Expert Smart TV Advice for Your Home

Size follows your seating distance. At 2.5 metres a 65" TV is the balanced choice, at 3 metres step up to 75"–85", and at 2 metres a 55" is about right. Use our TV size calculator to get an exact recommendation for your room, including the wall space you'll need.

OLED gives perfect blacks and the best picture in a dark or dimly lit room, making it ideal for movie watching. QLED and Mini-LED get significantly brighter, which matters in the bright, sun-filled living rooms common in Australian homes. If your TV faces a window, choose QLED or Mini-LED; if you control the light, choose OLED.

Around $900–$1,500 buys an excellent 55"–65" Mini-LED TV from TCL or Hisense that satisfies most households. The $2,000–$3,500 range gets you premium OLED panels from LG and Sony with better motion handling and processing. Spending beyond $4,000 mainly buys larger screen sizes and flagship brightness.

Look for HDMI 2.1 ports, a 120Hz native refresh rate, VRR (Variable Refresh Rate), ALLM (Auto Low Latency Mode) and input lag under 10 ms. Most 2026 mid-range and premium TVs from LG, Samsung, Sony and TCL include all of these — budget LED models often do not.

Not yet. There is almost no native 8K content available in Australia, and at normal seating distances the extra resolution is not visible on screens under about 85". The money is far better spent on a larger, brighter 4K panel with better local dimming.

LG's webOS and Google TV are generally considered the most straightforward, with Google TV offering the best content recommendations and voice search. Samsung's Tizen is polished and fast with excellent app coverage, while Hisense's VIDAA is simpler but has fewer niche apps. All four carry the major Australian services including ABC iview, 7plus, 9Now, 10 play, Stan, Binge and Kayo.