The Best Cheap TVs We’ve Tested for 2025

Budget-friendly TVs often make compromises compared with higher-end counterparts, but you can still get a good-looking, feature-filled model for less than $1,000 if you know where to look—and you should start here. I’m a certified TV calibrator and THX home theater expert, and I test every TV I review using specialized equipment to measure its brightness, contrast, color accuracy, color range, and input lag. The Fire TV-powered Hisense U65QF is the best budget TV on the market in…