The best 65-inch TVs strike the perfect balance between immersion, size and budget, and have fast become one of the most popular sizes of TV in Australia. Providing plenty of screen real estate to show off your movies and games, yet 'small' enough to fit into the majority of Australian homes, a 65-inch TV could be just the thing you need to amplify your home cinema.
Fortunately, a 65-inch TV no longer needs to cost the earth, with many falling into affordable territory and others receiving generous discounts during major sales events. Naturally, if you have the extra cash to spend, you can get yourself a truly exceptional screen – some of the best OLED TVs with next-gen tech are available at this size.
And, if you feel a 65-inch TV isn't big enough for your home entertainment needs, then be sure to check out our guide to the best 75-inch TVs in Australia.
When we test 65-inch TVs, we take objective readings of various metrics including colour accuracy and brightness levels, and combined with our subjective opinion of the screen's overall performance against its price and feature set, we settle on the list below.
The best 65-inch TVs of 2026
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Below you'll find full write-ups for each of the best 65-inch TVs in our list. We've tested each one extensively, so you can be sure that our recommendations can be trusted.
The best 65-inch TV overall
✅ You want stunning picture quality: The C6 delivers strong contrast and rich colours, making it perfect for TV, movies and sports.
✅ You want a TV that's built for gaming: With extensive support across all four of its HDMI 2.1 ports, the LG C6 is a gamer's dream screen.
❌ You watch in bright conditions: The LG C6 doesn't get the same anti-reflective treatment as its G6 sibling, so its screen can show mirror-like reflections in particularly bright environments.
❌ You expect good built-in sound: The C6's speakers aren't all that impressive, you'll want to add a soundbar for greater depth and immersion.
The LG C6 OLED is a tremendous TV that delivers the perfect combination of picture quality, built-in sound, gaming features and an intuitive user interface. In short, it's our number one pick for a 65-inch TV that will be used in a mixed-use living room.
It receives some upgrades over its C5 predecessor, including a faster processor (the same one used in the flagship G6 no less), which allows for a substantial brightness boost. This boost goes some way to helping the LG C6 serve up a truly glorious picture. Contrast, understandably, benefits greatly, and we saw excellent differentiation between bright and dark tones during our testing. Colour accuracy is another strong point, with animated movies in particular displaying natural, vibrant colours.
The LG C6 is also an excellent gaming TV with HDMI 2.1 support across all four of its ports, VRR and ALLM. Plus, thanks to a 165Hz refresh rate, certified by Nvidia, it's perfect for PC gaming as well. LG's on-screen Game Optimizer menu also makes it quick and easy to adjust specific settings mid-game.
The C6's built-in speaker system does a fine job, with dialogue in particular coming through clearly and the AI Sound Pro mode proving to be actually quite useful. However, a soundbar will deliver a much-improved audio experience. We also noticed the C6's screen can reflect light in very bright rooms. Turn the lights down though and this becomes less of an issue.
Read our full LG C6 OLED TV review
The best mid-range 65-inch TV
✅ You want that Sony picture feel for less: The Bravia 5 holds on to more of the panel and processing prowess of more premium Sony TVs than you'd expect at this price.
✅ You have a PlayStation 5: The Bravia 5’s Perfect For PlayStation 5 features allow a PS5 console to automatically feed it optimised HDR games.
❌ You have a budget: Some rivals, most notably TCL, sell bright, vibrant 65-inch TVs with good gaming features for substantially less than the Bravia 5 costs.
❌ You need HDR10+ support: While it does have Dolby Vision, the Bravia 5 misses out on HDR10+ support.
The Sony Bravia 5 is a superb TV that has a lot more in common with the company's more expensive, flagship TVs than you'd expect for the money. As we said in our review, it delivers "crisp images, strong contrast and great gaming features", which is all you can ask from a 65-inch TV really.
The Bravia 5 is an excellent choice where contrast is concerned, with blacks appearing deep with little to no blooming around bright objects, which is a testament to Sony's processing and panel technology. In our testing we found the Bravia 5 could hit nearly 900 nit brightness peaks on a 10% HDR window, and that it managed an OLED-beating 595 nits in a full 100% HDR window — impressive stuff. There's more positive news where colours are concerned too, the Bravia 5 delivers vibrant, rich and bold tones that still appear entirely natural and accurate.
You should temper expectations though, given this is a mid-range set. We did find that in Sony's Professional mode (equivalent to Filmmaker), blacks looked a little grey compared to in Standard mode, and some blooming can creep in when the TV is viewed from an angle. It's definitely worth tinkering with picture settings to get the Bravia 5 set up for optimal results.
The Bravia 5's built-in speakers aren't anything particularly special, although it is at least clean, expansive and accurate. Bass levels are limited though. Design-wise there isn't a huge amount to say, although we do like how you can attach the feet either at the ends or in the middle of the TV, allowing it to be stood on all entertainment units.
