LG G6 remains the highest-scoring all-round TV here after value is reassessed without stock or delivery effects. TCL C7L stays ahead of LG B6 and Samsung QN80H under the unchanged weights, mainly on brightness rather than brand. Availability is only a filter; regional app functionality and dated price remain separate product facts. [144, 146, 151, 152, 156]
Groups reflect reversals in retained-vote arithmetic scenarios; Gemini’s unreassessed value uses the new median, not a new Gemini vote. They are not statistical confidence intervals. Ownership is shown by controlling holder; Sony’s planned TCL-controlled TV venture remains subject to approval. [160, 1, 2]
Compare side by side. Scroll across for more columns.
Samsung Electronics, South Korea (no majority holder) [4]
The most colourful OLED here, with a matte screen that nearly eliminates reflections, but its blacks turn grey in daylight and it has no Dolby Vision; its revised score remains second. [13, 21, 147, 160]Why this pick? Samsung S95H OLED (65-inch)
Near-G6 picture for less, with blacks that hold in room light; its glossy screen reflects lamps and windows, and its HDR is dimmer. [29, 31, 32, 148]Why this pick? LG C6 OLED (65-inch)
TCL Electronics, China (TCL Industries Holdings 54.54%) [8]
Stays above the LG B6, mainly because it is much brighter, at under half the BRAVIA 8 II's price; its picture trails every OLED here, with haloing and weaker off-centre viewing. [51, 63, 67, 151, 160, 163]Why this pick? TCL C7L (65-inch)
RM8,999 at Senheng, in stock (list RM10,799); RM8,199 on pre-order at Courts · QA65S85HAEXXM. Both dated prices supplied for value; preorder is not penalised. [38, 164]
OLED, glossy; WOLED on every reviewed unit [40, 97]
Dim rooms and sport. Catch: no Dolby Vision, and only indicative test evidence. [13, 40]
Tizen 45/100 · tested abroad. Decline viewing data and ad tracking. [113, 139]
2 years; register within 15 days; no separate panel term stated [16]
Lab evidence
Same hardware as RTINGS's tested unit, per RTINGS [27]
It remains first in the retained-vote scenarios after the value correction. It pairs OLED contrast with the best bright-room result among the OLEDs here: RTINGS found ambient light barely raises its blacks, where the Samsung S95H's turn grey. The catch is price: the C6 costs RM1,500 less with a picture score one point lower. [21, 24, 27, 29, 146, 148, 160] LG's webOS is the platform in the September 2026 Gamers Nexus reports, which tested older LG sets and not this one; its privacy rating is 50 out of 100, in the same band as every other platform here, and none rates well. [101, 136, 137]
Strengths
Top picture and brightness scores
Blacks hold up in a lit room
Four HDMI 2.1 inputs up to 165 Hz
Considerations
Costs more than the C6 for a similar dark-room picture
Samsung Electronics, South Korea (no majority holder) [4]
The most colourful OLED here, with a matte screen that nearly eliminates reflections, but its blacks turn grey in daylight and it has no Dolby Vision; its revised score remains second. [13, 21, 147, 160]
Why this pick? for Samsung S95H OLED (65-inch)
The most colourful OLED here, with a matte screen that nearly eliminates reflections, but its blacks turn grey in daylight and it has no Dolby Vision; its revised score remains second. [13, 21, 147, 160]
Reviewed design matches the Malaysian spec sheet; no direct comparison [20]
The most colourful OLED here, with a matte screen that nearly eliminates reflections, and RTINGS's pick for best 65-inch TV. That QD-OLED screen has a cost in daylight: ambient light turns its blacks grey, and TechRadar preferred the LG G6 in a bright room. It remains above the LG C6 in the corrected opinion totals, while the C6 retains different bright-room and HDR-format strengths. [21, 22, 23, 147, 160]
2 years; register within 15 days; no separate panel term stated [16]
Lab evidence
Same hardware as RTINGS's tested unit, per RTINGS [31]
Its picture score sits one point below the G6's, and RTINGS names it its best upper mid-range 65-inch TV. It follows the S95H, which is brighter and handles reflections better; the C6's glossy screen shows lamps and windows, but its blacks hold in room light and it plays Dolby Vision. [21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 146, 148, 160] LG's webOS is the platform in the September 2026 Gamers Nexus reports, which tested older LG sets and not this one; its privacy rating is 50 out of 100, in the same band as every other platform here, and none rates well. [101, 136, 137]
Sony Group (no controlling holder); TV arm due to join a TCL-controlled venture in 2027, pending approvals [1, 2, 6]
Picture score level with the G6, but the dearest 65-inch set here, greyish in a bright room, and subject to Sony's audio-sync fault in gaming. [51, 54, 94, 149]
Why this pick? for Sony BRAVIA 8 II OLED (65-inch)
Picture score level with the G6, but the dearest 65-inch set here, greyish in a bright room, and subject to Sony's audio-sync fault in gaming. [51, 54, 94, 149]
Its picture score ties the G6's, but it is the dearest 65-inch set here, and its revised total remains fourth. Small score gaps remain uncertain opinions. In a bright room its blacks turn greyish-purple, it has only two HDMI 2.1 inputs, and RTINGS's September update reports an intermittent audio-sync fault on Sony's Pentonic 1000 TVs. [51, 54, 94, 146, 149, 160]
TCL Electronics, China (TCL Industries Holdings 54.54%) [8]
Stays above the LG B6, mainly because it is much brighter, at under half the BRAVIA 8 II's price; its picture trails every OLED here, with haloing and weaker off-centre viewing. [51, 63, 67, 151, 160, 163]
Why this pick? for TCL C7L (65-inch)
Stays above the LG B6, mainly because it is much brighter, at under half the BRAVIA 8 II's price; its picture trails every OLED here, with haloing and weaker off-centre viewing. [51, 63, 67, 151, 160, 163]
RTINGS lists this model code as its tested hardware; tuning may differ [66]
The set the viral list rejects stays above LG’s B6 OLED, at under half the price of Sony's BRAVIA 8 II, and finishes above every Samsung LCD here. It gets there mainly on brightness: RTINGS rates its HDR brightness excellent, and removing value from both TVs and rescaling the remaining weights leaves C7L ahead of B6, 66.9 versus 65.6. Its picture score trails every OLED's, with haloing and a mediocre viewing angle. [51, 63, 67, 149, 151, 152, 156, 157, 159, 160, 163]
2 years; register within 15 days; no separate panel term stated [16]
Lab evidence
Indicative: the tested US unit differs in code and refresh claim [35]
Its OLED picture and motion scores hold up, but brightness does not: RTINGS rates it only okay in a bright room, with a glossy screen that does little against reflections. It sits in the shared sixth-place group. RTINGS names it its best mid-range 65-inch TV for US buyers; the Malaysian set may not be identical. [35, 36, 152, 160] LG's webOS is the platform in the September 2026 Gamers Nexus reports, which tested older LG sets and not this one; its privacy rating is 50 out of 100, in the same band as every other platform here, and none rates well. [101, 136, 137]
RM8,999 at Senheng, in stock (list RM10,799); RM8,199 on pre-order at Courts · QA65S85HAEXXM. Both dated prices supplied for value; preorder is not penalised. [38, 164]
Screen
OLED, glossy; WOLED on every reviewed unit [40, 97]
Best for, and the catch
Dim rooms and sport. Catch: no Dolby Vision, and only indicative test evidence. [13, 40]
Platform privacy
Tizen 45/100 · tested abroad. Decline viewing data and ad tracking. [113, 139]
Indicative: no RTINGS review; UK and US units tested [40]
Samsung's cheaper OLED scores close to the LG B6, with Trusted Reviews finding it steady with live sport but dimmer than Samsung's QD-OLED models. No reviewer has tested the Malaysian unit, but every signal, including Courts's listing, points to the same WOLED panel the reviewers tested. [40, 41, 152, 153, 97]
24 months with My Sony registration; Sony Store terms say one year [16]
Lab evidence
RTINGS lists this Malaysian model code among those it covers [59]
Bright and well controlled, with RTINGS finding very little haloing, but its motion score is among the lowest here because fast action looks very blurry. Its lowest price is at Sony's own Lazada store, whose listing does not print the model code, and its price comparison depends on the identified regional offer. [56, 59, 154]
Indicative: US unit tested; Samsung's viewing-angle claim conflicts [47]
Samsung's top 4K Neo QLED of 2026, the family the viral post recommends, scores below the TCL C7L the post rejects, on picture and overall. RTINGS says it underperforms similarly priced TCL and Hisense models on brightness and local dimming, and its viewing angle is mediocre; its own evidence is indicative. [45, 47, 151, 156]
It costs slightly more than the LG B6 OLED but scores far lower, and has the second-lowest value score among the ranked sets, above BRAVIA 8 II. RTINGS found good colour and contrast undercut by colour crosstalk and weak reflection handling. [33, 42, 44, 152, 157]
2 years by TCL Malaysia, per a retailer; not stated on TCL's page [16, 69]
Lab evidence
Indicative: the US QM6K was tested at 75 and 55 inches [71]
The cheapest scored set with local dimming, but RTINGS found its HDR dim in real content, with visible haloing and poor reflection handling. It is also the oldest set scored here. [50, 69, 70, 72, 158]
Indicative: US 65-inch and UK 55-inch units tested [50]
Last by a wide margin: RTINGS found no local dimming despite the Mini LED name, so blacks look grey and HDR is dim. It shares a badge with the S95H in second, which is why a brand name says little on its own. [50, 147, 159]
2 years; register within 15 days; no separate panel term stated [16]
Lab evidence
Same hardware as RTINGS's tested unit, per RTINGS [27]
It remains first in the retained-vote scenarios after the value correction. It pairs OLED contrast with the best bright-room result among the OLEDs here: RTINGS found ambient light barely raises its blacks, where the Samsung S95H's turn grey. The catch is price: the C6 costs RM1,500 less with a picture score one point lower. [21, 24, 27, 29, 146, 148, 160] LG's webOS is the platform in the September 2026 Gamers Nexus reports, which tested older LG sets and not this one; its privacy rating is 50 out of 100, in the same band as every other platform here, and none rates well. [101, 136, 137]
Strengths
Top picture and brightness scores
Blacks hold up in a lit room
Four HDMI 2.1 inputs up to 165 Hz
Considerations
Costs more than the C6 for a similar dark-room picture
The most colourful OLED here, with a matte screen that nearly eliminates reflections, but its blacks turn grey in daylight and it has no Dolby Vision; its revised score remains second. [13, 21, 147, 160]
Reviewed design matches the Malaysian spec sheet; no direct comparison [20]
The most colourful OLED here, with a matte screen that nearly eliminates reflections, and RTINGS's pick for best 65-inch TV. That QD-OLED screen has a cost in daylight: ambient light turns its blacks grey, and TechRadar preferred the LG G6 in a bright room. It remains above the LG C6 in the corrected opinion totals, while the C6 retains different bright-room and HDR-format strengths. [21, 22, 23, 147, 160]
2 years; register within 15 days; no separate panel term stated [16]
Lab evidence
Same hardware as RTINGS's tested unit, per RTINGS [31]
Its picture score sits one point below the G6's, and RTINGS names it its best upper mid-range 65-inch TV. It follows the S95H, which is brighter and handles reflections better; the C6's glossy screen shows lamps and windows, but its blacks hold in room light and it plays Dolby Vision. [21, 22, 30, 31, 32, 146, 148, 160] LG's webOS is the platform in the September 2026 Gamers Nexus reports, which tested older LG sets and not this one; its privacy rating is 50 out of 100, in the same band as every other platform here, and none rates well. [101, 136, 137]
Picture score level with the G6, but the dearest 65-inch set here, greyish in a bright room, and subject to Sony's audio-sync fault in gaming. [51, 54, 94, 149]
Its picture score ties the G6's, but it is the dearest 65-inch set here, and its revised total remains fourth. Small score gaps remain uncertain opinions. In a bright room its blacks turn greyish-purple, it has only two HDMI 2.1 inputs, and RTINGS's September update reports an intermittent audio-sync fault on Sony's Pentonic 1000 TVs. [51, 54, 94, 146, 149, 160]
Stays above the LG B6, mainly because it is much brighter, at under half the BRAVIA 8 II's price; its picture trails every OLED here, with haloing and weaker off-centre viewing. [51, 63, 67, 151, 160, 163]
RTINGS lists this model code as its tested hardware; tuning may differ [66]
The set the viral list rejects stays above LG’s B6 OLED, at under half the price of Sony's BRAVIA 8 II, and finishes above every Samsung LCD here. It gets there mainly on brightness: RTINGS rates its HDR brightness excellent, and removing value from both TVs and rescaling the remaining weights leaves C7L ahead of B6, 66.9 versus 65.6. Its picture score trails every OLED's, with haloing and a mediocre viewing angle. [51, 63, 67, 149, 151, 152, 156, 157, 159, 160, 163]
2 years; register within 15 days; no separate panel term stated [16]
Lab evidence
Indicative: the tested US unit differs in code and refresh claim [35]
Its OLED picture and motion scores hold up, but brightness does not: RTINGS rates it only okay in a bright room, with a glossy screen that does little against reflections. It sits in the shared sixth-place group. RTINGS names it its best mid-range 65-inch TV for US buyers; the Malaysian set may not be identical. [35, 36, 152, 160] LG's webOS is the platform in the September 2026 Gamers Nexus reports, which tested older LG sets and not this one; its privacy rating is 50 out of 100, in the same band as every other platform here, and none rates well. [101, 136, 137]
Indicative: no RTINGS review; UK and US units tested [40]
Samsung's cheaper OLED scores close to the LG B6, with Trusted Reviews finding it steady with live sport but dimmer than Samsung's QD-OLED models. No reviewer has tested the Malaysian unit, but every signal, including Courts's listing, points to the same WOLED panel the reviewers tested. [40, 41, 152, 153, 97]
24 months with My Sony registration; Sony Store terms say one year [16]
Lab evidence
RTINGS lists this Malaysian model code among those it covers [59]
Bright and well controlled, with RTINGS finding very little haloing, but its motion score is among the lowest here because fast action looks very blurry. Its lowest price is at Sony's own Lazada store, whose listing does not print the model code, and its price comparison depends on the identified regional offer. [56, 59, 154]
Indicative: US unit tested; Samsung's viewing-angle claim conflicts [47]
Samsung's top 4K Neo QLED of 2026, the family the viral post recommends, scores below the TCL C7L the post rejects, on picture and overall. RTINGS says it underperforms similarly priced TCL and Hisense models on brightness and local dimming, and its viewing angle is mediocre; its own evidence is indicative. [45, 47, 151, 156]
It costs slightly more than the LG B6 OLED but scores far lower, and has the second-lowest value score among the ranked sets, above BRAVIA 8 II. RTINGS found good colour and contrast undercut by colour crosstalk and weak reflection handling. [33, 42, 44, 152, 157]
2 years by TCL Malaysia, per a retailer; not stated on TCL's page [16, 69]
Lab evidence
Indicative: the US QM6K was tested at 75 and 55 inches [71]
The cheapest scored set with local dimming, but RTINGS found its HDR dim in real content, with visible haloing and poor reflection handling. It is also the oldest set scored here. [50, 69, 70, 72, 158]
Indicative: US 65-inch and UK 55-inch units tested [50]
Last by a wide margin: RTINGS found no local dimming despite the Mini LED name, so blacks look grey and HDR is dim. It shares a badge with the S95H in second, which is why a brand name says little on its own. [50, 147, 159]
A viral post recommended LG OLED, Sony OLED, Samsung QLED and Philips OLED with Ambilight, and rejected Xiaomi, TCL, Hisense, Philips and Panasonic. Against these scores and company filings, it is right about LG and wrong about TCL and "Samsung QLED". [146, 151, 156, 99]
Brand by brand
The post's claim
What the evidence shows
Before buying
Backs LG OLED
Broadly right. The G6 is first and the C6 follows the S95H, but the cheaper B6 is dim in a bright room. [36, 146, 148, 160]
The G6 and C6 hold up; see the B6 in a lit room before choosing it for daytime viewing. [36, 146, 148]
Backs Sony OLED
