LG NU85 Nano 65NU850BPUA 65.1"

The LG NU85 Nano nails the smart TV experience with a lovely webOS interface, but it completely whiffs on picture quality. The screen is just average, which is a problem when rivals offer mini-LED at the same price. Only worth it if you catch a steep discount and webOS is your absolute must-have.

The Alpha 7 processor does some heavy lifting, keeping webOS snappy and handling 4K upscaling reasonably well. Bright rooms are where this TV feels most comfortable, the screen gets bright enough to fight glare. But HDR is just okay, the peak brightness and lack of local dimming mean dark scenes look more gray than black. Gaming support is a mixed bag: you get VRR and ALLM, which is nice for a 60Hz panel, but HDMI 2.0 means no 4K at 120Hz, and the audio from the two tiny built-in speakers remains thin and lifeless. It's perfectly usable, just never impressive.

Stack this up against the Hisense U7 or TCL QM8K, and the picture gap is immediate. Those sets use mini-LED backlighting with far better contrast and HDR brightness, and they sit in the same price bracket. The Sony BRAVIA 5 offers superior upscaling and motion handling, though it commands a premium. Even the Roku Plus Series, while smaller, gives you a brighter, punchier image. The LG's only real card to play is webOS, which is genuinely nicer to live with day-to-day, but when a TV's main job is showing a great picture, the NU85 gets outclassed.

Pricing is all over the place, we've seen this model selling anywhere from $480 to $663 across different retailers. At the low end, you're getting a huge screen with excellent smart features, which might be enough if picture quality isn't your top priority. But once you cross $550, it becomes really hard to recommend. The competition offers mini-LED backlights and better processing at similar prices, making the NU85 feel like you're paying for the LG badge over actual panel performance. Shop around and only bite if you find it near the floor of that range.

The LG NU85 Nano is a bit of an odd duck. It packs LG's slick webOS 2026 smart platform with Google Gemini and Microsoft Copilot baked in, all on a spacious 65-inch screen. But the moment you turn on a movie, you realize the picture quality is just... fine. Not bad, but definitely not what you'd expect from a TV with 'Nano' in the name.

We ran this thing through our benchmarks and the scores tell a pretty clear story. The display itself is decent, but overall picture quality lands in the bottom third of TVs we've tested. If you're just streaming YouTube or watching cable news in a bright room, it'll do the job. If you care about deep blacks or punchy HDR, you'll be left wanting.

Skip this if HDR movies or dark-room viewing are important to you, because the lack of local dimming and mediocre peak brightness will leave you underwhelmed. Gamers who want 120Hz or HDMI 2.1 features should also look elsewhere. If you can stretch your budget by fifty bucks, the Hisense U7 or TCL QM8K will give you a dramatically better picture without sacrificing smart features.

This TV is for the person who wants a huge screen with a zippy smart interface and doesn't lose sleep over contrast ratios. Think of it as a family-room TV for cartoons, sports in a sunny den, or background streaming during dinner. If you're building a home theater or plan to game on a current-gen console and care about visual fidelity, walk right past it.