The Bravia 5 uses the Google TV operating system, which we found to be pretty slick in use. It of course also provides access to all of the most popular apps, although we're not fans of the large banner ads that dominate the home screen.
All in all, the Sony Bravia 5 is a fantastic TV that will suit anyone whose budget can't quite stretch to the flagships of this world, but wants to get good value for money.
Read our full Sony Bravia 5 review
The best 65-inch premium OLED TV
✅ You want excellent picture quality: Delivering colours that are both vibrant and authentic, with rich contrast, crisp detail and great reflection handling, the G6's picture is truly brilliant.
✅ You want a premium TV for gaming: The G6 comes stacked with gaming features such as 165Hz and VRR, and games look great on it. It also has an exceptionally low 8.9ms input lag.
❌ You have a budget: The G6 carries a premium price for its features and will test a lot of people's budgets. If you want greater value, look to the 2026 LG C6, which uses the same panel as the G6 in certain sizes.
❌ You need HDR10+ support: While it does have Dolby Vision, the 65 still misses out on HDR10+ support.
The LG G6 is an impeccable TV. It's packed with useful features and arrives with a seriously bright OLED panel that makes it a genuine contender to inherently bright Mini-LED screens. It's premium in every sense of the word and really needs to be seen to be believed.
Picture quality is where the G6 really comes into its own, with stunning contrast, accurate and realistic textures, vibrant and gorgeous colours and ultra-responsive motion. And, thanks to a second-generation Primary RGB OLED panel, its high peak and full-screen brightness means every part of the picture gets a new level of punch, even when compared to the also-amazing LG G5.
Perhaps the biggest talking point this year however is the G6's much-improved anti-reflective screen. LG has avoided following Samsung's lead with its Glare Free OLED tech, preferring instead to maintain a glossy look. That can have an effect on the picture in bright conditions, but in the G6, LG has worked wonders, so that now this can comfortably be used in bright rooms, without sacrificing black levels or picture quality.
LG's OLEDs have been powerhouse gaming TVs for a number of years and the G5 is no different. It has four HDMI 2.1 ports that support 4K 165Hz, VRR (AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync included), HGiG, Dolby Vision gaming. Its ultra-low 9.1ms input lag time means responsive performance while gaming, and its Game Optimizer menu and Game Quick Card serve as very useful tools.
LG's webOS continues to be one of the best smart TV platforms available, and webOS 26 continues the trend with a range of useful AI tools that will be a real benefit to some users. The G6 looks appealing as well, with a bezel-less design and trim depth making it perfect for wall-mounting (a slim-fit TV-mount in-box also helps!).
While we wish its built-in sound could match its picture (it's still perfectly adequate), the LG G6 is a near-perfect TV. Yes, it's pricey, and for some, the step-down C-series OLEDs will be a better choice, but it's still one special TV that's worth its money.
Read our full LG G6 review
The best 65-inch OLED TV for sound
✅ You want phenomenal built-in sound: The Sony Bravia 8 II's sound is direct, powerful and follows the action on-screen closely.
✅ You want a great TV for movies: The Bravia 8 II has great overall picture quality, and its picture processing makes everything, even old TV shows and YouTube videos look good, but it really shines with 4K movies on streaming and Blu-ray disc.
❌ You need the brightest OLED: Models such as the LG G5 and Samsung S95F have higher peak brightness than the Sony Bravia 8.
❌ You want the best TV for gaming: The Bravia 8 II has a solid set of gaming features, but there are only two HDMI 2.1 ports, and it lacks the same cloud-based gaming options found on LG and Samsung TVs.
Read any of our TV reviews here at TechRadar and you'll soon notice that TV manufacturers still seem to make sound quality an afterthought when making their screens. It could well be due to the increased awareness of soundbars, but the fact remains some people will want to use their TV's speakers all the time. Sony is one brand that is striving to make sure its TVs provide excellent quality sound and the Sony Bravia 8 II is certainly no exception.
I've selected the company's latest OLED for this spot (it replaces the slightly older, but still available Bravia 8) as not only does it produce superb sound from its built-in system, but its picture quality is simply superb.
Adopting a technology called Acoustic Surface Audio+, which also features on the Bravia 8, it integrates actuators behind the screen to pass sound through it. The result is more direct, powerful audio. What's particularly impressive is how well the Bravia 8 II's speaker system is able to process Dolby Atmos effects to create a more immersive experience with object sounds being accurately placed within the soundfield.
Another interesting feature is the 'Acoustic Center Sync', which allows a compatible Sony soundbar to be connected to the TV to become the centre speakers itself, enabling a bolder, more room-filling sound.
It's not just a fantastic TV for sound, though, the Sony Bravia 8 II has a brilliant, refined picture that's a marked improvement over the Bravia 8. Brightness has seen a huge boost, thanks to the adoption of a QD-OLED panel, as opposed to a standard WOLED alternative. And, while the 8 II's brightness figures still fall behind flagship screens from LG and Samsung (in our testing) it still makes it a fine option, even in brighter rooms.