The BRAVIA 8 II's picture score ties the G6's, but its price holds it to fourth. Its QD-OLED panel is the one Samsung uses in the S95F, and Sony has agreed to move its TV and home-audio business, Malaysian factory included, into a venture TCL will control, pending approvals. [1, 2, 3, 12, 149]
Weigh the BRAVIA 8 II's price and the audio-sync fault; the business moves to a TCL-controlled venture from 2027 if approved. [1, 2, 94, 149]
Backs Samsung QLED
Wrong as a blanket rule. Samsung's QLED-branded QN80H scores below the TCL C7L, and its cheaper Mini LED M80H comes last; Samsung's strong set is the S95H OLED. No 2026 Samsung supports Dolby Vision. [13, 147, 151, 156, 159]
Choose by model, not badge: the S95H scores well, the QN80H and M80H do not. [147, 156, 159]
Rejects Philips, except Philips OLED with Ambilight
The recommended model is not on sale from Philips Malaysia, which lists no OLED at all. Philips TVs are made by TP Vision under a Philips brand licence, and that business's actual controller is China Electronics Corporation, a Chinese state group. [11, 81]
The recommended Philips OLED is not on sale from Philips Malaysia. [81]
Rejects TCL
Not supported as a blanket rule. The C7L stays above LG’s B6 OLED, mainly because it is much brighter, and finishes above every Samsung LCD here, outscoring the QLED-branded QN80H on picture and brightness, not just value. Its picture score still trails every OLED's, and it costs under half the BRAVIA 8 II's price. [51, 63, 151, 152, 156, 157, 159, 160, 163]
Worth shortlisting for a bright room; check haloing and off-centre viewing in store. [67, 151, 163]
Rejects Hisense
Unproven on picture: the only lab tests of the U7S are of a US twin running a different platform, which its reviewer says does not carry across, so it is scored but not ranked. The concrete Malaysian drawback is its VIDAA platform, which several local streaming services do not list. Hisense Malaysia gives its 4K sets a three-year warranty. [14, 16, 74, 155]
Confirm that the apps you use are supported on VIDAA, or plan on a separate streaming device. [14, 74]
Rejects Xiaomi
Unproven either way: no lab test of a Xiaomi TV sold in Malaysia was found. [79]
No lab evidence either way; judge the set in store. [79]
Rejects Panasonic
Unproven, and hard to act on: its OLEDs listed in Malaysia are 2023 models, the newer Z95B is not offered, and no Malaysian model has been lab-tested. Skyworth now runs its European TV sales. [7, 80]
Its Malaysian OLEDs are 2023 models; compare them with newer sets on price. [80]
Buying notes & calculation details
A viral post ranked TV brands by name and flag. Checked against the scores and filings here, it is broadly right about LG, wrong about TCL and about "Samsung QLED", unproven on Hisense, Xiaomi and Panasonic, recommends a Philips model that Philips Malaysia does not sell, and treats Sony as the opposite camp to TCL although Sony has agreed to put its TV business under TCL's control from 2027, pending approvals. [1, 2, 81, 146, 151, 156, 99]
The post marks brands with national flags, so ownership is checked here; it is not evidence about any set's picture. Flags show where a brand began, not who owns it now. Sony Group has no controlling shareholder and foreign investors hold most of its shares; Samsung has no majority holder; one shareholder, Lei Jun, controls most of Xiaomi's votes; and Hisense's listed TV company reports no actual controller beside a Qingdao state shareholder. [4, 6, 9, 10, 99]
Choose the screen type before the brand
Match the screen to the room first; the brand matters less than that choice. [21, 27, 62]
Which TV fits your room?
Your room or use
Where the evidence points
Before buying
Bright living room with windows
LG G6; the 75-inch Sony BRAVIA 9 II, partially assessed without an overall score
The S95H removes reflections but its blacks turn grey by day; the C6 and B6 reflect lamps. The BRAVIA 9 II is sold only from 75 inches. [21, 31, 36, 61]
More detail for Bright living room with windows
The qualification
The S95H's matte screen removes reflections but its blacks turn grey in daylight; the C6 and B6 reflect lamps and windows. [21, 27, 31, 36, 61, 62, 150]
Films in a dark room
LG G6, LG C6, Sony BRAVIA 8 II
All three play Dolby Vision; the LG OLEDs show some stutter. [25, 27, 30, 31, 52]
More detail for Films in a dark room
The qualification
OLED black with Dolby Vision on all three; RTINGS notes stutter on the LG OLEDs. [25, 27, 30, 31, 52, 54]
Football with a group
The OLEDs, for their wide viewing angles
OLED burn-in from static tickers was not assessed; the QN80H and C7L lose quality off-centre. [47, 67, 95, 98]
More detail for Football with a group
The qualification
Burn-in from static score tickers, an OLED risk, was not assessed. The QN80H and TCL C7L lose quality off-centre, and the BRAVIA 7 II blurs fast action. [21, 47, 59, 67, 95, 98]
Console gaming
LG G6 or C6, Samsung S95H
Sony's BRAVIA sets and the TCL C7L offer high refresh on only two inputs. [54, 59, 62, 67]
More detail for Console gaming
The qualification
Four HDMI 2.1 inputs each; Sony's BRAVIA sets and the TCL C7L offer high refresh on only two. [21, 27, 31, 54, 59, 62, 67]
Under RM5,000
TCL C6K
Samsung's M80H is cheaper but has no local dimming. [50, 69]
More detail for Under RM5,000
The qualification
The cheapest scored set with local dimming; Samsung's M80H has none. [48, 50, 69, 72]
A soundbar is planned
Discount the sound column
Sony owners using ARC should note the audio-sync fault. [162, 94]
More detail for A soundbar is planned
The qualification
Built-in audio is 8% of the score; Sony owners using ARC should note RTINGS's audio-sync finding. [162, 94]
Buying notes & calculation details
A room with bright windows needs a different screen from a dark home cinema, and the brand matters less than that choice. [21, 27, 62]
Privacy, by platform
Privacy is rated by platform and changes no place. None rates above the middle of the scale, the gaps between them are not firm, and opting out is the step with evidence behind it: decline the optional data agreements at setup on any brand. [100, 109, 136]
Decline the viewing, voice and advertising agreements. That does not stop LG's TVs looking for other devices on your network, so use a guest network if you can; the reports tested older sets, not the G6, C6 or B6. [101, 103, 104, 132]
More detail for LG webOS
TVs in this guide
G6, C6 and B6
What to do
Decline the viewing, voice and advertising agreements at setup; LG says apps and updates still work. LG confirms its TVs look for other devices on the home network and does not say this can be switched off. Declining the agreements does not stop that, and the reported flaws have no patch date, so keep an LG set on a guest network if your router offers one. [103, 104, 105, 132]
Skip Samba's viewing-data service if offered; the countries Sony UK lists for it are all European. Google TV itself collects viewing and app activity. [118, 122]
More detail for Sony Google TV
TVs in this guide
BRAVIA 8 II and 7 II; BRAVIA 9 II (unranked)
What to do
Skip Samba's viewing-data service if it is offered; the countries Sony UK lists for it are all European. An older Sony page says that declining Sony's own privacy policy at setup disables updates and key apps; whether that still holds was not established. Google TV itself collects watch activity, app use, approximate location and identifiers; basic TV mode, which must be chosen at first setup or after a factory reset, avoids the Google account but gives up installing apps, search and casting, and a TV left offline gets no security updates. [118, 119, 122]
Decline viewing data and ad tracking. Samsung Canada says streaming apps need a Samsung account; Malaysian sets were not checked. [113, 114]
More detail for Samsung Tizen
TVs in this guide
S95H, S85H, QN80H, R85H and M80H
What to do
Decline Viewing Information Services and interest-based ads; Samsung's US notice says resetting the advertising ID does not stop customised ads. Samsung Canada says streaming apps need a Samsung account on 2023 and later models; whether Malaysian sets differ was not checked, so ask before buying if that matters to you. [113, 114]
Check ACR is off in settings; TCL's Malaysian notice says its ad partners may use it. Google TV itself collects viewing and app activity. [122, 123]
More detail for TCL Google TV
TVs in this guide
C7L and C6K
What to do
Check that ACR is off in the TV's settings: TCL's Malaysian notice says its advertising partners may use it, with consent where the law requires it. Google TV itself collects watch activity, app use, approximate location and identifiers; basic TV mode, which must be chosen at first setup or after a factory reset, avoids the Google account but gives up installing apps, search and casting, and a TV left offline gets no security updates. [122, 123]
Buying notes & calculation details
What a TV collects depends mainly on its smart platform, and also on region, model and what the owner agrees to. Privacy is therefore rated per platform, and giving every TV on a platform the same rating is a reporting convention, not a finding that they behave identically. It is shown beside the ranking and changes no score or place: the weights were fixed before this was researched, and a buyer can act on privacy in a way they cannot act on a panel. The ratings are a panel's opinion of documents and foreign tests. They do not establish what any 2026 set sold in Malaysia switches on at setup, and whether each maker's viewing-data service runs in Malaysia at all was not established. [100, 104, 112]
No platform rates above the middle of the scale, and after a second pass all five sit between 43 and 50. That is one band, not an order, and under the rule used for the places all five are level: one panellist rates Sony and TCL above LG, and the votes for Hisense alone range from 30 to 46. The first pass had put TCL ten points below Sony. Every reviewer of this section questioned that gap, because the two run the same Google TV software and TCL's lower votes leaned on a Malaysian notice that says what the other makers' documents leave unsaid. The rule that disclosure is not a worse practice than silence was then written into the rubric, and all five platforms were rated once more under it. Read the column as "no platform here has earned a good rating", not as a ranking of brands. [100, 133, 135, 136, 142, 143]
On any of them. Before buying, ask to see the set's consent screens or its local terms, since foreign support pages cannot settle what a Malaysian set does. Decline the optional viewing-data, advertising and voice agreements at setup; they can also be switched off later in settings, by menu paths that differ by brand and were not checked on Malaysian sets. If they do not appear there is nothing to decline, though that does not show that nothing is collected. Switch off the built-in microphone where the TV has a hardware switch, which Sony documents for the BRAVIA 7, Samsung for its Canadian sets and TCL for its 2022 US sets, and which LG says exists on supported models, without naming them; none of these pages names a 2026 Malaysian set, so look for the switch in the shop. Malwarebytes advises putting smart devices on a separate guest network: that keeps a TV from seeing your other devices where the router isolates guests, it does not stop the TV sending its own data, and it can break casting and phone control, so check that those still work. [103, 114, 119, 124, 132, 134]
What the LG reports do and do not show. Gamers Nexus reported that LG TVs it tested identified every device they could find on its network, logged voice commands and captured microphone audio with the screen off, and that researchers found flaws letting an attacker run code on the TV. The sets named in press accounts are older LG models; no account says a G6, C6 or B6 was tested, or whether the optional agreements had been declined. LG denies that its TVs continuously record or transmit conversations, says voice is processed only on a button press or an enabled wake word, and says ACR and voice recognition are off by default. It confirms the device discovery, and that nearby Wi-Fi networks may be used to place the TV where ACR is on. No public identifier or patch date for the reported flaws was found, and LG's statement does not mention them; when Bitdefender reported four webOS flaws in November 2023, LG took 142 days to patch them. [101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106]
Opting out is the step with evidence behind it. In the one study that measured it, an LG and a Samsung TV both stopped all traffic to their ACR servers once the researchers opted out. That is not all collection: device discovery, account activity and ordinary service traffic are separate. The same study found ACR running on HDMI inputs while opted in, so an external streaming box does not protect a TV that is online and opted in. A TV kept off every network cannot upload anything while it stays that way, so a set kept offline with a streaming box is the strongest option. It gives up the TV's own apps and its updates, the box brings its own platform's collection, as Google's list for Google TV shows, and whether each set here can be set up with no network and no account was not checked. Press accounts of the LG reports say stored data was uploaded after reconnecting, which LG disputes, so a set taken online later for its updates may not stay clean. [102, 103, 109, 122]
The rest is thinner than the headlines suggest. In the testing found, only LG and Samsung TVs have had their ACR traffic measured independently, abroad and on older sets. Texas sued all five makers over ACR in December 2025; Samsung and LG each reached an agreement with Texas, LG's without admitting fault, on terms that apply only in Texas, and the Sony, TCL and Hisense cases were still open at the last check. Which? scored three UK sets and none did much better than half marks. In Malaysia, LG's, Samsung's and Hisense's local privacy documents do not mention ACR and TCL's does: that is disclosure by TCL, not proof that the others collect nothing. No comment by a Malaysian regulator on smart-TV data collection was found. Malaysian law requires consent for processing personal data, with exceptions such as performing a contract, and since April 2025 a breach of its principles carries a fine of up to RM1,000,000, up to three years' imprisonment, or both. [107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 115, 117, 123, 127, 130, 131]
Security updates. Samsung states seven years from launch for TVs launched from 2023, LG up to five years from a webOS version's release, and VIDAA at least four years from launch, with no 2025 or 2026 platform on its list. No period could be established for Sony, and none was found for TCL's TVs. [105, 116, 120, 125, 129]
What we did not rank, and why
These sets were researched but not ranked, for the reason shown; unranked is not a verdict that a set is worse. [82]
Not ranked, and why
TV
Why it is not ranked
Before buying
Sony BRAVIA 9 II
Malaysia sells it only from 75 inches, so it is kept out of the 65-inch places. [61, 160]
Consider the larger format only if it suits the room. The old overall is withdrawn because the new value assessment is incomplete. [61, 150]
More detail for Sony BRAVIA 9 II
What we found
Partially assessed; no overall because value lacks sufficient votes. The 75-inch price is RM21,999; RTINGS rates it superb in a bright room [61, 62, 150]
Samsung S90H (65-inch)
Samsung does not say which panel the Malaysian 65-inch uses: Courts lists it as QD-OLED, while RTINGS tested a WOLED unit and says its results do not carry across. Every signal for the S85H, by contrast, points to WOLED. [75, 97]
Ask the seller which panel the Malaysian 65-inch uses. [75, 97]
More detail for Samsung S90H (65-inch)
What we found
RM11,109 at Samsung Malaysia; RM12,199 at Senheng, in stock [75]
Hisense U7S (65-inch)
Its only lab tests are of the US U7SG, and RTINGS says its results do not carry across smart platforms; the Malaysian set runs VIDAA. [74]
Treat its score as provisional, and confirm your apps work on VIDAA. [14, 74, 155]
More detail for Hisense U7S (65-inch)
What we found
Scored 60.2 on this rubric at RM6,597 at Harvey Norman [73, 155]
C7K was filtered out by the dated stock check, not scored worse; its performance remains unassessed here. C8L and X11L are outside the reference-size comparison. [77, 144]
The TCL C7L is the TCL set ranked here, at 65 inches. [77, 151]
More detail for TCL C7K, C8L and X11L
What we found
The C7K is out of stock; the C8L and X11L are not sold at 65 inches [77]
These sets were researched and left out of the places for the reason given. Unranked is not a verdict that a set is worse. [82]
Full research & product notes
The complete inventory, alternatives and limits behind the recommendations.
