People's Picks TV Winners: Upgrading Your TV Soon? CNET Readers Have a Favorite Brand

People's Picks TV Winners: Upgrading Your TV Soon? CNET Readers Have a Favorite Brand Two brands win readers over, but for different reasons. Dashia Milden Editor Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET.

She specializes in data-driven analysis and news at the intersection of tech, personal finance and consumer sentiment. Dashia investigates economic shifts and everyday challenges to help readers make well-informed decisions, and she covers a range of topics, including technology, security, energy and money. Dashia graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor's degree in journalism.

She loves baking, teaching spinning and spending time with her family. See full bio Dashia Milden July 18, 2026 11:00 a.m.

PT 8 min read People's Picks TV Winners: Upgrading Your TV Soon? CNET Readers Have a Favorite Brand People's Picks TV Winners: Upgrading Your TV Soon? CNET Readers Have a Favorite Brand Two brands win readers over, but for different reasons.

Dashia Milden Editor Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven analysis and news at the intersection of tech, personal finance and consumer sentiment. Dashia investigates economic shifts and everyday challenges to help readers make well-informed decisions, and she covers a range of topics, including technology, security, energy and money.

Dashia graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She loves baking, teaching spinning and spending time with her family. See full bio Dashia Milden July 18, 2026 11:00 a.

m. PT 8 min read Dashia Milden Editor Dashia is the consumer insights editor for CNET. She specializes in data-driven analysis and news at the intersection of tech, personal finance and consumer sentiment.

Dashia investigates economic shifts and everyday challenges to help readers make well-informed decisions, and she covers a range of topics, including technology, security, energy and money. Dashia graduated from the University of South Carolina with a bachelor's degree in journalism. She loves baking, teaching spinning and spending time with her family.

See full bio Dashia Milden July 18, 2026 11:00 a.m. PT 8 min read Any device you buy is an investment.

You want the reassurance that it's going to meet your short- and long-term needs for a while before you have to buy a new one. That's true for smartphones, laptops and especially TVs. Upgrading your TV means deciding on which brand is worth your hard-earned bucks.

Picture quality, sound, smart features and the display panel are just some of the specifications you may consider. And CNET readers have opinions on all of that and more. CNET's People's Picks gives readers a chance to share their opinions on their TV brand.

Many of you love LG, but some readers have opinions on other brands that you may not have considered before now. Here's which brands won readers over and what our experts think. LG/J.

Hazelwood/CNET LG Overall People's Picks winner LG is well-known among TV brands for its OLED screens, and it's a favorite among CNET editors and readers. LG earns high marks in many of CNET's People's Picks categories and wins three awards from readers: picture quality, fast-moving content and OLED/QD-OLED. CNET editors give LG several nods for recent OLED TVs, lauding the contrast in the new C6H, the color accuracy of the G5 -- recipient of a CNET Lab Award -- and the contrast and brightness of G6 for movie buffs.

The LG OLED G4 is one of the best gaming TVs for its top-notch gaming features, especially as a more cost-effective option compared to the LG G6. See at LG Picture quality Runner-up: Sony CNET readers crown LG as a winner for picture quality. More than 3 out of 5 (61.

7%) of CNET readers who own an LG TV reported an "Excellent" experience with their LG TVs in bright rooms and during the day. Readers say there's no glare and it's beautifully bright, and 65.1% of readers with LG TVs report perfect dark scenes with inky blacks and zero light bleed -- performance that's common on OLED models and can really improve the look of movies and TV shows.

That brings LG's picture quality to 63.4%. Sony is a runner-up for picture quality, based on nearly half (49.

8%) of readers with a Sony TV saying the brand has inky blacks with no bleed and great daylight performance. Fast-moving content Runner-up: Sony LG wins for flawless, fast-moving content. Of readers, 71% say LG TVs are perfectly smooth, are without blur and are without weird, artificial artifacts with fast-moving content, whereas 28% say LG's fast-moving content quality is natural but occasionally slightly blurry.

When it comes to gaming, CNET readers (59.8%) who have an LG TV say fast-moving content is flawless and incredibly responsive and that the TV has great gaming menus. Sony is the next top pick, with 60% of readers saying its fast-moving content is flawless on Sony TV screens.

OLED/QD-OLED Runner-up: Samsung Lastly, LG sweeps the OLED/QD-OLED category w