Anyone who is shopping for the best 55-inch 4K TVs in 2017 should be looking for a set that successfully strikes a balance between price, size, and all the high-end tech that’s in vogue right now. Now that fall is here, and the summer temperatures are quickly fading away, we’re all going to be spending a lot more time indoors, and we’ll turn to our TVs more and more. If your current TV is starting to show its age, the more affordable cost of 4K HDR TVs may make today the best time to find a refresh your AV setup.
TVs of this size are popular, and that means TV manufacturers pay plenty of attention, offering all the best features and display technology. That means there will almost always be a 55-inch TV that easily caters to all of your needs, especially if you think it’s time to hop on the 4K bandwagon.
From OLED to LCD, LED and QLED, you’ll find just about every type of display technology at 55 inches delivered by television manufacturers like Panasonic, LG, Sony and Samsung. What’s more, they offer 55-inch TVs loaded with new smart technology.
Here are our recommendations for the best 55-inch 4K TVs you can buy today, with all the details you need to know about what makes them really special.
In the 55 inch 4K TV game, there is one clear winner: the LG OLED C7 – available in a 55-inch version as well as a 65-inch. It gains this top spot because it delivers better light control and brightness than last year’s C6 (something that we didn’t even think was possible), making it a high dynamic range performer that doesn't sacrifice OLED’s class-leading standard dynamic range proficiency. It delivers these new beautiful display features at a price that finally makes OLED a financially viable alternative to high-end LCD TVs making it, beyond a doubt, one of 2017’s most essential TVs.
There are other OLEDs worth thinking about this year (see: Sony's A1E OLED or LG's B7 and W7) but when you consider just how well LG’s OLED C7 performs, especially at this price point, there’s just no TV this year that can really beat it out.
Read the full review: LG OLED55C7
While LCDs haven't quite reached the same black levels as their OLED rivals, the Sony X900E's HDR performance comes extremely close.
This is possible because of the set's direct LED backlight, which permits it to reach a level of brightness uniformity that edge-lit displays just can’t reach.
And with the phenomenal detail and motion handling, the Sony BRAVIA XBR-55X900E (called the KD-55XE90 in the UK) strikes a great balance between price and performance for mid-range 4K TVs and is definitely worth your consideration ... even if its Android TV interface can feel a little slow, and its remote a little cheap.
Read the full review of the 65-inch version: Sony BRAVIA XBR-65X900E
For years TV manufacturers have been trying tirelessly to find a way to bring a great performing Television at an affordable price, and so far they’ve been unsuccessful. Until now.
TCL’s P-Series 55P607 does just that – it packs amazing technology under the hood, including support for Dolby Vision and WCG, in an affordable package and the price will only continue to drop once the seasonal sales start in November.
If you like your TVs bright, colorful and well-stocked with the latest display technologies, the TCL P-Series 55P607 should be at the top of your list.
Read the full review: TCL P-Series (55P607)
If you have the money to bankroll them, the 55A1E – and the A1E OLED series overall – are crowd pleasers in just about every way. Their ‘picture only’ design has been beautifully realized, managing to be simultaneously subtle and dramatic. Their vibrating screen delivers a far more powerful and effective sound performance than we’d ever thought possible.
The real stars of the show here, though, are the A1’s exquisitely detailed, contrast-rich and colorful pictures. These prove emphatically what we’ve long suspected: More brands using OLED technology can only lead to good things.
Read the full review: Sony Bravia OLED A1E
Samsung was the first brand to introduce an HDR-compatible screen way back in 2015, but it's not been resting on its haunches ever since.
It's latest flagship, the QN55Q9F (QE55Q9FAM in the UK), is a perfect example of this. It ups the brightness to 1500 nits, 50% higher than the level required for UHD Premium certification, making it one of the brightest TV we've ever tested.
Outside of an impressive-sounding number this brightness has a real impact on the set's image quality. Detail is preserved in even the brightest areas of the image, and colors are exceptionally vivid and bright. That means even non-HDR content looks fantastic thanks to Samsung's SDR upscaling technology.
No TV is perfect, and the Q9F can occasionally suffer from some backlight clouding around bright objects and some settings cause color striping in HDR colors, but in all other respects this is the best television around at the moment.
Read the full review: Samsung Q9F QLED TV
LG's 'B' line of OLEDs has consistently offered a great entry point into the display technology without compromising on what makes it so exciting.
And the B7 series is no different.
Contained within the TVs is exactly the same panel that's powering the more expensive C7, E7 and yes even the W7 LG televisions, which means an exceptional bump over last year's OLED panels at a much lower price.
So where has LG saved the money? In a word, sound. The B7's downward firing speakers are the worst all the company's OLED TVs. Not only that, but the set is also currently unable to pass Dolby Atmos to an external sound system over HDMI (although a firmware update to fix this is on the way).
If however, you're content to put up with a standard surround sound experience, then the B7 is a fantastic entryway into a piece of TV tech that still feels futuristic in 2017.
Read the full review: LG OLED55C7
AV enthusiasts living in the UK have it good. Not only do you have access to great OLEDs from Sony and LG, but Philips and Panasonic each have their own line of infinite contrast screens that are exclusive to your neck of the woods.
Of them, one of our favourites is the Philips 55POS901F: a gorgeous looking 55-inch TV built around an OLED panel. The screen makes a stunning first impression thanks to the radiance of its three-sided Ambilight system and the gleaming metallic purity of its bodywork.
It’s much more than just a pretty face, though.
By the time you’ve added to the 55POS901F’s heady 4K HDR picture mix OLED’s ability to be watched from wider angles than current LCD TVs without losing colour and contrast, you have on your hands one of the best TVs on the market, even in the especially competitive 55-inch screen space.
Read the full review: Philips 55POS901F
By introducing its exceptional X1 video processor further down its TV range than ever before and being brave enough to dial down the brightness a bit to deliver a more even, immersive backlight experience, Sony's struck mid-range gold with the XBR-X850E (KD-55XE8596 in the UK).
While it's not the brightest or most colorful TV on the list, the simple fact is that few TVs we’ve seen in recent times have balanced price, contrast, brightness and color quite so all-round effectively as Sony's mid-range hero.
All that said, US customers will have to upgrade to Sony's 65-inch iteration of the X850E if they want the mid-range price break, while UK residents get to happily enjoy this one in the smaller 55-inch size.
Read the full review: Sony XBR-55X850E
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