What would change this
What would change this
A lab test of a Malaysian unit, or Samsung confirming the S90H's panel, would replace indicative evidence. [40, 75]
A test of the VIDAA Hisense U7S would let it be ranked, and a Malaysian price for the Hisense UR8S would let it be scored. [74, 78]
Disney+ moves Malaysian viewers to a new app on 7 Oct 2026. If a TV platform loses support, its smart-platform score changes. [15]
Completion of the Sony–TCL deal, expected on 1 Apr 2027, changes the ownership column for every Sony set. [1, 2]
A Sony firmware fix for the audio-sync fault would remove a gaming caveat. [94]
Burn-in evidence. The risk from static channel logos and score tickers, which matters for the OLEDs, was not assessed. [98]
Price moves in the shared places can reorder them on value. Several offers here were promotions, including a Sony sale dated 14–16 September. [51, 160]
Disclosure of the LG flaws. No public identifier or patch date for the reported webOS flaws was found; a patch, or confirmation that they affect 2026 sets, changes LG's privacy rating. [105]
Tests of other platforms. Gamers Nexus is raising funds to test Samsung and other brands, no independent test of a Sony or TCL set was found, and only one of a UK Hisense; any such test adds findings to the documents, for the models, settings and region it covers. [110, 112]
A Malaysian regulator's view. No comment on smart-TV data collection was found when this was checked. [131]
A check of a Malaysian 2026 set's setup screens would show whether the viewing-data agreements are offered here, and whether Samsung's apps need an account. [112, 114]
A 2027 range. Samsung and LG announced their 2026 sets in January 2026, and their successors would reset this list. [19, 26]
How the scores were formed
How the scores were formed
The rubric was set before any candidate was researched and keeps refer's own TV weights. It judges picture first, from each set's own evidence, never from its brand or country. [162]
Criterion
Weight
What it judges
Picture
30%
Contrast, black level, local dimming, uniformity, viewing angle, colour and processing
Brightness and HDR
22%
Highlight and sustained brightness, tone mapping, HDR formats, and handling of reflections and room light
Motion
16%
Response time, judder, interpolation for sport, refresh rate, VRR and HDMI 2.1
Smart platform
12%
Speed, Malaysian app availability, ads and update support
Built-in audio
8%
The TV's own speakers, without a soundbar
Value in ringgit
12%
Picture and features for the dated Malaysian price
The original three-model panel assessed picture, brightness, motion, smart platform and value; a separate follow-up assessed built-in sound. On 19 September, value alone was reassessed by isolated Codex and Grok processes using the existing dated evidence with inventory, local sales channels and delivery excluded. Its new median replaces every old value vote; all other criterion votes and weights stay unchanged. The two reviewers supplied enough votes for thirteen of fourteen assessed sets; the unranked 75-inch BRAVIA 9 II lacks a supported new value score, so its previous overall is withdrawn rather than silently renormalized. Some retained cells are two-vote medians because an original panellist abstained: C6K picture/brightness/motion and U7S picture/motion. No catalog product scores were changed. [144, 145, 150, 164]
LG G6 remains first in every retained-vote arithmetic scenario. These scenarios reuse each original reviewer’s unaffected votes with its corrected value vote; missing votes use the current criterion median. Gemini did not reassess value, so its scenario uses the new median and is not a new Gemini review. Neighbouring entries share a conservative place if a scenario reverses their order; connected groups express uncertainty, not equal scores. The group labels changed while the numerical order of the twelve ranked TVs stayed unchanged. Stock is never a tiebreak. [160]
Both corrective reviewers accepted the arithmetic and filter-only policy after copy fixes. The value packet supplied all recorded price alternatives, including S85H’s pre-order price and BRAVIA7II’s lower Lazada offer; returned votes do not identify one unique price anchor. Preorder and sales-channel status contributed no permitted penalty. These are dated-price opinions, not formula-based valuations of a fixed checkout offer. Totals use exact decimal arithmetic, displayed to one decimal with ties to even. [145, 164]
The correction is not a measured stock-penalty adjustment: model judgement varies between runs. Physical test evidence, regional limitations, prices and privacy ratings were retained. TCL C7L’s stronger picture and brightness assessments than QN80H, and its brightness advantage over B6, do not depend on stock. Previously published sensitivity calculations belong to the archived score edition and are not reused as current numerical claims. [144, 145, 151, 152, 156]
The privacy rating was formed the same way but apart from the scores. Its rule was written after the LG reports that prompted it and before any other platform was researched; the same three models rated the five platforms from the cited rows only, and the rating is their median. It carries no weight: changing a weight after the order was known, because of news about the brand in first place, is what this method exists to avoid. Reaching 80 requires independent testing that confirms the settings work, which no platform here has for a 2026 set. The anchors leave room between them, so each rating is a judgement and not a measurement. [100, 136]
Three reviewers challenged this section four times, and in the last round two of the three called it safe to publish. All three kept privacy out of the weights every time, and from the second round on all three called LG's rating defensible. Every one of them questioned the first pass's ten-point gap between Sony and TCL, so a rule was added, that a maker's disclosure is not a worse practice than another maker's silence, and all five platforms were rated once more under it. The second pass stands and the first is shown beside it. Hisense's low vote in both passes is consistent with the low anchor's unanswered finding, since a researcher's 2021 report on a VIDAA set drew no reply. [129, 133, 135, 136, 142, 143]
Check the original context, assessment criteria and dated evidence.
Original research summary
LG G6 remains the highest-scoring all-round TV here after value is reassessed without stock or delivery effects. TCL C7L stays ahead of LG B6 and Samsung QN80H under the unchanged weights, mainly on brightness rather than brand. Availability is only a filter; regional app functionality and dated price remain separate product facts. [144, 146, 151, 152, 156]
Brand name is a weak guide on its own. No Malaysian unit was lab-tested, neither OLED burn-in nor Sony’s 2024 BRAVIA 8 OLED was assessed, and a small opinion-score gap is not a firm verdict. The value correction did not refresh any dated offer or stock check. [82, 96, 98, 145]
Privacy is rated separately, by platform, and moves no place. LG's webOS is under scrutiny after the September 2026 Gamers Nexus reports, which tested older LG sets and not the G6, and LG confirms its TVs look for other devices on the home network. On the evidence found, all five platforms rate between 43 and 50 out of 100: none rates well, and no order among them survives the panellists' disagreement, LG's included. The ratings are opinions of documents and foreign tests, not tests of the sets sold in Malaysia: no independent test of a Sony or TCL set was found, and only one of a Hisense, in the UK. Decline the optional data agreements at setup on any brand. [101, 104, 110, 112, 136, 137]
How this was scored
The TV with the best picture for a Malaysian living room, judged on each model's own contrast, brightness and motion rather than its brand's reputation, with smart platform, built-in sound and the ringgit price as the remaining third. A brand's standing is read from its current models, never assumed from its name or country.
Picture Quality — 30% · Contrast and black level in a dim room, local-dimming accuracy and blooming, uniformity, viewing angle, colour accuracy and processing (upscaling, gradient handling). Judged from independent measurements of the same hardware where they exist; a manufacturer's contrast figure is a claim, not a result.
Brightness & HDR — 22% · Real-scene HDR highlight and sustained brightness, tone-mapping accuracy, HDR format support (Dolby Vision, HDR10+), and how the screen handles reflections and ambient light in a bright Malaysian room, including raised black levels on screens that lose contrast under room light.
Motion Handling — 16% · Response time, 24p judder and stutter, motion-interpolation quality for football and other sport, and native refresh rate with VRR and ALLM on HDMI 2.1 inputs for console gaming.
Smart Platform — 12% · Interface speed, availability of the streaming apps Malaysians actually use (Netflix, YouTube, Disney+, Prime Video, sooka, Viu, iQIYI and local operator apps), advertising in the interface, and documented OS update support. The same OS can differ by region, so Malaysian app evidence outranks foreign reviews.
Built-in Audio — 8% · Dialogue clarity, bass and distortion from the TV's own speakers, without a soundbar. eARC is noted as a fact and is not scored.
Value in ringgit — 12% · Picture and features delivered for the dated Malaysian price of the 65-inch model, against local alternatives. A sale price is kept separate from the list price. Dated advertised offers are cost evidence regardless of stock or preorder status; inventory, local sales-channel presence and delivery access have no score effect. A foreign MSRP is not a Malaysian price.
Sources & evidence
The records behind this guide, with the dates and limits of each source.
1
Sony–TCL joint-venture agreement
OfficialRecorded 2026-03-31
Sony Corporation and TCL's wholly owned TTE Corporation signed a binding Transaction Framework Agreement on 31 Mar 2026. TTE will hold 51% of a new company, BRAVIA Inc., that assumes Sony's TV and home-audio business worldwide, and Sony keeps 49%. The initial consideration is JPY75,399 million. Closing is expected on 1 Apr 2027, subject to conditions precedent including all governmental approvals. Sony says the company becomes a consolidated TCL subsidiary and its products are expected to keep the Sony and BRAVIA names.
The Sony–TCL transactions "had not been completed as of 30 June 2026" (TCL interim report, published 28 Aug 2026). Sony's Form 20-F (filed 18 Jun 2026) lists the joint venture among deals whose completion is subject to regulatory approvals. No completion or clearance notice was found by 16 Sep 2026, so the latest filings show Sony still owning and running its TV business.
At closing TCL's TTE Corporation also buys 100% of Sony EMCS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., which TCL describes as principally engaged in designing and manufacturing consumer TVs, home audio and headphones, "a key site of the Business's manufacturing function", and "a 40-year-old manufacturing facility".
Samsung Electronics has no majority holder. The largest shareholder and related parties hold 19.69% of common shares and the National Pension Service 7.89% (30 Jun 2026). Samsung's own common-share breakdown for end-2Q 2026: foreign 46%; major shareholder and related parties 20%; domestic individuals 17%; domestic institutions 16%, so about 53% is held in South Korea.
Company filings; the 53% domestic figure is refer's sum of Samsung's own breakdown.
LG Electronics: LG Corp owns 35.3% of common shares (31 Dec 2025 and 31 Mar 2026). LG's shareholder composition, common plus preferred: LG Corp 32%, foreign 31%, domestic 37%. The Koo family and LG foundations hold about 41.72% of LG Corp (our sum of the filing's holdings).
Company filings; the 41.72% family figure is refer's sum of the filing's holdings.
Sony Group: its Form 20-F states it is not owned or controlled by any corporation, government or person. Foreign corporations and individuals held 58.26% of shares on 31 Mar 2026 (our sum of 58.24% and 0.02% in the shareholder-category table of the Japanese securities report). The largest register holders are custodian trust accounts.
Company filings; the 58.26% foreign figure is refer's sum of two filing categories.
Panasonic Holdings: no controlling holder among the top ten; foreign holders 46.03% on 31 Mar 2026 (our sum of 45.99% and 0.04%). From 1 Apr 2026 Skyworth leads sales, marketing and logistics for Panasonic TVs in Europe, while Panasonic keeps product development; no source read mentions Asia or Malaysia.
