Value Electronics hosted its annual TV Shootout Evaluation event on Saturday, July 26, 2025, at its showroom in Scarsdale, NY. The latest flagship TVs were brought together side-by-side to compare all picture quality attributes, with a winner crowned for “King of TV” for the 2025 model year.
Top-performing TVs from the premium manufacturers were selected to compete in the TV Shootout, with an evaluation of SDR and HDR voting categories. This year, the TV Shootout included four displays: LG’s G5, Panasonic’s Z95B, Samsung’s S95F, and Sony’s XR80M2. Two reference BVM-HX3110 professional mastering monitors were included in the event, so each display can be compared next to the reference monitor. All TVs were professionally calibrated to their best potential to be on an even playing field, and an esteemed panel of judges reviewed test patterns and content to carefully vote on the elements of picture quality.
The two main categories judged were Standard Dynamic Range (SDR) and High Dynamic Range (HDR). In SDR, the Sony XR80M2 (Bravia 8 II) OLED TV was the winner, taking the lead in 2 of 4 attributes judged and winning the overall average of the SDR voting categories. Samsung’s S95F was the runner up in overall average of SDR categories, closely followed by Panasonic’s Z95B and then LG’s G5.
For the HDR segment, Panasonic’s Z95B took the lead, winning 2 of the 4 attributes evaluated and the overall average. The Samsung S95F won 2 of 4 categories in HDR, and was barely behind the Panasonic by .01, followed by Sony, then LG.
Due to its overall average of all voting attributes judged in the event, combining SDR and HDR, and its more decisive win for Best SDR TV, Sony’s K65XR80M2 Bravia II OLED TV was crowned the “King of TV” for 2025. Second place is Samsung’s S95F OLED TV, and third is Panasonic’s Z95B OLED TV.
Here are the results from the Shootout:
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