Best 8K TV 2026: The best ultra-high definition TVs

The current latest and greatest 8K TV from Samsung is the QN900F.

As usual, there isn’t a lot (if any) native 8K content about, so the Samsung QN900F makes the most of the content available to it by upscaling 4K content to near 8K quality.

The QN900F absolutely nails the brief, removing noise and making HD and 4K sources sharper and more detailed than they’d look on a 4K TV; and it does this without producing a soft or noisy image.

Peak brightness remains around the same as the QN900D, reaching 2360 nits of peak brightness. That level of brightness feeds into high colour volumes and rich, saturated colours with HDR content, producing impressively bright and colourful HDR images that will leave your jaw on the floor.

The motion performance requires a few tweaks to the settings as it can introduce a few visual gremlins, and the new AI picture mode isn’t a complete success, coming on a bit strong with its colour performance. For now, it’s probably best to leave some of the AI-assisted features alone.

Input lag is quicker than previous years at 10.1ms, and there’s VRR technology in HDMI VRR and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro that brings the latency down lower.

All four of its HDMI inputs support 4K/120Hz gaming, so you won’t need to worry about which HDMI port to place your console or PC in.

The sound system can track sounds accurately across the screen and this time around there’s decent bass produce from the TV’s built-in speakers. It’s an impressively wide soundstage and good levels of detail, but we’d still recommend partnering the QN900F with a sound system.

The price for OLED77Z3 has come down a lot from its £14,999 RRP, and isn’t available to purchase in the US. Regardless, if you’re after an 8K OLED TV, this is currently the only one still available.

The Z3’s performance is an improvement over its Z2 predecessor in terms of brightness, and we found that upscaling of less than 8K sources improved too. Peak brightness punches just above the 1000 nit mark, although that’s still not as bright as LG’s 4K OLEDs.

Black levels remain excellent creating impressive contrast out of the box, and in general with HDR content, we found the Z3 produced a fantastic performance. The scale of its images is a sight to beyond.

We do think that LG’s motion processing could be improved. It’s not as good as the QN800C, introducing artifacts such as judder in some of the modes. And while we did say that upscaling had improved, we still find that Samsung’s 8K TVs produce a sharper looking upscaled image.

The smart experience is much the same as what you’ll find on the rest of LG’s webOS TVs, with a wide range of apps to enjoy, lots of connectivity options and cloud gaming apps such as Nvidia GeForce NOW. We also appreciate that ads aren’t intrusive to the smart experience.

On the gaming front there’s Dolby Vision gaming support (with Xbox Series consoles) as well as 4K/120Hz, 8K/60Hz, VRR and ALLM supported across all HDMI inputs. We measured input lag at 13.6ms, which is still less than Samsung’s TVs if you want the fastest gaming experience out of the box.

The sound system is perceptively worse than the Z2 was, with distorted bass. It offers good levels of clarity and detail, but like most of the TVs on this list, you’d be better off with a soundbar.

If you’ve got the pockets for it, films and TV shows look great on this 77-inch OLED.