Company filing for ownership; the 46.03% foreign figure is refer's sum. Partnership scope from trade press.
TCL Electronics Holdings: TCL Industries Holdings holds about 54.54% and is the ultimate controlling shareholder (21 Aug 2026). The largest holder of TCL Industries Holdings (32.34%) is controlled by Li Dongsheng; Huizhou State-Owned Asset Management holds 9.30%.
Hisense Visual Technology (the listed Hisense TV company): Hisense Group Holdings holds 30.08%. A Qingdao state-owned shareholder holds 16.57% directly and 26.79% of Hisense Group Holdings. The company reports no actual controller since a December 2020 ownership reform approved by Qingdao's state-asset regulator.
Philips TVs are made and sold by TP Vision, which uses the Philips brand under licence from Koninklijke Philips. TP Vision is wholly owned by TPV Technology Ltd, which is 51% owned by TPV Technology Co., Ltd (Shenzhen-listed). That company's controlling shareholder is Nanjing CEC Panda (24.51%, state-owned), and its actual controller is China Electronics Corporation, a Chinese central state-owned group (30 Jun 2026). The exclusive TV licence ran from 1 Jan 2021 to 31 Dec 2025, covers Malaysia, and a renewal is evidenced in the 2026 half-year report without a stated term.
Panel makers: RTINGS names Samsung Display as the QD-OLED panel manufacturer and says the Sony BRAVIA 8 II "uses a new QD-OLED panel, the same one found in the Samsung S95F OLED". OLED-Info lists Panasonic, LG Electronics, Sony, Philips, Hisense and others as customers for LG Display's WOLED TV panels.
No 2026 Samsung TV found with Dolby Vision. RTINGS lists Dolby Vision "No" on all eleven 2026 Samsung models it has reviewed (US units). Samsung Malaysia's spec pages for the S95H, S85H, R85H, QN80H and M80H show an HDR10+ row and no Dolby Vision row. Samsung's 2026 push is HDR10+ Advanced.
Streaming apps in Malaysia by platform, from the providers' own device lists. Netflix and YouTube are on Google TV, LG webOS, Samsung Tizen and Hisense VIDAA. sooka lists all four, VIDAA from U6 models. Astro's Smart TV app list names Samsung, LG and Android/Google TV, not VIDAA. unifi TV 2.0 lists Android TV, Tizen (2021+) and webOS (2020+), not VIDAA. Viu's Malaysian operator list names Samsung, LG, Sony Android TV and some Philips, not VIDAA. TVBAnywhere+ names Android TV, Samsung and LG, not VIDAA. No provider states outright that an app is unavailable.
Disney+ Malaysia says its titles move to a new Disney+ app from 7 Oct 2026. Its current device list names Android TV 7.0+, LG webOS 4.0+, Samsung Tizen 2018+ and some Hisense VIDAA models; the new app's TV support was not published by 16 Sep 2026.
Malaysian TV warranties on brand pages: Samsung "1 - 2 Years" (some online-exclusive models 12 months); LG 2 years with registration within 15 days; Sony 24 months on My Sony registration (the Sony Store terms say one year); Hisense 3 years for 4K models with registration within 14 days; Panasonic 12 months plus 12 if registered online. TCL's Malaysian warranty page states no period. No brand gives the panel a separate term.
Store observation or research material retained on file; the original is not published here.
Samsung S95H release: shown at CES in January 2026; RTINGS's retail-bought US unit arrived on 17 Apr 2026; Samsung Malaysia launched its 2026 range on 11 May 2026. Age at 16 Sep 2026: 128 days (about four months) from the Malaysian launch.
S95H hardware match. RTINGS: the North American S95H is sold elsewhere as the S99H, and regions selling the S99H also sell a different "S95H" with a centre pedestal. FlatpanelsHD: the European S99H equals the North American S95H, and the European "S95H" drops the metal frame and uses a wired One Connect box. The Malaysian S95H lists the FloatLayer design and Wireless One Connect readiness, matching the reviewed S95H/S99H description; no source compares the Malaysian unit directly.
Refer's comparison of the Malaysian specification with reviewers' variant descriptions; no reviewer tested the Malaysian unit.
RTINGS S95H (reviewed 7 May 2026, Methodology v2.2, 77-inch US unit, results stated for 55 and 65 inches): an excellent all-rounder; the matte coating nearly eliminates direct reflections, but ambient light raises blacks considerably, as on all QD-OLEDs; near-infinite contrast; very wide viewing angle; noticeable stutter in slow pans; no Dolby Vision or DTS; little clean-up of low-quality streams; four HDMI 2.1 inputs at 4K 165 Hz; ads throughout the interface; up to seven years of updates promised; balanced, loud sound with little low bass. RTINGS names it its best 65-inch TV (list updated 15 Sep 2026).
FlatpanelsHD S95H (30 Jun 2026, 65-inch): HDR 10% window 2,704 nits; full screen 458 nits; Rec.2020 83.4%; input lag 10.7 ms at 4K 60 Hz; "Highly Recommended"; the matte screen raises blacks slightly in room light; Samsung's advertising push is a significant concern; weak bass.
Other S95H tests. Tom's Guide (26 Jun 2026, US 65-inch QN65S95HAFXZA): HDR 10% 2,721 nits, SDR 10% 253 nits, Delta-E 2.24, Rec.2020 89.60%, input lag 9.7 ms. PCMag (28 May 2026, same model): 2,460 nits at 10% in Filmmaker Mode, Editors' Choice. TechRadar's side-by-side bright-room test (9 Jul 2026) found the matte screen hazes blacks in room light and preferred the LG G6 there.
LG G6 65" (OLED65G6PSA): LG Malaysia RM11,999, list RM16,999, "Buy now", in stock. Harvey Norman RM11,997. Courts RM11,999, pre-order. Senheng sold out.
LG G6 Malaysian specification (claims): 4K OLED; "120Hz Native (VRR 165Hz)"; four HDMI inputs with 4K 120 Hz, eARC, VRR and ALLM; Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG, no HDR10+; "Reflection Free Premium"; webOS 26 with the Re:New programme (upgrades for up to five years on select models); 60 W 4.2-channel sound with Dolby Atmos; Alpha 11 Gen3 processor.
LG G6 and C6 release: announced at CES on 5 Jan 2026; LG US announced pricing and March 2026 availability on 5 Mar 2026; Malaysian launch coverage appeared on 27–28 Jul 2026, with Lowyat reporting the sets already at retailers. Age at 16 Sep 2026: 195 days from the US release announcement; 50 days from Malaysian launch coverage.
RTINGS G6 (reviewed 24 Apr 2026, Methodology v2.2, 65-inch OLED65G6SUB; RTINGS says the last three model-code letters vary by region with no performance difference): outstanding for mixed use; amazing in a bright room with outstanding SDR brightness and excellent reflection handling, and ambient light barely raises its blacks; perfect blacks; four HDMI 2.1 inputs at up to 4K 165 Hz; noticeable stutter; no DTS, HDR10+ or Dolby Vision 2; fantastic processing and gradients; banner ads can be switched off on the home screen but not the apps page; decent sound with little low bass; its unit showed a green tint off-angle, which RTINGS calls unit-dependent.
FlatpanelsHD G6 (30 Apr 2026, 65-inch): HDR 10% window 2,481 nits, 2% window 3,106 nits, full screen 471 nits; Rec.2020 78.4%; input lag 10.8 ms at 4K 60 Hz; "Highly Recommended"; reflections carry a slight magenta tint; minor flicker coming out of black in low-bitrate dark scenes. What Hi-Fi rates the 65-inch G6 five stars after a firmware retest.
LG C6 65" (OLED65C6PSA): LG Malaysia RM10,499, list RM14,799, "Buy now", in stock. Harvey Norman RM10,497, was RM14,799. Courts RM10,499, pre-order. TBM RM10,499, available.
LG C6 Malaysian specification (claims): 4K OLED; "120Hz Native (VRR 165Hz)"; four HDMI inputs with 4K 120 Hz, eARC, VRR and ALLM; Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG, no HDR10+; no reflection-free row; webOS 26 with Re:New; 40 W 2.2-channel sound with Dolby Atmos; Alpha 11 Gen3 processor.
RTINGS C6 (reviewed 20 Apr 2026, Methodology v2.2, 65-inch OLED65C6PUA; same regional-letter rule as the G6): excellent for mixed use; a glossy screen with only okay handling of direct reflections, though ambient light does not reduce its contrast or colour; fantastic for gaming with four HDMI 2.1 inputs at up to 4K 165 Hz; noticeable stutter; no DTS; fantastic upscaling and much less banding than the C5; the 65-inch uses a conventional WOLED panel, not the tandem panel of the 77- and 83-inch; sound okay. RTINGS names it its best upper mid-range 65-inch TV (15 Sep 2026) and notes its steep launch price.
Other C6 tests. Tom's Guide lab test (4 Apr 2026): HDR 10% 1,355 nits, SDR 10% 355 nits, Delta-E 1.53, Rec.2020 76.26%, input lag 12.9 ms (9.1 ms in Boost). TechRadar (26 Apr 2026, 65-inch): HDR 10% peak 1,438 nits in Filmmaker Mode, full-screen HDR 245 nits, and mirror-like reflections as on the C5.
LG B6 65" (OLED65B6PSA): LG Malaysia RM8,999, list RM12,699, "Buy now", in stock. Harvey Norman RM8,999 (its "was" price RM10,599). Courts RM8,999, pre-order. Senheng out of stock.
LG B6 Malaysian specification (claims): 4K OLED; "120Hz Native (VRR 144Hz)"; four HDMI inputs; Dolby Vision, HDR10 and HLG; no anti-glare row; webOS 26; 20 W 2.0-channel sound with Dolby Atmos; Alpha 8 Gen3 processor. Released in Malaysia with the LG range covered on 27–28 Jul 2026 (50 days before 16 Sep 2026); first sale anywhere unknown.
B6 hardware match is not established. RTINGS tested the US OLED65B6GUA ("also known as the LG B6G"), which tops out at 120 Hz; LG Malaysia claims VRR up to 144 Hz; Tom's Guide (US 65-inch) and EFTM (Australian 55-inch) report 144 Hz with VRR. The Malaysian code differs from the tested code beyond the regional suffix.
Refer's comparison of conflicting sources; the tested unit may differ from the Malaysian set.
RTINGS B6 (reviewed 10 Sep 2026, Methodology v2.2, US 65-inch): great for mixed use in dim rooms; only okay in a bright room, where the glossy coating does little against direct reflections; mediocre SDR brightness; decent HDR brightness, well below the C6; fantastic out-of-box accuracy; excellent processing; excellent for gaming but capped at 120 Hz; sub-par sound. RTINGS names it its best mid-range 65-inch TV (15 Sep 2026).
Other B6 tests. TechRadar (30 May 2026, 65-inch): HDR 10% peak 835 nits in Filmmaker Mode, full-screen HDR 154 nits, DCI-P3 97.4%, BT.2020 72.5%, input lag 8.9 ms, 4.5 stars, mirror-like reflections and a green tint. Tom's Guide (22 May 2026, US 65-inch): HDR 10% 694 nits in Standard mode; Delta-E 1.036 in Filmmaker Mode.
Samsung S85H 65" (QA65S85HAEXXM): Senheng RM8,999, list RM10,799, 18 in stock. Courts RM8,199, pre-order. TBM RM9,999. Samsung Malaysia shows no online price ("Where to buy").
Samsung S85H Malaysian specification (claims): OLED; "120 Hz VRR (100 Hz Native)"; four HDMI inputs at 4K 120 Hz; HDR10+ Adaptive, Gaming and Advanced, no Dolby Vision row; "Anti Reflection: Yes" (not branded Glare Free); Tizen; 20 W 2-channel sound; NQ4 AI Gen2 processor. Part of the 11 May 2026 Malaysian launch (128 days before 16 Sep 2026); Tom's Guide says it launched in the US in April 2026.
S85H evidence basis: RTINGS has not reviewed it. Reviewers describe WOLED units with a glossy screen and no Glare Free matte coating. RTINGS says the 2025 S85F used WOLED in all sizes outside North America. The Malaysian unit's panel is not stated by Samsung, so the tests below are indicative.
Refer's summary of what the available tests cover; they are indicative for the Malaysian unit.
Trusted Reviews, Tom's Guide and What Hi-Fi: Samsung S85H
ResearchRecorded 2026-07-29
S85H tests. Trusted Reviews (21 Jul 2026, UK 65-inch QE65S85H, WOLED): 775 nits on a 10% window in Movie mode, 967 nits on 2% in Dynamic mode, input lag 9.4 ms; stable with live sport; dimmer than Samsung's QD-OLED models; thin bass. Tom's Guide (3 Jul 2026, US 65-inch): HDR 10% 770 nits, Rec.2020 72.9%, input lag 9.2 ms, four stars, weak sound. What Hi-Fi (29 Jul 2026, UK 55-inch): picture 4, sound 3, features 5 of 5.
Samsung R85H Malaysian specification (claims): Micro RGB backlight; "144 Hz VRR (100 Hz Native)"; four HDMI inputs at 4K 144 Hz; HDR10+ Adaptive, Gaming and Advanced, no Dolby Vision; Tizen; 30 W 2-channel sound. Part of the 11 May 2026 Malaysian launch (128 days before 16 Sep 2026).
RTINGS R85H (reviewed 20 Aug 2026, Methodology v2.2, 65-inch; RTINGS states no known variants and no regional panel or performance difference): good for most uses, with good contrast, high brightness and vivid colour; unremovable colour crosstalk can tint whites; sub-par reflection handling makes dim scenes hard to see in a bright room; blurry motion in games; glossy VA panel; no Dolby Vision or DTS. Against the QN80H, RTINGS calls them extremely similar, with wider colour on the R85H and better black uniformity on the QN80H.
Samsung QN80H 65" (QA65QN80HAKXXM): Samsung Malaysia RM5,659, list RM6,499, "Buy now". Courts RM5,599, pre-order. TBM RM5,599. Senheng RM6,199, 5 in stock. There is no 2026 QN90H; the QN80H is Samsung's top 2026 Neo QLED 4K.
