Most current-generation smart TVs offer support for High Dynamic Range (HDR) content. In recent years, HDR content has grown big thanks to its apparent advantages over SDR. Today, there are many HDR formats in the market, with Dolby Vision emerging as one of the most, if not the most popular format. Here’s a list of the best Dolby Vision TVs you can buy now.
Why Dolby Vision?
Before we get to why Dolby Vision, it is important to answer why HDR.
The answer is simple. Content mastered in HDR offers improved picture quality with a much wider range of colors. Brightness, contrasts and highlights are all handled better in HDR content, along with enhanced dynamic range. All of these combine to create a more vibrant image on the screen.
Currently, of all HDR formats, Dolby Vision is the most popular. And understandably so. Dolby Vision mastered content — across movies, shows, and video games — offers very impressive levels of picture enhancements. And paired with the company’s Atmos sound tuning, promises a home theatre experience right in your living room.
While there are formats such as HDR10 and HDR10+ which offer good performance for HDR content, Dolby Vision offers a more sophisticated mastering of content. This is because each dynamically treats each frame, instead of adding static metadata in frames like HDR10. This eventually helps in bringing visuals to life through richer colors and better management of brightness and contrast.
In this post, we’ll be listing the best Dolby Vision TVs available in the market. But before getting to the list, consider reading these posts.
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1. TCL 6 Series Roku TV
- Panel type: mini-LED
- HDR formats supported: HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision IQ
- Operating system: Google TV
- HDMI inputs: 4 (2x HDMI 2.1)
- Gaming features: 4K/120, VRR, ALLM
Tcl 6 Series Roku TV is the company’s flagship. However, it’s still priced quite competitively and makes for a very good TV with Dolby Vision. It uses a mini-LED backlit panel for delivering very good brightness and impressive color accuracy levels.
The mini-LED backlit panel helps the TV perform well in handling bright Dolby Vision content. But its average dark scene performance still keeps it from handling high-contrast scenes very well. The TV offers a nice, clean, and modern design and the Roku TV interface is also decent to use.
However, despite some of its drawbacks, the TV does manage to compensate for it all by offering support for high-end features. These include high refresh-rate VRR up to 144Hz (when connected to a PC), ALLM, and FreeSync Premium Pro. These make the TCL 6 Series if not the best Dolby Vision TVs, but definitely among the best TVs for gaming.
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2. Amazon Fire TV Omni
- Panel type: LED
- HDR formats supported: HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision
- Operating system: FireTV OS
- HDMI inputs: 4
- Gaming features: 4K/60Hz
Amazon’s Fire TV Omni is available in multiple sizes, however, it’s only the 65 and 75-inch variants that get support for Dolby Vision. While it does offer a lot to like, its impressive price-to-performance ratio is the biggest reason to consider the TV. The Fire TV Omni is also a good buy if you’re already invested in the Amazon ecosystem of products.
This LED backlit TV can get decently bright which helps in delivering above-average performance in 4K Dolby Vision mastered content. But it should be noted that it does not offer the best contrast and dark scene performance. And because it’s an LED-backlit panel, light bleeding at the edges could also be an issue.
It is also not the best option for gamers as it only supports a 60Hz refresh rate and comes with a single HDMI 2.1 port. But overall, it’s a good TV for the price and comes recommended.
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3. LG A2 OLED TV
- Panel type: OLED
- HDR formats supported: HDR10, Dolby Vision
- Operating system: webOS
- HDMI inputs: 4
- Gaming features: 4K/60Hz
The LG A2 is not only one of the best Dolby Vision TVs you can buy but arguably the best entry-level OLED in the market as well. It offers very good picture performance thanks to its panel that offers pixel-level dimming support. Peak brightness may not be on par with some of the flagships out there, but its dark scene performance is flagship-level.
Because of the panel’s high contrast, you get very good performance in HDR and Dolby Vision-mastered movies. However, it should be noted that the TV is primarily built for multimedia consumption and not gaming. So there’s no support for gaming features like VRR and HDMI 2.1 support. As such, if you are looking for a reliable OLED TV to elevate your experience of watching movies and shows, then the LG A2 is a very good bet.
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4. Sony XR A80K OLED TV
- Panel type: OLED
- HDR formats supported: HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision
- Operating system: Google TV
- HDMI inputs: 4 (2x HDMI 2.1)
- Gaming features: 4K/120, VRR, ALLM
The XR A80K is a very good OLED from Sony. It offers impressive picture performance, powerful upscaling of low-resolution content, and also good audio all in one package. Using Sony’s deep knowledge in making OLED TVs, the A80K offers detailed blacks and punchy colors which don’t feel too saturated.
This TV also comes with the XR OLED Contrast Pro, XR Triluminos Pro, and Cognitive Processor XR features. This helps improve the overall experience of watching Dolby Vision and HDR movies as well as shows on TV. As one of the better OLED TVs from Sony, the A80K also takes care of gamers and comes with features such as 4K 120Hz support.
While it may not be the most affordable option on this list of best Dolby Vision TVs, the promise of high performance and high value make this an excellent choice.
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5. LG G3 OLED TV
- Panel type: MLA OLED
- HDR formats supported: HDR10, HLG, Dolby Vision
- Operating system: Google TV
- HDMI inputs: 4 (4x HDMI 2.1)
- Gaming features: 4K/120, VRR, ALLM, Game Optimizer
LG G3 is one of the best OLED TVs you can buy right now. It uses self-dimming pixels and pairs it with a Micro Lens Array (MLA) technology to fix what is the one main drawback of conventional OLED panels — peak brightness. This helps the TV produce brighter, more vibrant visuals while still retaining the ability to go completely dark when in parts of the screen for insanely high contrast ratios.
This MLA tech is paired with LG’s Brightness Booster Max feature and flagship AI-powered Alpha 9 Gen 6 processor. Combined, these make the LG G3 arguably the best Dolby Vision OLED TV in terms of performance in this list.
The LG G3 is also a seriously good TV for gaming. This is because the LG G3 comes with support for 4K 120Hz on all four HDMI inputs. It also brings VRR support, and a dedicated Game Optimiser making this an overall very good buy.
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FAQs About Dolby Vision TVs
Absolutely! Dolby Vision mastered content when played on a TV with good hardware, can produce visual quality that exceeds what you’d see in content in HDR10. The main reason for this is that the Dolby Vision metadata is dynamic for each frame as opposed to static metadata for frames in HDR10.
Much like HDR10, Dolby Vision also works better with good hardware. In terms of support, Dolby Vision can handle content running at a resolution of 8K and up to 12-bit color. It can also support a very high peak brightness of 10,000 nits for creating a high dynamic range.
Dolby Vision for the Win
Now that it’s clear having Dolby Vision on your TV is a good idea, the next question is which of the above-mentioned TVs should you buy? Well, one big consideration is the budget. But if budget isn’t an issue then the LG G3 is the best Dolby Vision TV you can buy right now!
Last updated on 10 July, 2023
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