LG OLED evo G6 Series OLED83G6WUA 83"

The LG G6 is the brightest, most beautiful OLED ever made, and the flush wall mount is pure art. It's ruinously expensive, but it's the new king of living room TVs.

The brightness here is the real story. LG claims it's 3.9 times brighter than conventional OLEDs, and while we always take marketing numbers with a grain of salt, our testing shows this thing hits levels we've simply never seen from an OLED before. It's in the 97th percentile for display quality, which puts it in 'best-in-class' territory. The α11 AI processor is a beast too, making motion handling for sports and fast-paced games look buttery smooth. What surprised us most was the gaming performance. A 0.1ms response time and full G-Sync and FreeSync support at 120Hz puts it in the 98th percentile for gaming, making it one of the best gaming displays on the market, TV or monitor. The audio from the 4.2-channel system is also a standout, well above average and actually usable without a soundbar for most people.

The Sony BRAVIA XR A95L is the G6's only real rival for pure picture purists, and it's a toss-up. Sony's processing is still slightly better for movie accuracy out of the box, which explains our weirdly low picture quality percentile for the G6. But the LG is brighter and a better gaming TV. The Samsung QN990F is the other big competitor, using Neo QLED tech. It gets even brighter and has no burn-in risk, but it can't touch the G6's perfect black levels and contrast. For most people, the G6's combination of that stunning flush design, class-leading brightness for an OLED, and killer gaming features makes it the more compelling flagship.

Let's be real: this is a luxury purchase, not a value pick. With a price spread from $5500 to $8929 across vendors, you absolutely need to shop around. The best deal we're seeing is at Best Buy, and at the lower end of that range, the G6 starts to make a weird kind of sense against other premium 83-inch sets. You're paying a massive premium for that flush wall mount and the brightness breakthrough. If you just want a big, great-looking OLED and don't care about it sitting perfectly flat against the wall, you can save a bundle on last year's model. But if you want the best and money is no object, this is the one to get.

The LG G6 is the absolute best OLED TV you can hang on a wall right now, period. It's not just an incremental upgrade. This thing is a genuine leap forward in brightness, and it solves the one real complaint people have had about OLED for years: that they're not bright enough for sunny rooms. The new Brightness Booster Ultra tech combined with the Reflection Free screen makes this the first OLED we'd confidently recommend for a bright living room with big windows. It's stupidly expensive, but if you want an 83-inch screen that doubles as a piece of art and delivers a picture that'll make your jaw drop, this is it.

If you're looking for the best pure picture accuracy out of the box for a dedicated, light-controlled home theater, the Sony A95L is still the one to beat. The G6 is brighter and more versatile, but Sony's processing gives it the edge for critical movie watching without a professional calibration. Go get the Sony instead.

Buy the LG G6 if you want the most beautiful TV on the market that also happens to be a technical powerhouse. It's the first OLED that truly works in any room, bright or dark, and the flush Gallery Design is a genuine conversation starter. The high price is the only real barrier. If you can stomach the cost, you will not be disappointed. This is the new benchmark.