Samsung QN80H Malaysian specification (claims): Neo QLED with Quantum Mini LED; "144 Hz VRR (100 Hz Native)"; four HDMI inputs at 4K 144 Hz; HDR10+ Adaptive, Gaming and Advanced, no Dolby Vision; no anti-reflection row; "Wide Viewing Angle"; Tizen; 30 W 2-channel sound. Available in the US by 25 Mar 2026 and part of the 11 May 2026 Malaysian launch (128 days before 16 Sep 2026).
RTINGS QN80H (reviewed 12 May 2026, Methodology v2.2, US 65-inch QN65QN80HAFXZA; no statement that regional versions perform identically): good for mixed use; great SDR brightness but decent HDR in which small highlights do not stand out; a glossy coating with okay reflection handling; good contrast with noticeable haloing around very bright areas; a VA panel with a mediocre viewing angle, which conflicts with Samsung Malaysia's "Wide Viewing Angle" claim; mediocre clean-up of low-quality streams; blurry motion in fast games; no Dolby Vision or DTS; ads cannot be fully disabled. RTINGS says it underperforms similarly priced TCL QM8K and Hisense U8QG models on brightness and local dimming. No other measured review was found.
Samsung M80H Malaysian specification (claims): "Mini LED"; "144 Hz VRR (100 Hz Native)"; three HDMI inputs at 4K 144 Hz; HDR10+ support, no Dolby Vision; no anti-reflection row; Tizen; 20 W 2-channel sound. US announcement 24 Mar 2026; part of the 11 May 2026 Malaysian launch (128 days before 16 Sep 2026).
RTINGS M80H (reviewed 3 Jun 2026, Methodology v2.2, US 65-inch): mediocre for mixed use; no local dimming despite Samsung's Mini LED marketing, so blacks look grey; too dim for bright rooms; the glossy coating does very little against reflections; very blurry motion; great SDR accuracy; all three HDMI inputs full HDMI 2.1; no Dolby Vision. Trusted Reviews (26 Aug 2026, UK 55-inch): struggles to approach 400 nits on a 10% window; input lag 10.2 ms; four stars; glossy panel reflective by day; good value.
Sony BRAVIA 8 II 65" (K-65XR80M2): Sony Malaysia RM14,999, list RM16,999, "Add to Cart", during a "Malaysia Day Sale" dated 14–16 Sep 2026. Senheng and senQ RM14,499, list RM16,999, in stock. Sony's official Lazada store RM14,999, "Almost sold out".
Sony BRAVIA 8 II Malaysian specification (claims): OLED; 120 Hz panel; four HDMI inputs, with 4K 120 Hz and VRR only on HDMI 3 and 4; HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision, no HDR10+; Google TV; Acoustic Surface Audio+ with two actuators and two subwoofers (15 + 15 + 10 + 10 W); XR Processor.
BRAVIA 8 II release: Lowyat reported the Malaysian launch on 2 Jul 2025, at RM16,999 for the 65-inch, "now available for purchase"; RTINGS reviewed a bought US unit on 29 May 2025. Age at 16 Sep 2026: 441 days (about 14.5 months) from the Malaysian launch.
RTINGS BRAVIA 8 II (reviewed 29 May 2025, updated 9 Sep 2026, Methodology v2.2, 65-inch; "the same in all regions"; models K-55XR80M2 and K-65XR80M2): excellent for mixed use; outstanding for home theater; decent in a bright room, where blacks look greyish with a slight purple tint; very good for sports; excellent for gaming but with only two HDMI 2.1 ports and a 120 Hz limit; input lag higher than competing OLEDs; nearly infinite contrast; its QD-OLED panel is the same as the Samsung S95F's.
FlatpanelsHD BRAVIA 8 II (9 Sep 2025, European 65-inch): HDR peak 1,689 nits on a 5% window, 1,427 on 10%, 235 full screen; DCI-P3 100%, Rec.2020 84%; input lag 16.8 ms; total 87%, with the video processor and motion listed as strengths and only two HDMI 2.1 ports as a weakness. What Hi-Fi (27 Jun 2025, UK 55-inch) gives five stars and says it is not as bright as the LG G5.
Sony BRAVIA 7 II 65" (K-65XR70M2): Sony Malaysia RM11,999 with no discount, "Add to Cart". Sony's official Lazada store RM9,999, list RM11,999, "Almost sold out"; that listing names the BRAVIA 7 II at 65 inches without printing the full model code. Senheng and senQ RM11,999, in stock.
Sony BRAVIA 7 II Malaysian specification (claims): LCD with an RGB LED backlight and local dimming; 120 Hz panel; four HDMI inputs with 4K 120 Hz and VRR on HDMI 3 and 4; HDR10, HLG and Dolby Vision, no HDR10+; Google TV; 40 W four-unit sound at 65 inches.
BRAVIA 7 II and 9 II release: Sony Malaysia's press release, datelined 28 May 2026, says both "will be available in Malaysia from late June 2026". Sony Malaysia's site data gives earlier in-store dates (2 Jun 2026 for the 7 II, 27 May 2026 for the 9 II). Age at 16 Sep 2026: 111 days from the announcement.
RTINGS BRAVIA 7 II (reviewed 7 Jul 2026, Methodology v2.2, US 65-inch; the models it covers include K-65XR70M2, the Malaysian code): great for most uses; excellent for home theater, bright rooms and sports; good for gaming; fantastic SDR brightness overcomes daytime glare and ambient light has almost no effect on its blacks, but reflection handling is mediocre, so dark scenes are hard to see by day; very little haloing; fast action very blurry; only two HDMI 2.1-bandwidth ports; no colour-management system. With local dimming on High, RTINGS prints an SDR real-scene figure of 953 cd/m².
What Hi-Fi BRAVIA 7 II (10 Jul 2026, UK 55-inch K55XR75M2): four stars (picture 4, sound 3, features 4); blooming control extremely impressive for a backlit TV; competing OLEDs still provide better contrast; dull sound.
Sony BRAVIA 9 II is sold in Malaysia only at 75, 85 and 115 inches. 75-inch (K-75XR90M2): Sony Malaysia RM21,999, list RM23,999, "Add to Cart"; Sony's Lazada store the same. Senheng, senQ and Courts do not list it.
RTINGS BRAVIA 9 II (reviewed 16 Jul 2026, Methodology v2.2, US 65-inch; its covered models include K-75XR90M2, and it says most results also apply to the 75- and 85-inch): excellent for most uses; amazing for home theater; superb in a bright room, where the matte coating effectively eliminates all direct reflections; noticeable haloing around bright details and subtitles that is worse from the sides; image degrades off-angle; only two HDMI 2.1 ports; blurry motion when gaming at 60 Hz; no colour-management system. With local dimming on High, RTINGS prints 4,720 cd/m² on a 10% HDR window.
TCL C7L Malaysian specification (claims): SQD-Mini LED; 1,152 dimming zones at 65 inches; "Up to HDR 3,000nits" for 65 inches and above; a 4K 144 Hz signal path, with a 288 Hz game mode through HDMI 1 and 2; AMD FreeSync Premium Pro; Dolby Vision gaming mentioned; Google TV; Bang & Olufsen audio; CSOT HVA 2.0 Pro panel; 0.5% low-reflection film.
TCL C7L release: series shown at CES in January 2026; TCL US put the equivalent QM7L on pre-order on 17 Apr 2026; The Star reported TCL's Malaysian launch of the C7L, C8L and X11L on 30 Apr 2026, without prices. Age at 16 Sep 2026: 152 days from the US release; 139 days from the Malaysian launch report.
C7L hardware match: RTINGS lists the 65-inch European "65C7L" as the same hardware as the 65-inch US QM7L, with 1,152 zones and slightly different tuning, so results may not match exactly. FlatpanelsHD says C7L matches QM7L. The Malaysian set carries the same 65C7L code and the same 1,152-zone claim.
Refer's comparison of model codes and claims; RTINGS warns the tuning may differ.
RTINGS QM7L (reviewed 8 Jun 2026, updated 9 Sep 2026, Methodology v2.2, 65-inch): excellent HDR brightness, about 3,500 nits on a 5% window per its text; fantastic contrast; haloing around highlights and subtitles; mediocre viewing angle; disappointing out-of-box HDR accuracy; 4K 144 Hz on only two HDMI ports; high blur at 144 Hz; direct reflections only decent; total reflected light handled very well; ads cannot be removed except in basic mode; SDR colour volume 91.77% DCI-P3 and 83.71% BT.2020.
Tom's Guide QM7L (13 Aug 2026, US 75-inch): HDR 10% 2,270 nits; SDR 10% 196 nits; Delta-E 2.64; Rec.2020 90.28%; input lag 9.4 ms; Editor's Choice; slight off-angle blooming. Its head-to-head with the Hisense U7SG (28 Aug 2026) gives the performance round to the QM7L for colour and contrast.
TCL C6K 65" (TCL-65C6K): Senheng and senQ RM4,199, list RM5,999, "5 in stock" at each. A Malaysian retailer lists a 2-year TCL Malaysia warranty for the 55- and 65-inch.
TCL C6K Malaysian specification (claims): QD-Mini LED, with no zone count stated for 65 inches; "144Hz Native Refresh Rate"; HDMI 2.1 (count not stated); Dolby Vision, HDR10+, HDR10 and HLG; Onkyo 2.1 sound with subwoofer; Google TV; HVA panel with 7000:1 native contrast. The US QM6K went on pre-order on 6 Jan 2025 and the European C6K followed in June 2025; the Malaysian launch date is unknown. Age at 16 Sep 2026: 618 days from the US release.
C6K hardware match is only indicative. FlatpanelsHD pairs the European C6K with the US QM6K. No source ties the Malaysian C6K to either, and TCL Singapore sells a lower-specified "C6KS", so regional variants exist. RTINGS tested the 75-inch QM6K and lists the 65-inch zone count as unknown.
Refer's comparison of regional models; the tests are indicative for the Malaysian unit.
RTINGS QM6K (reviewed 2 Apr 2025, updated 3 Jun 2026, Methodology v2.2, 75-inch): mediocre HDR brightness in real content, with real-scene figures near 400 cd/m² in Movie mode; visible haloing; 4K 144 Hz on two of four HDMI ports; poor handling of direct reflections; KSF phosphor rather than quantum dots; ads; SDR colour volume 83.71% DCI-P3 and 57.93% BT.2020. Tom's Guide (15 Mar 2025, US 55-inch): HDR 10% 695 nits, SDR 10% 688 nits, Delta-E 1.0, input lag 13.1 ms; glare reduction could be better.
Hisense U7S 65" (65U7S): Harvey Norman RM6,597, was RM8,999, "Find in store", with a free RM300 gift card promotion and a 3-year manufacturer warranty. Its listing gives native 165 Hz, four HDMI 2.1 inputs, "Anti-Reflection & Glare-Free", "Up to 3000 nits", VIDAA U9, and Netflix, YouTube and Prime Video.
U7S hardware match is only indicative. The Malaysian U7S matches the RTINGS-tested US U7SG on native 165 Hz, four HDMI 2.1 inputs and an anti-glare screen, while the UK and European "U7S" is different hardware at 144 Hz. But RTINGS excludes even the US Fire TV version from its review because tuning changes with the smart platform, and the Malaysian set runs VIDAA.
Refer's comparison of regional models; the tests are indicative for the Malaysian unit.
Samsung S90H 65" (QA65S90HAKXXM): Samsung Malaysia RM11,109, list RM12,999, "Get stock alert". Senheng RM12,199, 10 in stock. Courts RM10,999, pre-order, titled as a QD-OLED by the retailer. Samsung Malaysia does not state the panel type. RTINGS tested a US 65-inch WOLED unit and says its results do not apply to QD-OLED versions, which Samsung still uses in some regions and sizes.
Listings observed on 16 Sep 2026; the panel-type question is unresolved.
LG's cheaper 2026 LCDs at 65 inches: QNED86 (65QNED86BSA) RM4,599, list RM6,499; Mini RGB evo MRGB86 (65MRGB86BSA) RM5,599, list RM7,899 (LG Malaysia). No lab review of either was found. FlatpanelsHD says the MRGB85B (also sold as MRGB86B) is edge-lit, and RTINGS calls LG's marketing of its lower mini RGB models somewhat misleading for that reason.
Other TCL 65-inch options: the Q7D RGB-Mini LED (TCL-65Q7D) at Senheng and senQ RM6,599, list RM8,999, in stock, with no lab review found; the 2025 C7K (TCL-65C7K) at RM4,859, list RM8,299, out of stock. The X11L and C8L are not offered at 65 inches in Malaysia; Senheng lists the 75-inch C8L at RM11,999, out of stock.
Other Hisense 65-inch options: Hisense Malaysia lists the UR8S RGB MiniLED (native 180 Hz, Dolby Vision 2, VIDAA U9, 3-year warranty) at 65 inches, but no Malaysian seller price was found at Senheng, senQ, Courts or Harvey Norman. The 65U6S costs RM3,897 at Harvey Norman (was RM5,999) and RM3,999 at Courts (back-order); the 65U6SE costs RM4,249 at Senheng. No lab review matches these Malaysian models.
Xiaomi at 65 inches on mi.com/my: TV S Pro Mini LED 65 2026 RM3,999 (list RM4,999; claims 532 zones, 1,700 nits, 144 Hz, Google TV); TV S Mini LED 65 2026 RM3,599; TV A Pro 65 2026 RM2,699; TV A 65 2026 RM2,149. No measured review of any Xiaomi TV sold in Malaysia was found, RTINGS has never reviewed a Xiaomi TV, and the China-market TV S Pro Mini LED 2026 is different hardware under the same name.
Panasonic in Malaysia: panasonic.com/my lists the 2023 OLEDs TH-65MZ2000K at RM23,099 and TH-65MZ1000K at RM16,499, and the TH-65MX950K Mini LED at RM9,349. Panasonic's official store shows the 65-inch MZ1000 in stock at RM16,499. The newer Z95B, Z90B and Z85B OLEDs are not offered here. Senheng and Courts carry no Panasonic TVs. No independent test of these Malaysian units was found; FlatpanelsHD reviewed the European MZ2000 in February 2024.
