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LAS VEGAS—CES 2026 once again transformed the city into a showcase of cutting-edge display technology, and televisions were among the most impressive stars of the show. Over several days, I crisscrossed the sprawling Las Vegas Convention Center, hopped between packed hotel ballrooms, and explored off-site demo spaces, all in search of the most jaw-dropping screens the industry has to offer. From massive wall-filling panels to blindingly bright screens, manufacturers pulled out all the stops to demonstrate what the future of TV looks like. While many sets were impressive, only a select few truly distinguished themselves through innovation, picture quality, and sheer wow factor. With that in mind, these are the standout TVs that left the strongest impression this year.
Samsung S95H
(Credit: Celso Bulgatti)Samsung’s flagship S95H OLED boasts a brighter panel than last year’s excellent S95F, a bold new design featuring a metal bezel that gives it the appearance of a framed picture, and optional wireless video connectivity with the company’s Wireless One Connect box. The fact that wireless connectivity is optional really helps the S95H stand out, as it makes the TV especially flexible and convenient. If you want a clean, wall-mounted screen unmarred by a nest of HDMI cables behind it, get the wireless box. If you want to play video games and minimize latency (and I’ve seen wireless video connections cause input lag of multiple frames), you can run a direct cable. And if you have many devices you want to connect to the TV, you can use both methods, providing a total of eight HDMI ports. All of these factors make the S95H the most promising TV I saw at the show, and earned it an official Best of CES award.
LG W6
(Credit: Will Greenwald)LG’s W6 OLED revives the concept of the “wallpaper TV” that the company introduced in 2019. It’s an ultra-thin TV, measuring just 9 millimeters (approximately 0.35 inches), thanks to its own wireless Zero Connect box, similar to Samsung’s Wireless One Connect box. The Zero Connect box isn’t optional, however, so gamers might want to consider the not-quite-as-thin wired G6 OLED LG also announced. Both TVs use the same panel with the same Brightness Booster Ultra processing feature, which LG claims makes them even brighter than last year's G5, my favorite OLED TV of 2025 and the brightest one I’ve tested to date.
Hisense 116UXS
(Credit: Will Greenwald)Hisense’s 116UXS is only one of two RGB LED TVs to make this list. That’s because, while pretty much everyone was showing off some sort of RGB LED TV at CES, few really stood out over the others. Considering the technology is still very new, very promising, and very expensive, you could argue that none of them even had to. Still, Hisense caught my eye by going one step further. The 116UXS takes the mix of red, green, and blue LEDs and adds a second blue to the mix. Well, Hisense calls it sky blue, but it’s more likely cyan. Either way, the company claims the 116UXS covers 110% of the BT.2020 color space. Considering even getting close to that range of color, which is much wider than the DCI-P3 digital cinema color space I usually consider when testing TVs, that’s quite the claim. Last year’s Hisense 116UX didn’t cover BT.2020, but it didn’t claim to do so either, and it was still by far the brightest TV with the widest colors I had ever tested.
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Samsung R95H (130-Inch)
(Credit: Will Greenwald)Samsung already announced its 2026 line of RGB LED TVs last month, but it still had a big new screen to show off at CES. The company’s demonstration space was anchored by the massive 130-inch R95H TV, topping off the line’s previously confirmed sizes of 55, 65, 75, 85, 100, and 115 inches. That’s currently the largest TV of its type.
Hisense 163MX
(Credit: Will Greenwald)Hisense is pushing RGB LED TVs in full force, but they weren’t the biggest screens I saw at the company's booth. That honor goes to the 163-inch 163MX micro-LED TV. Micro-LED TVs use clusters of red, green, and blue LEDs for individual pixels, making them entirely responsible for forming the picture on the screen without backlighting a separate LCD panel like RGB LED TVs and conventional LED TVs do. Well, they’re usually clusters of red, green, and blue, but Hisense once again decided that three is an unlucky number and added a fourth color to the mix. This time, the LED clusters feature a yellow sub-pixel to complement the RGB mix. The advantage of micro-LED TVs is that, like OLED TVs, they can control the light output of each pixel individually, preventing the light bloom that LED backlight systems can cause. The downside is that they don’t seem to be as capable as RGB LED when it comes to color, as Hisense claims the 163MX can “only” cover 100% of BT.2020 compared with the 116UXS’s 110%. Additionally, micro-LED TVs are typically significantly more expensive than OLED or RGB LED TVs, with prices often exceeding six digits and requiring specialized professional installation. Hopefully, the 163MX will be a bit more affordable than that.
TCL X11L
(Credit: Will Greenwald)While TCL is releasing RGB LED TVs, they weren’t the star of the company's presence at CES. Instead, TCL highlighted the X11L as its flagship model, a non-RGB mini-LED TV the company calls SQD-Mini LED. The blue LEDs that light up the X11L’s quantum dot panel are smaller and more numerous than those in typical mini-LED TVs, and from the eye-searing brightness I caught at the show, much brighter. TCL claims the TV has a blinding peak brightness of 10,000 nits, and more impressively, can cover 100% of the BT.2020 color space.
Sylvox Frameless Outdoor TV
(Credit: Will Greenwald)Outdoor TVs need to be protected against the elements to function properly, so they’re usually large, bulky slabs with substantial cases. Sylvox is bucking that trend with its Frameless Outdoor TV, a weatherproof 4K panel that features a bezel-free design. Despite having a slimmer frame than other rugged TVs, the Frameless Outdoor TV is rated IP56, making it both dust-resistant and waterproof, capable of withstanding rain, snow, and even water jets.