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Samuel Polay

The best TVs under $1,000 to get this holiday

The current chip shortage hit the TV industry first, causing massive waves of disruption to what is normally one of the most predictable spaces in tech.

Instead of the steady price drops every new TV experiences throughout the year, we saw prices staying mostly flat, and in some cases increasing as manufacturers struggled to keep up with demand.

As weird as this year has been for the TV industry, that doesn’t mean there still aren’t some terrific panels out there under the key $1,000 mark, including some OLED models this year. We’ve rounded up some of the best value TVs you can get this holiday season for a big living room upgrade.

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TCL 55” 6 Series with Google TV
Best Buy
LG 48” A1 OLED
Best Buy
Hisense 65” U8G
Best Buy
Hisense 55” U7G
Best Buy
TCL 5 Series 65”
The TCL 5 series is always a great budget option because it is essentially last year’s 6 series panel tech in a more affordable package. It uses a QLED panel with traditional full-array local dimming backlight technology on both the Roku and Google TV models. Apart from the OS, the biggest difference is the Google TV model features three HDMI ports instead of four, but those ports support advanced gaming features like 60Hz VRR for consoles. I think the $100 difference is worth it, but you can’t go wrong with either TV.
Best Buy
Sony 55” Bravia XR X90J
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