Philips in Malaysia: Philips Malaysia lists 40 TVs, all Asia-Pacific "/68" models, and none is OLED or OLED+. Courts sells the 65PQT8530/68 QLED at RM3,499 (regular RM3,799). The only Philips OLED found on sale is an older 65OLED706 from a third-party Lazada seller at RM9,680. No measured review of a Philips model sold in Malaysia was found.
Not assessed in this edition: Sony BRAVIA 8 (2024 WOLED, K-65XR80) at Senheng and senQ RM9,199 and Sony Malaysia RM9,999; BRAVIA 5 (K-65XR50) at Senheng RM6,799; Samsung M70H (RTINGS: 60 Hz, no local dimming) at Courts and Senheng RM2,999. LG's 2025 C5 and G5 are marked discontinued on lg.com/my.
RTINGS sound verdict, Samsung S95H: a good frequency response; very little low bass but a well-balanced profile above it, so dialogue is clear; gets very loud, with some compression at maximum volume.
RTINGS sound verdict, LG G6: a decent frequency response; gets loud and stays well balanced at high volume, so dialogue is clear at all levels; little low bass, so it sounds a bit hollow.
RTINGS sound verdict, LG C6: an okay frequency response; not very well balanced, with low sounds overpowering and dialogue a bit muted; very little low bass; cannot get very loud.
RTINGS sound verdict, LG B6: a sub-par frequency response; an uneven profile that makes some dialogue sound uneven; very little deep bass; cannot get very loud, so best suited to quiet rooms.
RTINGS sound verdict, Sony BRAVIA 8 II: an okay frequency response; a bit of bass that is not very impactful; not very loud; balanced at most volume levels, so dialogue is easy to understand, but unbalanced at maximum volume.
RTINGS sound verdict, Sony BRAVIA 7 II: a decent frequency response; gets very loud, though voices are a bit drowned out by effects at maximum volume; well balanced at low and moderate levels.
RTINGS sound verdict, Samsung R85H: okay built-in speakers; a well-balanced profile with clear dialogue; gets fairly loud, though dialogue is less clear at maximum volume; very little deep bass.
RTINGS sound verdict, Samsung QN80H: an okay frequency response; gets decently loud with little compression at maximum volume; well balanced, so dialogue is clear; lacks deep bass.
RTINGS sound verdict, Samsung M80H: a mediocre frequency response; well balanced with little deep bass; does not get very loud, with noticeable compression at maximum volume.
RTINGS sound verdict, TCL QM7L (the tested twin of the C7L): an okay frequency response; dialogue clear enough at moderate volume, but the speakers can sound a bit bright, with some thumping at maximum volume; they do not get very loud and there is no meaningful bass.
RTINGS sound verdict, TCL QM6K: an okay frequency response; sub-par bass and some compression near a rather low maximum volume, so not suited to noisy rooms; sounds good at low to moderate volume with clear dialogue. Tom's Guide lists "Sound performance is inconsistent" among the QM6K's weaknesses.
RTINGS update dated 9 Sep 2026 on its BRAVIA 8 II, BRAVIA 7 II and BRAVIA 9 II reviews: an intermittent audio-sync fault affects all Sony TVs with the MediaTek Pentonic 1000 chipset on Android 14 when using LPCM audio over ARC. It tends to appear after extended gaming and video-mode switches; audio can drift several hundred milliseconds out of sync (RTINGS measured about 438 ms on a BRAVIA 7 II), and it persisted on the TVs' own speakers. RTINGS could not reproduce it on TCL TVs with the same chipset.
RTINGS viewing-angle verdicts for the OLEDs: Sony BRAVIA 8 II "incredibly wide"; LG C6 "fantastic", with a slight green shift off-angle; LG G6 "excellent", with some colour shift at the sides; LG B6 "excellent", with colours a little washed out from a wide angle. RTINGS calls the Samsung S95H's viewing angle very wide.
No lab test of a Malaysian-market unit was found for any TV in this guide. Every measurement cited comes from a unit sold in another market, and each scored entry records how closely that unit matches the Malaysian model.
Refer's research record: every lab result cited here comes from a foreign unit, and each entry states how closely it matches the Malaysian model.
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Panel-type signals for Samsung's Malaysian OLEDs
ResearchRecorded 2026-09-16
Panel-type signals for Samsung's Malaysian 65-inch OLEDs. Courts's product addresses and titles call the S95H (QA65S95HAKXXM) and the S90H (QA65S90HAKXXM) "QD-OLED", and the S85H (QA65S85HAEXXM) "OLED". AVForums, reviewing UK sets, says Samsung codes with "HAE" usually indicate a WOLED panel and "HAT" a QD-OLED; the Malaysian S85H code contains "HAE", while the Malaysian 65-inch S90H code contains "HAK", which no source maps. Every reviewed S85H unit was WOLED ([40]). Retailer wording and code patterns are signals, not Samsung statements.
OLED burn-in, the image retention that static channel logos and score tickers can cause, was not assessed in this guide: no longevity evidence was collected, and none of the Malaysian warranties read gives the panel a separate term ([16]).
Refer's research record of a gap; it is not a finding that any set does or does not suffer burn-in.
The viral post, as supplied in a reader's screenshot: an Arabic-language X post, machine-translated, lists Xiaomi, TCL, Hisense, Philips and Panasonic as not recommended, and LG OLED, Sony OLED, Samsung QLED and Philips OLED with Ambilight as recommended, and it shows national flags, which the handoff that carried the screenshot reads as the brands' perceived national association rather than their ownership. The screenshot shows a post date of 04/07/2026 (day-month order unknown) and about 2 million views; the reply list was cut off after the Philips line. The post itself was not located or independently checked.
A reader's screenshot of the post, retained on file and not published; the flags are as described by the reader's handoff. The post itself was not located or independently checked, and its day-month date order is unknown.
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Privacy rating: rule and scope
JudgementRecorded 2026-09-19
Rubric addition, 19 Sep 2026: a platform privacy rating is shown beside the ranking and carries no weight; no weight, score or place changed. It rates five brand platforms (LG webOS, Samsung Tizen, Sony Google TV, TCL Google TV, Hisense VIDAA) from 0 to 100 on defaults, controls, scope of collection, and record and security, with anchors at 20, 50 and 80; reaching 80 requires independent testing that confirms the settings work. Anas asked for a privacy score after the September 2026 reports about LG; the anchors were set after reading those LG reports and before researching any other platform.
Set by refer's author on 19 Sep 2026 after a reader asked for a privacy score; it is a judgement, not a test, and it carries no weight in any TV's score.
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Gamers Nexus investigation of LG TVs: what was tested
ResearchRecorded 2026-09-06
Gamers Nexus published a video investigation of LG smart TVs, "216,000,000 Spy TVs" (title confirmed from YouTube; press accounts date it 6 Sep 2026). On its own site Gamers Nexus says it found LG TVs identifying every device they could on its network on activation, plus microphone and ACR issues, working with Wendell of Level1Techs. Press accounts name the tested devices as the LG G5, G3, a 43-inch QNED and an LG smart monitor. No account read says a 2026 model (G6, C6, B6) or a webOS version was tested, and none states whether the optional user agreements were accepted or declined during testing. Gamers Nexus tested LG only; it names Samsung and Vizio as showing concerning behaviour without publishing tests of them.
Gamers Nexus's own page and press accounts; refer did not watch the video. No 2026 LG model is reported as tested.
Press accounts of the Gamers Nexus video report that the tested LG TVs logged voice commands as plain-text transcripts, captured microphone audio while the screen appeared off, and uploaded stored data after reconnecting; and that researchers demonstrated a remote-code-execution flaw that could turn an LG G5 into a listening device, with details withheld while the flaws are disclosed to LG. These are the investigators' claims as reported by others; LG disputes the recording claims ([103]).
Secondary accounts of the investigators' claims. LG disputes the recording claims.
LG's statement: what it denies, and what it says is off by default
OfficialRecorded 2026-09-12
LG's statement of 12 Sep 2026 says its TVs do not continuously record or transmit conversations; that voice data is processed only when the remote's voice button is held or an enabled wake word is heard; that wake-word audio is processed on the TV and not transmitted; and that voice data is not stored for later upload. It says ACR and voice recognition are optional and off by default, that ACR uses audio fingerprints and does not collect screenshots or recordings, and that declining the optional agreements leaves streaming apps, live TV, HDMI and software updates working. It names three optional agreements: Voice Information, Viewing Information, and Interest-Based Cross Device Advertising.
The maker's own statement; not independently tested on 2026 sets.
The same LG statement confirms that its TVs discover other devices on the home network, which LG says is for recognising and controlling connected devices and is not used for household profiling or advertising; it does not say the owner can switch this off. It confirms that nearby Wi-Fi access-point and signal-strength data may be used to estimate the TV's approximate location in support of ACR. It says ACR data is not collected in markets where ACR is not available, and names no markets, TV models or webOS versions.
LG's statement does not mention the reported remote-code-execution flaws. It says LG runs a bug bounty programme and provides security updates for eligible TVs for up to five years from the first release of the webOS platform version; it names no models. A search of the US National Vulnerability Database on 19 Sep 2026 found no webOS CVE published since 1 Jun 2026, so the reported flaws have no public identifier, affected-version list or patch date.
LG's statement, plus refer's own search of the US vulnerability database on 19 Sep 2026.
Bitdefender reported four flaws in LG webOS 4 to 7 (CVE-2023-6317 to CVE-2023-6320) that let an attacker on the same network bypass authorisation and gain root on the TV. Bitdefender notified LG on 1 Nov 2023; LG released patches on 22 Mar 2024, 142 days later (our count); Bitdefender published on 9 Apr 2024. Bitdefender found over 91,000 TVs exposing the affected service to the internet, although it was meant for local-network use.
The 142-day figure is refer's count between the dates Bitdefender prints.
Texas sued LG on 15 Dec 2025 under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act over ACR viewing-data collection. On 11 May 2026 the Texas Attorney General announced an Agreed Final Judgment (Cause No. 25DCV358507, Bell County): LG must show a pop-up disclosure on its TVs and on its website, obtain affirmative express consent, and give a clear way to opt out. The judgment defines a Smart TV as one sold by LG in Texas and a consumer as a Texas resident, says nothing in it is an admission, and expires after five years. The release states no payment. It does not bind LG in Malaysia.
Court and regulator record. The judgment covers TVs sold in Texas and contains no admission.
LG Malaysia's privacy policy, from LG Electronics (M) Sdn. Bhd., does not mention ACR, Live Plus, viewing information, voice information or interest-based advertising. It says a separate Smart Media Product privacy policy governs smart TV services; that policy was not found or read. LG Ad Solutions publishes no list of the markets it operates in. Whether LG's ACR and advertising services run in Malaysia was not established.
What the Malaysian policy says and leaves out; the Malaysian setup screens were not tested.
Academic study of ACR traffic on LG and Samsung TVs
ResearchRecorded 2024-09-10
A peer-reviewed study (ACM Internet Measurement Conference 2024; UC Davis, University College London and Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) captured the ACR network traffic of one Samsung and one LG TV in the UK and the US; models not named. ACR traffic was present on antenna TV and on HDMI inputs, and absent in Netflix, YouTube and screen-casting. The LG TV sent fingerprints about every 15 seconds and the Samsung about once a minute. After the researchers opted out in settings, both TVs stopped all communication with the ACR domains. Each platform's own free-channel app produced ACR traffic in the US and little in the UK. The researchers could not watch most content without accepting the terms and privacy policy. No Sony, TCL or Hisense TV was tested.
Peer-reviewed network measurements in the UK and US; models not named.
Which? tested one TV per brand in the UK and gave privacy scores, which are Which?'s own: Hisense 40A4KTUK 51%, LG 43UR78006LK 50%, Samsung UE43CU7100KXXU 36%. Samsung and Hisense asked for a postcode at setup (each told Which? a partial postcode is accepted); LG's request was optional. Samsung's phone app requested more than six risky permissions. Which? said no product scored much above 50%. No Sony or TCL TV was tested.
These are Which?'s scores, not refer's, for UK models from 2023.
On 15 Dec 2025 the Texas Attorney General sued Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense and TCL in five separate petitions under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, alleging that ACR captures what is on screen, including HDMI sources, and that consent was obtained deceptively. These are allegations; no court has found any of the five liable. Texas obtained a temporary restraining order against Hisense on 17 Dec 2025, announced an agreement with Samsung on 26 Feb 2026 and the LG judgment on 11 May 2026 ([107]). The LG release says the Sony, Hisense and TCL cases remain ongoing, and no later Texas release resolving them appeared by 17 Sep 2026.
Allegations and settlements; no court has found any maker liable.
Independent technical testing of smart-TV data collection found by 19 Sep 2026 covers LG and Samsung ([109]), LG, Samsung and Hisense in the UK ([110]), and LG alone ([101]). None was found for any Sony or TCL Google TV, and no network-traffic test of a Hisense VIDAA TV was found. Consumer Reports says it scores every TV it tests on data privacy and security, but those per-model scores are for members and none was readable. Decrypt reports that Gamers Nexus is raising funds to test Samsung, Vizio and other brands; nothing had been published. The search was bounded: the session's web-search allowance ran out.
A bounded search. The absence of a test is not evidence of good behaviour.
Samsung's US support page says ACR (Viewing Information Services) is optional and runs only if the owner opted in at setup or later in settings. It collects viewing history, the TV's Personalized Service ID and IP address, and Samsung says it does not record or watch the content shown. It can be switched off in settings, and the page names no loss of function. Samsung's US advertising notice (effective 1 Jun 2020) says Samsung Ads collects TV viewership data and device identifiers, combines activity across Samsung and third-party devices, and that resetting the advertising ID does not stop customised ads.
