I started looking for a new TV with a price in mind: I wouldn't spend over $1,000. If I couldn't buy a good 4K/HDR TV for $1,000 or under, then I would wait another year.
Turns out that was no problem whatsoever — I actually ended up spending well below $1,000.
I started by reading up on TVs at my favorite review-focused publications: CNET and The Wirecutter. I spoke with colleagues who know more about displays than I do. (Thanks, Tony and Jeff!) I went back and forth over whether to wait for OLED TV prices to come down. I watched a bunch of videos on YouTube.
In the end, I went with the TCL P-series you see above. It's Wirecutter's highest-rated TV, period.
"It's the best value we have ever seen in a TV," Wirecutter's Chris Heinonen said. "It produces images with more detail, brightness, and color than most TVs that cost hundreds more. Even when viewed side-by-side with TVs that cost 250 percent more, our viewing panel picked the TCL."
I've had the TCL set for nearly a month, and I love it so far. It cost $599.99 plus tax — significantly under the budget I set for a TV that's received universal praise from critics and buyers alike.