’re not living in a cave. Just make sure to get the 65-inch version, which uses Samsung's QD-OLED technology; other sizes use an inferior WOLED panel.

Gaming on the S90F is as good as or better than most PC monitors. With a 144Hz refresh rate and full VRR support, gaming is clear, fluid, and judder-free no matter if you’re playing at 60 fps or 120 or anywhere in between. As I noted in my review, playing Doom: The Dark Ages on the S90F, with near-instant pixel response times and incredibly low input lag, was an absolute treat. TestUFO pursuit shots (at a very fast 1,920 pixels/sec) back this up, showing only pure sample-and-hold blur without any smearing or trailing. And happily, Samsung's Game mode doesn't compromise the picture quality, so HDR EOTF tracking and calibration are still top-notch.

Speaking of the EOTF, on a 2% white slide, representative of a typical HDR highlight, my measurements confirm that the S90F tracks HDR target luminance nearly perfectly, with only a slight deviation in the darkest shades, below 1 nit. Samsung is a bit more conservative with brightness in game mode than in its movie modes, but peak brightness still reaches around 1,200 nits on real content – still incredibly punchy, especially with OLED’s extreme local contrast.

The S90F does almost as well on a 10% slide, meaning that Samsung can maintain very good output over a decent portion of the screen. But brightness falls as the window size increases: At 100% fullscreen white, the S90F can only eek out 250 nits, too dim for bright room gaming.

LCD competitors like the Hisense U8QG or TCL QM8K can pip the S90F in absolute luminance output, but their response times are simply too slow to keep up, and their viewing angles are much worse than OLED. For gamers who have the ability to control the lighting in their rooms, the S90F OLED means there’s no going back to LCD.

At launch, the S90F's $2,500 asking price was too high, but patience (and healthy competition) pays: The S90F can now be found for $1,500, and at that price, it's an easy win for gamers.

Because of its tremendous performance/cost ratio, Samsung’s S90F earns our top spot for best overall gaming TV, but for those that have the additional budget to spring for a flagship product, both Samsung and LG are offering 2025 models (the S95F and G5) that push SDR/HDR brightness to new levels, improve reflection handling, and offer higher refresh rates. With end-of-year sales, they manage this without the luxury tax/diminishing returns price hike that normally comes with halo products.

In fact, a case could be made that LG, in particular, is tilting value towards the high end: Fullscreen brightness, a major area of weakness for previous gen and lower tier OLEDs, has been ramped nearly 80%, but the price premium for over the tier-down C5 is only around 40%. Case in point: The C5 gets you 220 nits fullscreen. The G5 gets you nearly 400.

We loved the 2,000+ nit highlights in our review, which we consider essential at this price tier, but LG has done a great job of balancing these with the drastically improved 100% APL, a huge year-on-year improvement over the G4 (one of our favorites from last year). This brightness boost also comes with an improvement to color purity as well; we measured 91.5% of the DCI-P3 color space, an excellent result for a WOLED panel. While LG is being tight-lipped about how exactly they achieved this, Panasonic's announcement of their Z95B, using the same panel as the G5, revealed the tech as Primary RGB Tandem, which allows the G5 to inch closer to Samsung's RGB QD-OLED performance.

Picture quality is everything we've come to expect from OLED panels: perfect blacks, incredible contrast that even multi-thousand zone FALD backlights can't achieve without blooming, and spectacular off-angle viewing. And this performance extends to LG's "Game Optimizer" mode as well: instant response times, native 165Hz refresh rate with VRR, low latency with ALLM, plus a ton of useful options for tweaking shadow and highlight balance. For gaming, even in fast-paced shooters like Apex Legends, the G5 is as good as it gets.

For downsides, our biggest issue with the G5 didn't have anything to do with its picture quality; the problem is LG's WebOS. Cluttered, slow, and difficult to navigate, LG's UI seems to be regressing from previous years, spurred on by their need to AI-ify everything. We've even lost the input selection button on the remote in favor of an AI button, a decision which is baffling.

But if you can get past the clunky menus (which is something unfortunately shared by Samsung as well), the G5 is the top-tier gaming TV of 2025. Whether you’re playing games or watching movies, SDR or HDR, basement cave or bright living room, the G5 delivers an awesome experience.

Why the G5 over the S95F? The LG is $300 cheaper and both perform nearly the same. Save the cash and enjoy.

The choice in this category was a very, very close contest between two LCD sets: TCL’s QM8K and the Hisense U8QG. We were hugely impressed with both the TCL and the Hisense, and it seems that the two companies are in lock-step, both pushing the boundary of what’s possible with FALD backlit LCD technology. We’re now getting more and more dimming zones, absurd brightness, and ever-increasing refresh rates. But for the best bright room gaming experience, we recommend the Hisense U8QG.