Samsung: account requirement, microphone switch and voice
OfficialRecorded 2026-04-10
Samsung Canada says a Samsung Account is required from 2023 models: without signing in, a TV plays only antenna channels and HDMI or other external inputs, and streaming apps including Netflix and YouTube, the app store, TV Plus, Gaming Hub and software updates are unavailable (page updated 10 Apr 2026). Samsung Canada also documents a physical microphone switch on the lower edge of its TVs, varying by model, with no model years named. Samsung says Bixby on its 2025 TVs starts by voice or the mic button and that no voice data is stored on servers or TVs.
Canadian and US pages; the 2026 Malaysian sets were not checked.
Texas's petition against Samsung (15 Dec 2025, Collin County) alleges a one-click opt-in at setup against about 15 or more clicks across several menus to opt out of viewing-data collection and interest-based ads. These are allegations. A temporary restraining order against Samsung was reported granted on 5 Jan 2026 and vacated the next day. On 26 Feb 2026 the Texas Attorney General announced an agreement: Samsung must stop collecting or processing ACR viewing data from Texas consumers without express consent and must update its TVs with clear consent screens. The agreement is scoped to Texas.
Allegations and a Texas-only agreement; not a finding of liability.
Samsung TV security: update period and an open flaw
ResearchRecorded 2026-09-19
Samsung's TV security page says smart TVs launched from January 2023 get security updates for 7 years from launch, and older ones 5 years. Its newest bulletin on 19 Sep 2026 was December 2025. Bishop Fox published a command-injection flaw in Tizen through 9.0 (SVE-2025-50109) on 24 Feb 2026 with no patch available; it needs developer mode switched on and an attacker at the configured developer address. Bishop Fox contacted Samsung on 9 Oct 2025, Samsung acknowledged the flaw on 6 Nov 2025, and Bishop Fox says the finding does not indicate widespread exploitation. TechCrunch reported on 3 Aug 2026 that apps in Samsung's TV store carried software that shares the owner's internet connection with strangers, and that Samsung said it had restricted new apps of that kind.
Samsung's own page for the update period; Bishop Fox and TechCrunch for the findings.
Samsung Malaysia's privacy policy (Samsung Malaysia Electronics (SME) Sdn Bhd, effective 31 Jul 2024) covers TVs, names the Personalized Service ID and the Tizen Identifier for Advertising as identifiers collected from Samsung smart TVs, and describes personalised advertising with consent. It does not use the terms ACR or Viewing Information Services, gives no TV-specific opt-out path beyond the device's settings, and names a Malaysian data protection officer. No Malaysian smart-TV supplement was found (the address that serves one for Hong Kong returns not-found for Malaysia), and Samsung has not listed Malaysia among its Samsung TV Plus markets in South-East Asia.
Sony says the ACR service on its TVs is Samba TV, a third-party service the owner must opt in to, at setup or later, and can disable in settings. Sony UK lists it for 16 European countries, none of them Malaysia, on Google TV and 2020 Android TV models, and says the Samba app is not available on its 2025 models in the UK (page modified 10 Mar 2026). Sony Malaysia's and Sony Asia-Pacific's support sites return not-found for the same article. Sony Australia says no screen image is sent to Samba, only limited pixel information matched against a content database, and that Samba can recognise content from the tuner, apps and HDMI devices. Consumer Reports says the Samba setting is off by default in the US.
Sony's support pages. That Samba is not offered in Malaysia is inferred from missing pages, not stated by Sony.
Sony: Google account, microphone switch and setup consent
OfficialRecorded 2026-09-16
Sony Asia-Pacific says basic TV functions work without a Google account, but that on Android 14 internet features and most network services need a sign-in (17 Aug 2026). For the BRAVIA 7 it documents a hardware switch for the built-in microphone, with an amber light while the microphone is enabled (16 Sep 2026); other 2025 and 2026 models were not checked. An older Sony Asia-Pacific page (7 Dec 2020) says declining Sony's privacy policy at setup disables many features, including firmware updates and key applications; whether that still describes current sets was not established.
Sony Asia-Pacific support pages; one dates from 2020 and may be out of date.
No Sony statement of how long its TVs receive security updates could be read: Sony's support pages on that question refused every fetch, so this is unknown, not absent. Sony's TV help guide says only that software updates come from time to time. The US National Vulnerability Database lists no CVE for a BRAVIA TV published in 2024 to 2026. In 2019 the researchers xen1thLabs recorded Sony declining to issue any notification for two BRAVIA flaws they reported (CVE-2019-11889 and CVE-2019-11890).
Sony's pages on update length could not be read, so the period is unknown, not absent.
Texas's petition against Sony Corporation of America and Sony Electronics (15 Dec 2025, Nueces County) seeks only a permanent injunction; its petition against TCL North America (same date, Williamson County) also asks for a temporary injunction without notice, and whether that was granted was not established. Both plead the Deceptive Trade Practices Act alone. No Sony or TCL settlement appears in the Texas Attorney General's releases up to 17 Sep 2026. These remain allegations.
Unproven allegations in open cases; no court docket was checked.
Google TV: data collected, basic TV mode and security bulletins
OfficialRecorded 2026-09-19
Google says Google TV collects watch activity, app use, installed apps, approximate location, device identifiers and diagnostics. A basic TV mode, offered at setup on TVs with Google TV built in, needs no Google account and no internet and keeps the tuner, HDMI inputs and pre-installed apps, but drops app installation, search and casting, and an offline TV gets no security updates; switching to it later needs a factory reset. Google's privacy pages for Google TV do not mention ACR. Google publishes security bulletins for Android, Pixel, Chromecast and other device families and none for televisions from other makers, and no Google statement of how long TV makers must ship security patches was found.
Google's own help and developer pages, most of them undated.
TCL's Malaysian privacy notice (effective 20 Apr 2023) says TCL's third-party advertising partners may use ACR to collect TV viewing and usage information, build user profiles and choose personalised ads; that the owner can control ACR collection in the TV's settings; and that TCL obtains prior consent for personalised advertising as required by applicable laws. It lists the names and durations of videos played, favourites and pages viewed among smart-TV data, and says voice-assistant data goes directly to Google or Amazon. It names no advertising partner.
The only Malaysian maker document found that names ACR.
TCL Google TV: basic TV mode, microphone switch and defaults
ResearchRecorded 2026-09-19
TCL's US support site says its Google TVs offer basic TV mode at setup, without a Google account, and documents a hardware switch for the built-in microphone (the page describes 2022 models). Consumer Reports says TCL Google TVs run a User Experience Improvement Program that owners can opt out of. None of these pages names 2026 models or Malaysia.
TCL's US support pages and Consumer Reports; neither names 2026 models or Malaysia.
Two flaws in TCL Android TVs were published on 10 Nov 2020 (CVE-2020-27403, rated 6.5, and CVE-2020-28055, rated 7.8). The researchers said TCL fixed the first over the network with no notice to owners; TCL's statement says the fix began deploying on 30 Oct 2020, three days after it says it was notified, and does not address whether owners were told. TCL confirmed a remote-diagnostics tool in some regions, which it says runs only at the owner's request. TCL's published commitment of at least two years of security updates covers phones, tablets and routers and not TVs; no TCL commitment for TVs was found. The vulnerability database lists no TCL TV flaw published in 2024 to 2026.
The 2020 flaws and TCL's response; the absences are bounded searches.
VIDAA's OS privacy policy (VIDAA USA Inc., updated 15 Aug 2023) calls its ACR, the Enhanced Viewing Service, an optional service the owner must opt in to, at setup or later in settings. It recognises programmes by matching on-screen audio, and the viewing data helps its advertising partner Nexxen target ads; Nexxen may use the household IP address to identify other devices in the home. The stated cost of declining is that ads are less relevant. The policy says that after opting in, VIDAA may collect viewing data even where the service is not available on the device or in the area. It does not mention Malaysia or Asia.
Issued by VIDAA USA Inc.; it names no Malaysian terms.
Hisense Malaysia's privacy notice (Hisense (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd., effective 1 Aug 2025) covers customer, identity and payment details and does not mention televisions, VIDAA, viewing data, ACR or advertising; it says data will be transferred to China, Singapore or other countries that comply with the Act. Nexxen's page on VIDAA ACR names the US, Canada, the UK and Australia, not Malaysia. Whether VIDAA offers its viewing service to a Malaysian buyer at setup was not established.
Texas sued Hisense USA on 15 Dec 2025 (Comal County) and on 17 Dec 2025 announced a temporary restraining order barring Hisense from collecting, using, selling or sharing Texans' ACR data while the case proceeds. The petition treats Hisense's Google TV, Roku and VIDAA sets together and names VIDAA's Enhanced Viewing Service; it alleges ACR is the default while also describing a one-click opt-in at start-up and an opt-out of more than twenty clicks. These are allegations. No settlement appeared in Texas's releases by 17 Sep 2026.
Unproven allegations; the petition covers Hisense's Google TV, Roku and VIDAA sets together.
VIDAA's security page (updated 31 Dec 2024) promises security updates for at least 4 years from a model's launch; its model table ends at a platform launched on 1 Sep 2024 and lists none from 2025 or 2026. Hisense Canada advertised up to eight years of updates on 19 Feb 2025. The vulnerability database lists no flaw for a Hisense TV or VIDAA, and no Hisense or VIDAA security-advisory page was found, so how fast flaws are fixed cannot be judged. A researcher reported in 2021 that a VIDAA TV's browser exposed a debug page allowing silent app installation, and said the vendor did not reply.
VIDAA's own page for the update period; the absences are bounded searches.
Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Act 2010 bars processing personal data without the person's consent, with exceptions such as performing a contract, and applies to commercial transactions. The Personal Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2024 (Act A1727) came into operation in three stages, on 1 Jan, 1 Apr and 1 Jun 2025 (gazette P.U. (B) 522). From 1 Apr 2025 the maximum penalty for breaching the Act's principles is RM1,000,000 or three years' imprisonment or both; from 1 Jun 2025 data controllers must appoint a data protection officer and notify the Commissioner of a data breach. The Commissioner's guideline requires an officer where processing covers more than 20,000 people or involves regular and systematic monitoring, and gives tracking and profiling for behavioural advertising as an example.
The gazette, the amending Act and the Commissioner's guideline.
No statement by Malaysia's Personal Data Protection Commissioner, MCMC, the Digital Ministry or a consumer body about smart-TV data collection or the September 2026 LG reports was found by 19 Sep 2026, and no Malaysian news coverage of the reports was found. Several Malaysian news sites could not be searched, so this is a bounded negative.
A bounded search; several Malaysian news sites could not be searched.
Malwarebytes advises LG TV owners to install firmware updates promptly, to review the privacy controls and switch off ACR, viewing-information collection, personalised ads and voice recognition, to read consent screens instead of accepting them by default, and to put smart devices on a separate guest or IoT network.
Challenge round 6, 19 Sep 2026, on the privacy addition only. Codex (GPT-6 Astra), Grok and Gemini each reviewed a sealed brief carrying the rule ([100]), rows [101] to [131] and [132], the first pass's votes (recorded in [136]) and every sentence the guide says about privacy. All three said privacy should stay beside the ranking with no weight in this edition. Codex and Grok found all five ratings defensible and would move none by 10 points; Gemini would lower LG to 40 or raise Samsung to 50 and called the 10-point gap between Sony and TCL indefensible, although as a panellist earlier the same day it had voted LG 50, Samsung 38, Sony 45 and TCL 32 on the same rows. All three said the Samsung account requirement, which rests on a Samsung Canada page ([114]), must not be stated as fact for Malaysian sets. None passed the text as first written. The wording was corrected and no rating was changed.
Three AI reviewers' opinions of the written section; refer's author decided what to change. No rating was changed.
LG's statement of 12 Sep 2026 says that on supported models the TV's built-in microphone can be disabled with a dedicated hardware microphone switch, and that voice recognition can also be switched off in settings. It names no models, so whether the G6, C6 or B6 has the switch was not established.
Challenge round 7, 19 Sep 2026, on the corrected privacy text. All three reviewers again kept privacy beside the ranking with no weight. Codex and Gemini would move no rating by 10 points; Grok would raise TCL from 35 to 45, because Sony and TCL run the same Google TV software and TCL's Malaysian notice is disclosure and not a worse practice, and Codex urged caution about the same gap. All three called LG's 50 defensible. Gemini and Grok found that the guide's sentence about an LG hardware microphone switch had no ledger row behind it; the claim is in LG's statement and was added as [134]. None passed the text as it stood. The wording was corrected and no rating was changed.
Three AI reviewers' opinions of the corrected section; refer's author decided what to change. No rating was changed.
Privacy panel, second pass, 19 Sep 2026; it replaces the first pass. GPT-6 Astra, Grok and Gemini, isolated from each other, each rated the five platforms from 0 to 100 using only rows [101] to [131] and [134] and the privacy anchors ([100]); Claude, which wrote the guide, did not score, and the rating is the median vote. The first pass voted, in the order GPT, Grok, Gemini: LG webOS 45, 50, 50; Sony Google TV 45, 46, 45; Samsung Tizen 40, 41, 38; Hisense VIDAA 40, 44, 28; TCL Google TV 35, 38, 32. Every reviewer in challenge rounds 6 to 8 questioned its ten-point gap between Sony and TCL, which run the same Google TV software, because TCL's lower votes leaned on a Malaysian notice that discloses what the other makers' documents leave unsaid. The rule "disclosure is not a worse practice than silence" was added to the rubric and all five platforms were rated once more under it, with LG's microphone-switch row ([134]) added to LG's packet. The second pass voted: LG webOS 45, 54, 50; Sony Google TV 50, 45, 42; Samsung Tizen 45, 46, 38; Hisense VIDAA 45, 46, 30; TCL Google TV 50, 43, 42. All five medians fall between 43 and 50, no panellist rates any platform above 54, and one panellist rates Sony and TCL above LG, so no order among the five survives the panellists' disagreement. The ratings carry no weight in any TV's score.
A provisional opinion of three AI models reading the cited documents, from the second of two passes; it is not a test of any TV and carries no weight in any score.
LG webOS privacy rating: 50 out of 100, the second-pass median (votes 45 to 54; [136]). Evidence level: tested. Independent testing of LG TVs exists ([101], [109], [110]), all of it abroad and none of a 2026 set. It rests on rows [101] to [112], [130], [131] and [134].
