The LG C9 OLED leads the TV pack in the Tom's Guide Awards 2020

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The LG C9 OLED is still one of the best TVs we've ever seen

Best TV - LG C9 OLED
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The LG C9 OLED is our favorite TV of the year even as the new 2020 TVs have come out to replace the superb 2019 model. But the LG C9 OLED remains our top pick for premium televisions nonetheless thanks to the superb quality offered by OLED, and an impressive feature set that still feels fresh a year later. 

Plus, as new models come out and join our list of the best TVs, even the most premium sets from last year drop in price, making the LG C9 OLED more affordable than it has ever been.

The obvious draw for the C9 is clearly the brilliant OLED display, which uses LG's highly refined panel technology to deliver crisp, pixel-perfect contrast, vibrant color, and vivid HDR support. Simply put, the C9 OLED offers gorgeous picture quality, and that's the first requirement for any great TV.

And LG's Magic Remote continues to be one of the most intuitive and flexible options for smart TV navigation we've seen. The motion sensing technology lets you point and gesture to open apps and pick shows, while a microphone lets you interact by voice and a scrolling clickwheel makes it easy to scan through long lists and rows of content.

Brian Westover
Brian Westover

Brian Westover is currently Lead Analyst, PCs and Hardware at PCMag. Until recently, however, he was Senior Editor at Tom's Guide, where he led the site's TV coverage for several years, reviewing scores of sets and writing about everything from 8K to HDR to HDMI 2.1. He also put his computing knowledge to good use by reviewing many PCs and Mac devices, and also led our router and home networking coverage. Prior to joining Tom's Guide, he wrote for TopTenReviews and PCMag.