Our main niggle with this screen is Sony's continued resistance against giving its TVs four HDMI 2.1 ports. Here, the Bravia 8 II gets two (alongside two HDMI 2.0 ports). While this may not be a huge issue for some, if you have multiple external devices, you'll likely find you'll need to keep switching them around for the best performance. Oh, and it's also not a cheap TV by any means.
These downsides aside, the Bravia 8 II is a fantastic TV.
Read our full Sony Bravia 8 II review
How to choose the best 65-inch TV
Should I buy a 65-inch TV?
We’ve answered this question in a much more detailed guide elsewhere on TechRadar, but the short answer is: yes, if you can afford to.
Basically, a bigger TV is often a better TV and, as mentioned earlier, these large-scale displays typically boast the best specification when it comes to new tech and useful features.
As 65-inch models are becoming increasingly popular, too, they’re also becoming less expensive, and we’d almost always recommend parting with a little bit more money to enjoy the benefits of such an impressive screen size.
Which is the best 4K TV brand?
The question of the best 4K TV brand (for 65-inch models, in particular) is a difficult one to answer when there’s so many great models out there. Displays from the likes of LG, Sony and Samsung regularly make this list, but they’re often joined by equivalent models from brands like Hisense and Panasonic.
A better question might concern what to look for when buying a 65-inch 4K TV, to which we’d say picture quality, app support, other handy bells and whistles like voice control and, of course, price.
Features like HDR support, Dolby Vision and Atmos, OLED panels and the like can be real differentiators, too, when it comes to finding the 65-inch 4K TV with the best viewing experience, though it’s no surprise that the more of these extras a display has, the more expensive it tends to be.
What is 4K resolution?
4K is, essentially, an ultra-high-definition screen resolution. Also called UHD or 4K UHD, the display technology has become the default screen resolution across all of the TVs that you’re likely to see in stores today – as well as many PC monitors, too.
The very best UHD TVs pack over eight million pixels in their high-res displays – that’s four times the amount you’ll find on the Full HD panels in today's small TVs.
You don’t necessarily need access to 4K entertainment content to enjoy the benefits of 4K resolution, either, since many of the best 4K TVs – i.e. most of the 65-inch displays on this list – boast impressive upscaling technologies that bolster content filmed in HD.
The only displays which sport a sharper picture are the 8K variety – though, being a still-new technology, choice in that department is much more limited and, naturally, 8K models are far more expensive.
How we tested the best 65-inch TVs
Our team selects the best 65-inch TVs based on a few main factors: their overall picture performance including contrast, color saturation and motion handling, as well as their feature set, design and smart TV platform. We're looking for TVs that are well-built and have the technology to last for the next few years.
Obviously, there is a level of subjectivity that goes into the review process, however, we strive to maintain fairness across brands by testing the same type of content on each screen (HD/SDR, 4K/HDR, games, movies and music) and reporting what we've found the experience to be like.
We test the brightness and color range using a colorimeter and Portrait Displays’ Calman calibration software. We test each set straight 'out-of-the-box' as well as after calibrating the screens ourselves, so that we can tell you what you'll get if you don't tweak at all, as well as what the TVs are capable of in the right hands.
Like our readers, our writers' and editors' room layouts differ and may cause slight disparities in testing, however, we also test a lot of sets in a dedicated testing room, while also making every attempt to question our assumptions and troubleshoot our issues with performance in every review.
The latest updates to this best 65-inch TVs guide
September 10, 2026
Removed Samsung QN90F, TCL C6K and TCL C7K due to lack of stock in Australia. Added the Sony Bravia 5 as the new 'best mid-range' pick. Removed the 'best budget' category while we await new reviews of more cost-friendly models.
April 28, 2026
Replaced the LG G5 with the LG G6 as the best premium 65-inch TV pick.
January 13, 2026
Replaced the Sony Bravia 8 with the Sony Bravia 8 II as the best for sound pick. Replaced the Samsung QN90F with the QN900F as the best for sports.
October 22, 2025
Replaced the Hisense U7N with the TCL C6K as the best budget pick and the LG B4 with the TCL C7K as the best mid-range pick.
15 October 2024
Completed a full overhaul of the entire guide to bring it up to date. All previous TVs have been replaced with 2024 models.
Benchmark test results have been added to all entries, too.
July 29, 2025
Replaced the LG C4 with the LG C5 as the 'best 65-inch TV overall' due to stock shortages of the C4 in Australia.
Replaced the Samsung QN90D with the Samsung QN90F as the 'best TV for sports'.
April 30, 2025
Replaced the Samsung S95D with the LG G5 as the 'best premium OLED TV' based on our testing, with the latter exhibiting increased brightness and other useful features.
Removed the LG G4 as 'best TV for wall-mounting' category and replaced it with the Samsung QN90D as the 'best TV for sports'.
Added LG C5 to 'Also Consider' section and removed LG's other OLEDs from 'New TVs coming in 2025' as they feature elsewhere in this guide.