A provisional opinion of three AI models reading the cited documents, from the second of two passes; it is not a test of any TV and carries no weight in any score.
Sony Google TV privacy rating: 45 out of 100, the second-pass median (votes 42 to 50; [136]). Evidence level: documented only. No independent test of a Sony Google TV's data traffic was found ([112]). It rests on rows [109] to [112], [118] to [122], [130] and [131].
A provisional opinion of three AI models reading the cited documents, from the second of two passes; it is not a test of any TV and carries no weight in any score.
Samsung Tizen privacy rating: 45 out of 100, the second-pass median (votes 38 to 46; [136]). Evidence level: tested. Independent testing of Samsung TVs exists ([109], [110]), all of it abroad and none of a 2026 set. It rests on rows [109] to [117], [130] and [131].
A provisional opinion of three AI models reading the cited documents, from the second of two passes; it is not a test of any TV and carries no weight in any score.
Hisense VIDAA privacy rating: 45 out of 100, the second-pass median (votes 30 to 46, the widest range; [136]). Evidence level: documented only. Which? tested one UK Hisense TV without naming its platform ([110]), and no test of a VIDAA TV's data traffic was found ([112]). It rests on rows [109] to [112], [126] to [131].
A provisional opinion of three AI models reading the cited documents, from the second of two passes; it is not a test of any TV and carries no weight in any score.
TCL Google TV privacy rating: 43 out of 100, the second-pass median (votes 42 to 50; [136]). Evidence level: documented only. No independent test of a TCL Google TV's data traffic was found ([112]). It rests on rows [109] to [112], [121] to [125], [130] and [131].
A provisional opinion of three AI models reading the cited documents, from the second of two passes; it is not a test of any TV and carries no weight in any score.
Challenge round 8, and why the platforms were rated again
JudgementRecorded 2026-09-19
Challenge round 8, 19 Sep 2026. All three reviewers kept privacy beside the ranking with no weight and called LG's 50 defensible. All three said TCL's Google TV should rate 45, not 35: Codex and Gemini refused to pass the text on that ground, and Grok called it safe to publish while making the same point. The author does not score, so no vote was edited; the rubric gained the rule that disclosure is not a worse practice than silence, and all five platforms were rated once more under it ([136]). The wording was also corrected: a disconnected TV is no longer said to be unable to send anything at all, a test is said to add findings and not to replace documents, and the advice now covers what a guest network can break, when basic TV mode must be chosen, Samsung's advertising ID and Sony's older setup-consent page.
Three AI reviewers' opinions; refer's author edited no vote, added a scoring rule and had all five platforms rated once more.
Challenge round 9, 19 Sep 2026, after the second pass ([136]). Codex and Grok each called the section safe to publish as-is; Gemini did not. All three kept privacy beside the ranking with no weight, and all three found all five ratings defensible and would move none by 10 points. Gemini and Grok said the table of 50, 45, 45, 45 and 43 still reads as an order although the declared pairwise rule makes all five level; the text now says so beside the table. Gemini's other points were wording: microphone switches documented only for foreign or older sets, Sony UK's list of countries for Samba being European and not global, and advice that assumed TCL's ACR is on by default. Codex and Grok asked that buyers be told to check a Malaysian set's own consent screens, and that declining LG's agreements does not stop its device discovery. All of these were applied. No rating was changed after the second pass.
Three AI reviewers' opinions of the final section; two called it safe to publish and one did not.
User-directed policy: unit and replacement-consumable stock, availability, local sales-channel presence and delivery access must affect no score, merit order or tiebreak. Availability is a separate buying filter. All existing criterion weights stay unchanged. Documented regional functionality, intrinsic compatibility/maintenance, contractual warranty and dated cost evidence remain eligible within their original criteria. This supersedes the availability-sensitive interpretation of the original rubric, not its scope, physical evidence or weights.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
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Selective reassessment method
JudgementRecorded 2026-09-19
Selective correction assessed value only across all fourteen assessed TVs, with separate isolated ask-codex gpt-6-astra and Grok CLI responses using only the existing dated evidence. No external research or Pareto call; CLI billing amount unavailable. Each replaced criterion is the median of two new votes. Every other original criterion vote is retained byte-for-value; no old affected vote is blended into the new median. TV Gemini value is removed from current scoring rather than silently retained. Original guide weights sum to 1.0; temporary selected-only runner weights were normalized solely to satisfy validation and never used for final totals. Changes include model judgement variance and cannot be interpreted as the exact number of inventory-penalty points previously present. Scores remain opinions, not laboratory results.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for lg-g6-oled: 82.9; weighted total before display rounding 82.880000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 90 (votes gpt 92, grok 89, gemini 90); brightness 90 (votes gpt 92, grok 88, gemini 90); motion 85 (votes gpt 85, grok 78, gemini 86); smart 77 (votes gpt 67, grok 77, gemini 86); sound 62 (votes gpt 62, grok 65, gemini 62); value 69 (votes gpt 78, grok 60). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for samsung-s95h-oled: 76.9; weighted total before display rounding 76.920000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 86 (votes gpt 88, grok 80, gemini 86); brightness 82 (votes gpt 85, grok 75, gemini 82); motion 82 (votes gpt 82, grok 76, gemini 88); smart 63 (votes gpt 62, grok 63, gemini 68); sound 62 (votes gpt 62, grok 63, gemini 61); value 62 (votes gpt 70, grok 54). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for lg-c6-oled: 73.0; weighted total before display rounding 73.020000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 89 (votes gpt 90, grok 83, gemini 89); brightness 68 (votes gpt 68, grok 64, gemini 76); motion 82 (votes gpt 82, grok 78, gemini 87); smart 63 (votes gpt 63, grok 58, gemini 74); sound 42 (votes gpt 38, grok 43, gemini 42); value 61 (votes gpt 56, grok 66). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for sony-bravia-8-ii: 69.4; weighted total before display rounding 69.420000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 90 (votes gpt 91, grok 87, gemini 90); brightness 70 (votes gpt 73, grok 68, gemini 70); motion 75 (votes gpt 83, grok 75, gemini 74); smart 62 (votes gpt 60, grok 62, gemini 76); sound 52 (votes gpt 51, grok 52, gemini 52); value 28.5 (votes gpt 25, grok 32). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral reassessment for sony-bravia-9-ii-75: value has insufficient votes under the supplied 75-inch evidence. Withdraw the old overall score; do not renormalize remaining criteria into a new total. Retained criterion votes are preserved in the versioned panel record. This is missing value evidence, not an inventory penalty.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for tcl-c7l: 68.5; weighted total before display rounding 68.460000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 72 (votes gpt 76, grok 68, gemini 72); brightness 81 (votes gpt 81, grok 74, gemini 87); motion 62 (votes gpt 53, grok 62, gemini 66); smart 50 (votes gpt 50, grok 44, gemini 54); sound 44 (votes gpt 44, grok 45, gemini 44); value 80 (votes gpt 80, grok 80). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for lg-b6-oled: 64.3; weighted total before display rounding 64.280000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 84 (votes gpt 84, grok 82, gemini 84); brightness 47 (votes gpt 45, grok 47, gemini 52); motion 80 (votes gpt 80, grok 78, gemini 85); smart 55 (votes gpt 55, grok 54, gemini 68); sound 35 (votes gpt 33, grok 38, gemini 35); value 54.5 (votes gpt 52, grok 57). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for samsung-s85h-oled: 63.9; weighted total before display rounding 63.940000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 80 (votes gpt 80, grok 77, gemini 81); brightness 50 (votes gpt 48, grok 50, gemini 50); motion 78 (votes gpt 78, grok 70, gemini 82); smart 52 (votes gpt 52, grok 48, gemini 62); sound 40 (votes gpt 40, grok 42, gemini 38); value 58.5 (votes gpt 61, grok 56). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for sony-bravia-7-ii: 63.6; weighted total before display rounding 63.620000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 76 (votes gpt 81, grok 70, gemini 76); brightness 74 (votes gpt 75, grok 70, gemini 74); motion 48 (votes gpt 43, grok 56, gemini 48); smart 58 (votes gpt 55, grok 58, gemini 70); sound 57 (votes gpt 56, grok 60, gemini 57); value 44.5 (votes gpt 51, grok 38). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for hisense-u7s: 60.2; weighted total before display rounding 60.250000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 54.5 (votes gpt 55, gemini 54); brightness 68 (votes gpt 68, grok 58, gemini 84); motion 77 (votes grok 72, gemini 82); smart 34 (votes gpt 38, grok 34, gemini 28); sound 54 (votes gpt 54, grok 53, gemini 54); value 68.5 (votes gpt 74, grok 63). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for samsung-qn80h-neo-qled: 52.8; weighted total before display rounding 52.820000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 50 (votes gpt 58, grok 50, gemini 50); brightness 54 (votes gpt 59, grok 51, gemini 54); motion 52 (votes gpt 46, grok 54, gemini 52); smart 53 (votes gpt 53, grok 52, gemini 58); sound 56 (votes gpt 56, grok 58, gemini 55); value 56.5 (votes gpt 66, grok 47). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for samsung-r85h-micro-rgb: 51.7; weighted total before display rounding 51.700000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 58 (votes gpt 59, grok 58, gemini 56); brightness 54 (votes gpt 62, grok 53, gemini 54); motion 46 (votes gpt 40, grok 46, gemini 50); smart 56 (votes gpt 56, grok 48, gemini 60); sound 54 (votes gpt 54, grok 56, gemini 53); value 33.5 (votes gpt 27, grok 40). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for tcl-c6k: 50.7; weighted total before display rounding 50.690000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 50.5 (votes gpt 53, gemini 48); brightness 42 (votes gpt 40, gemini 44); motion 57.5 (votes grok 55, gemini 60); smart 48 (votes gpt 50, grok 48, gemini 48); sound 48 (votes gpt 46, grok 48, gemini 48); value 62.5 (votes gpt 73, grok 52). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Availability-neutral score for samsung-m80h-mini-led: 34.6; weighted total before display rounding 34.640000. Criterion medians and votes: picture 26 (votes gpt 29, grok 26, gemini 26); brightness 26 (votes gpt 26, grok 25, gemini 28); motion 37 (votes gpt 31, grok 37, gemini 42); smart 56 (votes gpt 56, grok 48, gemini 60); sound 46 (votes gpt 45, grok 47, gemini 46); value 40 (votes gpt 42, grok 38). Only value were reassessed; other values and votes are retained. All criteria for this entry have at least two votes.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Updated arithmetic scenarios: hisense-u7s 56.510–63.700; lg-b6-oled 63.380–67.740; lg-c6-oled 69.780–76.900; lg-g6-oled 80.180–84.120; samsung-m80h-mini-led 33.300–36.360; samsung-qn80h-neo-qled 51.380–56.500; samsung-r85h-micro-rgb 51.460–52.140; samsung-s85h-oled 61.140–65.920; samsung-s95h-oled 71.740–79.020; sony-bravia-7-ii 61.680–65.060; sony-bravia-8-ii 68.500–70.940; tcl-c6k 49.030–52.340; tcl-c7l 65.080–70.900. Scenarios reuse each original reviewer’s retained votes and its new selected votes; missing votes use the current criterion median. For TVs Gemini did not return a new value vote, so its scenario uses the new median for value and is not a new Gemini review. Neighbouring entries share a conservative place when any such scenario reverses their order; connected shared groups are presentation uncertainty, not equal numerical scores or statistical confidence intervals. Current order: lg-g6-oled (1), samsung-s95h-oled (2), lg-c6-oled (3), sony-bravia-8-ii (4), tcl-c7l (5), lg-b6-oled (Joint 6), samsung-s85h-oled (Joint 6), sony-bravia-7-ii (Joint 6), samsung-qn80h-neo-qled (Joint 9), samsung-r85h-micro-rgb (Joint 9), tcl-c6k (Joint 9), samsung-m80h-mini-led (12). Stock is never a tiebreak.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
Structured availability filter fields transcribe existing unit-offer evidence checked 16 September 2026. No stock refresh was performed. Explicitly stated inventory maps to true/false; Buy now/Add to cart without stated stock maps to unknown. Marketplace means a named local retailer/seller offer, not independently certified authorization. These fields alter visibility only and never scores or original merit numbers. Consumable-stock caveats remain separate from unit stock.
Availability-neutral correction; source facts retain their original dates.
The original TV comparison scope and weights are retained: picture 30%, brightness and HDR 22%, motion 16%, smart platform 12%, built-in audio 8% and value 12%. Reference size is 65 inches. Value uses dated advertised Malaysian offers and all scores are provisional model opinions, not laboratory measurements. Availability has no numerical role.
Same original numerical reference; inventory is filter-only.
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Updated contribution check
CalculationRecorded 2026-09-19
Updated contribution check under unchanged weights. TCL C7L leads QN80H by 15.64 and B6 by 4.18. Its unchanged picture 72 exceeds QN80H 50; brightness 81 exceeds QN80H 54 and B6 47. Removing value and rescaling the remaining weights to 1 gives C7L 66.9, B6 65.6, QN80H 52.3. Thus the C7L advantage is not solely its value assessment. All these are opinion-score arithmetic, not measured performance units.
Arithmetic on corrected medians; not measured performance.
TV availability correction: challenge and source checks
JudgementRecorded 2026-09-19
Corrective challenge: Codex and Grok confirmed arithmetic and the retained twelve-set order, keeping inventory out of merit. Accepted: Sony75 has no overall with only one new value vote; remove stock from C7L pros; correct R85H to second-lowest ranked value; clarify value-free comparison; expose retained two-vote cells and Gemini median imputation. M80H unit-stock metadata is true for the dated Senheng RM3999 offer, which explicitly listed5 units; cheaper RM3899 TBM inventory remains unconfirmed. The packet supplied all dated S85H and BRAVIA7II price alternatives, not one fixed price; returned scores do not identify a unique price anchor. Grok’s claim that RTINGS category-pick attributions lacked ledger support was rejected after directly checking the full existing source rows. No live stock refresh or new physical evidence was obtained.
Corrections leave physical and privacy assessments unchanged.