Our Top 5 Best Holiday TV And Streamer Gifts

Are you thinking about giving generous gifts on the holidays? Try our top picks for the best streamer and TV gifts this holiday season. 

TV streaming devices can be the perfect gift for this holiday. Aside from letting you watch your favorite movies and TV shows, it also allows you to save more money. That’s because there are no monthly rental fees, you can play your favorite online games, and you get all the benefits of a cable TV with all available streaming media providers. 

Streaming is becoming more popular today. It lets you consume your favorite content from TV, movies, news, and even music. It’s much better than traditional downloadable content. It offers others benefits from less storage space requirements, piracy protection, great sound, and video quality. 

All-in-all, it gives users the advantage of sharing their favorite content from all over the world. The best part, however, you will only need at least 2MBPS of internet speed. There are many types of streaming media devices today. That makes shopping for the best ones, a little bit confusing. 

For this reason, we gathered 5 of the best TV and streamer devices in the market today. But that’s not all. They’re also a perfect gift for the holidays. Read on, see the full list and make your loved ones feel important with this great holiday treat. 

TCL 4- Series 

The best TV on a budget 

The TCL 4-Series is a decent smart TV. It offers excellent picture quality with deep blacks when in a dark room. Thanks to the TV’s high native contrast ratio. While it has good reflection handling, it’s not ideal to be placed in a brightly lit room. Unfortunately, it falls short on its wide color gamut because of its low HDR peak brightness. 

Similarly, it’s unable to deliver vivid colors for HDR content and bright highlights. On the other hand, it has a fast response time and it shows insignificant blur trails for fast-moving content. With gaming performance, it scores decently thanks to its low input lag. However, it doesn’t come with any support for FreeSync or other advanced gaming features. 

This particular TV comes with a 4K resolution and HDR compatibility, which is good for common users. One of the biggest advantages of choosing the TCL-4 Series is it includes a similar streaming stick to the Roku plus despite its very affordable pricing. 

LG OLED CX TV Series 

Our pick for the best high-end TV 

OLED-based TVs have the best picture quality, hands down. Needless to say, they’re worth every extra buck. However, the next question would be, which OLED TV should you get? Let’s give you our honest suggestion. LG is the leader in OLED technology. For this reason, we highly recommend the LG OLED 2020 CX Series. 

Thanks to LG’s minimalist design, this particular model comes with angled edges and medium width across the screen’s bottom. It weighs more than the previous model with a solid app and voice support. 

It still has the classic LG webOS menu, but, unfortunately, it lacked the innovation compared to the app-based setup of the other brands like the Samsung Tizen or the Roku TV and Sony’s Android TV. 

Moreover, LG TVs remain the only devices that support Amazon Alexa and Google Assistant. They can do the usual Assistant functions like control smart home devices, respond with voice, and onscreen feedback. It also works with Apple’s Airplay 2 and lets you share photos and videos from your iPhone, mirror your iPhone and Mac’s screen. In addition, it also supports Apple TV apps. 

TCL 6-Series 2020

Best value-for-money 

The TCL 6-Series offers superb image quality, great features, and at a very affordable price. The 2020 model comes with a new mini-LED backlight, advanced gaming features, and a 75-inch display. As a result, you get the best value for your money. 

Thanks to the mini-LED, it maximizes brightness even in brightly lit rooms. Likewise, it comes with HDR and local dimming. This helps keep excellent quality of dark contrasts. Moreover, gamers would love the new THX Certified game mode with fast response time, least amount of lag, and exceptional image quality. 

While it’s $100 more expensive than last year’s model, the new version is prettier in almost every possible way. Unfortunately, the TCL 6-Series lacks the app for HBO Max. However, subscribers still got to watch HBO shows using the standard app but they will not be able to access exclusive Max shows like Love Life or Friends.

Roku Streaming Stick Plus

Best streamer, hands down

The Roku brand stands by its moniker as a leading streaming device. In fact, it has seven streamer models for 2020 alone. Despite its wide range of streamer models, the Roku Streaming Stick Plus that was launched in 2017, remains a crowd favorite. 

It lets you stream in 4K and HDR video for major streaming sites like Disney Plus, Vudu, Apple TV, Amazon, and Netflix among others. Also, it comes with noteworthy features like remote voice buttons for your TV. This comes with Roku’s top-notch streaming system and all the stuff you wish for a streaming device. 

Thanks to the control smart home gear, Amazon and Google lovers will surely love this device. Moreover, it has something new in-store. It now has support for Apple’s AirPlay system which doesn’t come with Amazon and Google. 

In addition, it allows wireless connection for iPhones and other Apple devices for screen mirroring, control apps, view photos, and more. AirPlay really does work like magic for the Streaming Stick Plus for people who love the Apple ecosystem that doesn’t want anything to do with the Apple TV 4K. 

Apple TV 4K 

Best for high-end streaming 

Apple TV 4K offers the best streaming video possible. It’s compatible with 4K, HDR, and Dolby Vision TVs. It delivers a polished streaming experience, the best remote, and excellent Siri voice options. Apple gives streaming lovers an attractive, customizable interface and affordable UHD content. 

While it’s clearly the best Apple TV in the market, it’s a lot more expensive than other streamers out there. But as the brand is famously known for, it has a lot going on inside. It comes with Apple’s easy to navigate tvOS, an innovative touch remote, and 4K video support. 

It has a gorgeous design. In fact, it’s the first thing that you’ll notice about the Apple TV 4K. While it’s similar to the previous models, it’s actually smaller and more compact. It comes with 32GB or 64GB storage, Bluetooth 5.0, 2,160p video output, Apple A10X Fusion processor, and supports both Dolby Vision and HDR10. 

In addition, it’s easy to set up as long as you already have an Apple account. All you have to do is plug the device into the power source and connect the HDMI input to your TV. Also, it supports a smart home hub for HomeKit. Unfortunately, there are some downsides to it. First is the price. Next would be the superiority of Google Assistant and Amazon’s Alexa to Siri. 

Ultimately, it’s a great choice for your living room smart TV, especially if you’re into Apple devices.