While the U8QG can hit 4,000 nits in highly specific cases, a better, more realistic metric for showcasing its brightness performance is to look at where its EOTF curve tops out with a 2% window size compared with 100% fullscreen white. The U8QG can reach more than 1,300 nits for highlights, but impressively, its fullscreen luminance only drops to 780 nits, which is still massively bright. That capacity to deliver mega fullscreen nits combined with an excellent AR coating means that the U8QG is a truly impressive bright room performer.

An OLED, like our top pick – the Samsung S90F – can go toe-to-toe with the U8QG at a 2% window size, but it takes a massive hit for fullscreen white, down to 250 nits, less than a third of what the Hisense can do.

Color performance stays excellent as well – bright, deep, vivid, and nearly full coverage of the DCI-P3 color space – enabled by the U8QG’s quantum dot enhanced backlight. Just don’t get too far off center or the viewing experience starts to suffer. TCL’s QM8K is similar in this regard, but it has fewer backlight zones, is slightly dimmer, and doesn’t have the same quality anti-reflective coating, which is why our nod goes to the U8QG.

Gaming/motion performance on the U8QG is good but not stellar. It supports 165Hz (+VRR) at 4K resolution on all its HDMI ports, and it even has an enhanced 288Hz mode at QHD for PC gamers, but its pixel response times aren’t in league with OLEDs or IPS gaming monitors. My response time measurements bear this out: an average of 20ms, but with some transitions lingering for around 30. Pursuit shots of the TestUFO alien give an accurate visual of what you can expect; objects have too much blur and dark colors show significant trailing.

While the Hisense U8QG doesn’t match OLED competitors like the Samsung S90F or LG C5 for motion clarity or viewing angles, its great fullscreen brightness and effective AR coating make it a sensible choice and the current go-to LCD to beat for gaming in bright rooms.

This category sees another very close competition between the two mid-range titans: the TCL QM7K and the Hisense U75QG. You really can’t go wrong with either; both offer full array local dimming, quantum dot backlights (or KSF phosphors in the case of the U75QG) for great DCI-P3 color space coverage, and 144Hz+ high refresh rates with VRR for gaming. But because TCL tuned its HVA panel to the as-good-as-it-gets level for LCD, the QM7K tops our list for best mid-range gaming TV.

The Hisense can get significantly brighter, has more dimming zones, and is the better choice for movies and television, but it’s let down by its motion performance. While the U75QG boasts a slightly higher max refresh rate of 165Hz, its response times simply aren’t good enough to beat the 144Hz mode on the TCL, which is excellent for both console and PC gaming.

But in our review, we weren’t just impressed with the gaming performance: TCL has done an excellent job reducing blooming and haloing with its local dimming algorithm, and with support for both HDR10+ and Dolby Vision, the QM7K will work with any content, whether that’s streaming movies or the latest HDR games.

If you want the best gaming TV under $1,000, the QM7K is the logical choice.

All candidates for our best budget gaming TV award had to meet three specific requirements:

1. Full array local dimming
2. Quantum dot or other enhanced backlight
3. 120Hz + refresh rate with Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support

There are a lot of decent televisions out there that meet some of these criteria, but we contend that, in 2025, great HDR gaming requires all three. Edge-lit TVs can’t show the stark local contrast that makes HDR content pop, and they suffer from serious blooming, especially off-angle. Standard LED backlights also fall well short of covering the DCI-P3 color space, leaving colors dull and lifeless. And with modern gaming consoles fully supporting 120Hz “performance” modes with VRR, a fixed 60Hz refresh rate means the gaming experience is tarnished with the tearing and judder associated with typical V-Sync behavior.

In our review, we were very impressed with the QM6K. That sentiment still stands, making the QM6K our definitive pick for best budget gaming TV. Especially impressive was its ability to handle HDR highlights without significant blooming or haloing, given its limited zone count. Color performance is also excellent, helped by the KSF phosphor in its backlight. For watching movies and playing games, we also found off-angle viewing to be great, with limited loss of contrast and color saturation even well off-center.

TCL also has a knack for finely tuning the response time performance of their HVA panels: The QM6K has excellent response times and presents a smooth and judder-free gaming experience at any framerate thanks to its 144Hz max refresh rate and support for VRR, FreeSync Premium Pro, and ALLM. Two full-speed HDMI 2.1 ports allow simultaneous connections for both PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S consoles, leaving the other HDMI ports available for lower refresh rate devices.

Below $650, though, concessions have to be made. Fullscreen brightness isn’t particularly good. This is not a TV that will “wow” you with bright highlights. This isn’t helped by TCL’s decision to use a glossy screen coating with no real anti-reflective treatment. If your primary viewing environment is brightly lit, the QM6K might not give the pop you’re looking for. We also found the Google TV interface slow and laggy.

Still, TCL has somehow delivered a very respectable performer with the QM6K, making it our top pick for best budget gaming TV.

Myles Obenza is a freelance writer for IGN. Follow him on Bluesky @mylesobenza.bsky.social.