Are TCL TVs any good?

[fcar1999ta]

Looking for a 120hz 4k TV for my bedroom, and TCL seems to have the best prices.... But does that mean poor quality? I have had good luck with Vizio, but they only offer 120hz on their big TVs

 

[turtletarget111]

TLC is generally lower quality, but they have some competitive budget options out there. It really depends on where your price range is and the size you're looking for. A good rule of thumb for buying TV's is generally picking something a little smaller if it means a brighter image, more accurate color reproduction, or more features. Vizio has some nice high end models, but for budget I would stick with the aforementioned TCL or Hisense. Let me know your budget so we can find you a good deal.

 

[BFG-9000]

TCL are famous for giving you by far the most connected Smart features for the money, but the panel and image quality are no better than the cheapest TVs. When they are still reasonably new, they are just as feature-complete as something like a Roku. But of course all Smart features gradually fade away, especially going downhill once the hardware gets too old to support the latest app version. So if you want a Smart TV, it makes a lot of sense to buy a new TCL every few years.

Vizio is infamous for refusing to sell any parts, or even to repair your TV at any price after the warranty is up. They are just about the only high-end manufacturer that does this (I can understand this policy by the lowest-end manufacturers who use whoever the cheapest supplier is today, because it would be impossible to keep track of what parts they used when the supplier changes all the time)

 

[thestryker]

TCL provides a solid value, but if it's running the Roku OS I wouldn't buy one.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/6/12/24177117/tcl-roku-tv-motion-smoothing-streaming

 

[triplex1]

I have two TCL tv's 43'' the last one year without problems P731 and C645 Qled;
the best vfm tv's

 

[TeamRed2024]

TCL is actually what got me into OLED.

I bought a 65" TCL for like $500 back in 2018... and it died within the first 10 hours of use. Shut off and would not turn back on.

I returned it and got an LG OLED 65" and have continued with OLED panels ever since.

If I was in the market for a cheap TV would I consider a TCL? Absolutely not.

 

[Eximo]

My first Vizio fizzled at 5 years, I swapped the main capacitors and that brought it back for about two weeks, but something else must be wrong.

Second Vizio seems to be on its way out, around 5 years again. For the money, that seems alright.

Probably going to join the OLED bandwagon myself here soon.

I have a 32" Samsung QD-OLED that I like, but I also picked up an LG 27" OLED monitor that I have been enjoying for gaming. Text clarity is of some importance, so I may change my mind on getting a RWBG display.

 

[TeamRed2024]

Probably going to join the OLED bandwagon myself here soon.

Wouldn't be a bad choice. I've got a pair of 65" displays... a 77" and a 48" running my desktop. Probably 30,000+ hours of use across all of them... never had an issue. No burn in... image quality continues to be perfect.

 

[punkncat]

My first Vizio fizzled at 5 years, I swapped the main capacitors and that brought it back for about two weeks, but something else must be wrong.

Second Vizio seems to be on its way out, around 5 years again. For the money, that seems alright.

Probably going to join the OLED bandwagon myself here soon.

I have a 32" Samsung QD-OLED that I like, but I also picked up an LG 27" OLED monitor that I have been enjoying for gaming. Text clarity is of some importance, so I may change my mind on getting a RWBG display.

I have an older 720 Samsung that cost me about $1 to fix, similar issue as you mention above. Still works fine for its placement.

Visio, TCL, surely others that are the common Roku style smart TV's are generally lower end but at the same time offer pricing and sales where you can buy two of them over one (even with model changes on the price point) so long as you can also deal with the aforementioned picture quality issues.

I have an older 55" Roku that I would have to go look at to see the "make" and a point here to say that earlier on in the cycle and maybe still, they just subbed out the work to a contract provider, some good, some bad. The one I had was quite inexpensive and worked well for many years. It developed a dark band in the center which gave me a great excuse to update to something higher resolution and frame rate. We hung it in the garage and the first winter did something where the black band is now gone. My wife, who uses it for painting and craft instruction give me constant grief about it.

 

[fcar1999ta]

So, Samsung is definitely worth $100 more than TCL? Both 4k, both native 120hz

 

[thestryker]

TVs are always a bit of it depends from every manufacturer. I tend to stop here first when looking up purchases: https://www.rtings.com/tv/reviews/best

It really depends on what extra features you're looking for if any. I didn't want an OLED because of the rooms I was using so that pretty much tossed LG out. I use my tablet to stream stuff to the TV relatively often and my dad likes to watch the random channels Samsung puts up on their digital service which dictated my last two being Samsung.