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Recommended TVs, by Consumer Reports

The lists below are Consumer Reports’ selection of recommended TVs. “Recommended TVs are standout choices with high scores. They include CR Best Buys, which offer exceptional value. When narrowing your choices, weigh features, price, and attributes that matter to you.” The maximum overall score is 100.


Recommended 60-inch and larger TVs

Samsung UN65JS9500

Overall score: 81

Samsung UN65JS9000

Overall score: 76

LG 65UF9500

Overall score: 75

Samsung UN60JU7100

Overall score: 72
“Best Buy”

Samsung UN60JU6500

Overall score: 71

LG 65UF8500

Overall score: 70

LG 70LB7100

Overall score: 70

LG 60UF7700

Overall score: 70
“Best Buy”

Samsung UN60H6350

Overall score: 70
“Best Buy”

Sony Bravia KDL-60W850B

Overall score: 69
“Best Buy”

Sony Bravia KDL-65W850C

Overall score: 69
“Best Buy”

Samsung UN65HU7250

Overall score: 68

Sharp Aquos LC-60UQ17U

Overall score: 68

LG 65UF6800

Overall score: 68
“Best Buy”

Samsung UN65J6300

Overall score: 68
“Best Buy”

LG 65LF6300

Overall score: 67
“Best Buy”

LG 60UF7690

Overall score: 66
“Best Buy”

Samsung UN65JU670D

Overall score: 65

LG 60LF6100

Overall score: 65
“Best Buy”

Vizio P702ui-B3

Overall score: 65

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Recommended 55- to 59-inch TVs

LG 55EG9600

Overall score: 78

Samsung UN55JS8500

Overall score: 74

LG 55EC9300

Overall score: 73

Samsung UN55JU7500

Overall score: 73

Samsung UN55JU6700

Overall score: 68

LG 55LF6300

Overall score: 68

LG 55UF7600

Overall score: 68

LG 55LF6000

Overall score: 67
“Best Buy”

Samsung UN55HU7250

Overall score: 67

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Recommended 46- to 52-inch TVs

Samsung UN48J6300

Overall score: 74

Samsung UN48H8000

Overall score: 73

Samsung UN48J5500

Overall score: 70

Samsung UN50JU7100

Overall score: 69

Samsung UN50J6200

Overall score: 69

Samsung UN50HU6950

Overall score: 69

Samsung UN50JU6500

Overall score: 68

Samsung UN48JU6700

Overall score: 68

Samsung UN50H5203

Overall score: 67

Vizio E48-C2

Overall score: 65
“Best Buy”

LG 50LF6100

Overall score: 65
“Best Buy”

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Recommended 39- to 43-inch TVs

Samsung UN40JU7100

Overall score: 72

LG 43UF7600

Overall score: 69

Samsung UN40JU7500

Overall score: 69

LG 42LF5800

Overall score: 68

LG 43LF6300

Overall score: 68

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Overall score: 68
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Recommended 32-inch TVs

LG 32LF5600

Overall score: 68

Samsung UN32J5500

Overall score: 66

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Recommended 29-inch and smaller TVs

LG 22LF4520

Overall score: 65
“Best Buy”

Samsung UN28H4000

Overall score: 63

LG 28LF4520

Overall score: 62

LG 24LF4520

Overall score: 61

Vizio E280i-B1

Overall score: 58

Vizio E28h-C1

Overall score: 58

Vizio D28h-C1

Overall score: 58

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Consumer Reports is an American magazine published monthly since 1936. It features reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services based on reporting and results from its in-house testing laboratory and survey research centre. The magazine accepts no advertising, pays for all the products it tests, and, as a not-for-profit organisation, has no shareholders. It also publishes cleaning and general buying guides. (Wikipedia.)

Source: Consumer Reports
Last checked on: 6 October 2015
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