Pros & Cons
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- Bright, colorful picture
- Simple, easy-to-use interface
- Hands-free voice control
- Remote finder
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- No full voice assistant
- Lacks ATSC 3.0
Roku 55-Inch Pro Series Mini-LED TV (2025) Specs
| AMD FreeSync | FreeSync Premium Pro |
| HDMI Ports | 4 |
| HDR | Dolby Vision |
| HDR | HDR-10 |
| Input Lag (1080p120) | 5.2 |
| Input Lag (4K60) | 9.4 |
| Nvidia G-Sync | None |
| Panel Type | LED |
| Refresh Rate | 120 |
| Resolution | 3,840 by 2,160 |
| Screen Brightness | 1941 |
| Screen Size | 55 |
| Streaming Services | Yes |
| Video Inputs | HDMI |
| Video Inputs | RF |
| Video Inputs | USB |
| VRR |
Roku’s 2025 Pro Series is the company’s newest top-of-the-line mini-LED TV, offering a bright and colorful picture, responsive gaming performance, hands-free voice control, Apple AirPlay support, and even a remote finder. It might not have any big upgrades over the 2024 Pro Series besides a brighter panel, but at $1,199 for the 65-inch model I tested, it’s a strong value, especially if you like Roku’s simple and accessible interface. For that, it earns our Editors' Choice as the best Roku TV currently available. If you're not married to the Roku platform, the Google TV-powered Hisense U8QG (regularly $1,499.99 for 65 inches) costs more than the Roku Pro Series but looks even better, has a built-in 4.1.2-channel spatial audio speaker system, a higher 165Hz refresh rate, a DisplayPort-over-USB-C input, and a full-fledged voice assistant, so it's also an Editors' Choice winner for LED TVs.
Design: Big and Unassuming
Matte black metal is the core of the Roku Pro Series’ visual design, with a stealthy, almost industrial take on the standard nearly bezel-less look of most midrange and high-end TVs. A flat band running along the sides and top is just slightly thicker than similar elements on comparable TVs, but it isn’t wide enough to really count as a bezel. A slightly thicker black strip on the bottom edge of the screen bears a gray, non-reflective Roku logo. The TV sits on two nearly flat black feet, and can be wall-mounted.
(Credit: Will Greenwald)The TV’s ports sit on the right side of the back, and include four HDMI ports (two 120Hz, one eARC), a USB-A port, and a USB-C port, all facing right. An Ethernet port, an optical audio output, and an antenna/cable RF connector face down, slightly further in. On the right edge of the screen, just behind the metal border strip, a power button and a remote control finder button can be found. Pressing the latter button will make the remote chime, helping you locate it.
(Credit: Will Greenwald)The remote in question is the second-generation Roku Voice Remote Pro, the company’s high-end remote also included with the Roku Ultra and the 2024 Roku Pro Series TV, and available as an optional $30 accessory for Roku’s other TVs and media streamers. It has all of the standard elements of any Roku remote, like the signature big purple plus-shaped direction pad and a purple fabric tag with the Roku logo, plus some extra tricks. Besides the aforementioned remote finder feature, it also has a mid-field microphone array so you can use the TV’s voice controls hands-free around the room. A mechanical mute switch on the left side prevents the remote from always listening for “Hey, Roku,” and even if it’s disabled, you can still use voice controls by pressing and holding the microphone button and speaking directly into the remote.
Features: Roku TV for Easy Browsing
Roku TV is Roku’s smart TV platform, the same interface used by the company’s media streamers. It’s an accessible and content-focused system with a home screen built around large, easy-to-understand app tiles. It supports most major streaming services except Twitch, and features Apple AirPlay for locally streaming from your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. While it does have recommendations and ads like every other smart TV platform, they’re unobtrusive compared with Amazon Fire TV and Google TV, and won’t overwhelm you with too many options on the screen. That’s why I usually recommend Roku devices for less tech-savvy users who would prefer simplicity over being inundated with options at all times.
(Credit: Will Greenwald)You can control the Pro Series hands-free with your voice thanks to the microphones in the remote. Voice controls let you turn the TV on and off, switch inputs, adjust volume, open apps, and search for content across most major streaming services.
