No offense , you are buying from a brand where its best feature is its low price . Can you , should you or do you actually expect it to last a long time ?

In fact TVs in the modern days are less durable than ever , due to reduction in manufacturing cost . That is when the brand's warranty factor into your purchase decision.


TCL has good reviews from its TV line up in the US , AFAIK none of those models have made it outside of US .

This post has been edited by Convael: Nov 19 2020, 06:16 PM

No .

TCL is HDR certified but this particular TV model is not .


To get HDR certification from UHD Alliance , an LCD TV would need full array local dimming system , which is absent in this specific model .
It needs to achieve 1000 cd/m2 , in which TV without F.A.L.D can't do .

You may refer to the page here

the note : To bear the Ultra HD Premium™ logo, brightness and black level performance must range from either a minimum of 0.05–1,000 ‘nits’ or 0.0005 –540 ‘nits’.


TCL C716 is listed to have 330 cd/m2 typical brightness in its specification sheet , so at least they are honest .

This post has been edited by Convael: Dec 27 2020, 06:54 PM

The " QLED " term has been abused so many times by Samsung , it isn't even funny now .


Initially the QLED was not a new tech , it is as literal as slapping a layer of quantum dots films on top of the LCD pixels [not to be confused with upcoming self-emitting-tech Quantum Dots] .
Since we can already achieve WCG in the past few years with Phosphors based LCD , QD's primary purpose is to improve Color Volume , often associates with what most common people called ' Vibrant , Vivid colors " .

Indeed , in the last few years we have witnessed improvement but are only limited to these mini light canon Q80 / Q90 Series .


Understand the fundamental , Color Volume is closely tied to the Color reproduction and Luminance [ photopic response , from dark to white ]

In such cases , TV with no FALD [ typical 300-500 cd/m2 ] gives no advantages whatsoever .

It is like giving the artist a palette but not allowing him any brushes or tool to paint .
They can slap 10 layers of diamond dots on top it is still not going to look different .


We already have many examples , like these Q60R & Q60T , a " QLED " without FALD and has poor color volume just like other LCD .


Therefore , don't buy into these stupid marketing terms . They don't make magically make your TV more colorful than ever .

TCL is at least more honest and they are certified to cover at least 93% of the DCI , which is pretty good for a TV at this price range .

This post has been edited by Convael: Feb 3 2021, 02:53 PM