Like the Roku TV platform itself, Roku’s voice features are simpler and more media-focused than Alexa on Fire TV or Google Assistant on Google TV. The TV won’t tell you the weather or let you check your schedule, and while it works with a selection of Roku’s own smart lights, plugs, and security cameras, it doesn’t support any third-party smart home devices. The TV interface isn't really intended to serve as a whole-home hub like Amazon, Google, LG, and Samsung all try for with their systems. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, though, since it keeps the experience simple.
Performance: A Bit Brighter Than Before
The 2025 Roku Pro Series is a 4K mini-LED QLED TV with a 120Hz refresh rate. It supports high dynamic range (HDR) content in Dolby Vision, HDR10, HDR10+, and hybrid log gamma (HLG). It has an ATSC 1.0 tuner for over-the-air broadcasts but not ATSC 3.0 for 1080p and 4K broadcasts.
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We test TVs with a Klein K-10A colorimeter, a Murideo SIX-G signal generator, and Portrait Displays’ Calman software. The 2025 Roku Pro Series gets a fair bit brighter than the 2024 model. Displaying a full-screen white field in HDR Standard with the color temperature set to the warmest option and backlight set to the highest option, it shows a peak brightness of 833 nits with a full-screen white field and 1,920 nits with an 18% white field, up from 806 and 1,621 nits on the previous model. The improved mini-LED backlight means blacks can get completely dark under the right conditions, though, as with all LED TVs, light bloom can still produce a slight haze along high-contrast edges. The Hisense U8QG is far brighter than either Roku Pro Series, putting out 3,200 nits with an 18% white field.
(Credit: PCMag)The above charts show the Roku Pro Series’ color levels with an SDR signal compared against Rec.709 broadcast standards in Movie mode, and with HDR10 and Dolby Vision HDR signals in HDR Dark and Dolby Vision IQ modes compared against DCI-P3 digital cinema standards. SDR colors are spot-on, and while the TV doesn’t reach the full DCI-P3 color space, Dolby Vision colors are also highly accurate. Cyans run slightly green and magentas run slightly red with an HDR10 signal, but not overwhelmingly so.
I encountered a noticeable issue where cyans were extremely undersaturated in Movie mode when testing with an SDR pattern. Switching the mode’s color space from Auto to Custom without making any other adjustments immediately fixed this, producing the results in the chart above. According to Roku, this behavior has since been fixed with a firmware update, so manually switching the mode's color space should now be unnecessary.
The burning lab fight in Deadpool shows strong contrast, with bright flames and dark shadows in the same frame. The fire is vivid and shows plenty of variation in the highlights, while shadow details are also clear. Some light bloom can be seen in the anamorphic letterboxing bars in bright shots, but it’s not distracting, and the brightness of the flames overwhelms it.
Disney’s Sea Lions of the Galapagos looks great on the Pro Series. The bright island environments are well-saturated, looking natural without being cartoonish. The fur of sea lions is sharp, with fine details apparent for both darker and lighter hides. The blues of the waters look vibrant, and contrast and color fade very little when viewing the TV off-angle.
(Credit: Will Greenwald)Demonstration footage on the Spears & Munsil Ultra HD benchmark disk looks excellent on the Pro series. Snowy scenes are bright and detailed, with wisps of clouds and falling snow easily discernible against white skies and ground. More colorful landscape and wildlife shots are vivid and look lifelike. The TV’s local dimming mini-LED backlight array works well when showing bright, colorful objects against black backgrounds, keeping those backgrounds completely dark and displaying almost no light bloom.
Gaming: Less Than a Frame of Lag at 120Hz
For gaming, the Roku Pro Series has a 120Hz refresh rate with variable refresh rate (VRR) and AMD FreeSync Premium Pro. It’s highly responsive, too. Using a Leo Bodnar 4K Video Signal Lag Tester, the TV showed input lags of 9.4 milliseconds with a 4K60 signal and 5.2ms with a 1080p120 signal in Game mode. That’s below one frame in both cases (16.6ms at 60Hz, 8.3ms at 120Hz), our threshold to consider a TV good for gaming.